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

[louis_chypher]

Originally Posted by morrow

I know there are PHP restrictions for using this script. I have a rather simple script that doesn't seam to work. Can someone help me modify it so it can work within webtemplates? I'm not sure if it's possible or not but it would be great if it was!

PHP Code:

$content=file("http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/uv?format=rdb&period=1&site_no=01427510"); 


When I was 'playing' around with your code. I finally figured out that the file() function was not returning anything to be displayed. Even though I could paste the link to get to the page. Perhaps a streaming methood would work?

[louis_chypher]

Any suggestion on how to pass a parameter to a web querry and have it included in the query? Such as an event id.

such as:

SELECT something FROM calendar where id=xxxx

[bhxtyrant]

I'll post this once more since it was bumped to the previous page,I was wondering does webtemplates have a "block" type layout like vBACMPS?and also does it have a place to create menu blocks for certain pages?I love the sound of this CMS over VBA but if it doesnt have those two options i dont think it will suit me.Thanks

[morrow]

Originally Posted by louis_chypher

Any suggestion on how to pass a parameter to a web querry and have it included in the query? Such as an event id.

such as:

SELECT something FROM calendar where id=xxxx

THanks for looking into that for me. Hopefully someone will offer up some suggestions.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by bhxtyrant

I'll post this once more since it was bumped to the previous page,I was wondering does webtemplates have a "block" type layout like vBACMPS?and also does it have a place to create menu blocks for certain pages?I love the sound of this CMS over VBA but if it doesnt have those two options i dont think it will suit me.Thanks

I think you are comparing apples and oranges. VBA is a portal where you layout your main page. WebTemplates lets you create as many different pages with custom content as you desire while using the vbulletin permissions, etc.

[bhxtyrant]

Originally Posted by westpointer

I think you are comparing apples and oranges. VBA is a portal where you layout your main page. WebTemplates lets you create as many different pages with custom content as you desire while using the vbulletin permissions, etc.

Yes i know that but what i meant was to put it simply let you easily create menu's to link all the web template pages together.So for example can i make a menu with "link1,link2,link3" that only displays on the main page and a seperate menu that only appears on other pages with "link4,link5,link6" through the admin panel similar to how VBA does.Or will i have to manually code my own menu's.

[tommyxv]

Is it possible to run a php script inside a webtemplate? Trying to run this script:

PHP Code:

<?php

    include(dirname(__FILE__)."/language.php");
    include(dirname(__FILE__)."/lib.php");
    include(dirname(__FILE__)."/engine_dml.php");
    
    $x = new DataList;
    if($HTTP_POST_VARS["Filter_x"] != ""  || $HTTP_POST_VARS['CSV_x'] != "")
    {
        // Query used in filters page and CSV output
        $x->Query = "select engine.id as 'Part Number', engine.name as 'Part Name', engine.description as 'Description' from engine";
    }
    else
    {
        // Query used in table view
        $x->Query = "select engine.id as 'Part Number', engine.name as 'Part Name', engine.description as 'Description' from engine";
    }
    
    // handle date sorting correctly
    // end of date sorting handler
    
    $x->DataHeight = 150;
    $x->AllowSelection = 0;
    $x->AllowDelete = 1;
    $x->AllowInsert = 1;
    $x->AllowUpdate = 1;
    $x->AllowFilters = 0;
    $x->AllowSavingFilters = 0;
    $x->AllowSorting = 1;
    $x->AllowNavigation = 1;
    $x->AllowPrinting = 1;
    $x->AllowCSV = 0;
    $x->HideTableView = 0;
    $x->RecordsPerPage = 10;
    $x->QuickSearch = 3;
    $x->QuickSearchText = $Translation["quick search"];
    $x->ScriptFileName = "engine_view.php";
    $x->TableTitle = "Partnumber";
    $x->PrimaryKey = "engine.id";
    $x->ColWidth[] = 150;
    $x->ColWidth[] = 150;
    $x->ColWidth[] = 150;
    $x->Template = 'engine_templateTV.html';
    $x->SelectedTemplate = 'engine_templateTVS.html';
    $x->ShowTableHeader = 1;
    $x->ShowRecordSlots = 1;
    $x->HighlightColor = '#FFE4E1';
    $x->Render();
    
    include(dirname(__FILE__)."/header.php");
    echo $x->HTML;
    include(dirname(__FILE__)."/footer.php");
?>

[louis_chypher]

Originally Posted by tommyxv

Is it possible to run a php script inside a webtemplate? Trying to run this script:

My experience has shown me that it is very possible to run php inside a web template. I did have, at first, a few issues in getting php to run till I viewed the default webtemplate phptest.

[tommyxv]

Any tips on how to get that script to work? I tried to use the phptest as an example.

[orphan]

Hi

My WebTemplates works like a charm now (on v3.6RC2)
So thx alot for a very nice hack

But i have a question that maybe you guys can answer

How do i manage to make a webtemplate connect to another Db (not the forum Db) thrue a "WebQuery" ?

I've tryed to put some php connection code in the "Query PHPInclude Code (Before)" window but that doesn't seem to work (or maybe just my php code doesen work :alien: )

Could someone provide some help please or just point me in the right direction?

Thx