X-Cart 4.4.x/4.5.x (Smarty2 -> Smarty3 update)

qualiteam · #21 05-07-2012, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by cflsystems

Only the skin not loading issue or the buy now button issue as well?

Only skin not loading issue. Buttons issue is still being investigated.

ADDISON · #22 06-10-2012, 05:13 AM

Is this update in great shape for v4.5.0? I would like to update my version and need some testimonials.

I would like to know if Smarty3 will replace Smarty2 in future versions in 4.5 branch, even starting with the most wanted 4.5.1. I appreciate a qualified answer.

cflsystems · #23 06-10-2012, 08:14 AM

You can use it but as I have posted earlier there are issues with some of the skins. QT has not come up with fixes yet and may guess is they will not try to fix it for 4.5.0 at all but wait until 4.5.1 is out and make it work there. Since 4.5.1 is taking so much time (compare to before) to be released they may even release it with Smarty 3 included but who knows...

ADDISON · #24 06-10-2012, 08:23 AM

QT says a new update will be available mid of June. No problem if it will be available end of June. By the way DPI module almost killed me how many issues I found.

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Originally Posted by cflsystems

You can use it but as I have posted earlier there are issues with some of the skins. QT has not come up with fixes yet and may guess is they will not try to fix it for 4.5.0 at all but wait until 4.5.1 is out and make it work there. Since 4.5.1 is taking so much time (compare to before) to be released they may even release it with Smarty 3 included but who knows...

Mark N · #25 06-11-2012, 05:51 AM

Try as I might, I was unable to get Smarty3 to work - it just broke too many things in third party modules. And talking to the authors of the modules, the fact that this is, in a lot of ways, an "optional" upgrade, supporting what will amount to two different branches of X-Cart (but with the same version numbers) was daunting to say the least.

I think ultimately they will need to officially move to Smarty3 before this sort of thing will get worked out. 4.5.0 would have probably been the logical point to do that, but what ya gonna do...

ADDISON · #26 06-11-2012, 06:05 AM

@Mark N - 3rd party modules, some of them, use {php} Smarty tag which is deprecated starting with v3.

As an advice, I recommended this before to QT, offer Smarty3 support only starting with v4.5 branch, by default. This will help 3rd party developers and QT customers who would like to update their own modules. Image how is making compatible with Smarty 3 modules in XC 4.1.12 ... especially when those 3rd party developers disappeared and they did not update their own modules for many years.

cflsystems · #27 06-11-2012, 09:40 AM

Did you change your forum name?

Yes I think they should have (maybe they will with 4.5.1) gone with Smarty3 for 4.5.x branch. Since this requires some re-coding of modules anyway

ADDISON · #28 06-11-2012, 11:02 AM

Yeap Steve, now it is easy for everyone to call me by name.

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Originally Posted by cflsystems

Did you change your forum name?

Yes I think they should have (maybe they will with 4.5.1) gone with Smarty3 for 4.5.x branch. Since this requires some re-coding of modules anyway

shan · #29 10-10-2012, 07:38 AM

so did the debug module get sorted out to include the page variables as well as the templates.

with just the templates its pretty useless