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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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You would have to do something in here if you are in a loop:
PHP Code:
        {
            $name = $categories['name'];
            $des = $categories['des'];
$templater = vB_Template::create('TEST_1');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('name', $name);
$templater->register('des', $des);
$my_output .= $templater->render();
        }

$templater = vB_Template::create('TEST');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
$templater->register('my_output', $my_output);
print_output($templater->render()); 
I strongly suggest you take a look at some of the code in files like forum.php where there is a while loop.
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i was wondering..... is there a way i can add a forum to display on this custom page say for example the default main forum...or rather just the posts from that forum itself and if so how can i do this.

by the way.. this is by far one of my favorite things i have seen here at vb.org thank you so much.
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i was wondering..... is there a way i can add a forum to display on this custom page say for example the default main forum...or rather just the posts from that forum itself and if so how can i do this.
You would just do a query to grab the threads/posts from that forum and then display them on the page. There is a thread here about this very thing that I answered today. It's out in the main forums, but I posted a basic query in there as an idea of how to do it. (Of course, you can just open up any vB file to see how to do it also.)
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You would just do a query to grab the threads/posts from that forum and then display them on the page. There is a thread here about this very thing that I answered today. It's out in the main forums, but I posted a basic query in there as an idea of how to do it. (Of course, you can just open up any vB file to see how to do it also.)
WOW!! Could you please link me to said thread and possibly with the post # if its that hot of a thread ... would love to know exactly how to do that the right way.

Btw It is you I am thanking for this thread...I love to try out products but things like this is what helps me understand how to better operate and modify vbulletin. So a proper thank you for this thread and your lightning response to my question :-) :up:
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thank you Lynne

from the post #291
that mean i have to create more tepmlate as TEST_1 for initial part of category. is it correct Lynne !

i am going to try it and let you know thanks again Lynne

but how about template code

i will use {vb:raw my_output.part of loop}
(part of loop : $ name, $des right !!! or till the same
{vb:raw categories.whatever}
(whatever : name, des )

would you please ...... Lynne
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WOW!! Could you please link me to said thread and possibly with the post # if its that hot of a thread ... would love to know exactly how to do that the right way.
All I've posted is some basic info to get started, I did not write the whole page for him - Help calling new threads to a custom page help

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thank you Lynne

from the post #291
that mean i have to create more tepmlate as TEST_1 for initial part of category. is it correct Lynne !

i am going to try it and let you know thanks again Lynne

but how about template code

i will use {vb:raw my_output.part of loop}
(part of loop : $ name, $des right !!! or till the same
{vb:raw categories.whatever}
(whatever : name, des )

would you please ...... Lynne
You need to get the info in order to spit it out. In your original code, you never got the info. You did a query, wrote a while loop to do something with the info from the query, but never actually did anything with it. So, there was nothing to output. Take a look at the forum.php page and how they grab the currently active users. You make a query, then go into a while loop and spit out the user info into a template, then after you get out of the while loop, you spit all that template info out into another template.
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thanks Lynne
i got it, the way template work on VB4

Once again thanh you very much for your time Lynne
i thought i need one more step about how to use a file CSS or connected it into a template

i am going to create the TEST.css template (with google grids or kind of CSS for 2 or 3 columns) then
on the top (head part) of the main page of cust_page put this link in
Code:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{vb:var vbcsspath}TEST.css" />
  </head>
So, it should be completed your tutorial "How create a custom page for VB 4"


thanks for all who distribute this knowlege

Best regard,
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Would it be possible to put a widget on such a page? If then how?
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Possible? Almost anything is possible if you code it. I do not know how to put a widget on the page, however, and I imagine it would be a lot more coding that just putting a custom block of your own on the page would be.
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how to create multiple template under $_REQUEST[do] Lynne

i tried to get more template (on test.php)
but i don't understand how to make a second template for it

any help !
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