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| | | Author: | melbourne_josh  | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2010 00:57 | | Subject: | SUUGEST: Warn of template marco errors | | Viewed: | 126 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| If a template change creates a Conditional Block Macro Tag error (unbalanced
tags, for example) or there are other errors (unknown tag, conditional checks
for non-existent condition - like non-existent shipping options), please report
them rather than reporting "Template Successfully Changed". I can put up with
the old template being wiped with the new, broken one, but don't surprise me
later when it doesn't work - surprise me now, while my back button is still available.
It's scary when the first invoice using the new template works really weird,
dumping HTML into the edit box, or when a new shipping condition doesn't include
the text it ought to (or would, if I used the correct codes).
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| | | | | Author: | JasonsBricks | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2010 01:17 | | Subject: | Re: SUUGEST: Warn of template marco errors | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, melbourne_josh writes:
| | If a template change creates a Conditional Block Macro Tag error (unbalanced
tags, for example) or there are other errors (unknown tag, conditional checks
for non-existent condition - like non-existent shipping options), please report
them rather than reporting "Template Successfully Changed". I can put up with
the old template being wiped with the new, broken one, but don't surprise me
later when it doesn't work - surprise me now, while my back button is still available.
It's scary when the first invoice using the new template works really weird,
dumping HTML into the edit box, or when a new shipping condition doesn't include
the text it ought to (or would, if I used the correct codes).
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Do you use the "Preview" option to check your template changes right after making
them? It should show any errors in the preview.
-Jason
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| | | | | | | Author: | melbourne_josh | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2010 02:16 | | Subject: | Re: SUUGEST: Warn of template marco errors | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JasonLEGO77 writes:
| | In Suggestions, melbourne_josh writes:
| | If a template change creates a Conditional Block Macro Tag error (unbalanced
tags, for example) or there are other errors (unknown tag, conditional checks
for non-existent condition - like non-existent shipping options), please report
them rather than reporting "Template Successfully Changed". I can put up with
the old template being wiped with the new, broken one, but don't surprise me
later when it doesn't work - surprise me now, while my back button is still available.
It's scary when the first invoice using the new template works really weird,
dumping HTML into the edit box, or when a new shipping condition doesn't include
the text it ought to (or would, if I used the correct codes).
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Do you use the "Preview" option to check your template changes right after making
them? It should show any errors in the preview.
-Jason
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Errors? "Template Successfully Changed" - I didn't make any errors! I guess
my complaint is that I've been lulled into a false sense of security, and even
though I've been bitten several times, I still haven't learned to do that.
That and, there are multiple combinations for using a template - payment types,
shipping types, etc and having example orders with which to check all of them
is onerous. I'm asking for the computer to do something it would find easy -
do an idiot check on my work.
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