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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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#672
10-05-2011, 06:01 AM
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I'm not sure what your going for, but this for creating a vB powered page. So having to use the exact URL to get to it, is kind of the point. If you want a new tab, that's another tutorial altogether.
If there's no navbar, then you haven't copied all the code into your template. Putting in a video would be as simple as putting the embed code in place of the word "Text" in the sample template.
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#673
10-07-2011, 12:55 AM
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What im wonder is; how would i pull a certain thread like headline use and post that on my home page as a custom page? I want it to loose similar to mmo-champion.com if you dont mind looking at that website and getting the idea of what i mean. I really dont feel like using strange php scripts just to post news on my site. Even though i want my forum separate from my entire site, i would like to integrate a part of my forum so certain threads show up on my home page and i can the use vbulletin to post a thread and then use that thread and post a custom page on my site showing only that thread and not the whole forum.
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#674
10-07-2011, 01:08 AM
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#675
10-07-2011, 02:44 AM
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#676
10-07-2011, 08:37 PM
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#677
10-07-2011, 09:14 PM
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If I have an application `/app/`, separate from the forum `/forum/` but I want to wrap the output of `/app/` in vBulletin's page template.
Problem is, none of the images show up. They are using the current path, `/app/` to get the CSS and images, and since they don't exist, they don't show up. How can I fix this? Thank you.  EDIT: The fix was a base tag. I also forgot vB_Template::register_page_templates.
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#679
10-07-2011, 09:56 PM
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Edit: I forgot vB_Template::register_page_templates. xD
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#680
10-10-2011, 11:25 PM
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I'm not really sure search for, so I apologize if this has already been asked and answered in this thread:
Is it possible to make it so vBulletin does not display when someone is viewing my custom page on the who's online list? I'm creating a 404 page which is integrated into vBulletin so the entire website is seamless and it's rather annoying right now to see a list of "Unknown Location <insert url to non-existant file>" on the Who's Online list.
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#681
10-11-2011, 09:14 AM
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