batchman wrote on Dec 28
th, 2008 at 11:17pm:
So here's an issue I ran into.
I installed Carsten's mod, which modified taborder.txt directly in BoardMod (had to download it first). Member Map then showed up on the main menu on my forum.
I then installed Jet Li's calendar update. It doesn't automatically update taborder.txt. In connection with a discussion I had with Jet Li in the past, I just deleted the taborder.txt file, and let the software recreate it. It added in the quiz mod, and the calendar mod tabs, but did not add in the member map tab. I had to manually add it.
I'll manually add the chat mod (to tabs), once I install it, and any others that don't add to taborder.txt in the mod itself (and I'll edit the quiz mod so it does include the edit automatically ... hoping that, as Carsten suggests, the taborder.txt will be included in the actual package for 2.3.1) ... but should it worry me that when YaBB recreates the file, it doesn't include member map on it? Are there any times or reasons when one would want YaBB to be able to recreate this?
Two issues:
1) Deleting the taborder.txt file will make the script recreate the file according to the tabs array, but any additional tabs created by admin will be lost.
2) Having a mod change the tabs array will prevent any other mod to use that as a search string, adding new tabs.
I've added a push command to the YaMMS mod to at least add the membermap tab at the end of the menu should the taborder.txt file be deleted - then it can be moved into its proper position with the edit tabs function.
New zip package in first post - changes are in AdvancedTabs.pl