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

[GDA]

Logican - this is a great hack!

I saw that you helped another forum member with their site. I am trying to create a sidebar with the latest posts, the latest threads and the latest members which shows up on on my forum all the time. How can this be done?

[Logician]

Originally Posted by GDA

Logican - this is a great hack!

I saw that you helped another forum member with their site. I am trying to create a sidebar with the latest posts, the latest threads and the latest members which shows up on on my forum all the time. How can this be done?

Actually what you wanted is not very relevant to this hack. You can do what you want with your webtemplate for "your other pages" but if you want this information in your forum pages, you need to use another hack for this as webtemplate can not do it.

[GDA]

Originally Posted by Logician

Actually what you wanted is not very relevant to this hack. You can do what you want with your webtemplate for "your other pages" but if you want this information in your forum pages, you need to use another hack for this as webtemplate can not do it.

Thanks for the information - can you recommend a good hack to use?

Also, in webtemplate, how can I do the following things:

1) Move the Currently Active Users Down from the top to the bottom of the page on each template?

2) Move the Stats part of the Two Column template to the right hand side?

Thanks

[Fireproof]

Logician (or others),

Do you have a good template to use for a NEWSLETTER that I could start with and customize for my purposes?

I'm not good at creating brand-new templates from scratch, but am good with tweaking something already created.

Thanks in advance.

[viper357]

Hi Logician, I was running 3.5.0.2 on vb 3.6.11

I attempted an upgrade to 3.6.0.3, I followed all of the instructions and then when I went to run the upgrade script I got this error when clicking on the button to Export the old webtemplates page.

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.11:

Invalid SQL:

								SELECT wtid, title 
								FROM wt2_templates 
								WHERE headerfooter = '0' 
								ORDER BY category DESC, 
								title ASC;

MySQL Error  : Table '*******.wt2_templates' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Date         : Friday, October 17th 2008 @ 10:18:25 PM
Script       : http://**********/wt_upgrade.php?do=start
Referrer     : http://**********/wt_upgrade.php
IP Address   : *******
Username     : *******
Classname    : vB_Database

However I have tested all of my webtemplates and they all seem to be working fine, is it really necessary to go through the upgrade/export process?

[Logician]

Originally Posted by viper357

Hi Logician, I was running 3.5.0.2 on vb 3.6.11

I attempted an upgrade to 3.6.0.3, I followed all of the instructions and then when I went to run the upgrade script I got this error when clicking on the button to Export the old webtemplates page.

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.11:
 
Invalid SQL:
 
                                SELECT wtid, title 
                                FROM wt2_templates 
                                WHERE headerfooter = '0' 
                                ORDER BY category DESC, 
                                title ASC;
 
MySQL Error  : Table '*******.wt2_templates' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Date         : Friday, October 17th 2008 @ 10:18:25 PM
Script       : http://**********/wt_upgrade.php?do=start
Referrer     : http://**********/wt_upgrade.php
IP Address   : *******
Username     : *******
Classname    : vB_Database

However I have tested all of my webtemplates and they all seem to be working fine, is it really necessary to go through the upgrade/export process?

I guess you ran "wt_upgrade.php"? You don't need to do that because that script is for 3.0.x -> 3.5.x upgrades. Since your previous version is not 3.0.x, you don't need to run this script. Your upgrade is already completed.

[viper357]

Thanks

[TheLastSuperman]

Wonderful!!!! Thanks!!

[wacnstac]

This looks like an interesting hack to get a CMS. I have a large VB forum but have about 250 disjoint hand designed HMTL pages right now. Can someone post some URL of more examples of webmasters who have made the transition from something like I have to WebTemplates?

www.michigan-sportsman.com

[rolandogomez]

Check out what I did with http://www.garageglamour.com in the photo tips section. I have a few more pages to go down at the bottom links, but almost done. Basically I took my html pages, copied everything in the html file except the body, head, meta tags, in other words, everything within the table, div or span tags, then created the page. You will have a new URL, so you'll have to update the links...works like a charm. I also paid the OP some money via PayPal to go brand free, fyi...rg sends!