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[HOW TO - vB4] Create your own vBulletin page
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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());

?>
- Be sure to change 'TEST' to the actual template name (WARNING: the template name is CASE SENSITIVE!!!), and change 'test' to the filename or a unique name for the page. Also, change 'Test Page' and 'My Page Title' to whatever you want to show in the navbits, such as 'Viewing Member Profile' (just an example).

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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Old 09-28-2013, 02:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoul View Post
Hello
I'm sorry for my English (translator) and that for me to be obvious.
I'll try to be clearer.

Currently, the home page, the gallery 4 images, blog Dotclear and VB4.2.1 forum are all linked. (integrated).
First --- Copy your text on the previous post and start a new thread in vb4 programming. Since this really does not have a direct relation to the thread and it might confuse people.

Two --- Thank you for writing this all out, I believe I understand what you are asking now. This is really a WOL question.

Create the new thread and I will take a look at the WOL code to see if I can be of any assistance.
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Old 09-28-2013, 12:39 PM
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hello Lynne

Thank you for your help

Yes I am the letter information
here is an almost finished page (redirect problem)
http://www.gfx-art.fr/forum/connect.php

This tutorial works very well in the directory '. / Forum' my server
but as soon as it exits the VB environment
ex: 'index.php' or '. / dotclear' or '. / gfx'
is not the case

the idea was to find a solution to a tutorial to succeed bind all those pages and even in a different folder than the vBulletin Installation

thank you

Hello tbworld

I totally understand the reasoning and voila a new open discution:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2448567 # post2448567

Thank you very much for the future help

--------------- Added [DATE]1380403355[/DATE] at [TIME]1380403355[/TIME] ---------------

Sorry Double post but I spent the night above without success.

On this page (created thanks to a tutorial.)

http://www.gfx-art.fr/forum/connect.php

template:
HTML Code:
{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"<vb:if condition="$vboptions['enablefacebookconnect']"> xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"</vb:if> dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
	{vb:raw headinclude}
	<vb:if condition="$show['search_noindex']"><meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" /></vb:if>

	<title>{vb:raw pagetitle}</title>
		
	<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"></script>
	
	{vb:raw headinsert}
{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}



</head>
<body>
    
    {vb:raw header}
    
    {vb:raw navbar}
    
   <vb:if condition="$show['guest']">  

<div class="standard_error">
    <form class="block vbform"  method="post" action="login.php?do=login" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, {vb:raw show.nopasswordempty})">
        <h2 class="blockhead">{vb:rawphrase vbulletin_message}</h2>

        <input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />
        <input type="hidden" name="url" value="{vb:raw scriptpath}" />
        <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
        <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />
        {vb:raw postvars}
        <input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionhash}" />
        <input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
        <div class="blockbody formcontrols">
            
            <h3 class="blocksubhead">Bienvenue, merci de bien vouloir vous connectez</h3>
            <div class="blockrow restore">{vb:raw errormessage}</div>
            <vb:if condition="$show['register_message']">
            <p class="blockrow">{vb:rawphrase admin_required_register, {vb:raw session.sessionurl}}</p>
            </vb:if>
            
            <h3 class="blocksubhead">{vb:rawphrase log_in}</h3>        
            <div class="blockrow">
                <label for="vb_login_username">{vb:rawphrase username}:</label>
                <input type="text" class="primary textbox" id="vb_login_username" name="vb_login_username" accesskey="u" tabindex="1" />
            </div>
            <div class="blockrow">            
                <label for="vb_login_password">{vb:rawphrase password}:</label>
                <input type="password" class="primary textbox" id="vb_login_password" name="vb_login_password" tabindex="1" />
            </div>
            <div class="blockrow singlecheck">
                <label for="cb_cookieuser"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" id="cb_cookieuser" value="1" tabindex="1" /> {vb:rawphrase remember_me}</label>
            </div>
            
        </div>
        <div class="blockfoot actionbuttons">
            <div class="group">
                <input type="submit" class="button" value="{vb:rawphrase log_in}" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
                <input type="reset" class="button" value="{vb:rawphrase reset_fields}" accesskey="r" tabindex="1" />
            </div>
        </div>
    </form>
</div>

<vb:if condition="!$show['enableforumjump']">{vb:raw forumjump}</vb:if>
<vb:else />

</vb:if>
{vb:raw footer}
</body>
</html>
PHP file:
Code:
<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'Connect');
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('Connect',
);

// 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('' => 'Connect Page'));
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits);

// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE #####
$pagetitle = 'GFX-Art Connexion';

// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ######

$templater = vB_Template::create('Connect');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
print_output($templater->render());

?>
I have a problem redirection after being connected
it is redirected to the same page
the idea is that when you connect (the person is logged) per page, it is automatically redirected to
http://www.gfx-art.fr/forum/index.php

I have not managed to achieve despite all my tests and research on google.

Someone would have an idea of ​​idiot do this?

thank you
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Lynne,

Thank you for a most excellent tutorial.

I have used this to make a product auto-templater xml as well as a generic php file if needed.

Time to use this for one of my unfinished projects.

Thanks.
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Thanks I followed this and It works pretty good, I'm not sure if I missed something. but on the top of the page, I'm getting a login box, and a "if this is your first visit...." message. but if you follow any other nav-link you're logged back in.

if anyone knows what I did wrong. I'd appreciate a heads up.
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Old 09-29-2013, 10:04 PM
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We are happy to help, but you need to show your code. Too hard to guess.
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Hello FBRN_Andrew

if I'm not mistaken, and I understand the question in the template created, you just add this before the tag
HTML Code:
</head>
Code:
<style type="text/css">
#navbar_notice_1 {
display: none;
} 
</style>
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I love the way this mod works, and am building a functionality for my forum with it.

I have played with many variations of what I can do, but I found myself stuck in using my example.php page file to fill a variable array from a list in a custom database, and then get it to printout the list of database contents on the template form.

I will admit I havent read every page here (still workin on that lol), but I so far have not been able to figure this one out.

If anyone has sucessfully done something like this with this mod, throw me a clue of what I am not able to figure out. Thanks big time.
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@smirkley, let's see what you have and you will get plenty of help. Code and programmers are seldom perfect, so do not worry about showing your code.
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Where to add the template?
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From the first post.

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.
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