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

[Tikibird]

Thanks Tigerware. I found the web template and clicked on "Visit" and got this message:

Not Found
The requested URL /forum/view.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


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Apache/2.2.6 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.6 OpenSSL/0.9.7a DAV/2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 mod_jk/1.2.25 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 Server at www.myforumname.com Port 80

Is that how you "run" a template, you click on "visit"?

[Logician]

Originally Posted by Tikibird

Thanks Tigerware. I found the web template and clicked on "Visit" and got this message:

Not Found
The requested URL /forum/view.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


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Apache/2.2.6 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.6 OpenSSL/0.9.7a DAV/2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 mod_jk/1.2.25 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 Server at www.myforumname.com Port 80

Is that how you "run" a template, you click on "visit"?

Have you uploaded all hack files correctly to your server? In this specific example you seem to forget uploading "view.php"

[Logician]

Originally Posted by valdet

Sorry to bump this thread, but has anyone tested this with the latest vB 3.6.8 PL2.

Clicked install and waiting for an answer.

Hack is compatible with all 3.5 and 3.6.x versions including 3.6.8 PL2.

[TigerWare]

Originally Posted by valdet

but has anyone tested this with the latest vB 3.6.8 PL2.

Yes, it works fine.


** edit to add **
Beaten to the punch by the master himself.

[Tikibird]

Thanks Logician! That is exactly what happened. Funny, I used Smart FTP to drag the files over to the directory and that View.php and editor.php didn't copy over with the admincp and includes ones.

Everything is working fine now, thanks so much for your help!!

Now I just have to think of some more stats I can run!

[Icehawk002]

We have a library for article relevant to our site content this currently consists of a huge number in excess of 180 webtemplate pages. Each template has the same menu code in it and the page layout is the same other than obviously the article content is different.

I wonder if people have any suggestions to improve this arrangement?

The biggest problem is if we add a new menu item all the 180 plus templates require modification.

thanks

[TigerWare]

Originally Posted by Icehawk002

Each template has the same menu code in it and the page layout is the same other than obviously the article content is different.
...
The biggest problem is if we add a new menu item all the 180 plus templates require modification.

It sounds like you need to put the menu system in the WebTemplate "Theme" and not inside each template page. My article here may give you some ideas. (Just ignore the vBa bits for your reading).

[Icehawk002]

Thanks TiggerWare that looks like a good solution and very helpful, I'll have a go and see how it works out.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by Icehawk002

We have a library for article relevant to our site content this currently consists of a huge number in excess of 180 webtemplate pages. Each template has the same menu code in it and the page layout is the same other than obviously the article content is different.

I wonder if people have any suggestions to improve this arrangement?

The biggest problem is if we add a new menu item all the 180 plus templates require modification.

thanks

Exactly as tigerware told. You have to make a single webtemplate theme and then use this theme in your article webtemplates. I suggest you read "theme" section in manual.

[Saviour]

Logician...

I've searched through this thread, and have found some related issues, but I'm a little green when it comes to PHP...so please, be patient.

Here's my issue...and I have to reference another coder's mod...so again, please be patient with me.

I am using the Radio and TV mod developed by Dream. It references a page named radioandtv.php. When this page loads...it doesn't show the header, navbar, or footer. Okay...so I read Dream's entire thread regarding his mod and in post #97 find the code I need to add the header, navbar and footer. The header, navbar and footer display, but with an "error on page" message at the bottom of the page. Also, the links in the navbar that have pop-up menus do not work, either. I asked Dream about it...and since the code is not part of his mod...I'm sort of stuck.

This is what I'd like to do...using your web template system, I would create a PHP template and use the PHP code from Dream's radioandtv.php file. So far...so good...the page displays. Yet, I still need to incorporate my header, navbar and footer. How would I go about coding Dream's radioandtv.php file, within your template mod, so the header, navbar and footer are shown and functioning properly?

I know you don't support his mod, but I guess my main question is how to make sure I have the header, navbar and footer coded correctly within a PHP template while maintaining the integrity and functionality of the navbar and footer...making sure the links and pop-ups work as they should?

BTW...I have also PM'd the creator of the code referred to earlier for Dream's mod, but have yet to receive a response. So, I'm hoping you can at least shed some light on my issue and point me in the right direction.

Any help you provide will be greatly appreciated...