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[HOW TO - vB4] Create your own vBulletin page
 Lynne
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 41,180
California/Idaho
11-15-2009, 10:00 PM
This is an updated article on how to create your own vbulletin powered page. It's only for use with vB4. This is NOT my work. I'm posting this from another thread where vB Style took the time to write this out. And his work is based on the article by Gary King here - How to create your own vBulletin-powered page! (uses vB templates) Instructions to Create your Own Page: 1. Create the php page: - Create a new file, whatever you want to call it (let's say test.php). - Open up test.php and add the following (replace TEST with whatever template you want to show - WARNING: the template name is CASE SENSITIVE!!!): Code:
<?php
// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test');
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);
// change this depending on your filename
// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array();
// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array();
// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array('TEST',
);
// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array();
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
// if your page is outside of your normal vb forums directory, you should change directories by uncommenting the next line
// chdir ('/path/to/your/forums');
require_once('./global.php');
// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################
$navbits = construct_navbits(array('' => 'Test Page'));
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits);
// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE #####
$pagetitle = 'My Page Title';
// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ######
$templater = vB_Template::create('TEST');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
print_output($templater->render());
?>
2. Create the Template: - If you are in debug mode, create the template in your MASTER STYLE so it shows up in all your styles, otherwise make sure you create the template in the style you are using. If following the page above, call the template TEST (WARNING: the template name is CASE SENSITIVE!!!) with the following content: HTML Code:
{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
<title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle} - {vb:raw pagetitle}</title>
{vb:raw headinclude}
{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}
</head>
<body>
{vb:raw header}
{vb:raw navbar}
<div id="pagetitle">
<h1>{vb:raw pagetitle}</h1>
</div>
<h2 class="blockhead">Title</h2>
<div class="blockbody">
<div class="blockrow">
Text
</div>
</div>
{vb:raw footer}
</body>
</html>
Instructions to Add your Page to the Who's Online List (WOL): Create two plugins using the following hooks. Replace mypage and similar with your information. 1. hook location - online_location_process: Code:
switch ($filename)
{
case 'test.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'mypage';
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.
}
2. hook location online_location_unknown: Code:
switch ($userinfo['activity'])
{
case 'mypage':
$userinfo['where'] = '<a href="test.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars[sessionurl].'">My Page</a>';
$userinfo['action'] = "Viewing My Page";
$handled = true;
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.
}
The colored part in the code above shows what you need to change in the plugins (both reds should be the same and both blues should be the same, whereas green can be whatever you want). Please see this article for help with rendering templates - [vB4] Rendering templates and registering variables - a short guide 
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#612
07-13-2011, 04:39 AM
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On a side note, here is something related to this. So I was able to add a new page with the template. Looks great except one thing. There is some extra space on the top of the page so now my logo and login is moved down and there is about a 1/2" gap of nothing from the top. This is only on the new external php page I created. All my other pages look fine. Any suggestions?
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#614
07-13-2011, 03:43 PM
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#615
07-14-2011, 06:15 PM
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I got my vB page working. It's a newsletter subscription form, real simple. A user enters an email address, enter the security code and that's it. Problem is vB bounces back with
"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing." If I turn off CSRF_PROTECTION to FALSE the problem goes away, but I'm leery of disabling anything that is titled PROTECTION. I found some posts saying that I should add Code:
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" /> (If this should be a new thread then I apologize for doing it here. Feel free to move if necessary.)
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#616
07-14-2011, 08:50 PM
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Code:
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
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#617
07-14-2011, 08:54 PM
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Does this go in the template I created or in the .php file? Because if it's the template it doesn't seem to be working. I have it in the blockrow area. Does it go somewhere else?
--------------- Added [DATE]1310697032[/DATE] at [TIME]1310697032[/TIME] --------------- I've pinpointed the problem. It's value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" that's causing the problem. If I change it to "guest" it works fine, but only if the user isn't logged in. Is there a way to get this working so if it's a non-member/not logged in member or a logged in member it behaves the same way? What if I just disable CSRF_PROTECTION for this particular script?
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#618
07-15-2011, 03:38 AM
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The code I posted goes into the form which should be in the template. I took the code directly out of the header template - if you have written it correctly, it will work for a guest or member.
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#619
07-15-2011, 03:46 AM
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I wrote a simple product that allows you to embed Google Custom Search using this approach.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=266449 It is really just a page shell + tab, feel free to grab the code as you need. Kym
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#620
07-15-2011, 02:00 PM
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If I can't get it working I'll just go with turning off the protection. It works for both then, and the form has two security measures of it's own so I think it's fairly safe.
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#621
07-15-2011, 04:14 PM
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HTML Code:
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="<?php global $vbulletin; echo $vbulletin->userinfo['securitytoken']; ?>" />
This would be easier if, as someone pointed out in the other thread, you were to put your form in a template, but that would mean making more changes to the form code.
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