vkaryl - 1:49 am on Oct 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

Make up a basic "changes" log in whatever you favor for a word processor. Note EVERYTHING you changed, what hacks you used to effect the changes, where you got the hacks (not just the "name" of the place, the WHOLE 'net addy), what files you modded, which sections/lines were changed (use phpEdit or some other editor which gives you actual LINE NUMBERS!); also note whether the initial hack worked "out of the box" or whether you had to go back and tweak. AND BE VERY SURE YOU NOTE IF VARIOUS HACKS CHANGE THE SAME SECTIONS OF A FILE, AND WHAT YOU HAD TO DO TO MAKE THEM WORK RIGHT TOGETHER!

My "ChangeLog" file is listed by file name first. Then by what hack(s) I used. Then by section/line number. Then I have anything germane to hacking that file which I might (read that as "would") forget.

And btw, all this won't be worth the powder to blow it to hades once 2.2 comes out....

Oh. Make sure you keep "version specific" copies of files: in other words, if you use one hack on a file, copy the currently-working version somewhere "safe" before you mod it again.... then when you're sure it's working after the second hack, copy THAT version somewhere....