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

[bulbasnore]

Well, as Shirley Temple would say*:

OH MY GOODNESS!

I followed the install instructions, then the upgrade. Got a little out of phase because of uploading the files in the wrong spot. Then with fear and trepidation I imported my old templates which make heavy use of external variables.

BOINK!

It just works. Oh wait, looks like I have some work to do on my external variables. Oh well!

Hooray for Logician and happy new year!

*Sorry, I'm an old guy. Watch one of her movies!

[bulbasnore]

Alrighty, here's my problem.

In the old templates I had this in the Outside Variables box of the target template:

formSetNo

Another template POSTS that variable and an integer value to the target via selection from a popup menu.

Following this sample code:

$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('r', array(
'my_variable_1' => TYPE_STR,
'my_variable_2' => TYPE_INT,
));

I have the following in the 3.5 target template:

$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('r', array(
'formSetNo' => TYPE_INT
));

I've also tried it with TYPE_STR.

Anyway, the target template isn't getting the variable. Any suggestions? This is for a major feature of our site!

[bulbasnore]

And here's the fix:

vBulletin wisely forces you to clean inputs. This is explained here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/codestandards_gpc :glasses:

For your Webtemplate PHP include, you can collect and clean variables (using an array) or a single variable (using key/value hash pair). I used the latter.

So, my one webtemplate POSTs a variable from a form field called 'formSetNo'.

In the target webtemplate, my php include is:

PHP Code:

$vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'formSetNo', TYPE_INT); 


The 'p' indicates to the clean_gpc function to look at the POSTed variable. See the documentation link for dealing with other types of input like GETs and COOKIEs.

To use the value in that variable in my php script in my target webtemplate, I use something like this:

PHP Code:

$colname__Recordset2 =  $vbulletin->GPC['formSetNo']; 


Now $colname_Recordset2, which I use to do work elsewhere in my php code, has the value from the POSTed variable! Yay!

Nice to see that vB has a way to do this and it works with WT :banana:

[da prez]

sheer genius.

thanks logician.

now i just gotta learn how to write queries.

[b6gm6n]

I wondered if adding my default style header, navbar & footer wouldnt be more easier... i've read the docs and assumed i could either add my default vb header using : $header either in a 'theme' where it's called into my pages (with styling) or as pages parsed as php, but i does not... whats the trick? i've tried : Included VB Templates...nope, tried a simple theme, no go, also added as php...so frustrating, please help

-b6

[Kihon Kata]

Originally Posted by b6gm6n

I wondered if adding my default style header, navbar & footer wouldnt be more easier... i've read the docs and assumed i could either add my default vb header using : $header either in a 'theme' where it's called into my pages (with styling) or as pages parsed as php, but i does not... whats the trick? i've tried : Included VB Templates...nope, tried a simple theme, no go, also added as php...so frustrating, please help

-b6

Same thing for me b6. I have a whole section programmed OUTSIDE my forums(w/ db connectivity) and I did the same thing and nothing.

[RaceJunkie]

How do i make this text smaller?

WebTemplate Quick Info Panel for Admins - [CMS by Logician]

[Logician]

Originally Posted by b6gm6n

I wondered if adding my default style header, navbar & footer wouldnt be more easier... i've read the docs and assumed i could either add my default vb header using : $header either in a 'theme' where it's called into my pages (with styling) or as pages parsed as php, but i does not... whats the trick? i've tried : Included VB Templates...nope, tried a simple theme, no go, also added as php...so frustrating, please help

I'm not sure if I can follow you on this?

Please check the default themes that comes with the installation. For instance check "Default Basic Theme" theme. It already has "$header" variable in it, and it is displaying your default style header, isn't it? So if you create a theme of your own and put $header in it in the same way "Default Basic Theme" has, it will display your header. It should include all relevant variables like this:

PHP Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>Your page title</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar

<page content goes here>

<and dont forget footer too> 


On the other hand things are more complicated in PHP parsed webtemplates. If you want to paste content of your header in a PHP parsed webtemplate do it with PHP commands. Eg.

PHP Code:

echo $header; 


How do i make this text smaller? WebTemplate Quick Info Panel for Admins - [CMS by Logician]

It is inside template named "WebTemplates_AdminPanel"

[b6gm6n]

Default Basic Theme? whos got one of those then?
right... my default install came with nothing, i created a simple bbcode page as the instructions told me and it worked, no styling of anykind just text on a white background, great, ...i see i have "No Header/Footer WebTemplates Exist at the moment.." and "No Themes Exist at the moment.."... i did create a theme but still nothing, so...whats the code for this "Default Basic Theme"? and what to call it when im setting it up etc etc, i did hope to see my header, nav and footer with my text also...im i being pushy?

-b6

[yessir]

Originally Posted by b6gm6n

Default Basic Theme? whos got one of those then?
right... my default install came with nothing, i created a simple bbcode page as the instructions told me and it worked, no styling of anykind just text on a white background, great, ...i see i have "No Header/Footer WebTemplates Exist at the moment.." and "No Themes Exist at the moment.."... i did create a theme but still nothing, so...whats the code for this "Default Basic Theme"? and what to call it when im setting it up etc etc, i did hope to see my header, nav and footer with my text also...im i being pushy?

From the install doc.

STEP 3- Close your browser, reopen it, relogin to your admin cp and you should to see "Logician's WebTemplates" in the left menu. Expand it and click "Export/Import", then "Upload Webtemplate .XML File", point the file named "webtemplate_export.xml".
(There are 2 XML files, please make sure you import the file named "webtemplate_export.xml")
(This step is to upload default webtemplates and webqueries to your webtemplate system)