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

[hobbybox]

great - thank you

[purple99]

Installed and marked installed. Went without a hitch (3.7.0). Good documentation. Excellent mod, just what I was after, saved me hours writing html pages. Thank you. :up::up:

[silly rabbit]

Originally Posted by Logician

You do it by editing wt_include.php file. Please read manual for detailed info.

Oh yes, I seem to remember that now. I don't have a "doc" viewer and the text help version is . . . well, to the point?

I will figure it out . . . no! Wait a min, I'm very happy just way your excellent hack is!

Cheers

(Oh, and by the way, I changed the way VBMS notifies you HERE)

[sparklywater]

I have a problem viewing HTML files correctly in my webtemplates. I edit my HTML files in Microsoft Frontpage using its WYSIWYG editor, then copy and paste the HTML code directly into the webtemplate creator in vBulletin Admin CP (in HTML parsing mode). But the resulting webtemplate does not accurately represent the webpage shown in the WYSIWYG interface of Frontpage. For example, there are some inaccurate font colours, font sizes, spacing between lines, etc. even though the same HTML code in Frontpage shows the webpage correctly. However, my forum's custom skin / style has been correctly inherited by the webtemplate, ie. correct background-colour, header / footer, etc. The problem is with the actual content of the HTML page in the webtemplate.

It's not an option for me to edit the page in TEXT mode instead because my webpage includes embedded objects such as RealPlayers, video players, etc. and I need more than the limited features of the vBulletin WYSIWYG editer (hence I use Frontpage). If anyone can shed some light on this issue or give some advice I would be extremely grateful.

PS. Logician, thanks very much for your incredible hard work, effort, and generosity. Please keep up the great work!

[Logician]

Originally Posted by sparklywater

I have a problem viewing HTML files correctly in my webtemplates. I edit my HTML files in Microsoft Frontpage using its WYSIWYG editor, then copy and paste the HTML code directly into the webtemplate creator in vBulletin Admin CP (in HTML parsing mode). But the resulting webtemplate does not accurately represent the webpage shown in the WYSIWYG interface of Frontpage. For example, there are some inaccurate font colours, font sizes, spacing between lines, etc. even though the same HTML code in Frontpage shows the webpage correctly. However, my forum's custom skin / style has been correctly inherited by the webtemplate, ie. correct background-colour, header / footer, etc. The problem is with the actual content of the HTML page in the webtemplate.

It's not an option for me to edit the page in TEXT mode instead because my webpage includes embedded objects such as RealPlayers, video players, etc. and I need more than the limited features of the vBulletin WYSIWYG editer (hence I use Frontpage). If anyone can shed some light on this issue or give some advice I would be extremely grateful.

PS. Logician, thanks very much for your incredible hard work, effort, and generosity. Please keep up the great work!

If you are using a theme webtemplate to display your custom HTML, it means that you are also using vbulletin CSS file in this template and your custom CSS and vbulletin CSS might clash in certain points. For instance vbulletin CSS might set a table row color as red but your CSS might set it as green etc.

So you have to edit your CSS file and remove clashing points and make it work with vb css if you want to use your code inside a theme template with vb header/footer etc.

This problem is actually not about hack, it is about HTML standards.

Alternatively you can paste your code into a webtemplate which does not use a theme (ie webtemplate will be parent itself) and even though your code will render fine now, it won't have vb formating, header, footer etc.

Hope I could explain?

[sparklywater]

Originally Posted by Logician

So you have to edit your CSS file and remove clashing points and make it work with vb css if you want to use your code inside a theme template with vb header/footer etc.

Thanks for your reply. I am trying to find an efficient way of identifying and changing the clashing points on the css of my HTML code with the css of my vBulletin skin/style. Do you know if there are any tutorials available on how to do this?

[plasticsurgery]

Originally Posted by plasticsurgery View Post

This is fantastic!

I have the count visitors not on but it still displays all this at the bottom:

Page Visitors: 0, Last Visitor was Guest at N/A. Edit This Page
Page Created at Never, Last Modified : Today - 06:28 AM.

How can I get rid of this info or just hide it? Thanks

Originally Posted by Logician

You can edit theme template you are using in that wt to delete that section.

Hi thanks sorry but I'm still a bit confused what to do. When I go to "Edit Webtemplate" for the page I don't see any options for this. Is this section part of the default_webtemplate_footer

Thank you!

***UPDATE**** found it in default_basic_theme - thank you!

[PoetJA-1975]

Hello - I'm looking for resolution to issue on my testboard please. Running 3.7.1 PL1 -- Whenever browsing to custom page --- for instance http://jpicforum.info/testvb/view.php?pg=moderatingteam --- You only see at the top of the page the word "header" on a whitepage - nothing else.

It's interesting really - because the modification had been working fine on the testboard.

Any suggestions/help fixing the issue will be appreciated!

Thanx,

Jacquii.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by PoetJA-1975

Hello - I'm looking for resolution to issue on my testboard please. Running 3.7.1 PL1 -- Whenever browsing to custom page --- for instance http://jpicforum.info/testvb/view.php?pg=moderatingteam --- You only see at the top of the page the word "header" on a whitepage - nothing else.

It's interesting really - because the modification had been working fine on the testboard.

Any suggestions/help fixing the issue will be appreciated!

Thanx,

Jacquii.

Your answer is in the first post of the thread.

[PoetJA-1975]

Ooops - I missed that - Need glasses anyway LOL
Thanx so much - fixed the issue

Jacquii.