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Want to create your very own vBulletin powered page which includes the header, footer, and the user permissions system as well?

Well now you can

Want to know how it will look? Take a look at the attached screenshot below!

Now includes the Who's Online modification!
Also, instructions included on how to create your own pages that are integrated with current vBulletin files!

I'm going to give you a generic page but you can easily modify the contents of the page by changing the template

So here we go

Instructions:

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):
PHP Code:
<?php

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

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS'1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT''test'); // 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 ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

$navbits construct_navbits($navbits);
eval(
'$navbar = "' fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval(
'print_output("' fetch_template('TEST') . '");');

?>
Be sure to change 'TEST' to the actual template name, and change 'test' to the filename. Also, change 'Test Page' to whatever you want to show in the navbar, such as 'Viewing Member Profile' (just an example).

Now create the template, called TEST with the following content:
HTML Code:
$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header

$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
    <td class="tcat">Title</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="alt1">Text</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>
All done
Now check it out by going to test.php

Who's Online Modification

Now if you want to show who is browsing this new page of yours, just open up includes/functions_online.php and find:
PHP Code:
    case 'bugs.php':
        
$userinfo['activity'] = 'bugs';
        break; 
Below, add:
PHP Code:
    case 'test.php':
        
$userinfo['activity'] = 'test';
        break; 
(Be sure to change the values to your own!)

Then find:
PHP Code:
        case 'modcplogin':
            
$userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['moderator_control_panel_login'];
            break; 
Below add:
PHP Code:
        case 'test':
            
$userinfo['action'] = 'Viewing Test Page';
            break; 
All done!

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Also if you want to create your own pages 'within' current vBulletin files, do the following:

Open the file you want, and then right before the final ?> in the source code, add the following:

PHP Code:
if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'xxx')
{
    eval(
'print_output("' fetch_template('TEMPLATE_XXX') . '");');

Replace 'xxx' with whatever you want ?do= in the query string to be (for example, replace 'xxx' with 'showprofile' so then someone would type in example.php?do=showprofile to view this template.) Then of course, change TEMPLATE_XXX to your template name, it's that simple!


edit by Lynne: If running 3.8.4 or above, see this post to take care of the PHP 5.3.0-related problems - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1171
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Old 07-08-2007, 03:10 AM
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aww poo, this would be good, but doesnt' seem to work for me. blank white page, no source at all when inspected LoL.

I'm at a loss, every character is accounted for - no missing ;s or similar.

eta - it's case sensitive... TEST test

problem resolved LoL
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Old 07-08-2007, 05:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rnmcd View Post
So it adds the header, footer and navbar, etc to the page and you can enter the 'body' of the page?

Ragtek, how did you create the new links in your navbar?
it add's all what you need

every template, you want/need can be put in!(navbar,header,footer,option,postbit,...)

for the menu: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...mplates_vbmenu
or do you mean this:Attachment 66682
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Old 07-08-2007, 01:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ragtek View Post
or do you mean this:Attachment 66682
Yes, I was referring to the navbar in your image. How did you insert "Stencil Tutorials," for example?
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Old 07-08-2007, 01:54 PM
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in navbar template ad:

Code:
<br /><div id="navcontainer">
<ul id="navlist">
<li><a href="http://www.ragtek.org">Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php">Forum</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ragtek.org/gallery/">Gallery</a></li>

<li><a href="stencil.php">Stencil Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="calendar.php">Kalender</a></li>
<li><a href="linkliste.php">Linkliste</a></li>
<li><a href="showthread.php?t=2827">Forum Benutzung</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
to the style add:
Code:
#navcontainer
{
background: #222222;
font: normal normal 11px Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#navlist
{
list-style: none outside none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
@media all {
#navlist {
text-align: right
}
}
#navlist li
{
bottom: 11px;
display: inline;
line-height: 1.2em;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}
html>body #navlist li
{
background: #000;
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
padding: 4px 0px 4px 0;
}
#navlist a, #navlist a:link, #navlist a:visited
{
background: #222222;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
bottom: 2px;
color: #FFCC00;
cursor: pointer;
display: inline;
height: 1em;
margin: 0;
padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px;
position: relative;
left: 2px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#navlist a:hover
{
background: #000000;
bottom: 1px;
color: #FFF;
position: relative;
right: 1px;
}
#navlist a:active
{
background: #000000;
bottom: 0px;
color: #FFF;
position: relative;
right: 0px;
}
#navlist li#active
{
background: #369;
bottom: 13px;
display: inline;
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}
html>body #navlist li#active
{
background: #000;
margin: 0 4px 0 4px;
}
#navlist #active a, #navlist #active a:link, #navlist #active a:visited, #navlist #active a:hover
{
background: #369;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: 1px solid #9CC;
border-right: 1px solid #9CC;
border-top: 1px solid #9CC;
bottom: 0;
color: #FFF;
cursor: text;
margin: 0;
padding: 2px 5px 0 5px;
position: relative;
right: 0;
}
.link_n a:link, .link_n a:visited {
	display:block; 
	text-align:center;
	padding:4px;
    background: #000000; 
	border-top:1px solid #ffffff; 
	border-left:1px solid #ffffff; 
	border-right:1px solid #ffffff; 
	margin:12px 6px 0 0;
	font-size:11px;
        font-weight:bold;
        color:#ffffff;
        text-decoration:none;
}

.link_n a:hover { 
        background: #000000;
	border-top:1px solid #ffffff; 
	border-left:1px solid #ffffff; 
	border-right:1px solid #fffff;
}
.link_n_a a:link, .link_n_a a:visited { 
	display:block; 
	text-align:center;
	padding:5px 4px 5px 4px;
    background: #222222;
	border-top:1px solid #ffffff; 
	border-left:1px solid #ffffff; 
	border-right:1px solid #ffffff; 
	margin:10px 6px 0 0;
	font-size:11px;
        color:#ffffff;
        font-weight:bold;
        text-decoration:none;
}
.link_n_a a:hover { 
        background: #222222; 
	border-top:1px solid #ffffff; 
	border-left:1px solid #ffffff; 
	border-right:1px solid #ffffff; 
}

.link_n, .link_n_a{
        float:left; 
}
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Excellent Man Love Ya Thanks A Lot

I created 2 pages

www.stepheniansonline.com/forum/Oops.php

http://www.stepheniansonline.com/for...ertisement.php
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If you want your pages to viewable only to members add this under require_once('./global.php'); in your php file.

PHP Code:
if (!$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) print_no_permission(); 
See this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...65#post1286165
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I Have Made 3 Of These Pages

http://www.dieselbombers.com/sponsors.php

http://www.dieselbombers.com/linkswap.php

http://www.dieselbombers.com/toptruck.php

And I have added the Whos online (Where) additional Hack , IT Displays as so..

UNKNOWN LOCATION
/toptruck

Ect.. For all 3 pages

How do i change the UNKNOWN LOCATION TO ( Currently Viewing ) ?
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are your files in the same folder as the the global.php? You might have to specify the location.
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I have made several pages but I was wondering if it would be possible to add some forum sections to 1 of these pages?
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So you can put like a regular html page on your VB website? This is kind of cool.
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