Retire a view type after a redesign #

Clean up a look the new design does not have.

Life cycle: Redesign, example 18 of 34. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents #

1. In the Layouts editor
2. With an export and settings
3. Which to choose
4. Check

In the Layouts editor #

1. Change each block found to another view type (on explayouts_ui_api before 1.3.29, mind the save quirk).

With an export and settings #

1. Export all layouts and search layouts.json for "view_type": "<name>"; switch those blocks first.
2. Then remove the ViewTypes[] line (with exp:ini rem) and the template.

Which to choose #

Blocks keep their stored view type; a removed one would point at a missing template.

Check #

• A new export has no block with the old view type.

Related pages #

• Export and import layouts
• Add a view type
• Redesign examples, every page
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.