WebTemplates 3.5.x: VB Integrated CMS (Content Management System)

(This hack is for vb version 3.5.x AND 3.6.x. For vb 3.0.x and 2.x see my profile for relevant threads.)

(For vb 3.7 version, please go to this thread)

"WebTemplates" is a vBulletin integrated Content Management System which allows you to create vb integrated "HTML" pages in your vb admin cp very easily. The pages can inherit your vbulletin skin/style, can recognize logged-in user, can be applied permissions per user or usergroup basis, can keep visit logs, hit counts and do many more.






WEBTEMPLATES 3.5.x BASIC FEATURES:

• Very Easy Installation : Webtemplates can be installed to your board without modifying even a single vbulletin file. It is coded as an pluggin and supports phrase system for user interfaces.
• Apply VB Permissions: You can ban any webtemplate to any user or usergroups easily. So for instance you can design a webtemplate which only members can see while guests can not, or only user A can not see etc.
• Page Counter : Each webtemplate has a built-in counter and you can display page count to your visitors and you can edit it or turn it OFF/ON per webtemplate basis.
• Visitor Logging&Tracking : You can track certain users' (by usergroup or userid) webtemplate visits to see who visited a webtemplate and when. This is configurable per webtemplate basis.
• Site Contributers (Editor) Support : You can grant editing permissions for certain users or usergroups for your webtemplates individually and they will be able to update these webtemplates using their own editor interface. vB's WYSIWYG editor is supported in Editor interface.
• Page Browsers & Who is Online Display: Webtemplates can display who is browsing that webtemplate while visitor is reading them (like default forum browse display of vbulletin). Webtemplate visits can also be monitored in who is online page.
• Header/Footer Inclusion : Webtemplates can automatically use headers/footers (your default vb header/footer or custom ones)
• Help Documents : The script comes with an extensive help document.
• Admin Panel in Webtemplates : Your webtemplates can include an "admin panel" displayed to only admins and by using them you can access many details and stats of your page while you are browsing them.
• SEO friendly URLs: You can make webtemplate URLs seo friendly in vb settings (Requires apache server).
• XML Import/Export : XML Import/Export feature allows you to backup your webtemplates and use other hack users webtemplates in your board.

ADVANCED FEATURES FOR ADVANCED USERS:

• Webquery Feature : With advanced "webquery" feature you can create dynamic webtemplates which include database query results. For instance you can easily add "last 10 threads forum X", "most active users list" etc. to your webtemplates with default webqueries that comes with installation or you can create your custom webqueries with basic SQL knowledge.
• Multi Parsing : Webtemplates can parse PHP or HTML or TEXT (=smilie/img tags/bbcode parsing like vb posts). This means you can design a page just like vb posts (TEXT parsing), standart HTML (HTML parsing) or even in PHP (PHP parsing).
• PHPINCLUDE per webtemplate : Every webtemplate has its own "phpinclude" field which you can run PHP codes before loading the Webtemplate
• Theme Support : Webtemplates support "themes" which are parent webtemplates which include child webtemplates in them. For instance if you have 20 similiar pages which uses the same visual look, you can make a single theme for all of them, then just insert their content into this theme. If you change theme later, all 20 pages' visual will change automatically.
• Conditionals : Webtemplates supports VB3 template conditionals so you can design webtemplates which change their display under different conditions.
• Default variables : You can use/display certain variables in your webtemplates like username of the visitor, visitor email address, last visit time, page creation time, page last edit time, Last visitor name, last visit time etc.

Sample WebTemplates from Sites using this hack:
(Some 3.5 and some are 3.0 versions but WebTemplate look and feel didn't change much so both will give you the idea)
http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/view_aboutus.htm
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_funding.htm
http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/view.php?pg=aboutus
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_guidelines.htm
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_books.htm
http://www3.fertilethoughts.com/foru...hp?pg=acronyms
http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums/vie...alk-newsletter
http://www.bklab.com (entire site is designed with Webtemplates only!)

3.5 version Admin CP screenshot attached to this post. 3.0.x screenshots (here and here) also still applies for this version.

If you use the hack, clicking here will make sure you'll know about updates&bug fixes. It will also help me understand how many people is using the hack so please click the install button if you use it. Thank you..

Note in 6.August. 2006 : I've tested Webtemplates with vbulletin 3.6.0 gold version and they are compatible. So this hack released here is both for vb 3.5.x AND 3.6.x

Note for vb 3.7.x : (29.July.2008): For vb 3.7.x, I released a new version here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=186644


Version Updates:
16.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.01
* Hack released.
16.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.02
* A webquery bug fix for boards which use table_prefix. To upgrade just overwrite hack .php files.
17.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.03
* A minor bug in WOL page fixed. To upgrade overwrite hack .php files + reinstall product XML
17.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.04
* A bug fix for edit webtemplate page not remembering webtemplate's showbrowsers setting.To upgrade overwrite hack .php files
16.Jan.2006 - > Version 3.5.05
* A bug fix for boards which has too many usergroups. To upgrade overwrite hack .php files + uninstall product, then reinstall (your existing webtemplates will be intact)
20.Aug.2006 - > Version 3.6.00
* A bug fix that can cause a MYSQL warning in a few servers in WT admin cp. A minor and unusual problem that happens in certain servers and you don't need to upgrade if you don't see such a message. To upgrade overwrite /includes/wt_include.php and /admincp/wt_wt.php files.
1.Oct.2006 - > Version 3.6.01
* A minor bug fix for showing user avatar and ipaddress in webtemplates. To upgrade overwrite /includes/wt_include.php and view.php files.
2.May.2007 - > Version 3.6.02
* IMPORTANT SECURITY UPDATE! A security problem has been fixed in this version. To upgrade overwrite /includes/wt_include.php and view.php files which is attached to this post.
21.June.2008 - > Version 3.6.03
* Two minor bugs (1 & 2) fixed.
29.July.2008 - > Version 3.7.00
* A new version for vbulletin 3.7.x is released in a seperate thread here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=186644

[barryhand]

if you use a php redirect on the site root www.site.com and have the forums installed at www.site.com/forums

You can't login, as it's looking for www.site.com/forums/ files

any help ? (apart from doing a refresh redirect)

[rollo tamasi]

Hi, I installed this mod this evening. Everthing went smooth and then i went to test it by going to the view.php?pg=test and view.php?pg=test2 page but nothing showed up.

I then setup an aboutus page and went to view.php?pg=aboutus and the same thing happened once more.

I uploaded all the files into the correct path and uploaded the product web templates xml file.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

[orphan]

Originally Posted by rollo tamasi

Hi, I installed this mod this evening. Everthing went smooth and then i went to test it by going to the view.php?pg=test and view.php?pg=test2 page but nothing showed up.

I then setup an aboutus page and went to view.php?pg=aboutus and the same thing happened once more.

I uploaded all the files into the correct path and uploaded the product web templates xml file.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

SEO Friendly URLs on?

[The-Ensemble]

I installed this mod and i installed it correctly everything is in the right places. the thing doesnt show up in the admincp, i logged out, i turned the internet off i even restarted my computer and still no change, its no there.
Whats wrong?

[morrow]

Originally Posted by The-Ensemble

i turned the internet off i even restarted my computer and still no change, its no there.
Whats wrong?

Can you please not turn the internet off again. When you did that, you took everyone down and it really wasn't fair to the rest of us here who aren't having the same issue you're having.

I would go back and read the instructions again. It seams to me that you left something out. If you add/replace anything, remember what I asked of you. If you turn the internet off again, nobody is going to be able to help you.

[Bubble #5]

Originally Posted by The-Ensemble

i turned the internet off

Man, that must be one-hell-of-a-large-switch that you're using :bunny:

[barryhand]

I want to display some information from a user's profile on the template page.

What code can I use, I want to show their customfields (if they have them)

[barryhand]

Another question, I have a query to show the last 10 threads from any forum with the title of the thread, the poster and the date. I want to add in the forum that it was posted in.

E.g
Forum - Thread Title - Poster - Time.

Do i need to query 2 tables for this, how ?

Here's the code i have already

SELECT threadid, title, postusername,postuserid,dateline
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread
WHERE sticky=0 AND visible=1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 10

[webgroup]

Hi, I have noticed that after installing the hack, now my forum is not displaying characters like ñ á á é.

They appear fine if you post in advanced mode, the problem only affects the quick mode.

Any help?

Thanks!!

[louis_chypher]

Originally Posted by barryhand

Another question, I have a query to show the last 10 threads from any forum with the title of the thread, the poster and the date. I want to add in the forum that it was posted in.

E.g
Forum - Thread Title - Poster - Time.

Do i need to query 2 tables for this, how ?

Here's the code i have already

Two tables, yes. Thread table and forum table

SELECT " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread.threadid AS threadid, " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread.title AS title, " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread.postusername AS postusername," . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread.postuserid AS postuserid," . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread.dateline AS dateline," . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum.description AS description  
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum ON " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread.forumid=" . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum.forumid 
WHERE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread.sticky=0 AND " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread.visible=1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 10

I tried the above in a query window not using " . TABLE_PREFIX . ", so, you might find an error in my pasting of the " . TABLE_PREFIX . " into the sql statement.