[Forum] Changes to New Template are Not Showing Up

[Turdadactyl]

I have created a new style template in vB 4.0.3 (and "Allow User Selection" is set to Yes). I first tried it as a child of the default style and then tried it as "no parent." Each time I get the same result. NONE of the stylevars changes has any effect.

For example, I changed the doc_background var to some hideous test color...and nothing happened. Same for body_background.

This is very strange because my currently active skin is a template I created. It is also VERY frustrating. I know I'm not the first person to have this problem, but I haven't found a solution by searching. Can anyone help????

[Lynne]

Can you give us a link to see this along with the styleid (it must be selectable in the Style Manager and you must allow user selection in vboptions > Style & Language Settings > Allow Users To Change Styles > Yes).

[Turdadactyl]

I've changed the style and language settings to allow that, although I REALLY don't want a style that I'm tinkering with to be publicly accessible.

http://www.melodymania.com/forum/forum.php?styleid=6

Changes still not showing.

[Turdadactyl]

Actually, it IS showing, now that I changed the Style & Language setting and cleared my cache. Is there any way to work on this style without the general public being able to see it?

[Lynne]

You should be able to turn it off. However, when you are working on it, you may have to do a Force Refresh on the pages to force your browser to get the latest CSS straight from the server everytime you make a change.

[Turdadactyl]

You should be able to turn it off.

No problem with the force refresh. Can you be more specific on this part of your reply? Will I have to disable/enable the style EVERY time I make and want to test a change to the new style?

[Lynne]

I mean, you should be able to uncheck it in your Style Manager and then click on the link in your Style Manager to have it show up to *you* on your site. (I'm assuming you are the admin and have admin permissions.)

[Turdadactyl]

Worked! Thanks.

Just for the sake of summary:
-Add the style template
-Make sure Allow User Selection is Yes in template options
-Make sure Allow Users to Change Styles is Yes in vB options
-Uncheck the template checkbox in the Style Manager