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

[Logician]

Originally Posted by orphan

Tried that, even deleted them and reinstlled the entire mod, same result

If you are sure, you cant do it and it is important to you, I can check when I have a free time if you let me know FTP access, phpmyadmin access and vb admin cp access.

[ShackMaster]

Hi Logician... I've tried to get the SEO'd URL working and get a 'Page Not Found' error when trying to access the pages. I've entered the rewrite info into my htaccess file within my forum root directory and then checked the appropriate block in options.

It says something about apache server in the instructions, not sure if this is the problem or not, but I do have the following in my cpanel:

Apache Handlers

Extension(s) Handler

User Defined Handlers
System Defined Handlers
.cgi .pl, cgi-script, .shtml, server-parsed

I don't understand how the handlers work or even what extension to place in field... or if this will even get me where I need to be.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[orphan]

Originally Posted by Logician

If you are sure, you cant do it and it is important to you, I can check when I have a free time if you let me know FTP access, phpmyadmin access and vb admin cp access.

Thx
I will create some accounts for you, I'll pm you the info when done

[specmav]

Great mod!

I only need one thing though. Is there a way to remove the currently active users part at top of the screen on pages generated by webtemplates?

Thanks!

[orphan]

Originally Posted by ShackMaster

Hi Logician... I've tried to get the SEO'd URL working and get a 'Page Not Found' error when trying to access the pages. I've entered the rewrite info into my htaccess file within my forum root directory and then checked the appropriate block in options.

It says something about apache server in the instructions, not sure if this is the problem or not, but I do have the following in my cpanel:



I don't understand how the handlers work or even what extension to place in field... or if this will even get me where I need to be.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Make sure you .htaccess looks like this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^view_(.*).htm$ view.php?pg=$1

if this is your only .htaccess or if forum is in the root directory
you might want to write it like this

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^view_(.*).htm$ view.php?pg=$1

[/QUOTE]

[m3_fs]

OK, sorry to be a s00per n00b but hey, we all start somewhere. I am running a vb board http://www.davetyner.com/forum and downloaded the Webtemplate hack. I am trying to add a theme but keep getting this error when I try and create it "You forgot to add $includedtemplate variable into template! This variable marks the location where webtemplates that is using this theme will be inserted so a theme without this variable is pointless to have!"

I read all the documentation and is there a step by step on creating and then implementing a basic theme? Thanks!

[ShackMaster]

.htaccess is in /public_html/forums/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hometheatershack.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forums/
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.hometheatershack.com/forums/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} (admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !chat
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^view_(.*).htm$ view.php?pg=$1

[Logician]

Originally Posted by m3_fs

OK, sorry to be a s00per n00b but hey, we all start somewhere. I am running a vb board http://www.davetyner.com/forum and downloaded the Webtemplate hack. I am trying to add a theme but keep getting this error when I try and create it "You forgot to add $includedtemplate variable into template! This variable marks the location where webtemplates that is using this theme will be inserted so a theme without this variable is pointless to have!"

I read all the documentation and is there a step by step on creating and then implementing a basic theme? Thanks!

A theme = a webtemplate that can host other "webtemplates" in.

So if you are trying to create a stand-alone page, you should NOT create a theme, you should create a regular webtemplate.

If you want to create a general design in which you will display other webtemplates in, then you should create a theme.

Since themes will display "other webtemplates" inside, you should point in which section of the theme you are going to insert your other webtemplates while creating themes. You do it by using "$includedtemplate" variable somewhere inside your theme. You get the error message because you attempt to create a theme but use this variable nowhere inside it (which is pointless as the error tells). So you must put $includedtemplate inside your theme to avoid the error.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by ShackMaster

.htaccess is in /public_html/forums/

I think your vbseo redirection is clashing with webtemplates redirection. I don't use that product so I can't advise how to solve the clash but maybe it can work if you put wt redirection lines before vbseo lines in your .htaccess.

[CoralGeek]

Originally Posted by bhxtyrant

Hey guys,I was planning to give webtemplates a test to see if it will suit my needs for our website.But one thing i didnt see in the installation manual was is it possible to install webtemples in another directory?for example our forums are located at

www.mysite.com/forum/
and we want the main site to be in
www.mysite.com/sitename/

Not sure if this can be done but any help would be appreciated.

I've still got a few bugs to work out but I have it on a test site working like that now.

My forums are at www.mysite.com/forums

I'm using this for the main page at www.mysite.com and for articles at www.mysite.com/articles.