it was using string 'name' rather than $name when fetching config
variables

The cause of many upgrade bugs from 1.0.X to 1.1.X.
(cherry picked from commit a0d88c13)

Thanks to Howard Miller for the report.
(cherry picked from commit feb89b5fd038de1f8f29881814fd5b4c7971b62a)

This gives the theme a chance to not suck and fail when theme-related changes are made that wouldn't otherwise be picked up by smarty's mtime check.
(cherry picked from commit 18f3fe7d64d7438495f6c824fdfb5f30ecc79a66)

Translated by David Mudrak <david.mudrak@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit 1f532be8f58f674c048ad30b94cce5ef3fddb076)

(cherry picked from commit 0d102acc)

(cherry picked from commit b9609391)

(cherry picked from commit 175bac4b)