WebTemplates 3.x: VB Integrated Content Management System

After a long wait, here is the new 3.x version of Webtemplates for vB 3.x boards. First a short introduction for users who are not familiar with the old version:

This hack is a vBulletin integrated content management system. Term "Webtemplates" stands for dynamic webpages that reside in your MYSQL database and administered inside your vbulletin admin control panel. But they are more than regular site pages because they can automatically inherit visual design of your forum, can apply permissions according to your vb usergroup settings, can keep track of page counts, last visitorname/visit time, display page browsers in the page itself and in your whoisonline page etc. So basically webtemplates are dynamic web pages of your site which are powered by vbulletin. Or more simply putting, with this hack you can create regular HTML pages in your vB admin cp and these pages will be integrated into your vbulletin database about permissions, styles etc.


WEBTEMPLATES 3.x FEATURES:

• Easy Installation : Webtemplates can be installed to your board without modifying even a single vbulletin file, nor does it modify any vbulletin database table! It is coded as an add-on, not a hack.
• Apply VB Permissions: You can ban any webtemplate to any user or usergroup according to their userids or usergroupids. So for instance you can design a webtemplate which only members can see while guests can not, or only user A can not see etc.
• Private Webtemplates : With 1 click you can make a webtemplate "private" and it will be displayed to only certain usergroups.
• Draft Webtemplates : You can put webtemplates in "draft" mode which makes them invisible to all but admins.
• Page Counter : Each webtemplate has a built-in counter and you can display page count to your visitors and you can edit it or turn it OFF or ON per webtemplate basis.
• Visitor Logging&Tracking : You can track certain users' (by usergroup or userid) webtemplates visits to see who visited a webtemplate and when. This is configurable per webtemplate basis. Webtemplates have visits logs which admins can see.
• Site Contributers (Editor) Support : You can grant editing permissions for certain users or usergroups for your webtemplates individually and they will be able to update these webtemplates using their own editor interface. vB's WYSIWYG editor is supported in Editor interface!
• Page Browsers Display : Webtemplates can display who is browsing that webtemplate while people is reading them (like default forum browse display of vbulletin)
• Who is Online Display : Webtemplates can display page visitors in who is online (This is Optional and require a simple hacking in file /functions_online.php). You can create private webtemplates which are hidden in who is online too.
• Header/Footer Inclusion : Webtemplates can automatically use headers/footers (your default vb header/footer or custom ones)
• Help Documents : The script comes with built-in & detailed help documents (they are webtemplates too).
• Admin Panel in Webtemplates : Your webtemplates can include an "admin panel" displayed to only admins and by using them you can access many details and stats of your page while you are browsing them.
• Good Performance : Webtemplates 3.x structured so that it performs well even under heavy load conditions and high traffic servers. (See Performance issues below)
• Easy Back up: Simply back up your database (inside vbulletin or externally) and all your webtemplate structure is also backed up automatically.

ADVANCED FEATURES FOR ADVANCED USERS:

• Webquery Feature : With advanced "webquery" feature you can now add create dynamic webtemplates which include database query results. For instance you can easily add "last 10 threads forum X", "most active users list" etc. to your webtemplates with default webqueries that comes with installation or you can create your custom webqueries with basic SQL knowledge.
• Multi Parsing : Webtemplates can parse PHP or HTML or TEXT (=smilie/img tags/bbcode parsing like vb posts). This means you can design a page just like vb posts (TEXT parsing), standart HTML (HTML parsing) or even in PHP (PHP parsing).
• PHPINCLUDE per webtemplate : Every webtemplate has its own "phpinclude" field which you can run PHP codes before loading the Webtemplate
• Theme Support : Webtemplates support "themes" which are parent webtemplates which include child webtemplates in them. For instance if you have 20 similiar pages which uses the same visual look, you can make a single theme for all of them, then just insert their content into this theme. If you change theme later, all 20 pages' visual will change automatically.
• Conditionals : Webtemplates has built-in support for Logician's advanced templates conditionals so you can design webtemplates which change their display under different conditions. (Even if you don't have that hack installed)
• Default variables : You can use/display certain variables in your webtemplates like username of the visitor, visitor email address, last visit time, page creation time, page last edit time, Last visitor name, last visit time etc.
• Archieve to Text File : Webtemplates/Webqueries can be downloaded to a text file with one click for archiving purposes. You can also easily share these text files with other hack users.
• Outside Variables : Advanced users can now use outside variables in webtemplates, then webtemplates will accept/use/process user sent variables via HTTP_GET and HTTP_POST methods (eg. a HTML form can post to a webtemplate with this feature)

For screenshots, FAQ, performance issues, migration from old version to new version, see below.

If you use the hack, clicking here will make sure you'll know about updates&bug fixes. It will also help me understand how many people is using the hack so please click the install button if you use it. Thank you..


Version Updates:
16.Feb.2005 - > Version 3.01

* Hack released.




3.5 Version :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103076

[kahethu]

I've been agonizing over this for hours; however I do not seem to be able to access the VB WYSIWYG editor.

I've created a template as admin, then set supermods to be able to edit it.

When I try as supermod, I just see a blank page.

I also see this:
a) That is your set bbcode interface in your usercp
b) The webtemplate is a "TEXT" parsed webtemplate

where can I set a) above?
what else could I be doing wrong?

[Bad Bunny]

This is great. I'm running it on a test, and I may go further, depending on how easy it is to get it to do the things I would like it to. aranoid:

Right now what I'm looking to be able to do is edit the vb header so that it will display a little bit of different code for different pages. It is done with a this_page conditional (or something like that! lol) with vb pages. My question for you is how would I go about building a conditional to identify a web template page?
Is this even possible?

Right now the only reason (and I do mean only reason) I am using a competing cms is because I can do this very thing. If I can do it with yours, I would be glad to port my site over.

[BigIke]

Logician-

Sorry for bugging you about this, but in the vbadvanced instructions, it says that if you want to view modules on a page such as one created by your hack, we have to search for something like this:

PHP Code:

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('FORUMHOME') . '");'); 


then replace it with something like this:

PHP Code:

eval('$HTML = "' . fetch_template('FORUMHOME') . '";');

print_portal_output($home, $HTML); 


Then the instructions say

As you can see, the main part that you should be concerned with is 'FORUMHOME'. When integrating other vBulletin pages or hacks with vBadvanced CMPS, you will want to replace whatever template name is in the "print_output" part of the code. Once you have done this, save and upload your file, and you're done.

Do you know where I can put that code in the view.php file?

[Logician]

Sorry for the late reply, I was away from town.

Originally Posted by kahethu

I've been agonizing over this for hours; however I do not seem to be able to access the VB WYSIWYG editor. I've created a template as admin, then set supermods to be able to edit it. When I try as supermod, I just see a blank page.

Sounds like a template problem. Make sure you installed STEP 1 correctly. (all templates created in ALL style sets)

I also see this:
a) That is your set bbcode interface in your usercp
b) The webtemplate is a "TEXT" parsed webtemplate

where can I set a) above?
what else could I be doing wrong?

Not understood? Please rephrase.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by Bad Bunny

Right now what I'm looking to be able to do is edit the vb header so that it will display a little bit of different code for different pages. It is done with a this_page conditional (or something like that! lol) with vb pages. My question for you is how would I go about building a conditional to identify a web template page?
Is this even possible?

The webtemplate allows you to use different headers/footer in every webtemplate. As a matter of fact this is a default feature of this mod. So wouldn't be enough for you if you create different "webtemplates headers" and inherit them in any other webtemplate you like?

Alternatively you can use this conditional in your webtemplate:

[[($pg==test)]]
This is a webtemplate named "test"
[[/($pg==test)]]

[Logician]

Originally Posted by bringindaruckus

Logician-

Sorry for bugging you about this, but in the vbadvanced instructions, it says that if you want to view modules on a page such as one created by your hack, we have to search for something like this:

PHP Code:

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('FORUMHOME') . '");'); 


then replace it with something like this:

PHP Code:

eval('$HTML = "' . fetch_template('FORUMHOME') . '";');

print_portal_output($home, $HTML); 


Then the instructions say

Do you know where I can put that code in the view.php file?

The section you mention is the part that says

PHP Code:

eval('print_output("' . WTgettemplate ................ 


in view.php. (There are 2 of them)

Yet I highly doubt that adding that code there will make it work for you. The instruction you quoted, looks like clashing with webtemplate's structure as a first impression.

[BigIke]

Oh ok. Thanks for the reply. I'll see if I can get it to work.

[TopeeGuy]

Thanks for the great hack.

A question, I implemented the optional addon to show the person reading the webtemplate in the "Who's Online" page. However, it displays the webtemplate name of the page (with a small first letter). Is it possible to make it show the friendly name?

[jluerken]

Will this hack work in vb3.5?

[Bad Bunny]

No...