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

[dartho]

I've just downloaded the latest product, overwrote files and imported the XML.

My previous LWT version was 3.5.02. It is now reporting as 3.5.05 in AdminCP, I thought it would be 3.6.02?

Everything is still working, but not sure about the versioning...

[Logician]

Originally Posted by dartho

I've just downloaded the latest product, overwrote files and imported the XML.

My previous LWT version was 3.5.02. It is now reporting as 3.5.05 in AdminCP, I thought it would be 3.6.02?

Everything is still working, but not sure about the versioning...

I guess I've forgotten to update the version in the pluggin file but if you overwrote the .php files and if your WT footer displays it as 3.6.02, then you are fine. It is really the WT footer version that really shows which version you are using.

[garyrogers]

I want to replicate the " paid subscriptions" part of the usercp on a webtemplate; the template that vb uses is " subscriptions" in the "paid subscriptions templates" section, but when i copy this into the webtemplate, It doesnt work. for instance there is this code below, how do I get the " activesubscriptions" data from the database into the webtemplate??:

<if condition="$show['activesubscriptions']">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="3">$vbphrase[active_subscriptions]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[subscription_title]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[start_date]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[expiry_date]</td>
</tr>
$subscribedbits
</table>
<br />
</if>
any advice warmly received

[dartho]

I've noticed an erro in my AdminCP for web templates:

Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /admincp/wt_wt.php on line 49

Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /admincp/wt_wt.php on line 50

it doesn't seem to affect functionality. Not sure what I could have done to cause it - any ideas?

Thanks

[Logician]

Originally Posted by dartho

I've noticed an erro in my AdminCP for web templates:

Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /admincp/wt_wt.php on line 49
 
Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /admincp/wt_wt.php on line 50

it doesn't seem to affect functionality. Not sure what I could have done to cause it - any ideas?

Thanks

You must be using PHP5. This fix can help:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=667

[Logician]

Originally Posted by TigerWare

The only caveat in the above configuration is the hard-coded id in the Query No Result Row. This is required because the LWT does not parse field result values in anything other than the Query Result Row. If the LWT could parse field values in Result Prefix Code, Result Affix Code and Query No Result Row, it would be utterly fantastic!

In your example you want to use postid returned in a Query No Result Row but it does not make sense because query no result row applies only when there is no results returned (which means there is no postid either). So how could the hack get that variable in the first place?

I guess you can do what you wanted by using "webquery phpinclude before" section: If you add a firstpostid query there and save it in a variable then you can use it in other section later.

Eg.
$querymypostid = $db->query_first("
SELECT firstpostid
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread
WHERE threadid = 0000
");
$mypostid = $querymypostid[firstpostid];

Now you can use $mypostid variable in the Query No Result Row.

[TigerWare]

Originally Posted by Logician

In your example you want to use postid returned in a Query No Result Row but it does not make sense because query no result row applies only when there is no results returned (which means there is no postid either). So how could the hack get that variable in the first place?

You know, now that I read that reply I realize what a dummy I am... Not enough brain-cells were sparking in my head when I wrote that.

Originally Posted by Logician

I guess you can do what you wanted by using "webquery phpinclude before" section: If you add a firstpostid query there and save it in a variable then you can use it in other section later.

Logican, that's simply perfect. I didn't realize that one could share the output in that way. That's just too cool :up: I shall be ripping the guts out of my webqueries this weekend to implement this.

Thanks for the education.

** edit **
Updated my example WebQuery based on Logican's suggested enhancement. Works a treat, thank you! [link]
:up:

[Saviour]

Hopefully, I can get an answer, since this mod is not supported...I guess I'll just take a chance and someone will know the answer.

I'm trying to insert a floating menu script into one of the templates, however, in order for it to work...I'll need to remove the following from the template itself:

The floating menu should now be working. If not, remove this tag from the top of your HTML pages: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

That's all I need to know...

Is there a way to remove this from the template and still have it function properly? Or can it be re-written in order to support the script I'd like to include within the template?

Any help is much appreciated...

I've said it once...and I'll say it again...Kudos to Logician for this mod!

[Logician]

Originally Posted by Saviour

Hopefully, I can get an answer, since this mod is not supported...I guess I'll just take a chance and someone will know the answer.

I'm trying to insert a floating menu script into one of the templates, however, in order for it to work...I'll need to remove the following from the template itself:

The floating menu should now be working. If not, remove this tag from the top of your HTML pages: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

That's all I need to know...

Is there a way to remove this from the template and still have it function properly? Or can it be re-written in order to support the script I'd like to include within the template?

Any help is much appreciated...

I've said it once...and I'll say it again...Kudos to Logician for this mod!

You can remove this line from your webtemplates:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]

If you are using a theme webtemplate, you should remove it from parent theme. Eg. "Default Basic Theme"

[Saviour]

Logician...

I'm sorry, I'm a little confused...in which webtemplate will I remove that line of code?

None of the templates I've created have that code in them...unless it's in the view.php file. Am I missing something here?

If I assume correctly, are you talking about this template: WebTemplates_Editors_EditPage

If that's the case...I removed that line of code, but if I view the source after creating the template...I still see the code I was referring to in my first post about this issue.

Thanks for the quick reply, by the way...much appreciated. In the interim...I'll see if I can find out where you're referring to.

Updated...

Never mind...I didn't understand fully...found what you were referring to in the Default Basic Theme and removed it.

Kudos! You da man!