How to create your own vBulletin-powered page! (uses vB templates)

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by The Watcher

This looks promising gary -> a few questions !!!

1) How can I use this outside my forums directory? Do i just use this?

PHP Code:

chdir('/home/site/public_html/forums/');
require('./global.php'); 


2) How can I limit access to this page to only users in the usergroups 7, 8 and 9 ?

3) I have a php links script which I would like integrated into my forums in terms of the way it looks and the way only certain usergroups can access it. Can i use your hack to do this? If so, how I would I make a php page appear in the content area instead of the TEST template ???

Thanks again

1) correct
2) replace $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6 with $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 7 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 8 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 9
3) Replace eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");'); with your PHP stuff.

[VeoMorphine]

Originally Posted by Gary W

Try something like:

PHP Code:

<?php

require_once('./global.php');

if ($_REQUEST[filename])
{
    if ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6)
    {
        header("Location: $_REQUEST[filename]");
    }
}

?>

Be sure to change the path to the global.php and the usergroupid as well (currently it's 6 for admins only).

Also, save this code in a file such as download.php and then you can use the file by linking to it like http://www.example.com/forum/downloa...=something.php which will download www.examlpe.com/forum/files/something.php if the user is an administrator.

I just want to make a correctiion to your code:
You use if($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]. On vb3, there is a new is_member_of function, that will search your primary and secondary groups for that user. Here is how the code works with it.

PHP Code:

<?php

require_once('./global.php');

if ($_REQUEST[filename])
{
    if (is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 5) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 7));
    {
        header("Location: $_REQUEST[filename]");
    }
}

?>

that makes it so usergroup 6 5 and 7 can download that file.

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by VeoMorphine

I just want to make a correctiion to your code:
You use if($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]. On vb3, there is a new is_member_of function, that will search your primary and secondary groups for that user. Here is how the code works with it.

PHP Code:

<?php

require_once('./global.php');

if ($_REQUEST[filename])
{
    if (is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 5) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 7));
    {
        header("Location: $_REQUEST[filename]");
    }
}

?>

that makes it so usergroup 6 5 and 7 can download that file.

Ah okay thanks I never knew about that function

[Davey-UK]

I like the idea of this, but looking around the Mod request pages, alot of people are looking for the last posts etc also to be displayed on a non vb page. I remember using something called API over at invision which was great. All you did was put includes in the page where you wanted specific things that were pulled from your board via templates which you could modify. Anyone know if something like this is going to be made? Gary W?

[attroll]

I have been using this mod since VB 2. I see some changes. I don't care who wrote it. But I have two request.

1. I would like the new navbar that Beta 3 uses. Below the header in each page that I create.

2. I would like to see an icon or something on each page for a printable version.

[SVTBlackLight01]

Originally Posted by The Watcher

This looks promising gary -> a few questions !!!

1) How can I use this outside my forums directory? Do i just use this?

PHP Code:

chdir('/home/site/public_html/forums/');
require('./global.php'); 


That works, but I discovered that you have to have the full URL for vbulletin_global.js and vbulletin_menu.js in the headinclude template. Otherwise the drop-down menus in the navbar will not work outside of the forum directory.

[Osterling]

i hope some one answers my question here..

on the second part you say to make a template.. now what should i save the extention of my template..

for your ur example: test < should it have an exention be?

i am really new to php and all of it, so if you could please explain this 2 me, i'd be grateful

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by exasko

i hope some one answers my question here..

on the second part you say to make a template.. now what should i save the extention of my template..

for your ur example: test < should it have an exention be?

i am really new to php and all of it, so if you could please explain this 2 me, i'd be grateful

Templates don't have extensions

[Osterling]

so if i create it in notepad and save it as test that will work?

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by attroll

I have been using this mod since VB 2. I see some changes. I don't care who wrote it. But I have two request.

1. I would like the new navbar that Beta 3 uses. Below the header in each page that I create.

2. I would like to see an icon or something on each page for a printable version.

1. already is there