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

[Razasharp]

Ah right.. I see Logicians on the case now. But if you need them back in a hurry, you could create a test forum with a back up of the DB before the upgrade, and copy them from that...

[Coach_Guru]

The generated pages have a nofollow attribute.
How can i remove it?

Thanks

[GofD]

Please forgive if I'm misusing this thread, I'm somewhat new to Vbulletin in general and the .org side in particular, so I'm I'm violating accepted usage mea culpa! I blame my 4 & 5 year olds who are currently asking me what a session variable *is*.

Anyway, I'm looking for a way to leverage vB's authentication system in a new version of our site that I'm working on. We're using Dreamweaver with InteraKt extensions (got the full suite just before Adobe bought them out), and will be doing a lot of picture uploads to member specific sub directories to allow the members to create a "pool" of pictures that they can use to create articles for our site etc.

Can pages created using webtemplates reference and use includes located in the root web directory? In other words, can I use all the functionality of my Dreamweaver extensions WITHIN a WebTemplates page? Would it be as simple as composing a .php page with Dreamweaver and then copy/pasting the code into WebTemplates and then setting permissions etc in the Admin CP? That would just be my dream come true at this point. I'm not entirely sure I understand the basic functioning of WebTemplates but it sounds like that might be possible? The main thing I need is to be able to restict access to my pages based on vB's authentication and pull username and primary group memberid out of either a session variable or cookie for use within my code.

If WebTemplates isn't likely to be a good fit for me, can anyone point me in the right direction? Pretty please?

Thanks in advance for any assistance/explanation you can provide!

[Logician]

Originally Posted by GofD

Would it be as simple as composing a .php page with Dreamweaver and then copy/pasting the code into WebTemplates and then setting permissions etc in the Admin CP?

WT can be used in the way you described but this will protect only your page content (HTML). So if this page includes some pictures/attachments etc. which only members should download, WT can not help you as it does not protect a file or directory. (Well people can not see the file link if they can't see the WT it includes but in this scenario you can not protect your file links distributed with other sources like email, PM, MSN etc.)

The main thing I need is to be able to restict access to my pages based on vB's authentication and pull username and primary group memberid out of either a session variable or cookie for use within my code.

This is what WT does anyway.

[FreshPrince]

Question, I am having difficulty adding some Vbadvanced templates to my WebTemplates.

Here is the page I created with WebTemplates: http://www.usandworldpolitics.com/fo...hp?pg=webrings


I am trying to add in the "recent threads" template you see on the front page: http://www.usandworldpolitics.com/


I entered into the field called "Included VB Templates" these: adv_portal_latesttopicbits, adv_portal_latestthreads_head

Into the field called "PHP Include" I put in this: latesttopics.php


However it still doesn't work. Help please.


WEB

[Razasharp]

This hack is nothing to do with vbAdvanced, which is a totally seperate system.

I'm not really sure what you are trying to do tbh.

[FreshPrince]

I have a page (listed above) that has webrings on it. However, on that page I would also like to put a "recent threads" module on it as well. That way, if someone is looking at the webrings page, they see what people are talking about on the forum too. It makes it look better, and it makes it look less like that webring webtemplate has not been shoved into some dark corner of the forum.

So, on the forum with the webrings: http://www.usandworldpolitics.com/fo...hp?pg=webrings


I also want to add in the module that lists the most recently active threads on the forum.

I want to add this module:



into the webring webtemplate I linked to above.

Thank you.


WEB

[FreshPrince]

You can see an example of what I am talking about on this forum: http://jpicforum.info/?forums=webring


The webmaster has put a recent threads module into another section on her forum (what I presume to be WebTemplates). I want to put a recent threads module onto my WebTemplates page. Thanks.


WEB

[Razasharp]

Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois

You can see an example of what I am talking about on this forum: http://jpicforum.info/?forums=webring


The webmaster has put a recent threads module into another section on her forum (what I presume to be WebTemplates). I want to put a recent threads module onto my WebTemplates page. Thanks.


WEB

That pages uses vBadvanced CMPS.

However there is already a latest threads webQuery already installed in WebTemplates as a demo. There should be reference to it in the help files.

[FreshPrince]

Originally Posted by Razasharp

That pages uses vBadvanced CMPS.

Let me ask you a question there. I know vBadvanced is not your specialty but maybe you know. It is possible to use vBadvanced to create two webpages? No, right? I already use vBadvanced for my forum front page, so I probably can't use it for a second totally different page, or can I?

Originally Posted by Razasharp

However there is already a latest threads webQuery already installed in WebTemplates as a demo. There should be reference to it in the help files.

OK, I'll look for it. Thanks