WebTemplates v.0.1 (Old Version)

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Attention: This version of webtemplates is obsolete since new version (2.xx) is released as of 30.June.2003.

If you are new user, please visit new hack's thread and install that one, not this version.

This thread is active for discussing migration issues and will be closed in the future.
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Introduction:
Basically this hack allows you create vbulletin powered non-vb pages within vb admin CP and administer them just like vb templates.

Your "webtemplates" reside inside MYSQL and have the same structure as regular vbulletin templates and you edit/modify/delete them inside your Admin CP. You can create as many as you like and display them like:
http://yoursite URL/yourboard URL/show.php?pg=YOUR_WEBTEMPLATE_NAME.

Features of Your WebTemplates:
* You can easily edit/update your non-vb pages from your vb control panel just like vb templates. No need to FTP or smt.
* Simply backup your vbulletin and your entire site (including your webtemplates) is backed up too.
* You can use some vbulletin variables in your non-vb pages, so eg. address your members with their member names in your entire site.
* Your entire web site can mimic your forum's visual interface. All your fonts/colors etc. are kept in your non-vb. pages too. Besides users' style sets apply for your web templates either. So for instance if you have 2 styles, every user will see your webtemplates in the style and colors they are using in the board.
* This hack allows you to specify usergroups/usernames which can or cannot see the page you designed. So your non-vb pages can inherit vb. access permissions. Every webtemplate can have different display permissions for different users/usergroups.
* You can have counters in your pages and show/trace page visits individually for all your pages. Every webtemplate has its own counter.
* You can have "last visitor's name and visit time" in all your pages.
* You can insert fixed header/footer for all your pages.
* The "conditionals" you can set, allow you to design advanced and dynamic web pages, which change themselves according to the conditions you set. For example you can set different texts/page designs IN THE SAME PAGE for different users and every user will only see the text that is addressed to him.

Webtemplates are very easy to create. Just copy paste the HTML code of your page into the webtemplate box, give it a name, click submit and voila, your webtemplate is up and running! By using this method, you can convert your existing non-vb pages into webtemplates with ease too. It is just a matter of copy/paste its HMTML code. Installation of the hack is easy too and the hack will work any version of vbulletin I know.

For Advanced Users: If you want your webtemplates to get data from your database and display it, you have an advanced feature named "webqueries". WebQueries feature allows you to run SQL queries in your MYSQL database and automatically create sorted tables for you which you can add in any WebTemplates. So your non-vb pages can be dynamic and you can have any kind of SQL results (related with vb or not) in any page you want. Webqueries are optional to use and appeals to people with basic SQL knowledge. You can still create webtemplates very easily without using webqueries if you don't know SQL or don't need to query your database in your webtemplate. If you want to play with webqueries, please read and follow instructions CAREFULLY. This hack gives you advanced tools to create powerful and dynamic web pages, so give yourself sometime and learn how to create these pages. I wrote help pages which you can find in your webtemplates section after installation, so please read them carefully and examine sample page's code before pelting me with questions!

If you installed this hack, share your webquery samples in this thread


Fixes and Add-ons:
* If you have than 1 MYSQL databases, webquery section might not work properly. If you encounter any problems related to that issue, apply the small fix in this post.[/COLOR]
* If you want to display your webtemplates in who is online, apply this small hack .
Also there is a small bug with "conditionals" feature of the hack, if you use more than 1 conditional in 1 webtemplate. I guess very few people use this feature but anyway I fixed it in the new release that is in progress..
* If you want your webtemplates search engine friendly and indexed in google or other search engines, read this tip by Piper.

Current version (BETA v.0.1) is NOT actually a beta anymore, it's proven to be working very well in many people's boards and is stable.

I plan to develop this hack. However to enhance it more, I need to change its algortihm which requires rewriting and I wait for VB3 so that the hack will will be competible with VB3 too. That's why development is pending at the moment.


If you install the hack please click install, thank you.

Regards,
Logician //=^))

[inetd]

Originally posted by Logician
inetd,

Your syntax is wrong.. You should use this format:

PHP Code:

[[($user_usergroupid==6)]] 
I see 
[[/($user_usergroupid==6)]] 


This conditional will show the text "I see" only if the page visitor is from Site Admins group. I guess this is what you wanted to achieve..


Please read a few messages above for more info about this subject..

Logician, i use your code in header webtemplate and don't work. Result: [[(6==6)]]I see[[/(6==6)]] And [options]templatequeryon[/options] in header also don't work. Result in page: [options]templatequeryon[/options]

Help me please.

[Logician]

Originally posted by inetd

i use your code in header webtemplate and don't work. Result: [[(6==6)]]I see[[/(6==6)]] And [options]templatequeryon[/options] in header also don't work. Result in page: [options]templatequeryon[/options]

inetd, yes you can NOT use conditionals or webqueries inside header and footer templates. You need to add them to your original webtemplates. Header and footer are designed to be added inside other webtemplates only..

BTW you were asking if you can assign a webtemplate as your site's main page: It seems that freeshares1 did it successfully. Have you checked his site's main page, it's a webtemplate?.. (FYI he used the redirection method in .htaccess file)

[inetd]

Other trouble
In custom webtemplate i use

[[($user_usergroupid==2 OR $user_usergroupid==5 OR $user_usergroupid==6 OR $user_usergroupid==7)]]I see[[/($user_usergroupid==2 OR $user_usergroupid==5 OR $user_usergroupid==6 OR $user_usergroupid==7)]]

But nothing I see..

[inetd]

I can use vb templates in WEBTEMPLATES?

[Logician]

Originally posted by inetd
Other trouble
In custom webtemplate i use

[[($user_usergroupid==2 OR $user_usergroupid==5 OR $user_usergroupid==6 OR $user_usergroupid==7)]]I see[[/($user_usergroupid==2 OR $user_usergroupid==5 OR $user_usergroupid==6 OR $user_usergroupid==7)]]

But nothing I see..

make sure you visit your webtemplate after you logged in from a usergroup id 2, 5, 6 or 7. I checked your conditional in a sample webtemplate here and it works for me..

PHP Code:

I can use vb templates in WEBTEMPLATES? 


Basically no.. displaying vb templates is not a problem: just copy paste their source code inside a webtemplate and you can display them. However most of the vbtemplates have variables which are formed on the fly inside vb code so it's not possible to process them when they are moved inside a webtemplate. Therefore it depends: For example you can display register page template, while you cant display forumhome or postbit template..

[inetd]

Originally posted by Logician

make sure you visit your webtemplate after you logged in from a usergroup id 2, 5, 6 or 7. I checked your conditional in a sample webtemplate here and it works for me..

hm. Yes, i logged in if admin. I'm use WEBTEMPLATES 1.0.

Basically no.. displaying vb templates is not a problem: just copy paste their source code inside a webtemplate and you can display them. However most of the vbtemplates have variables which are formed on the fly inside vb code so it's not possible to process them when they are moved inside a webtemplate. Therefore it depends: For example you can display register page template, while you cant display forumhome or postbit template..

I'm want use $getnewpost[posts], $newpm[messages], $unreadpm[messages], $allpm[messages] in WEBTEMPLATES. How i can make this?

[inetd]

Logician, i create file test.php with contents:

PHP Code:

<? include("http://boltalka.com.ua/show.php?pg=footer");?>
<? include("show.php?pg=header");?>

When i open test.php in browser i see blank page. Help me, please.

[Logician]

Originally posted by inetd

hm. Yes, i logged in if admin. I'm use WEBTEMPLATES 1.0.

ok then, plz send your webtemplate via PM or email and let me take a look at it..

I'm want use $getnewpost[posts], $newpm[messages], $unreadpm[messages], $allpm[messages] in WEBTEMPLATES. How i can make this?

Sorry you cant use these variables in your webtemplates. They are vb variables and formed dynamically inside vb scripts so they cant be moved to webtemplates easily. However if what you are trying to do is to get/display user's PM count/read/unread PM numbers etc., you can create custom webqueries for these. (Please get the basics of SQL to form these queries)

When i open test.php in browser i see blank page. Help me, please.

I see.. This is related to your server settings I guess. Although I dont use this structure in my site, I know Wildthinks uses it in his site with success. However it may not work for you. So if you are trying to make a webtemplate your main page, try .htaccess method. It will work..

[inetd]

Logician, i'm use php include in other project and will work fine. and i'm use include, but not webtemplates, and works fine too...

[grb123]

Webqueries query:

I currently have the last 10 thread titles from my forum on a page. I have the query as follows:

SELECT threadid, title, FROM thread WHERE visible='1' AND forumid='1' ORDER BY title LIMIT 10

which shows the last 10 threads. How can I make the threadtitle no more than 28 characters?