Installation of mods with latest version of TP

[IchBin]

It would seem your server security settings will not allow you to keep things world writable. I think you'll have to install mods manually.

[snoopy_inc]

Ichbin,  I dont understand why its doing this now... nothing has changed on the server except the smf version from rc2 to 1.1.1

TP is installed and im following all the steps.  What else could it be?

[snoopy_inc]

PS. G6 Helped me with installation. and installed tp mod etc.

[IchBin]

Yep, and she's not here to do it for you. So roll up your sleeves and get ready to get dirty. Sounds to me like she did the manual installation of TP for you. If you keep having permissions problems like this that pretty much the only way you can get stuff to install. Even if you could get mods to install, at some point you'll run into a mod that will fail because the previous mod has modified the code it is looking for. So...you end up having to do things by hand. You can blame your host for permission problems.

[snoopy_inc]

Ok... So either i get host to apply 777 permissions to the forum or i need to manually install the stuff.

Right now that i understand what is going on i would like to ask something which is driving me crazy.

I have attempted in the past to install a mod manually.  This was one of the most annoying things possible.

Is there a guide on how to manually install a mod. (i have read the mod rewrite manual)
This is an example of what i have writen previously

:
I have tried going through the manual installation steps, but after
reading through the modification_1-1.xml I would like to clarify a few
things. I noticed that all of the file modifications are being done to
the /Themes/default folder, however we are currently running a
non-default theme... I assume this means that changes which are made by
the modification_1-1.xml will not be correct for our current theme then?

In addition to this, I also noticed that additional changes are
required in the case that someone is running either the "classic", or
"babylon" theme. As a result, I am assuming that additional changes
would prob need to be done for our "oxygen" theme? I attempted the
manual integration of BoardIndex.template.php on our current theme,
with those which would be done to the "default" theme, however I came
across a few differences which left me cold. ie: Code change requires a
mod to be done to the line <td class = "windowbg2">, however in Oxygen
theme, this line doesn't exist, as the variable "windowbg2" is declared
as a <tr class>


Any help on this would be appriciated.... if i learn how to install mods myself i would do it.

[rebelrose]

Modifications only change the default theme, if you are using a theme other than that you need to manually edit that theme to work with the mod you are installing.

If the code for the theme you are using is not the same as what the mod is looking for you can try to ask the mod designer to give you some help in modifying your theme.

[IchBin]

Also remember if your theme doesn't have a template file it will automatically use the file from the default theme as a sort of backup. So if you apply the mod to the default theme and your custom theme doesn't have one of the files that it modifies, you don't need to modify that file because its already modified in the default theme.

[snoopy_inc]

So its best to just use the default core theme and do the modifications there?

[rebelrose]

You should have it on the default theme to add mods, but you still need to modify whatever theme you are using. 

[snoopy_inc]

Modifying the theme i want to use basically means i need to add the code into the themes files that would have been added to the core files?

Im trying to figure out how to do this and really arnt sure about it.

Maybe somone can break it down for me?