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Is it possible to use update server for managing template updates?

I read here that template is not supported.

But is the article up-to-date? Because on that article there is also a line that states :

client - Required for modules and templates as of 3.2.0.

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  • Thank you @webchum it works! I've checked and it is documented but hard to find!
    – xavip
    Jan 19, 2016 at 9:15
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    – Farahmand
    Jan 19, 2016 at 14:47
  • @Farahmand I added this answer because no one commented before so at first sight was difficult to determine if the answer was good or not. Maybe I should have commented instead of posting an answer
    – xavip
    Jan 22, 2016 at 10:48

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I think the article is not up-to-date because update server is working properly with template.

Here's the code I use in the templateDetails.xml

<updateservers>
   <server type="extension" name="mytemplate" priority="1">http://www.domain.com/updates/template.xml</server>
</updateservers>

And this is the content of my http://www.domain.com/updates/template.xml

<updates>
    <update>
        <name>My Template</name>
        <description>My Template</description>
        <element>mytemplate</element>
        <type>template</type>
        <version>1.2</version>
        <infourl title="My template 1.2"><![CDATA[ My template update ]]></infourl>
        <downloads>
            <downloadurl type="full" format="zip">http://www.domain.com/updates/template.xml</downloadurl>
        </downloads>
        <maintainer>Me</maintainer>
        <maintainerurl>http://www.domain.com</maintainerurl>
        <targetplatform name="joomla" version="3.[12345]"/>
        <client>0</client>
        <client_id>0</client_id>
    </update>
</updates>
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    thanks for the info, however, why does your downloadurl node attribute format="zip" and the value is the xml file location? www.domain.com/updates/template.xml
    – Jim Frenette
    Mar 2, 2016 at 18:49
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Just an FYI for anyone else who may be running into problems when deploying an update server for a template, the <client> must be set to site or administrator.

Do NOT use 0 or 1 for the <client>

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