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

[jluerken]

Hi,

I am trying to implement this script http://www.clanforums.com/amxbans
into a CMS Template so that it has the vBulletin style and looks integrated.

Normal Pages are no problem but with this external script I have no idea how I can do this.

Can someone please give me a helping hand?

regards
jluerken

[bhxtyrant]

Hello again Logician,
Was wondering if you could answer a few things im trying to find out.
I have just installed Webtemplates and so far it looks pretty nice from what i see.Im trying to learn the basics right now but i wanted to know for certain a few major things.

First and the most major question is,is there a way i can make a main homepage in webtemplates that will display news pulled for a certain forum ID?similar to how various other CMS's do.

Second is more something i am totally in the dark about.I posted a while back in this topic but never really got an answer.I want to make a two column template used for all my main site pages.This i can do but what i would like is to have the left column have a main navigational menu and the right column to display the page content.

Certain pages of my site will have different navigational menu's then others so my question is in webtemplates is there an easy way to do this without manually coding everything?It would be a real pain as you can imagine to add new links if each template would have to be edited just to add a link or two if you know what i mean.

Also is there a way to create new custom catagories to seperate webtemplate pages via the admin panel?For example currently there is "Default WebTemplates" and "Your Custom Pages" i was hoping to see an option to add more such as for example "Catagory 1","Catgory 2",ect.
Thanks for your time and for making this awsome mod

[Logician]

First and the most major question is,is there a way i can make a main homepage in webtemplates that will display news pulled for a certain forum ID?similar to how various other CMS's do.

Please read thread and FAQ for this. I've already answered it.

Second is more something i am totally in the dark about.I posted a while back in this topic but never really got an answer.I want to make a two column template used for all my main site pages.This i can do but what i would like is to have the left column have a main navigational menu and the right column to display the page content.

Yes sounds possible but may require some HTML design and PHP coding in phpinclude section of your webtemplate or hacking in view.php file.

I am so sorry but I'm not able to meet all these custom requests of hack users due to my busy schedule. I've released this hack which gives high functionality for such needs but every user needs to find out how to manage it themselves. My business really does not allow me to deal with every custom request one by one.

Certain pages of my site will have different navigational menu's then others so my question is in webtemplates is there an easy way to do this without manually coding everything?.

You can use different themes for these pages or use conditionals to display different menus in different templates.

Also is there a way to create new custom catagories to seperate webtemplate pages via the admin panel?For example currently there is "Default WebTemplates" and "Your Custom Pages" i was hoping to see an option to add more such as for example "Catagory 1","Catgory 2",ect.

This is also recently answered, please read the thread..

[jluerken]

Originally Posted by bhxtyrant

Second is more something i am totally in the dark about.I posted a while back in this topic but never really got an answer.I want to make a two column template used for all my main site pages.This i can do but what i would like is to have the left column have a main navigational menu and the right column to display the page content.

Do you mean something like this?
http://www.clanforums.com/forum/cms/irc.html

[bhxtyrant]

Hey jluerken,
Yes thats exactly what i mean,That pages ios pretty close to mine in layout except you have many more things in your left column then i will as i only want to have a navigational menu and possibly a "Online Users" area to show what users are viewing the page/site similar to how VB does showing the number of guests and names of logged in users.By the way would you mind if i PMed you reguarding a small question about VBAcmps portal?I was viewing your site and noticed you done something i have been trying to do for ages but cant seem to get right.I tryed at there support forums but no one seems to want to help :S

@Logician
Thanks for answering those,I didnt expect to get anything custom made Just was more of trying to find out if the things i wanted to do were possible with Webtemplates.Looks like many of them are though.By the way just wanted to also ask do you do custom mods?Our main admin might be interested in paying for the work that would need to be done to get webtemplates running like we need it.Thanks

[Smoothie]

Hey Logician,

When creating a webtemplate why doesn't the preview button work?

[Smoothie]

One more question. This line:
Page Visitors: 2, Last Visitor was Admin at Today - 04:14 PM.
Page Created at Today - 02:48 AM, Last Modified : Today - 04:10 PM

Is it possible to edit? I'd like to make it one line and change the wording.

There should be an option to not show that stuff. Is there one I missed?

[Logician]

Originally Posted by Smoothie

One more question. This line:
Page Visitors: 2, Last Visitor was Admin at Today - 04:14 PM.
Page Created at Today - 02:48 AM, Last Modified : Today - 04:10 PM

Is it possible to edit? I'd like to make it one line and change the wording.

There should be an option to not show that stuff. Is there one I missed?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=427

[Smoothie]

Any word on why the preview button doesn't work when creating a template?

[bhxtyrant]

hey Smoothie,
I'm not really qualifyed to answer that Q but i just thought i would say that it works fine in my installation of Webtemplates so perhaps you should double check your settings.