I updated the code in the message #35. It is no big deal so didn't updated the version. You don't need to upgrade if you don't have any problems with your current version.

hi,

im wondering if its possible to use the webqueries to get a list of the other webtemplates?

and if so, if somebody could help me with the query to do that, it would be much appreciated.

thanks!

There is already a default webtemplate/webquery for this that comes with the installation. Please see webtemplate named "wtlist" for this.

thanks!

how would i display only templates with a certain name?

Change webquery $WQ_webtemplateslist and use something like:

SELECT title, pagecount, createdat, userfriendlyname FROM $WT_DB_TemplateTable
WHERE category = 1 AND title LIKE 'hello%'
ORDER BY createdat DESC

Thanks for this nice update! This modification has done wonders for my site over the years...

Hugh

I want to turn guest/not logged in viewing of the CMS completely off, because my site is a private site, and I want to use it so that only logged in members can see the info - is there a way to do that?

Oops - nevermind - I am reading further and it looks like the usergroups permissions can be set in the bottom of each template..

is there a way to create tabs with this, so it looks like the top of VB.org?

If you put a HTML code which displays tabs into your webtemplate, it will display it. If you have a tabbed header in your vb, use default vb header in your webtemplates and it will automatically inherit it. If you create a new webtemplate header with tabbed view, you can use this custom header in your webtemplates to have such a display.

I didnt know this was posible!

This takes away the separate index webpage i have!

Thanks ill try it later.

I just installed this, but it is not using the default white background. Its purple instead.

http://www.talkjesus.com/view.php?pg=test

Please explain how to go about correcting this.

I also was not able to find where to edit the side column such as the Site Help Pages found here http://www.talkjesus.com/view.php?pg=info_linktous

Thanks.

It is not the hack, it is somehow related to your CSS files/custom design, I'm not sure how to fix it.

Your forum home page has a
<div class="nav_border_out">
<div class="nav_border_in">

</div>
</div>

section which gives the white background to your site but webtemplate does not have it. This means this section is not part of your default vb header/footer although it should. You should contact your designer to make sure vb header/footer has necessary html codes such as this so that webtemplate can inherit them.

You have to edit the theme webtemplate it is using. For this example it is Site Information Pages Template

Thanks. I can't seem to figure out why the side bar template's <li> has a big margin to the left (or padding)

I got the same results in FF3 and IE7.

I'm also not a CSS pro, but those two div classes you mentioned has to do with the navbit area not background.

The style's main css area has #ffffff as the Page Background background color

Thanks. One more minor problem.

The spacing on each side is not there as it normally is in the forum globally. See attached.

Admittedly I have not read through all of the materials as of yet. But, before I spend too much time on this wonderful hack, I wanted to make sure that I could do something in particular with it.

What I'm looking to do is to make a sort of 'splash page' for a new domain that I'm starting. It is sort of an 'entry' page where I'm using it as a launch point for three different areas of the site. So, what I'd like to do is keep the overall 'feel' and color scheme of our site, but 'disable' (or make it not show at all) from the header to the navbar.

Therefore, it allows me to keep my header/logo (or put a custom one if I choose) and then the 'main' area with the three different launch points that I wanted to use for the body of the new page.

Is this possible with this hack/mod?

Yes you can do what you want. After the installation, create a new parent webtemplate which is exact copy of one of the defaults (eg. Default Basic Theme), than edit it and remove sections you don't need (eg. $navbar). If you don't want header or footer as well, you can remove them too or create new webtemplate headers/footers with your changes and use that one in your splash page.

However when you told "a new domain that I'm starting", I hope that forum is also under that same domain. Obviously you can't have forum in domain A and splash page in domain B. :) Webtemplates will be in the same domain your forum is installed.

Would appreciate help on this one. Thanks.

I attached a screenshot of my style's stylevar setting

Did the upgrade... was smooth as silk... I have loved this hack since it first was released and use it alot... this newest version only enhances it even more.

badham

These problems are really related to the set up of your custom skin file. It is not easy for me to track them down and fix. In a correctly set vb skin structure, there will be no such differences but if you designer changes the vb skin's structure and used some elements in navbar instead of header or viceversa, webtemplates might not follow it.

For instance when I compare source codes of your pages I see your forumhome page is inside a

<div align="center">
<div class="page" style="width:100%; text-align:left">
<div style="padding:0px 15px 0px 15px" align="left">


</div>
</div>
</div>

frame which your webtemplate is not. I don't know where does this structure comes from. In a regular vb skin structure it should be set in header/footer and if it were the case, webtemplate would also acquire it automatically. (provided that you use default vb header/footer in your webtemplate setting!). But say if your designer put this structure inside forumhome template, webtemplate might not inherit it, hence problem.

You can try to use this inside your webtemplate theme and see if it will fix things and if not, I suggest you to contact the skin designer.

WONDERFUL!!!!! I'm so happy to see this excellent add-on updated for 3.7 (even tho the previous version works on my 3.7 sites flawlessly).
I've nominated it (again) for MOTM, and I'll be sending a donation as soon as I get back to work. I use this on every forum site that I have, wouldn't be without it!


I found my sites :D

:up:
wow

I have to say how impressed I am with the work that went into this upgrade to 3.7. Logician, you are amazing! All the new templates are just great, and very much needed on most sites, imo. I'll be using most of them on both of mine, eventually.

Thanks, once more!

Thank you for the instructions on that! :D

I'm going to try it out in the next couple of days (hopefully this Tropical Storm doesn't turn into a Hurricane or do damage in our area) and report back if I need some help.

As far as the quoted statement...I was planning on having a new 'entry-point' to my site with it's own domain name and have it 'point' to the new template page created. But, I just realized that I won't be able to do that directly. I'd have to do a 301 redirect to the web template page that I create. Then, launch to wherever I'd like to from there. That should work, right?

Drats... I see no one else has posted about the issue I have. I just know this is going to be one of those forehead-smacking DOH moments.

In the installation directions it says to import the file named product-webtemplates.xml. The only xml file I see that I was directed to upload is cpnav_webtemplates.xml. I'm given the option to Either upload the xml file from my computer OR import from my server. I'm guessing I need to import it from server... but where do I find it? *blush*

It is not among the uploaded files. When you unzip the file, there are 2 xml files OUTSIDE forum folder it creates. They are in the same folder where you find the installation instructions. :)

Not sure if I can read you correctly on this, but I believe you can do what you want with a redirect or iframe. :)

omg... there they are too. I'm such a nub. ^^

Need more coffee... it's too early.

THANK YOU!

I have my WaltDisneyBoards.com site where my forum is (and where this template is going to be built).

I then have my WDBHUB.com domain that I'd like to use this template for. But, since I can't use it directly on the domain name....I would have to do a little 301 redirect from that domain name to the WaltDisneyBoards.com/NewTemplatePage so that it would 'seem' like this NewTemplatePage was at this different domain.

That would work, I assume.

301 redirection will work but then the url will change. So for instance your visitor will type wdbhub.com in her browser but after 301 redirection, she'll end up at waltdisneyboards.com/forum/view.php?pg=wdbhub

If this is ok, yes you can do it. If you don't want browser url to change, you can consider options these:
1- If you domain registration company supports domain forwarding you can give it a forwarding command in your control panel and their name server will automatically push users to your webtemplate without domain change
2- You can put a simple html file to your wdbhub.com which has a iframe to waltdisneyboards.com/forum/view.php?pg=wdbhub and users will not notice domain change in the addressbar. ;)

Very good :D

As to the first suggestion, I'd have to check with godaddy.com to see if they have that option. I would assume they do, but I'll check into it.

Any suggestions as to how to do the second option you mentioned? I'm not good with HTML. Any help with this would be appreciated.

I haven't read through all of the material yet, but are there templates already included for those of us that are not familiar with HTML? I was planning on purchasing or downloading a template that I liked from somewhere on the 'net. But, if there is something that I can tweak, that would help me as well.

And, thanks for supporting your mod as you do! Fantastic job!

I just checked on godaddy.com and they have something named 'masking' which looks like may do the trick for me.

"Masking redirects Web traffic for a domain to a specified URL, preventing the forwarded domain URL from displaying in the browser's address bar."

That would be my best option, right? :D

Yep it seems like it.

And as for the second method you can use a html code like this in your wdbhub.com domain:

Thank you so much Logician! What great support you provide for this mod (and assistance with 'other' things as well!). :D

I'm going to read through the materials to see if there are any ready-made templates for your mod. If not, then I'll find a nice template to use, get the code and drop it into this mod to see how it comes out.

Thanks again!

What does this do specifically? Is it a substitute for the "vbulletin powered pages"? If it is, I'm interested, usergroup admin doesn't work on mine no matter what I do and I'd like to create pages based on priviliges.

This is not a substitute for vbulletin powered pages, it can be a substitute for this hack. This hack is around since 30.Jun.2003 and vbulletin version 2.0.

Please read first post to see what it is about.

Thank you Logician. I've got lots of vbpowered I'd like to re-do with this mod. I'm going to give it a shot. Been mulling it for a couple weeks. Guess it's time.

great job :)
marked as installed & nominated for MOTM

Works great! Also nominated!

Sounds great. Will install later, thanks.