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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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#772
02-16-2012, 09:16 PM
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#773
02-17-2012, 11:10 PM
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Hello, I'm starting on a project and I'm not exactly sure how to make it so in the bread crumbs, it shows another page that I made that is only viewable from the first created page.
I'm trying to make a few pages actually that will work off of others. I'm just curious as to how the bread crumbs work.
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#774
03-03-2012, 10:43 AM
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works great
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#775
03-18-2012, 07:48 PM
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OK, like a few other beginners have more than likely done I started out by using the coding from the vB3 posting which was pointed out to me by cellarius and I was getting a 3 line error. Now that I have switched over to this template I no longer get anything except a white page and if I vie the source code all I get is this :
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type></HEAD> <BODY></BODY></HTML> I have looked through 154-20 pages of replies here and could not find an answer to correct myself, so need some help please. I am just using the basic 2 files used on the first page of this article and then will change the basic name to what I need when I know it is working properly. NEVERMIND - Just kept checking and testing and found my silly error, I had the template as "Test" when it should have been "TEST"...Dohhhh!!! Great article btw Lynne and thanks for sharing! Cheers, BriShi
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#776
03-20-2012, 01:01 PM
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I have a Paid Subscription website, where I am able to ascribe permissions to my forums as well as to my CMS articles. The only parties who can see these pages are me, the Administrator (User Group 6), as well as my Subscribed Members (User Group 9). With this in mind, I have a few questions that I would be grateful for some clarification on:
1. Are these pages considered CMS pages and, if so, are they manageable under the Content Manager of CMS control in the ACP?;Thank you for your time and for creating this valuable tutorial! Jack
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#777
03-20-2012, 02:46 PM
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I don't know about methods (1) and (2). As suggested elsewhere in this thread I effectively use a little code in the php page (not the vBulletin template). Mine looks like:
PHP Code:
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#778
03-20-2012, 06:27 PM
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2. They are manageable in the Style Manager where you may edit the templates. 3. See the post above this one.
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#779
03-21-2012, 01:35 PM
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Thank you both for your time, I appreciate it.
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#780
03-24-2012, 04:52 AM
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#781
03-24-2012, 04:16 PM
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