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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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#652
08-02-2011, 02:24 PM
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#653
08-02-2011, 02:57 PM
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#654
08-03-2011, 05:59 AM
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Fixed it. Actually had nothing to do with the navbar template being "all messed up" as you so eloquently put it (and given that you just took the page source code, not sure that you could say so with such confidence as you did...) The problem was that I had placed an 'if member' condition around some java while trying to restrict the sub-navbar to members only...my bad... I'm really sorry that I inconvenienced you so, as I was just looking for some help from more experienced people like yourself. Regards, Ian
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08-03-2011, 09:59 AM
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#656
08-16-2011, 11:55 AM
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i install pretty cool but i have problem on this two plugins '
hook location - online_location_process: and hook location online_location_unknown: where do i put this two codes ? how can i add this code to my template
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#657
08-16-2011, 01:23 PM
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#658
08-18-2011, 12:40 AM
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Hello Lynne and all,
I'm rather new to VB and trying to learn. Your tutorial was a great help and following it I managed easily to create a page which works very well, thanks a lot for it. But I have a slight problem which I can't explain : at the top of this particular test page are some strange characters which don't appear on other pages. I join an image so that you can see it. I verified that there was absolutely nothing before the <?php in the php page and before the {vb:stylevar htmldoctype} in the template, and I made the pages with Notepad. Any idea ? Thanks for your very useful help Attachment 132056
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#659
08-18-2011, 12:09 PM
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I've seen that before but can't remember what was causing it. But you have to remember, vb works by collecting up all the output into a string and printing it at the end. So those characters could come from any code that's executed, and not just from the very beginning of the script.
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#661
08-18-2011, 06:23 PM
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 @Cellarius : it's Notepad++ I meant, of course ^^ Thanks for your answers anyway Edit : I just tried to use a hook instead of an external php file, following the method of Cellarius Code:
$templater = vB_Template::create('my_own_template');
$templater->register_page_templates();
print_output($templater->render());
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