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*As soon as you edit templates, remember that when you update to a new build of Cumulus (or re-install the current version) the installer offers you the option of either installing the new build's standard 'HTML templates' in the 'cumulus\web' folder, or not replacing the current contents of that sub-folder. If on the installer screen shown you select to install the templates, any changes you made in the web subfolder will be lost as Cumulus will delete everything from the 'cumulus\web' folder before installing the new build's standard 'HTML templates' in that 'cumulus\web' folder. | *As soon as you edit templates, remember that when you update to a new build of Cumulus (or re-install the current version) the installer offers you the option of either installing the new build's standard 'HTML templates' in the 'cumulus\web' folder, or not replacing the current contents of that sub-folder. If on the installer screen shown you select to install the templates, any changes you made in the web subfolder will be lost as Cumulus will delete everything from the 'cumulus\web' folder before installing the new build's standard 'HTML templates' in that 'cumulus\web' folder. | ||
*If you use a mixture of unmodified standard templates and customised templates with standard names and a release announcement says there are updated templates, then please do backup your customised templates before running the installer as you will need to accept the new build's standard 'HTML templates' in the 'cumulus\web' folder (by selecting the box in the screen above) to download those updated versions of | *If you use a mixture of unmodified standard templates and customised templates with standard names and a release announcement says there are updated templates, then please do backup your customised templates before running the installer as you will need to accept the new build's standard 'HTML templates' in the 'cumulus\web' folder (by selecting the box in the screen above) to download those updated versions of any of the standard template coding you have retained unmodified. | ||
'''Consequently, the recommendation is that for any customised templates, you delete the original template from the web sub-folder (leaving it in the web\originals sub-folder) and put your customised template in a different folder.''' If you do this: | '''Consequently, the recommendation is that for any customised templates, you delete the original template from the web sub-folder (leaving it in the web\originals sub-folder) and put your customised template in a different folder.''' If you do this: | ||
*You reduce the risk of accidental overwriting. | *You reduce the risk of accidental overwriting. | ||
