How to create your own vBulletin-powered page! (uses vB templates) [Archive] - Page 3

T_Richardson

07-06-2007, 07:48 PM

Put it in the PHP file, instead of using echo/print use variables, then just put the variable in the template. If that is too much work, I think you can use something like this:
ob_start();

// All your PHP you want in the template here

$above = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();Then putting $above in your template would show all the PHP.

Thank you, I've been searching for this solution to include a separate index.php file for 3 hrs. This worked like a dream.

Just to make it clear what I did I'll show it for someone who is also looking:

Code snipet at end of custom page php file.
// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

ob_start();

require_once('./bf2_status/index.php');

$above = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'BF2 Status';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('STATUS') . '");');

?>
I put in "require_once('./bf2_status/index.php');" to get the php file. Then in the template where you usually put the html code for the content, I just put $above

rnmcd

07-06-2007, 11:09 PM

Anyone want to link me to a site that is using this mod? I would like to see what you can do with it.

Thanks.

ragtek

07-07-2007, 08:56 AM

lol
you can make your own sites
and thats no hack;)
thats just the basic code you need in your file if you want to make a extrafile with the vb classes

how it looks:
http://www.ragtek.org/forum/stencil.php or http://www.ragtek.org/forum/linkliste.php or http://www.ragtek.org/forum/spende.php

rnmcd

07-07-2007, 10:05 PM

So it adds the header, footer and navbar, etc to the page and you can enter the 'body' of the page?

Ragtek, how did you create the new links in your navbar?

T_Richardson

07-07-2007, 10:26 PM

So it adds the header, footer and navbar, etc to the page and you can enter the 'body' of the page?

Ragtek, how did you create the new links in your navbar?

Yes, It adds all those. Works great with Ultimate Side Bars (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=141870)

rnmcd

07-08-2007, 12:34 AM

What a coincidence. That is the only other hack/modification I am considering doing at this time!

karlm

07-08-2007, 03:10 AM

aww poo, this would be good, but doesnt' seem to work for me. blank white page, no source at all when inspected LoL.

I'm at a loss, every character is accounted for - no missing ;s or similar. :(

eta - it's case sensitive... TEST test :p

problem resolved LoL

ragtek

07-08-2007, 05:18 AM

So it adds the header, footer and navbar, etc to the page and you can enter the 'body' of the page?

Ragtek, how did you create the new links in your navbar?

it add's all what you need:D

every template, you want/need can be put in!(navbar,header,footer,option,postbit,...)

for the menu: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/templates_vbmenu
or do you mean this:66682

rnmcd

07-08-2007, 01:39 PM

or do you mean this:66682
Yes, I was referring to the navbar in your image. How did you insert "Stencil Tutorials," for example?

ragtek

07-08-2007, 01:54 PM

in navbar template ad:

<br /><div id="navcontainer">
<ul id="navlist">
<li><a href="http://www.ragtek.org">Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php">Forum</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ragtek.org/gallery/">Gallery</a></li>

<li><a href="stencil.php">Stencil Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="calendar.php">Kalender</a></li>
<li><a href="linkliste.php">Linkliste</a></li>
<li><a href="showthread.php?t=2827">Forum Benutzung</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
to the style add:

#navcontainer
{
background: #222222;
font: normal normal 11px Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#navlist
{
list-style: none outside none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
@media all {
#navlist {
text-align: right
}
}
#navlist li
{
bottom: 11px;
display: inline;
line-height: 1.2em;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}
html>body #navlist li
{
background: #000;
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
padding: 4px 0px 4px 0;
}
#navlist a, #navlist a:link, #navlist a:visited
{
background: #222222;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
bottom: 2px;
color: #FFCC00;
cursor: pointer;
display: inline;
height: 1em;
margin: 0;
padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px;
position: relative;
left: 2px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#navlist a:hover
{
background: #000000;
bottom: 1px;
color: #FFF;
position: relative;
right: 1px;
}
#navlist a:active
{
background: #000000;
bottom: 0px;
color: #FFF;
position: relative;
right: 0px;
}
#navlist li#active
{
background: #369;
bottom: 13px;
display: inline;
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}
html>body #navlist li#active
{
background: #000;
margin: 0 4px 0 4px;
}
#navlist #active a, #navlist #active a:link, #navlist #active a:visited, #navlist #active a:hover
{
background: #369;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: 1px solid #9CC;
border-right: 1px solid #9CC;
border-top: 1px solid #9CC;
bottom: 0;
color: #FFF;
cursor: text;
margin: 0;
padding: 2px 5px 0 5px;
position: relative;
right: 0;
}
.link_n a:link, .link_n a:visited {
display:block;
text-align:center;
padding:4px;
background: #000000;
border-top:1px solid #ffffff;
border-left:1px solid #ffffff;
border-right:1px solid #ffffff;
margin:12px 6px 0 0;
font-size:11px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
}

.link_n a:hover {
background: #000000;
border-top:1px solid #ffffff;
border-left:1px solid #ffffff;
border-right:1px solid #fffff;
}
.link_n_a a:link, .link_n_a a:visited {
display:block;
text-align:center;
padding:5px 4px 5px 4px;
background: #222222;
border-top:1px solid #ffffff;
border-left:1px solid #ffffff;
border-right:1px solid #ffffff;
margin:10px 6px 0 0;
font-size:11px;
color:#ffffff;
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;
}
.link_n_a a:hover {
background: #222222;
border-top:1px solid #ffffff;
border-left:1px solid #ffffff;
border-right:1px solid #ffffff;
}

.link_n, .link_n_a{
float:left;
}

radarhunter

07-08-2007, 02:48 PM

Excellent Man Love Ya Thanks A Lot

I created 2 pages

www.stepheniansonline.com/forum/Oops.php

www.stepheniansonline.com/forum/advertisement.php

T_Richardson

07-08-2007, 09:46 PM

If you want your pages to viewable only to members add this under require_once('./global.php'); in your php file.

if (!$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) print_no_permission();

See this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1286165#post1286165

DieselMinded

07-09-2007, 04:43 AM

I Have Made 3 Of These Pages

http://www.dieselbombers.com/sponsors.php

http://www.dieselbombers.com/linkswap.php

http://www.dieselbombers.com/toptruck.php

And I have added the Whos online (Where) additional Hack , IT Displays as so..

UNKNOWN LOCATION
/toptruck

Ect.. For all 3 pages

How do i change the UNKNOWN LOCATION TO ( Currently Viewing ) ?

T_Richardson

07-09-2007, 09:24 AM

are your files in the same folder as the the global.php? You might have to specify the location.

blazingpc

07-10-2007, 12:23 PM

I have made several pages but I was wondering if it would be possible to add some forum sections to 1 of these pages?

cobaltcoupe

07-11-2007, 06:15 PM

So you can put like a regular html page on your VB website? This is kind of cool.

T_Richardson

07-11-2007, 07:12 PM

I have made several pages but I was wondering if it would be possible to add some forum sections to 1 of these pages?
I'm also searching for some forum content to show in custom pages. I managed to include a shout box. I'm trying to get "who's online" showing and "latest posts/threads".

blazingpc

07-11-2007, 11:43 PM

I'm also searching for some forum content to show in custom pages. I managed to include a shout box. I'm trying to get "who's online" showing and "latest posts/threads".

I've basically put this idea on the back burner for the time being and have set up VB on my PC to play with it and see what I can do and learn.

ragtek

07-13-2007, 05:20 AM

what you mean with forumsection?

threads?userpages?userdata?

DieselMinded

07-17-2007, 06:37 PM

are your files in the same folder as the the global.php? You might have to specify the location.

Yes and how do i do this

CarlitoBrigante

07-22-2007, 06:32 PM

It's not difficult - store your script's working directory in a constant/variable, chdir to the vBulletin working directory, call global.php, and then chdir back to your script directory.

Basically, just do this:

// vBulletin path (edit the value)
define('VBULLETIN_CWD','/var/www/vhosts/yourwebsite.com/httpdocs/');
// Do not edit anything below
// Your script path
define('YOURSCRIPT_CWD', (($getcwd = getcwd()) ? $getcwd : '.'));
// Switch to vBulletin directory
chdir(VBULLETIN_CWD);
// Call backend
require_once('./global.php');
// Switch back to your script directory
chdir(YOURSCRIPT_CWD);

hiphopave

07-23-2007, 09:34 PM

I have my script in another directory. Using the above advice, it now works, but the images and links are broken. Anyone know how to get around that?

CarlitoBrigante

07-25-2007, 02:07 AM

This is an entirely different issue. This is a problem with the html of the website.

Keep in mind that most links to images, stylesheets, scripts used within vBulletin are relative to the forums path. So, if you want to output templates that link to images in your forums' directory using relative links, you can probably just add a base href (http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_base.asp) tag. Of course, having a link to your forums/custom page would make finding the cause of this small issue very easy.

Hope this helps!

edgecutioner

07-28-2007, 10:10 AM

works great thanks!

thompson

07-29-2007, 04:42 PM

does it works in all versions (3.6.7 ?)

vuiveclub

07-30-2007, 09:28 PM

does it works in all versions (3.6.7 ?)
Yes . :confused:,

I've a question,
I created a page:
if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'temp1')
{
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEMPLATE_temp1') . '");');
}

But in the template temp1 I want to add another custom template something temp2
when I run this script it does not show the content of template temp2 ? :confused:
why?

amcd

08-01-2007, 08:09 PM

you have to eval temp2 and store the result in a variable before you try to print_output from temp1. see how navbar is processed in the example in the first post.

Eddymvp

08-03-2007, 05:38 PM

I had this page working for about 2 years, and all of the sudden it stops working and if i'm not login it ask me to login and when I log-in it says

"username, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:... etc".

Like I said I had this working for 2 years and it stops working and I haven't changed any of the code on the page.

How can I get this back to work?

Can someone really help me out with this. I can't figured out why I'm getting permission deny on my custom page. I did follow all the steps propertly.

CarlitoBrigante

08-04-2007, 02:06 AM

If you want, send to my e-mail (carlito@psfantasy.com) a copy of the file that is giving you issues. Of course, being able to see your exact setup would make debugging this very easy - maybe you could give us more details?

edgecutioner

08-04-2007, 11:33 AM

umm how do i limit the page to be viewed ONLY to registered members?

wolf32

08-05-2007, 12:03 AM

Did everything right but am just getting a blank page. Any suggestions? :)

Template Name: About_Us
Code:
<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'http://www.u-connex.com/About_Us.php'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'About_Us',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'About Us';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('About_Us') . '");');

?>

amcd

08-05-2007, 05:31 AM

A blank page usually means that display_errors is off in php.ini. Either switch that on or set the error_log variable to a file writable by nobody.

umm how do i limit the page to be viewed ONLY to registered members?
put this just below the 'START MAIN SCRIPT' comment

if ($vbulletin->userinfo->userid==0)
{
print_no_permission();
}

Adrian Schneider

08-05-2007, 06:37 AM

It should actually be $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . To simplify the code, and fix: if (!$vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])
{
print_no_permission();
}

edgecutioner

08-05-2007, 01:53 PM

It should actually be $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . To simplify the code, and fix: if (!$vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])
{
print_no_permission();
}

A blank page usually means that display_errors is off in php.ini. Either switch that on or set the error_log variable to a file writable by nobody.

put this just below the 'START MAIN SCRIPT' comment

if ($vbulletin->userinfo->userid==0)
{
print_no_permission();
}

thanks for the code guys!

EDIT: Works perfectly!

wolf32

08-05-2007, 03:41 PM

A blank page usually means that display_errors is off in php.ini. Either switch that on or set the error_log variable to a file writable by nobody.

My error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING
in /big/dom/xu_connex/www/About_Us.php on line 2

Anyone???

Antivirus

08-05-2007, 06:05 PM

What's your code?

wolf32

08-05-2007, 06:32 PM

I posted it about halfway up the page ^^^^.

Antivirus

08-06-2007, 01:50 AM

Try changing THIS_SCRIPT to just about_us, no complete url address

wolf32

08-06-2007, 02:05 AM

Try changing THIS_SCRIPT to just about_us, no complete url address

Aggg!! Same error.

Adrian Schneider

08-06-2007, 05:46 AM

Your code parsed fine for me, so post your exact code. :)

RockMTP

08-06-2007, 09:25 AM

Hi all!

This looks like exactly what i need!

The only problem is I just spent an hour editing the php & template and then trying to get them to work without much luck! I don't know much about doing this kind of thing as you could probably guess.

I changed all the 'Test' areas to 'MORE'

I added the php to the root

I created the template and added 'MORE' where applicable

I made sure the global path was correct

and nothing worked! Have I overlooked something!

alright, hopefully someone can help me with this:

i have some large files i want to make available to certain usergroups, but not other. the files are way too large to upload as "attachments" with vb so i would have to upload them via ftp and then just post a link in a thread...of course this means the only way to prevent people from downloading it is to prevent them from seeing the thread at all, which is not my intention.

with this new way of making a vb page, is there any way to do what i am trying to do?

any help would be great.

Try something like:

<?php

require_once('./global.php');

if ($_REQUEST[filename])
{
if ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6)
{
header("Location: $_REQUEST[filename]");
}
}

?>

Be sure to change the path to the global.php and the usergroupid as well (currently it's 6 for admins only).

Also, save this code in a file such as download.php and then you can use the file by linking to it like www.example.com/forum/download.php?filename=something.php which will download www.examlpe.com/forum/files/something.php if the user is an administrator.

The above is exactly what I want to do. Can someone tell me where I should add the new php code please. Also how would I FTP into these pages...just a little confused at the moment!

Thanks

wolf32

08-06-2007, 02:36 PM

Your code parsed fine for me, so post your exact code. :)

Edit: It's working. I was using Wordpad and switched to Notepad and that fixed it. Some formatting problems :dunno:

Thanks for the help guys.

Yours Truly

08-08-2007, 05:18 PM

I know this has probably been answered a 1000 times but i get a blank page. My PHP file and template are :

test.php

<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'test'
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");');

?>

Template: 'test'

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header

$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">Title</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">Text</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

Any help? :)

radarhunter

08-08-2007, 05:41 PM

Adrian Schneider

08-08-2007, 06:40 PM

Template names are case sensitive. :)

Yours Truly

08-08-2007, 08:34 PM

i also had the same problem

try editing this TEST to test in ur last line of php file

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");');

?>
Everything shall be fine........ the code is not wrong anywhere else

Ahhh didn't know that had to be edited works a treat now thank you :)

Template names are case sensitive. :)

Yes i was aware of that but wasn't aware that line needed editing :) Thanks anyway :)

ThreeD

08-08-2007, 09:56 PM

Can anyone tell me how I can add "Last Activity" information of a user to a custom page, what hook do I have to include?

I am customizing the showgroups.php to redesign the staff list...and I want to include "last activity" but I can't seem to get it to work :( Shouldn't it be a simple line of code?

Day Dreamer

08-10-2007, 08:02 PM

I was wondering if there was something I could add to force the page to be viewed in a certain style when people view it?

mackers8923

08-10-2007, 10:13 PM

Would this hack work for a cubecart installation? I'm trying to integrate a cubecart shop with my vbulletin site.

Can I call another page from within a vbulletin template?

dutchbb

08-12-2007, 02:08 PM

Hello Gary, is this possible:

I want a template in the admin cp >templates to to show as LINKS but some other templates should hide (collapsed) under it just like the SHOWTHREAD template has. This would make the template list less cluttered. How can this be done please?

ragtek

08-12-2007, 02:47 PM

thats made with the name i
the 1.ellement needsthe name myhack
than the collapsed:
myhack_1
myhack_2

rnmcd

08-19-2007, 04:20 PM

I've been looking for a way (outside of the forums) to display RSS feeds. Would this be a method to do that?

Thanks.

ravyn

08-21-2007, 05:15 PM

I have to say this is the best, easiest, fastest, most efficient (and every other-est) way to create extra pages with the VB styles! It was so easy to set up and I found that it was just as easy as the rest of the board to customize. All of my styles worked right from the start and guests can view pages without any problems!

Here (http://www.coldfusioninacan.com) is a link to my site. The links 'Written Works', 'Art Gallery', Project Surreal Manga', and 'Anime Convention Gallery' are the custom pages. I know there's not much on them (the Anime Gallery is the only one with content), but I even found a way to display different stuff in the side columns (using the side column hack) and the VB_AREA function. It's a simple code that you can add to the php pages you have to upload.

Where is says in the php file:
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'yourscript');

Below that add:
define('VB_AREA', 'test');

where 'test' is the area you want it to be named. keep it simple. I used simple words like art and manga. then when you make the links in your side columns, you can have separate links for your forums, then separate links for the custom pages:

<if condition="VB_AREA == test">
Links for your test page
</if>
<if condition="VB_AREA == VBA_PORTAL">
Separate links if you have VBAdvance portal
</if>
<if condition="VB_AREA == Forum">
regular links for the forum.
</if>

And this will work in the navbar too! I haven't found a place where the VB_AREA function doesn't work. I thought it would just be something cool to add so that for all the work you go through to make the custom pages, you can have custom links too!

jasonmerchant

08-21-2007, 08:43 PM

After calling global.php, all the query string variables are emptied, and I'm guessing they are checked and then placed in another variable.

What variable are they moved to?

FWT

08-21-2007, 11:46 PM

In the beginning example, I see $navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page'; but the var $parent is not set. What is this used for?

jasonmerchant

08-22-2007, 01:51 AM

FWT:

$navbits is for the breadcrumb in the navbar template. It will set the text that is displayed at the end of the breadcrumb

Motoscene

08-27-2007, 04:56 AM

I have been looking for something like this for awhile. THANKS!!!

Only having one problem with this mod. Don't know if this has been brought up yet though.
Why can you not use VB Code in the mod. I am making a links page and the url=www.link.com/url with brackets of coarse is not working.

I know some of you are having problems making this work at all. And I have found a small mistake in the upload of this to my forum on my part. If you make the text document in wordpad make sure that you use TEXT DOCUMENT not RICH TEXT DOCUMENT.

amnesia623

08-28-2007, 11:59 PM

spectacular - just what i've been lookin' for

Thank you to everyone who posted this tutorial.

kjhkjh

09-10-2007, 07:30 PM

1) correct
2) replace $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6 with $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 7 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 8 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 9
3) Replace eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");'); with your PHP stuff.

I'm looking at doing something similar here but don't understand the advice on some of these pages.

I have the template in place, and the web page showing. I just want to prevent guests from seeing this page (I'd rather that they saw the standard "you must be a member... blah, blah, no privileges..." vb type message)

I don't know if the quoted advice can help me, or where I should be changing stuff.

Does anyone know what code should I add/change?
Also do I change/add this in the template or in the php file?

Thanks in advance

ComputerVitals

09-17-2007, 01:19 AM

Works great.

Is there any way of adding an Attachment feature like the threads can have?

ragtek

09-17-2007, 05:07 AM

you would have to make a own class/dm abstracted from the attachment dm

Darth`

09-18-2007, 04:25 PM

this all works great for me with one exception..
i use this to make a mini-site that only certain usergroups can access and all that works fine, my problem is in having a little navigation menu for the pages within this minisite.
basically as it was i had to have all the links on every page so adding a new one was becoming annoying, and im trying to get it so that the navmenu is a separate page/template, but cant get the nav template/page to display and have no idea why. anyone help please?

Opserty

09-19-2007, 06:23 PM

VBUsers

09-28-2007, 10:36 PM

worked great thanks

XxBuLLeTz

10-01-2007, 12:46 AM

say i want to create a page called stats as a vbulletin custom template.

my forums are located at mysite.com/forums, which means my stats page would be mysite.com/forums/stats.php

could i get it into the root directory so i could have the stats page at mysite.com/stats.php?

Tact7626

10-11-2007, 06:46 PM

applied this on 3.6.8 (that's the latest version right? i forget sometimes)

worked BEAUTIFLY! thanks a lot. just have one teeny question.

my page shows up as "uknown page" in the "whos online" page when someone is visiting it. anyway to change that or give it a proper title so vbulletin displays it? prolly some title i'm missing somewhere. thanks in advance.

l3it3r

10-11-2007, 07:55 PM

works great

gotlinks

10-15-2007, 02:02 PM

This is just what I needed! Thanks much

edgecutioner

10-17-2007, 04:22 PM

Tact7626

10-17-2007, 06:09 PM

read the article again

how stupid of me. this whole time, i thought the "who's online mod" was to make the box show in the new page. i didn't realize it was correct the "unknown page" thing. lol

thanks. if it was renamed "who's online fix" i think that would help. lol

Meje

11-07-2007, 11:41 PM

love it thank you!

Ive had a look through this thread, but couldn't find what I'm after. Can someone please tell me what I need to do to get the 'whos online' and 'statistics' showing at the bottom of the page ?

Id also like to get this part to show on the page when they are not logged in/not registered?

Welcome to the my forums.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

DieselMinded

11-11-2007, 08:10 AM

How Can I delete a template I made i dont use that page anymore and for the life of me i cant find out how to delete it in the AdminCP/Stylemanager

Opserty

11-11-2007, 09:04 AM

How Can I delete a template I made i dont use that page anymore and for the life of me i cant find out how to delete it in the AdminCP/Stylemanager
Just revert the template, if it is a custom template then the template will be deleted.

Meghwar

11-14-2007, 09:37 PM

thank you

great hack and i modify to Staff :) its great i creat that page for our Staff but i wish i can set permissions :) but its ok

thanx again
Regards
attached SS.

Triky

11-20-2007, 10:10 AM

Thank you, Gary. :)
I've used the Who's Online Modification to adjuste on of my modifications where it said Unknok Location.

calumn

11-26-2007, 10:48 AM

How can I get this to work in directories. I have tried to create a page in www.mydomain.com/directory/page/index.php

I changed test to index but it doesn't work because it says it can't find global.php

I know its because it is in a directory but how do I fix it?

amcd

11-26-2007, 11:13 AM

SBlueman

12-01-2007, 11:48 PM

Would this be able to work at all on a Wordpress blog?

l3it3r

12-03-2007, 12:03 AM

IMO, an array would be better.

vB 3.0.x:
if (!in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(6,8,13))) print_no_permission();

vB 3.5.x:
if (!in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'], array(6,8,13))) print_no_permission();

This works better IMO..

THANKS!!

Opserty

12-03-2007, 03:52 PM

This works better IMO..
You should use the is_member_of() function to do this properly.

if(!is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9))
{
//print_no...
}

Razasharp

12-05-2007, 09:05 PM

Does anyone know if the output of a page created in this way could be cached? And the cached version displayed to the end user?

Perhaps with the cached page being updated via a cron job every ten minutes? That would be SO cool!

tunistunis

12-12-2007, 12:19 PM

est ce que sa marche avec 3.8

apn3a

12-14-2007, 04:15 PM

i have a php script that i am having trouble with. it is not written for vbulletin, but i would like to include it in my vb's template. this script has about 3-4 php files. i create a php file from which i run my script. i only include once the index.php of my script, which runs other php files from inside of it.

my problem is the following: when i run the script, everything is fine, the template is there etc. when i enter the details the script asks for, and i hit submit, the new window that opens does not have the vb template. i've tried everything, no luck. the window that opens when i hit submit has no action (etc. xxx.php?=something.) its just xxx.php. the funny thing is that if i have an error in my form, the template stays as it is even though a new window opens. the problem only occurs when i hit submit. please help

that's the action code from the script:

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">

cfitzarl

12-14-2007, 11:01 PM

Very nice tutorial :)

Jase2

12-24-2007, 04:58 PM

Hi,

Where do i put the HTML one?

Opserty

12-26-2007, 08:22 AM

Hi,

Where do i put the HTML one?

In a new Template in your AdminCP ( -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit Templates)

testaj

12-28-2007, 03:03 PM

global.php has been designed to be included from scripts in the same directory. You can change the directory to forum root, require global.php, and then change back to /directory/page and continue processing but I would not recommend it.

Thanks for the pointer! Made it easy, wasn't even thinking about that....

Have you included files outside of the forum directory while having the "save css as files" enabled? It seems to link the stylesheet as a relative link from forums directory.

And I guess the same problem occurs with images that are relative to the forums directory....

And the links being relative....

XxBuLLeTz

12-29-2007, 02:08 AM

thanks for the article, works very well.

amcd

12-29-2007, 11:33 AM

Thanks for the pointer! Made it easy, wasn't even thinking about that....

Have you included files outside of the forum directory while having the "save css as files" enabled? It seems to link the stylesheet as a relative link from forums directory.

And I guess the same problem occurs with images that are relative to the forums directory....

And the links being relative....
Yes, that is expected. It is not a problem with vbulletin, but the way in which url's are interpreted by web browsers. The images and css are relative url's by default, and thus would get affected. Even javascript, for that matter.

For example, lets say the vb homepage is at www.example.com/forums/index.php and it contains an image with src="images/misc/logo.png". The web browser takes the initial portion of the webpage address (everything before index.php) and adds the image location to it. This is fine.

But if you move the homepage to www.example.com/forums/mypages/index.php without editing the templates, the browser will now look for the logo at www.example.com/forums/mypages/images/misc/logo.png - not good.

Unless you plan to create hundreds of custom pages, I recommend you keep them in the forum directory. Makes life easier.

testaj

12-29-2007, 01:01 PM

Thanks for the info. I pretty much knew that was the case, I was just wondering if anyone had found a work around.

Jase2

01-01-2008, 06:33 PM

Could someone please help me putting this in?
$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header

$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">Other Donating Options</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1"><div align="center">
<?php
$action=$_REQUEST['action'];
if ($action=='sendemail') {
// get form contents
$name=$_REQUEST['name'];
$username=$_REQUEST['username'];
$email=$_REQUEST['email'];
$donation=$_REQUEST['donation'];
$currency=$_REQUEST['currency'];
//Sending Email to user
$pfw_header = "From: $email\n"
. "Reply-To: $email\n";
$pfw_subject = "Donation Details!\n";
$pfw_email_to = "jay-4-today@hotmail.co.uk\n";
$pfw_message = "\n\n"
. "Name: $name\n"
. "Username: $username\n"
. "Email Address: $email\n"
. "Donation: $donation\n"
. "Currency: $currency\n"
."------------------------------------------------------------------------------";
$send=mail($pfw_email_to, $pfw_subject ,$pfw_message ,$pfw_header ) ;
if ($send==1) {
$output="Your Message has been successfully sent!";
} else {
$output="There has been a problem sending the message!";
}

} else {
?>
<form action="donate.php?action=sendemail" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="donationform" id="donationform">
<label>
<div align="center">To Email The Administrator About The Other Donating Methods Please Fillin The Form Below.<br />
<br />
Name:
<input name="name" type="text" id="name" />
</div>
</label>
<p align="center">
<label>
Username :
<input name="username" type="text" id="username" />
</label>
</p>
<p align="center">
<label>
Email Address:
<input name="email" type="text" id="email" />
</label>
</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">How Much Would You Like To Donate? </p>
<p align="center">Donation :
<label>
<input name="donation" type="text" id="donation" />
</label>
</p>
<p align="center">
<label>
<input name="currency" type="radio" value="United States Dollars (USD)" checked="checked" />
United States Dollars (USD)</label>
<br />
<label>
<input name="currency" type="radio" value="Great British Pounds (GBP)" />
Great British Pounds (GBP)</label>
</p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center">
<label>

<div align="center">
<div align="center">
<input type="submit" name="donate" id="donate" value="Donate" />
<input type="reset" name="Reset" id="Reset" value="Reset" />
<br />
</div>
</label>
</form>
<?php
</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

Thats what i have put in but when i preview it, It says this
$stylevar[htmldoctype] $headinclude $header $navbar
Other Donating Options
$action=$_REQUEST['action']; if ($action=='sendemail') { // get form contents $name=$_REQUEST['name']; $username=$_REQUEST['username']; $email=$_REQUEST['email']; $donation=$_REQUEST['donation']; $currency=$_REQUEST['currency']; //Sending Email to user $pfw_header = "From: $email\n" . "Reply-To: $email\n"; $pfw_subject = "Donation Details!\n"; $pfw_email_to = "jay-4-today@hotmail.co.uk\n"; $pfw_message = "\n\n" . "Name: $name\n" . "Username: $username\n" . "Email Address: $email\n" . "Donation: $donation\n" . "Currency: $currency\n" ."------------------------------------------------------------------------------"; $send=mail($pfw_email_to, $pfw_subject ,$pfw_message ,$pfw_header ) ; if ($send==1) { $output="Your Message has been successfully sent!"; } else { $output="There has been a problem sending the message!"; } } else { ?>
To Email The Administrator About The Other Donating Methods Please Fillin The Form Below.
And this where the footer should be
$footer

Could someone help me or put it in the right place for me please?

Forum Lover

01-16-2008, 02:02 PM

nice tut... going to make for my own.. thanks...

cam2

01-17-2008, 01:11 PM

I cannot figure out how to set the permissions. Where do I start? Can someone tell me what code to use and where to insert it? Thanks in advance.

amcd

01-18-2008, 03:45 AM

I cannot figure out how to set the permissions. Where do I start? Can someone tell me what code to use and where to insert it? Thanks in advance.
This is not about code insertion. It is about creating a whole new page. All the details are given in the tutorial (and further posts in the thread) and you should read it again if you do not understand.

It may also be helpful to study some of the smaller php files in vbulletin itself.

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Could someone please help me putting this in?

Thats what i have put in but when i preview it, It says this

And this where the footer should be

Could someone help me or put it in the right place for me please?You cannot put php code in templates.

SNATCH3R

01-18-2008, 04:32 AM

sokol

01-20-2008, 06:05 PM

Can I separate my forum categories in these two pages....I mean currently I have a huge list of Forums and Sub Forums in different Forum Categories. I would like to bring make one Fourm Category on the main index.php page, and the other category in this new page. Is it possible ?

Thanks

Not without custom code.
I'm looking for a way to add 1 specific forum to make a news page but still looking.

for what you want to do look: HERE (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=92201)

~Sokol

John3971

01-20-2008, 09:33 PM

i wan´t a custom page but i also want this page to have some other page in it like this

test.php as it says in this article and then i also want test.php?do=test to be another page i tried to put that code below everything but it did not work..

i also wanna know how i fix so test.php?do=test2 is only shown to some usergroups but not all, but test.php and test.php?do=test should be allowed to everyone.

SNATCH3R

01-21-2008, 09:26 AM

Not without custom code.
I'm looking for a way to add 1 specific forum to make a news page but still looking.

for what you want to do look: HERE (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=92201)

~Sokol

Thanks u sokol.....its been really a gr8 help for me to manage my forum with this wonderful hack...

its working like sweet in 3.6.8.....

thanks buddy......

mikey1090

01-23-2008, 11:19 AM

Great tutorial. took me a while to find at first but thanks

Mum

01-23-2008, 11:47 PM

I ahve a page at http://www.mummybrain.com/toplist/ - i'm wanting to open that page inside the template, how can i call this page to open inside?

top end ms

01-25-2008, 05:33 AM

No ones found a way to put the files in any other folder but the forum root? That kind stinks :(

Even CHDIRing before and after global still causes errors with the images and some things.

DrussRob

01-28-2008, 10:15 PM

works beautifully in 3.7 b4 :)
thx!

Milktruck

02-03-2008, 12:26 AM

@top_end_ms - It's really messy to say the least .. even vB's own blog is simply at /blog.php. Some mods that I have are the same way. I hate having random files in my forum root.

I got it working finally. First I copied the client scripts folder into the separate folder I want. Had to copy the /images folder as well (or else no images show up). Then I had to go into the header template and make absolute links for the menu options (or else they came up as domain.com/customfolder/name.php). Still having some issues with the "Search" working on the custom page (keeps going to customfolder/search.php) but other than that, it's as perfect as it will get. Maybe no one will try to search on those pages. ;) Give it a try!

(Not sure if having two client script folders is going to break anything, security issue, etc? Will find out I guess...)

FamChap

02-04-2008, 08:57 PM

is "Style" and "Template" one and the same thing?

amcd

02-05-2008, 04:25 AM

is "Style" and "Template" one and the same thing?
No, they are related but not same. A style is a collection of many templates, stylesheets, some variables, icons, buttons, etc.

inciarco

02-06-2008, 02:50 AM

Great Instructions, Gary King!! :up::up::up:

Thank You Very Much For Sharing Them!! :up::up::up:

My Best Regards!! ;)

:)

Stryker412

02-11-2008, 12:56 PM

I was able to make the page but the WOL part is showing unknown location. Here is what I put into functions_online.php

case 'store.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'store';
break;
case 'store':
$userinfo['action'] = 'Viewing Shattered Planet Store';
break;

Also, is there a way to integrate this page into VBA or at least insert a module from VBA? I have a site navigation module I'd like to add on the left side. Thanks.

soundbarrierpro

02-16-2008, 10:52 PM

Opened Notepad.

Created test.php
Pasted the code and changed test to 'FORUMDISPLAY'
Saved to test server

Opened Notepad
Created test.html
Pasted code
Saved to test server

Opened Browser and entered http://localhost/forum/test.php

All I get is a blank page? Am I not using the right template? What am I supposed to be doing to make this work?

Thanks

Opserty

02-17-2008, 10:50 AM

Opened Notepad
Created test.html
Pasted code
Saved to test server
Have you read the instructions? This is not the way to create a template...

It says "Now create the template, called TEST with the following content:". Templates can be created through the "Styles & Templates > Style Manager" in the AdminCP.

glennybee

02-19-2008, 06:17 PM

Hi folks,

I'm trying to learn as much as possible in as short a time as possible hehe.

This thread is a great help.

I would like to have a /forums/games.php page which contains thumbnails of flash games.
I have created a template for each game, i.e. custom_game1, custom_game2, etc.
I have insterted the line to call the template in the games.php file, i.e.

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('custom_game1') . '");');

Now this only brings up one game in any one window. I don't want to have game1.php, game2.php, etc., I would like to have all the thumbnails in games.php and when clicked on, they would run as normal.

I realise I could do this...

forums/games.php?do=game1

...and that would display each game in it's own window but how would I create the thumbnails?

I'm not looking for exact code, even a hint to a thread where I could learn it.

Thanks
Glen

Tomaszewski

02-20-2008, 12:37 AM

Hey guys, quick Q here as this is really a good method, however this is my file structure:

Site Structure

1. www.website.com/index.php < Root
2. www.website.com/forums/index.php << Forum Root

Forum is located in 2, trying to make a home page for the forum in 1 to display whenever someone visits the website introducing parts of the site and the forum. The forum will be one of the main parts of the site so I'd like for the forum menus and features to work.

Below is my code:

test.php
<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'TEST',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
chdir('./forums/');
require('global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");');

?>

Template called TEST

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header

$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">Title</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">Text</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

headinclude Template
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=$stylevar[charset]" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin $vboptions[templateversion]" />
<if condition="$show['threadinfo']">
<meta name="keywords" content="$threadinfo[title], $vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />
<else />
<if condition="$show['foruminfo']">
<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[title_clean], $vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />
<else />
<meta name="keywords" content="$vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="$vboptions[description]" />
</if>
</if>


$style[css]
<if condition="is_browser('opera') AND !is_browser('opera', '8.0.1')">
<style type="text/css">
ul, ol { padding-left:20px; }
</style>
</if>


<script type="text/javascript">

</script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.website.com/forums/clientscript/vbulletin_global.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.website.com/forums/clientscript/vbulletin_menu.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script></if>
<if condition="$vboptions['externalrss']">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="$vboptions[bbtitle] RSS Feed" href="external.php?type=RSS2" />
<if condition="$show['foruminfo'] OR $show['threadinfo']">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="$vboptions[bbtitle] - $foruminfo[title_clean] - RSS Feed" href="external.php?type=RSS2&forumids=$foruminfo[forumid]" />
</if>
</if>

at the end of all of this, this is what I get:

http://www.methodcity.com/tomektemp/ScreenHunter01.jpg

but its supposed to look like this:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Can someone help? I've seriously read through this whole thing...

Tomaszewski

02-23-2008, 11:19 AM

any help would be MUCH appreciated.

Opserty

02-24-2008, 08:40 AM

Your images don't work.

DieselTruck

02-24-2008, 07:41 PM

Still can't get mine going!!

Here's my Code:
<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'test',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require('./global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('test') . '");');

?>

Im getting this error:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee267/8100Power/globalerror.jpg

Any Ideas?

Opserty

02-24-2008, 08:17 PM

DieselTruck

02-24-2008, 08:29 PM

Its a bit obvious from the error what the problem is Diesel! The global.php file doesn't exist in the folder, read the error messages its not rocket science!

To solve it:

$currentdir = getcwd();
chdir('../forum');
require_once('./global.php');
chdir($currentdir);

I knew what the problem was. I couldn't find the code to correct it. Thanks for your wonderful help! :rolleyes:

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Still doesn't work...

Tomaszewski

02-24-2008, 10:11 PM

Hey guys, quick Q here as this is really a good method, however this is my file structure:

Site Structure

1. www.website.com/index.php < Root
2. www.website.com/forums/index.php << Forum Root

Forum is located in 2, trying to make a home page for the forum in 1 to display whenever someone visits the website introducing parts of the site and the forum. The forum will be one of the main parts of the site so I'd like for the forum menus and features to work.

Below is my code:

test.php
<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'TEST',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
chdir('./forums/');
require('global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");');

?>

Template called TEST

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header

$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">Title</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">Text</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

headinclude Template
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=$stylevar[charset]" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin $vboptions[templateversion]" />
<if condition="$show['threadinfo']">
<meta name="keywords" content="$threadinfo[title], $vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />
<else />
<if condition="$show['foruminfo']">
<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[title_clean], $vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />
<else />
<meta name="keywords" content="$vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="$vboptions[description]" />
</if>
</if>


$style[css]
<if condition="is_browser('opera') AND !is_browser('opera', '8.0.1')">
<style type="text/css">
ul, ol { padding-left:20px; }
</style>
</if>


<script type="text/javascript">

</script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.website.com/forums/clientscript/vbulletin_global.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.website.com/forums/clientscript/vbulletin_menu.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script></if>
<if condition="$vboptions['externalrss']">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="$vboptions[bbtitle] RSS Feed" href="external.php?type=RSS2" />
<if condition="$show['foruminfo'] OR $show['threadinfo']">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="$vboptions[bbtitle] - $foruminfo[title_clean] - RSS Feed" href="external.php?type=RSS2&forumids=$foruminfo[forumid]" />
</if>
</if>

at the end of all of this, this is what I get:

http://www.methodcity.com/tomektemp/ScreenHunter01.jpg

but its supposed to look like this:

http://www.methodcity.com/tomektemp/ScreenHunter02.jpg

Can someone help? I've seriously read through this whole thing...

any help on this?

Paul M

02-24-2008, 11:21 PM

Still doesn't work...
You need to be more precise than that, what doesnt work, what happens ?

DieselTruck

02-25-2008, 12:14 AM

You need to be more precise than that, what doesnt work, what happens ?

Post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1450191&postcount=630

Show's the error thats linked above.

DieselTruck

02-26-2008, 05:19 PM

Got my page working correctly!

Another question.

How would I go about creating 3 columns inside of that template? HTML Coding right?

Powerofdreams

03-02-2008, 08:38 AM

Great ! :)

gdll

03-03-2008, 04:34 PM

Umh... obviously the paths to my pictures are links are broken, my forum is in /forum/ and my test.php is in /

I cant simply copy the images folder since I already have one in /
How can I make the paths right to get pictures and URLs correct? Something like the chdir() thing ?

edit: base tag seems to help :D

Another question : i have multiple styles: do I have to set the template for all of them ??

Digital Jedi

03-05-2008, 08:25 AM

Yup, one template for each style.

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any help on this?
A link to the page might be more helpful.

Mum

03-07-2008, 12:42 AM

I would like it to open a page inside a frame, how would i go about doing that?

gdll

03-07-2008, 10:24 AM

search for the <iframe> tag. something like <iframe src=test.php></iframe> i think.

Anybody can give an example of what code to put into the test.php page so that It will display the FORUMHOME template ? (ie: show the index of the /forum/ )

amcd

03-07-2008, 11:13 AM

MrEyes

03-07-2008, 11:35 AM

Here is a question:

Using the instructions given it took about 30 seconds to get an additional template driven page into my forum, which was nice :)

Now I am fiddling around trying to get data from the database into a html table in the template and have hit a wall. Just for the sake of testing I am attempting to select all users from a specific user group and display their username in a table.

So to do this after this line:

$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

I have added

$userlist = $db->query_read_slave("SELECT userid, username FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE usergroupid = 2");

while ($user = $db->fetch_array($userlist))
{
//print_r($user);
}

$db->free_result($userlist);

This gets the data I want and if I uncomment the print_r function it prints the data. However I can't work out how to get the data into a table within the template.

As an example if the select return 2 users (Bob & Dave) I want to render a table that looks like this:

<table>
<tr>
<td>Username</td<
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bob</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dave</td>
</tr>
</table>

Could somebody push me in the right direction?

DivineMessenger

03-07-2008, 11:55 AM

Is it against the law to embed other websites into your own? because I got a complaint lol

Mum

03-07-2008, 04:46 PM

It's not another website, it's one i own. I own www.mummybrain.com but want to open www.mummybrain.com/tickers/ inside looking like it's vB. Is that the best way to do this? All i really need is just the header, but thought this might be able to do it. But i can't copy and paste all the code, cos then it doesn't work.

Digital Jedi

03-08-2008, 04:18 AM

It's not another website, it's one i own. I own www.mummybrain.com (http://www.mummybrain.com) but want to open www.mummybrain.com/tickers/ (http://www.mummybrain.com/tickers/) inside looking like it's vB. Is that the best way to do this? All i really need is just the header, but thought this might be able to do it. But i can't copy and paste all the code, cos then it doesn't work.

You could do that with an iframe, but it seems to me the simplest thing to do would be just to put the HTML of that page into your template, and make that page tickers.php.

Is it against the law to embed other websites into your own? because I got a complaint lol

It's not against the law. It's more like free advertisment. They still get the hit to their website, and your not hotlinking anything.

gdll

03-08-2008, 05:35 AM

Does anyone know how to insert $forumbits in test.php so that it will display some threads ??? (or any reason this wouldnt work ?)

edit: seems to be working now.

soundbarrierpro

03-08-2008, 06:47 PM

Can I have the php pages set outside the forum root. Basically at the host root?

jambo_1969

03-09-2008, 12:18 PM

Amazing !

Works perfectly - even managed to get it into the Navbar

:D

robertpro2a

03-20-2008, 03:15 AM

Thank you to the original poster for providing this source code.

I have successfully installed the test page. Is there a way to only allow the test page to load if the user is logged in? I allow guests to browse my forums; but I do not want them to be able to browse my test page.

Regards,
Robert

amcd

03-20-2008, 08:12 AM

dismas

03-27-2008, 11:27 PM

I keep running into parse errors for some reason. I don't know why though since I've used this writeup before to add pages to another of my forums. On this other forum, I'm having issues. The forums are with different hosting companies. Would that make a difference?

The first error that I got said that there was a parse error due to an unexpected ~ on line 4. I took the tilde out and then it told me this:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/content/v/e/r/vermontoutdoor/html/forum/writeups.php on line 8

Line 8 is the last line here:

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'writeups'); // change this depending on your filename

Lynne

03-27-2008, 11:43 PM

I keep running into parse errors for some reason. I don't know why though since I've used this writeup before to add pages to another of my forums. On this other forum, I'm having issues. The forums are with different hosting companies. Would that make a difference?

The first error that I got said that there was a parse error due to an unexpected ~ on line 4. I took the tilde out and then it told me this:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/content/v/e/r/vermontoutdoor/html/forum/writeups.php on line 8

Line 8 is the last line here:

//+####################+DEFINE+IMPORTANT+CONSTANTS+# ######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS',+1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT',+'writeups');+//+change+this+depending+on+your+filename
Um....
define('THIS_SCRIPT',+'writeups');+//+change+this+depending+on+your+filename

You've got a + after the ; and before the // You can't do that. And I don't know about the + before 'writeups' either.

dismas

03-27-2008, 11:59 PM

Actually, I have no idea where the + came from. I did a straight copy/paste and the + is not in there.

Lynne

03-28-2008, 02:59 AM

Actually, I have no idea where the + came from. I did a straight copy/paste and the + is not in there.
What are you using to edit the page? You need to use something like bbedit/notepad not word. If you don't use a plain text editor, then it could be adding extra characters which would then cause the problems you are seeing.

dismas

03-28-2008, 03:49 AM

Actually, it's funny that you say that since it is BBEdit that I used. I even tried copying and pasting the php from this thread into a text document in TextEdit and still, the same errors came up.

Lynne

03-28-2008, 02:32 PM

Actually, it's funny that you say that since it is BBEdit that I used. I even tried copying and pasting the php from this thread into a text document in TextEdit and still, the same errors came up.
So you copy/pasted what was in the first post into a page and tried it on that site and you got the errors?

(Is this thread the best place to discuss this or would it be better off in it's own thread where more people can come and help?)

dismas

03-28-2008, 03:52 PM

Nevermind... I don't know what I have set different but it's the version of BBEdit that is screwing this up somehow. (Although I'm not sure why I got the same results with TextEdit)

What I was doing last night was on my MacBook.

I just tried to create the custom page again on my G4 tower and it worked fine. The G4 has BBEdit version 7 on it while the MacBook as the updated ver. 8.

Well, it's either that or my FTP software is doing something funky... Both of the computers have the same version of that but maybe one is sending the file in a different manner...

Either way, this is my issue to fix... Sorry for wasting everyone's time.

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<?php

require_once('./global.php');

if ($_REQUEST[filename])
{
if (is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 5) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 7));
{
header("Location: $_REQUEST[filename]");
}
}

?>

that makes it so usergroup 6 5 and 7 can download that file.

Oh, one more question... Where would this code segment go? Would it just replace this part:

require_once('./global.php');

RetroDreams

03-30-2008, 12:28 AM

How do you adapt this article to add queries and pull data from the database? Is there an additional article out there? I've searched but came up empty.

Opserty

03-30-2008, 11:46 AM

How do you adapt this article to add queries and pull data from the database? Is there an additional article out there? I've searched but came up empty.

You just add the PHP you need to the PHP page...

RetroDreams

03-30-2008, 04:54 PM

Yeah, I end up figuring it out with trial and error. My problem was I didn't realize you needed a separate template for looping but I got it squared away.

dfc005

04-02-2008, 10:44 AM

So, I'm thinking of implementing this into my forum but I have a question, do you have to edit any vbulletin files to make this work? Or is it just templates and then creating my own php files?

amcd

04-02-2008, 11:43 AM

So, I'm thinking of implementing this into my forum but I have a question, do you have to edit any vbulletin files to make this work? Or is it just templates and then creating my own php files?
just templates and new php

dfc005

04-02-2008, 08:29 PM

In the instructions it says I have to open up includes/functions_online.php and edit to enable Who's Online. Isn't that a file?

Sorry if these are stupid questions.

lukemax

04-02-2008, 09:04 PM

dfc005

04-02-2008, 11:17 PM

I have like 30 lines of php code which I want inside the box instead of Text. How do I make it so that I can have the template read my php code? (Take a look at the template I created), how do I get the php to be executed?

I was coming here to ask the same thing. Need to use a plugin don't we?

But what hook do I use?

lukemax

04-03-2008, 03:23 AM

I know the global_start hook location works, but I think there is a way around the hook/plugin system.

dfc005

04-03-2008, 03:36 AM

Yeah, I was pretty sure global_start would work but thought there might be a better hook location, don't want the piece of code being executed for every page call....

lukemax

04-03-2008, 03:57 AM

ea, same here. I'm trying to figure out a way to do this without using the hook thing, if I find it, ill let you know, k?

dfc005

04-03-2008, 04:05 AM

Cheers mate, that'd be great.

The powered pages are exactly what I'm after but if I can't include a bunch of PHP code in the actual templated, they are pretty useless to me.

amcd

04-03-2008, 04:09 AM

You dont have to edit any vbulletin php file to make new pages work. Who's online can be done using hooks.

php code is not supposed to be written in templates.

Hooks are needed only if you want to insert code into the existing pages. This thread is about creating new pages.

The idea is to have a new page. See the countries (http://www.xboard.us/countries.php) page on my site for example.

For a general explanation of how templates and hooks work, see the vbulletin manual.

lukemax

04-03-2008, 04:22 AM

amcd

04-03-2008, 04:28 AM

is this what you used http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/templates_externalfiles ?

What hook location did you use?
Thanks...

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Also, did you create a custom template, like this tutorial?
That approach is different. It is suitable for cases where you want to include a bit of your own stuff in the default vbulletin pages, and where you are unable to modify the other php file.

This thread is about creating a completely new page using the vbulletin framework, with vbulletin's header, navbar and footer.

lukemax

04-03-2008, 04:31 AM

I'm trying to import this table (like your countries one)
http://www.lvasp.com/providers_hook.php
into
http://www.lvasp.com/forum/providers.php

--------------- Added 1207200883 at 1207200883 ---------------

What tutorial did you follow to create your page then? (cause thats what I'm trying to emulate)
Thanks, and sorry for being thick-headed.

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I'm looking at the vbulletin manual and I cant seem to find a tutorial for a page like yours.

amcd

04-03-2008, 04:58 AM

I followed this tutorial to create the countries page. Hooks did not exists when this article was written (March 2004). Therefore, you can be certain that hooks are not needed for the page itself (apart from the fact that I am telling you).

The article tells you to edit original php files for "Who's online". In newer vbulletin versions, we can do this through hooks.

Your provider.php is fine. I suppose you are following test.php from the article in this file. Note the part where it says "START MAIN SCRIPT". The code from providers_hook.php will go here.

How are you displaying the output from providers_hook.php? The vbulletin method is to calculate all the variables and then call a template. In the article, the template is called test. Everything between $navbar and $footer in this template is your custom stuff.

If there are any loops in the page (such as a table with multiple rows, like my countries page), then you have to create an additional template - the bit template. Default vbulletin has many examples of this - postbit, threadbit, reputationbit, forumbit etc etc. Within your php code, you must have a loop and within that you call the 'bit' template and store the result into a variable. In the main template for the page, you just put the variable where you want that table.

Here is my countries template for reference (I call it countries_countries, meaning that its the main template of the countries page).
$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $pagetitle</title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">
Country Code
</td>
<td class="tcat">
Currently Online
</td>
<td class="tcat">
Country Name
</td>
<td class="tcat">
Continent
</td>
</tr>
$showlistbits
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

And here is the countries_countrybit template.
<tr>
<td class="$altclass">
$country[country]
</td>
<td class="$altclass">
$country[tot]
</td>
<td class="$altclass">
$country[printable_name]
</td>
<td class="$altclass">
$country[continent]
</td>
</tr>

The code from countries.php looks like this:
<?php
/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ################## ||
|| # countries.php # ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # for displaying a list of number of logged in users by country # ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # by GodFather 15-October-2007 # ||
|| ################################################## ################## ||
\*================================================ ======================*/

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'countries');

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array();

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array();

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'countries_countries',
'countries_countrybit'
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array();

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

// ### STANDARD INITIALIZATIONS ###
$showlistbits = '';
$altclass = 'alt1';

// ############################### show list of countries ###############################
$countries = $db->query_read("
SELECT s.country, count(*) as tot, c.printable_name, c.continent
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "session s
JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "country c ON s.country=c.iso
GROUP BY s.country
ORDER BY printable_name ASC
");
while ($country = $db->fetch_array($countries))
{
$altclass = ($altclass=='alt1') ? 'alt2' : alt1;
eval('$showlistbits .= "' . fetch_template('countries_countrybit') . '";');
}

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = "Who's Online by Countries";
$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('countries_countries') . '");');

/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ##################
|| #
|| ################################################## ##################
\*================================================ ======================*/
?>

Hope that helps.

p.s.: The code above is unaltered, but its not usable because you also need supporting code which stores the countries data in the session table.

lukemax

04-03-2008, 06:28 AM

ok (thanks soo much for your help thus far) Here is my PROVIDERS template

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header

$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">Providers</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="panelsurround">
<div class="panel">
<table width='70%' cellpading=7 border=1 bordercolor='black' rules='rows' align='center'>
<tr><th width='120px' class='tcat'>Thumbnail</th>
<th align='left' class='tcat'>Name</th></tr>
$providers_providerbit
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

Here is the providers_providerbit template

if(empty($provider[featured_pic])) {
$thumb_nail = "<img src='/images/ASP_Images/thumbs/default.jpg' border='0' />";
} else {
$thumb_nail = '<img src="'.$provider[featured_pic].'" alt="'.$provider[Name].'" border="0" />';
}
<tr>
<th class="$altclass">
<a href="/provider_page.php?ID=$provider[ID]">$thumb_nail</a>
</th>
<th class="$altclass" align="left">
<a href="/provider_page.php?ID=$provider[ID]" class="link">$provider[Name]</a>
</th></tr>

Lastly, heres my providers.php

<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'providers'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'PROVIDERS',
'providers_providerbit'
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

// ### STANDARD INITIALIZATIONS ###
$showlistbits = '';
$altclass = 'alt1';

//is it ok to include these variabl;es here
// how many rows to show per page
$rowsPerPage = 20;

// by default we show first page
$pageNum = 1;

// if $_GET['page'] defined, use it as page number
if(isset($_GET['page']))
{
$pageNum = $_GET['page'];
}
// counting the offset
$offset = ($pageNum - 1) * $rowsPerPage;

// ############################### show list of providers ###############################
$providers = $db->query_read("
SELECT Approve, ID, Name, featured_pic
FROM provider
WHERE Approve = '1'
ORDER BY rand()
LIMIT $offset, $rowsPerPage
");
while ($provider = $db->fetch_array($providers))
{
$altclass = ($altclass=='alt1') ? 'alt2' : alt1;
eval('$showlistbits .= "' . fetch_template('providers_providerbit') . '";');
}

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Providers';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('PROVIDERS') . '");');
?>

Did I make an error?

dfc005

04-03-2008, 10:15 AM

amcd, thanks for that. Makes complete sense.

Reckon you could give us the heads up on how we do the hooks for "Who's online"?

Cheers!

lukemax

04-03-2008, 04:22 PM

GOT it, thanks

asandhanam

04-03-2008, 09:50 PM

I'm trying to create a page within a folder called 'template' in the forum root.
[root]/template/test.php. I tried this method, it worked fine as long as the pages were in the root. What changes do i need to do to make it work when inside 'template' folder in the root.?

acegames

04-05-2008, 02:05 PM

Is there an update for 3.70 I need to add online location

CrashPush

04-05-2008, 07:20 PM

Is there an update for 3.70 I need to add online location

You want to show the page the user is viewing in the 'Who's Online' page?

amcd

04-05-2008, 07:51 PM

amcd, thanks for that. Makes complete sense.

Reckon you could give us the heads up on how we do the hooks for "Who's online"?

Cheers!
hook online_location_process:
switch ($filename)
{
case 'countries.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'countries';
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.
}

hook online_location_unknown
switch ($userinfo['activity'])
{
case 'countries':
$userinfo['where'] = '<a href="countries.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars[sessionurl].'">Viewing the countries page</a>';
$userinfo['action'] = "Who's Online by Country";
$handled = true;
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.

Goomzee

04-06-2008, 01:46 PM

i add php page it;s not working plz help me what i am doing wrong

here is a Link
http://www.mknexusonline.com/content/mkgames/test.php

sexyeyes83

04-14-2008, 03:02 PM

hook online_location_process:
switch ($filename)
{
case 'countries.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'countries';
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.
}

hook online_location_unknown
switch ($userinfo['activity'])
{
case 'countries':
$userinfo['where'] = '<a href="countries.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars[sessionurl].'">Viewing the countries page</a>';
$userinfo['action'] = "Who's Online by Country";
$handled = true;
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.

Where abouts do I find the online_location_process

Thanks

sabrina

amcd

04-14-2008, 04:19 PM

Read the vbulletin manual, especially the chapter about plugins/hooks.

Per1213

04-15-2008, 08:47 PM

Digital Jedi

04-16-2008, 07:18 AM

I'm terribly confused by this entire thing.

The guide really doesn't explain this well for a newbie.

I've made the .php file and uploaded it to the FTP file manager then I have saved the template.... That's all the guide tells me to do and of course nothing has happened. What am I missing?
Strictly speaking, it's not really meant for folks who haven't done a lot of customization to their site. Most folks wouldn't have any use for this, unless they've done a fair share of HTML coding, since that's where you take it after your done.

You say you saved the template and uploaded the PHP file. What happened when you navigated to the page?

Wunderlust

04-16-2008, 11:13 AM

Hi All,

I have tried and tried for the last few hours to integrate this with phplist. Could someone please explain in laymans terms how this can be done simply!. I can change the directory because it is out side however all I want to use is the headers and the footers from vbulletin. I find myself hitting a major brick wall! Somebody please help!

if there are any experts out there who can do for a small fee I will gladly pay for their time.

Thanks in advance

tim

Per1213

04-16-2008, 08:25 PM

Strictly speaking, it's not really meant for folks who haven't done a lot of customization to their site. Most folks wouldn't have any use for this, unless they've done a fair share of HTML coding, since that's where you take it after your done.

You say you saved the template and uploaded the PHP file. What happened when you navigated to the page?

I navigated to the page and nothing was there.

I need this new page because I want a page where I can place article links to get rid of the clutter in my forum.

Thanks for help

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hey, okay so basically i copied and pated test.php to my publictml directory. I am now at a loss as to what to do from there. I dont mod VB alot all i wish is to have a page with a few links and a few bits of text. What do i do, i know i edit the bits labled test but i dont know what to edit them too. Please help guys!

ringleader

04-17-2008, 08:12 AM

hey, okay so basically i copied and pated test.php to my publictml directory. I am now at a loss as to what to do from there. I dont mod VB alot all i wish is to have a page with a few links and a few bits of text. What do i do, i know i edit the bits labled test but i dont know what to edit them too. Please help guys!

You need two things for a basic page:
1. a php file calling a template
2. a template with the content for the page

Since you already have the file, you now need to create a template.

Look in your test.php and find a line that looks like this:
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");');

The bit that says TEST is the name of the template that is called when a person navigates to www.yourforum.com/test.php This name can be anything you choose.

So create a template called TEST by going to Styles & Templates -> Your style -> Add Template. Call it TEST, and put the example code provided in the first post of this article.

Edit the basic html to show the article links you want to show.
www.yourdomain.com/test.php should now show whatever you put in the template called TEST.

The last part of the tutorial is just so that when people are looking at the test.php page they show up on online.php list as 'Viewing article links' (or whatever you choose to say) instead of 'Unknown Location'.

Hope that makes more sense to you.

silver surfer

04-19-2008, 07:46 PM

RVSmarter

04-19-2008, 09:59 PM

I'm trying to have this page outside of the forum root folder.

I replaced

require_once('./global.php');

with this

chdir('./forum_root_folder/');
require('./global.php');

www.mathhelpforum.com/downloads.php

And the images (curiously one of the images is working) and links are not looking in the forum root folder as they should. How do I fix that?

tryance

04-20-2008, 01:41 AM

Can you post "html" in this created page to personalize it with pics, etc.?

Opserty

04-20-2008, 09:04 AM

Can you post "html" in this created page to personalize it with pics, etc.?

The template is your HTML, that is what you need to edit.

Digital Jedi

04-20-2008, 09:30 AM

hmm...all i get is this

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/ede/public_html/test.php on line 2

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/ede/public_html/test.php on line 2

i did step by step everything like in the tut.

any1 any idea ?
You probably deleted a ' or another character when changing the code. Make sure all you changes didn't delete apostrophes or other characters that need to be in there.

Josh1

04-27-2008, 10:49 AM

Is it possible to make the user signup before viewing this page?
Like denying guest access?

amcd

04-29-2008, 08:34 AM

Yes. This has been discussed before.

Here. (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1310143&postcount=547)

chick

05-02-2008, 02:06 PM

I actually got this to work, what an asset. Thanks so much for this infomation.

zews

05-06-2008, 12:43 PM

yousellstuff

05-08-2008, 08:57 PM

how do u make a new file?

what does that mean

Digital Jedi

05-08-2008, 10:23 PM

Hrm, I'm not sure how else you could put it, as that's pretty straightforward. Open up whatever HTML editor you use and create a file with the code the tutorial tells you to put in there.

yousellstuff

05-08-2008, 10:44 PM

but how do u upload it to vb. Do u just save it to the directory

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so..

Digital Jedi

05-12-2008, 06:25 PM

Yup, just add it to your forum directory where all your other files are.

XxBuLLeTz

05-13-2008, 07:26 PM

im using this custom vb page for my site, so its forums/videos.php

im going to be adding videos so how can i make it so i dont need to add a template everytime...cause ive seen video.php?id=1 <-just something like that.

any help is very much appreciated!

Mum

05-14-2008, 06:49 PM

I am wanting to get a page from elsewhere and insert it so it looks like it's on my site (the other page is also mine ie hosted on the same please) how can i do this?

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You could do that with an iframe, but it seems to me the simplest thing to do would be just to put the HTML of that page into your template, and make that page tickers.php.

I want to keep the html of that page seperate as it's updated automatically, so it means every day a few times a day i'd be manually copying and pasting the html into the template. How can i just CALL the html from the other page? ie open up the other page inside it?

Digital Jedi

05-16-2008, 01:01 AM

I am wanting to get a page from elsewhere and insert it so it looks like it's on my site (the other page is also mine ie hosted on the same please) how can i do this?

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I want to keep the html of that page seperate as it's updated automatically, so it means every day a few times a day i'd be manually copying and pasting the html into the template. How can i just CALL the html from the other page? ie open up the other page inside it?
So tickers, I see, is actually tickers/index.php and not an HTML page. Well, there are more intricate solutions I'm sure, but one way I've done this is using an iFrame to display the content as if it were one page.

Just follow the instructions as stated, and then in the HTML area add: <iframe src="tickers/index.php" height="xx" width="xx" frameborder="0"></iframe> And, of course, you can adjust things as you like, and you'd never have to change the template again other then for tweaking and getting the style just right, and it will look like one integrated page. There's a also a really good script on Dynamic Drive for creating an iFrame that resizes based on the content of the frame, in case you have really dynamic content that would need that. You can save the page as tickets.php and it won't conflict with /tickers/

Mum

05-16-2008, 05:38 AM

Is there a way to make it open, just whatever size it is? Cos the page changes. Like 100% instead?

Digital Jedi

05-16-2008, 06:07 PM

100% wont do it. It will just stretch to 100% of the users browser window. The code for making the iframe adjust to the size of the content is at Dynamic Drive. http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/iframessi2.htm

CommanderFluffy

05-17-2008, 05:17 PM

i have completed what the tutorial says. i have made a test template and changed header include to what is stated. then i put my code in another folder...

pub_html>community
pub_html>file here

heres the code i have i dont really know if i made the template right or not in stylemanager since it didnt really state where to put it.

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'index1'); // change this depending on your filename

//########################## REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
$currentdir = getcwd();
chdir('/home/site/public_html/community');
require_once('./global.php');
chdir($currentdir);

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
't1',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('t1') . '");');

the page when i load it in any directory ends up being blank. no errors or anything just blank white. the template should be showing but isnt. everything i have tryed throught the entire thead here has no effect aparently... or i have something wrong... is there any way to show this page on a non vb folder? cause it doesnt show in the vb folder either

Digital Jedi

05-18-2008, 07:43 AM

Try just putting the PHP file in your main forum directory.

I'm not sure what you mean by you don't know where to put the template, as the template can only be in one place, in the style manager. Also, you should not have made any changes to your headinclude.

CommanderFluffy

05-18-2008, 06:52 PM

i added it to the main forum and i still have a blank page

Digital Jedi

05-18-2008, 07:12 PM

I just noticed that the code you posted looks quite different from the sample PHP code. I'd recommend starting over and keep everything exactly the way it is in the tutorial, except for your template and file names of course, and see if that fixes your problem.

CommanderFluffy

05-19-2008, 02:27 AM

this time after resetting the php to what it defaults to in the beginning of the tutorial. and i also did the style change.

RESULTS TIME: still a plain white page. so i decided to see the source of that blank page and i got

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></HEAD>
<BODY></BODY></HTML>
well i have no idea whats going on. really need some help on this. i have done the tutorial just as it had stated and the test.php well its in the forum directory.. but its still not doing anything! im really lost but need this for my site.

where do i put the second part of the tut if it doesnt explain really where to put it.. header, footer, includes. where?

Mum

05-20-2008, 06:40 AM

Digital Jedi

05-21-2008, 02:36 PM

Actually, it works on FireFox 1+ and IE 5+.

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this time after resetting the php to what it defaults to in the beginning of the tutorial. and i also did the style change.

RESULTS TIME: still a plain white page. so i decided to see the source of that blank page and i got

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></HEAD>
<BODY></BODY></HTML>
well i have no idea whats going on. really need some help on this. i have done the tutorial just as it had stated and the test.php well its in the forum directory.. but its still not doing anything! im really lost but need this for my site.

where do i put the second part of the tut if it doesnt explain really where to put it.. header, footer, includes. where?

Okay, I think I understand what the problem is. It doesn't explain where to put it, because your supposed to create a new template with the template code provided. Your page is coming up blank because it's trying to fetch a template that you havn't created yet.

Be sure to change 'TEST' to the actual template name, and change 'test' to the filename. Also, change 'Test Page' to whatever you want to show in the navbar, such as 'Viewing Member Profile' (just an example).

Now create the template, called TEST with the following content:$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header

$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">Title</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">Text</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

CommanderFluffy

05-21-2008, 07:06 PM

ok so now that i figured out that you have to have your test style witch i thought was the template. have the default style set to the main style for your setting... i had the wrong style set. and i thought the style was the template how to fix that tell them how to make a template! cause i didnt know how!

Digital Jedi

05-21-2008, 07:14 PM

I'm not entirely sure I understand what you just said, but just in case, you create this template for each style the page will be using. You don't have to create a test or new style. Just a new template for each style your using.

cspirit

05-21-2008, 08:23 PM

This should work with vB 3.7.0 also, right ?

Jase2

05-21-2008, 09:10 PM

Of course.... ;)

kktt

05-23-2008, 04:47 AM

Thanks! On my 3.7.0 no problemo worked in 30 seconds :)

Mum

05-25-2008, 07:00 AM

I can remove the php i made, but how do i remove a template if i no longer want it?

IR15H

05-25-2008, 11:51 AM

I can remove the php i made, but how do i remove a template if i no longer want it?

"Revert" it.
(ADMIN CP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Edit Templates > Select Your Template > Revert)

makange

05-25-2008, 12:36 PM

does it work with vb 3.7.0 ??
I tried only to find nothing works. Just an page.

Mum

05-25-2008, 06:28 PM

"Revert" it.
(ADMIN CP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Edit Templates > Select Your Template > Revert)Thank you so much :)

unleash

05-28-2008, 12:55 PM

Thanks, I was looking for this

TimberFloorAu

05-30-2008, 12:49 AM

Stupid question here, but where do i create the template?

Strike that lol !

Digital Jedi

06-02-2008, 09:23 AM

does it work with vb 3.7.0 ??
I tried only to find nothing works. Just an page.
Sure does. Retrace your steps or try again, making sure you followed the steps exactly. It seems a lot of folks are misinterpreting what making a PHP file and what making a template means.

made2kill

06-03-2008, 10:54 PM

Hello,

I got about 20 pages in and realized it was a 49 page thread.

I followed the steps, and got the page working - no problem.
I'm sure this question was asked before, but...

How do you get PHP code working inside of the template?
All my pages have custom written PHP functions.

Thank you in advance.

amcd

06-04-2008, 05:41 AM

Templates are not supposed to execute code. This is not just with vbulletin, but the entire concept of templating is separation of presentation from code (business logic).

Execute the php before calling the template, keep the presentation data in certain variables, and use the template just to show those variables.

made2kill

06-04-2008, 12:48 PM

I'll give it a try, thanks.

soundbarrierpro

06-11-2008, 07:18 PM

Can I configure this so that the user has to be logged in to see this? I have pages with content I don't want readily available to guests.

I'm using 3.7.0 and I want 'ONLY' registered users to see my vbpowered pages. I don't want them available to unregistered guests.

I checked here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1310143&postcount=547)but what template or folder page gets edited?

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thanks for the code guys!

EDIT: Works perfectly!

Here is what mine looks like. I can't get the permissions to work.

<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'downloads'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'downloads',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################
if ($vbulletin->userinfo->userid==0)
{
print_no_permission();
}
$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'downloads';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('downloads') . '");');

?>

manuelsechi

06-14-2008, 11:50 AM

hello all

is it possible to insert php code in this kind of pages?

thank you

Manuel

amcd

06-16-2008, 09:35 AM

hello all

is it possible to insert php code in this kind of pages?

thank you

Manuel
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1540325&postcount=728

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Can I configure this so that the user has to be logged in to see this? I have pages with content I don't want readily available to guests.

I'm using 3.7.0 and I want 'ONLY' registered users to see my vbpowered pages. I don't want them available to unregistered guests.

I checked here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1310143&postcount=547)but what template or folder page gets edited?

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Here is what mine looks like. I can't get the permissions to work.

<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'downloads'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'downloads',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################
if ($vbulletin->userinfo->userid==0)
{
print_no_permission();
}
$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'downloads';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('downloads') . '");');

?>

What error do you get?

soundbarrierpro

06-16-2008, 04:57 PM

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1540325&postcount=728

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What error do you get?

I don't get an error. When I browse to the page as a guest, it's all readily available. It doesn't get a permissions denied page. I'm able to do anything I want to do.

WEBDosser

06-21-2008, 06:53 PM

does this work with latest VB..

Smiry Kin's

06-21-2008, 07:07 PM

yep, example http://www.xentoo.com/privacy

amcd

06-21-2008, 07:32 PM

I don't get an error. When I browse to the page as a guest, it's all readily available. It doesn't get a permissions denied page. I'm able to do anything I want to do.

if ($vbulletin->userinfo->userid==0)
{
print_no_permission();
}If this doesn't keep guests out, then I have no answer. Maybe someone more experienced can help.

Trana

06-26-2008, 05:10 AM

I can't seem to get this to work outside of my VB forum.

I used this:

chdir('../forum/');
require_once('./global.php');

But it doesn't work properly. The script is located in ../xxxx/yyyy/test.php and my VB install is in ../forum

Also, I am running this on IIS.

Maybe something is wrong with my chdir?

Thanks!

amcd

06-26-2008, 07:00 AM

Your script is 2 levels down from the website root, so you have to use .. twice.

chdir('../../forum/');

Trana

06-26-2008, 02:40 PM

Your script is 2 levels down from the website root, so you have to use .. twice.

chdir('../../forum/');

Like I said, I'm running IIS, so I don't think that will work.

Trana

06-28-2008, 04:14 AM

Can anyone help me with this?

I have:

/ (root)
/forum (VB forum)
/test/test2 (where my script resides)

What do I set the require_once or chdir to in order to have the script in my test directory find global.php?

Thanks!

made2kill

06-29-2008, 06:34 PM

Worked like a charm. Thank you.

Templates are not supposed to execute code. This is not just with vbulletin, but the entire concept of templating is separation of presentation from code (business logic).

Execute the php before calling the template, keep the presentation data in certain variables, and use the template just to show those variables.

amcd

06-30-2008, 08:05 AM

Like I said, I'm running IIS, so I don't think that will work.
I think it will.

ragtek

06-30-2008, 08:10 AM

if ($vbulletin->userinfo->userid==0)
{
print_no_permission();
}If this doesn't keep guests out, then I have no answer. Maybe someone more experienced can help.
1. it is $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']
2. you can use

$show['guest'] and $show['member']

[php]
if ($show['guest'])
{
print_no_permission();

}

guests will get the no permission page:)
hth

Goomzee

07-02-2008, 04:05 AM

this is my Template Coding

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header

$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">Title</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">Text</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

and this is my test.php file coding

<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'TEST',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
chdir('/home/username/public_html/');
require_once('./global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");');

?>
Also, please use the PHP BB Code

and it's my page URL

http://www.mknexusonline.com/test.php

but it's not working someone plz tell what i did wrong

Smiry Kin's

07-02-2008, 05:57 AM

this is my Template Coding

and this is my test.php file coding

and it's my page URL

http://www.mknexusonline.com/test.php

but it's not working someone plz tell what i did wrong
chdir('/home/username/public_html/');

correct this in your php file

Goomzee

07-02-2008, 07:01 AM

you see above i already did this in test.php

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
chdir('/home/username/public_html/');
require_once('./global.php');

Digital Jedi

07-02-2008, 07:26 AM

Also, please use the PHP BB Code
Is that in your PHP code or did you just wrap your QUOTE tags incorrectly?

Goomzee

07-02-2008, 08:59 AM

what do you mean in my test.php i just added below code
<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); // change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array(

);

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array(

);

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'TEST',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
chdir('/home/username/public_html/');
require_once('./global.php');

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");');

?>

it's was copy paste mistake that i line i removed it