How can i use my own $template variable?
 

Hello everyone,

can someone teach me how can i integrate a template with another template?
like FORUMHOME template, in the end of it there is a $footer and it shows the footer template in the home page of the board.

To add custom templates you would need to write a plugin or edit the files so that it grabs the data from the database about your template and stores it in a variable such as '$footer' and then edit the template you want the data to show up in and place the variable wherever you want the data to be displayed.

Im not really how to do what you did, can some one please writh an article about it?

Im asking it because i wanna add credit to modifcation i build, and i wanna publish it, how can i code an very hard removal credit? like vBCredit does?

I used template hook, but its very easy to know where is the hook in the plugins and remove it, does somebuddy have an idea?

by the way- sorry for my very bad english.

Most credits systems are not actually hard to remove, they are usually just a plugin that inserts it into a template with a call to str_replace.

can you please give me an example code to str_replace?

--------------- Added [DATE]1236911056[/DATE] at [TIME]1236911056[/TIME] ---------------

Ok thanks for the help, i've learned how to do what i wanted to do.

what i was meant is something like this:

but now i have another question:

if i want to put a MD5 hash, how can i do that it will shows the text [output of the hash] and no the hash himself.

for example:

$credit = " 54b258dae2756c5b3be4530c2959148c ";
^this will be in the plugin/php file

and in the board himself, the client side will see the word "vbulletin"
how can i do that?

Thanks for the helpers.

Output of a hash? The whole point of a hash is that it is one-way...

What your looking for is something like base64_encode() and base64decode()

But personally, I will never use a modification that does such a thing and really no other user should either. You can use those methods to hide malicious code.

Also note that no encoded/encrypted code in any modifications are allowed on vB.org. (Minified JS is OK.)