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

[digitalSite]

Originally Posted by Logician

You are suppose to get last 5 in that forum. I get 5 in my test forum. Can it be because you have just 1 thread in that forum?

Ha! This is true! I do only have one post in this forum...I guess my question should be, how do I list threads from ALL forums? Would I have to add every forum here

WHERE t.forumid = '1','2','3', etc.? Thanks!

I tried removing this WHERE t.forumid = (because I want from ALL forums) and replaced it with WHERE t.open = '1' AND t.visible = '1', but then the titles don't get limited and it posts the entire title.

OMG, I'm having a hard time with this...I noticed that when I run your code, it cuts the title to the limit you specify, but when I copy/paste your code into my webtemplate, it diplays the number of posts correctly, but doesn't cut off the title...any ideas why yours works and mine doesn't?

[Logician]

Originally Posted by digitalSite

Ha! This is true! I do only have one post in this forum...I guess my question should be, how do I list threads from ALL forums? Would I have to add every forum here

WHERE t.forum = '1','2','3', etc.? Thanks!

I tried removing this WHERE t.forum = (because I want from ALL forums) and replaced it with WHERE t.open = '1' AND t.visible = '1', but then the titles don't get limited and it posts the entire title.

Your WHERE close is right if you want to pull from all forums.

If you want to restrict title, you need to apply the left() to the title section too:

SELECT t.threadid, LEFT(t.title, 10) as title, t.firstpostid, t.lastpost, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, LEFT(p.pagetext, 10) as pagetext
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread t
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post p ON p.postid = t.firstpostid
WHERE t.open = '1'
AND t.visible = '1'
ORDER BY t.dateline DESC
LIMIT 0 , 5

[digitalSite]

Originally Posted by Logician

Your WHERE close is right if you want to pull from all forums.

If you want to restrict title, you need to apply the left() to the title section too:

SELECT t.threadid, LEFT(t.title, 10) as title, t.firstpostid, t.lastpost, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, LEFT(p.pagetext, 10) as pagetext
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread t
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post p ON p.postid = t.firstpostid
WHERE t.open = '1'
AND t.visible = '1'
ORDER BY t.dateline DESC
LIMIT 0 , 5

YEY! This works PERFECTLY! Thank you very much Logician, you're the best!!! (Doing the running man and dancing around the house now...)

For a look at my site, here is what it looks like now (my site is still under construction): http://www.naturalbeautycafe.net/

THANKS!

[Logician]

Originally Posted by digitalSite

YEY! This works PERFECTLY! Thank you very much Logician, you're the best!!! (Doing the running man and dancing around the house now...)

For a look at my site, here is what it looks like now (my site is still under construction): http://www.naturalbeautycafe.net/

THANKS!

Glad it worked. Added your site to the demo webtemplates in the first post. I must also tell it to my wife who might be interested being a member

[digitalSite]

Originally Posted by Logician

Glad it worked. Added your site to the demo webtemplates in the first post. I must also tell it to my wife who might be interested being a member

Great! No problem! I couldn't find a place online for those interested in all natural products, so I decided to create a community online :banana:

[htscpl]

Thanks I've been looking for this. Just upgraded from vb 3.0.11. Lost the webtemplets. ** installs **
H

[Logician]

Originally Posted by htscpl

Thanks I've been looking for this. Just upgraded from vb 3.0.11. Lost the webtemplets. ** installs **
H

Export script should export your old webtemplates for you? You can run it even now if you didnt manually deleted old wt tables.

[nitro]

Its most strange, its only swapping IMG bb tags for URL= tags on my test install. I cannot replicate it live either. I decided to go for it anyway as this by all accounts is a long standing mod, so if its not happening to anyone else it must be some wierd setting somewhere making it happen.

I thought perhaps it was a style issue as I havent updated all the styles on my dev box but I've pretty much ruled that out aswell, it does do it in vb's default style which is untouched.

One comment the page title seems to not be editable in the front end only in CP. Might be nice to have some inline stuff on this mod for bits like that.

[ammarcom004]

thanks for this hack

[DaFire]

Hmm.. I'd like to allow certain usergroups to edit pages, which already works great with a few flaws. On my board with about 500 users I have only one admin beside me.. there are several sections with a own leader group but no access to control panel.

1. the editors should be able to toggle the draft flag and should be able to see the page in draft

2. the editors should be able to change the view permission.

Ideally I only create the page, set the allowed webquerys and let the editors do the rest. Even better if I could allow them to create pages themself, but without any possibility to add php code or include files or stuff like that