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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 10-24-2006, 11:14 AM
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So to make one for 3.6.2, I would just need to do the one above this post in compliance to the other one on the first post?
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Sweet tutorial, lol I made a forum guidelines page (which I copied from another site...but I modified them a bit) with it on v3.6.2!
http://www.animesprings.com/forums/rules.php

Edit: Also if you want the default guest message to show up on your page (screenshot posted below) then find :
Code:
$navbar
Then Paste Below:
Code:
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<if condition="$show['guest']">

	<!-- guest welcome message -->
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td class="alt1">
			<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<!-- / guest welcome message -->
	</if>
</table>
<br />
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Old 10-25-2006, 11:09 PM
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I have 2 custom pages :

a) http://www.vbulletin.it/forums/prova.php

b) http://www.vbulletin.it/prova.php

In a) page vBMenu is working but not in the b) page.

Anyone can help me please ?
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Ok, solved.

Now I have a problem with PHP include, I can show the variables but I can't show the echo from the php file, what can I do ?

http://www.bodyweb.it/prodotti.php








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Quote:
Originally Posted by Samouel
Hum... I have a question

In my database, I have 5 records (5 names of country) and I would like to list them in the 'test.php' page.

My test.php file :
Code:
$name = $db->query_read_slave("SELECT name FROM country");

	while ($country = $db->fetch_array($name))
	{
		$vbphrase[name] =  $country['name'];
	}
In the template, I indicate :

Code:
$vbphrase[name]
But I have just one name of country which is listed !
What I have to do to list all names of country ?

Thanks :rambo:
Code:
$name = $db->query_read_slave("SELECT name FROM country");
     $i=0;
	while ($country = $db->fetch_array($name))
	{
		$vbphrase[$i] =  $country['name'];
$i++;
	}
Code:
$vbphrase[1]
$vbphrase[2]
$vbphrase[3]
$vbphrase[4]
$vbphrase[5]
May be ?
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Old 10-27-2006, 11:37 AM
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how do i do this?
i have a already installed skin,i want ot use that skin
i need to add a code or skin :S
How?
Please a stepby step tutorial would be nice,

Like when im in admin cp -> style manager _>

help would be nice
ty in future
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Old 10-27-2006, 11:39 PM
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How Can I make these pages searchable?
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There's no easy way yet... vBulletin's search capabilities weren't created with flexibility in mind.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SirAdrian
There's no easy way yet... vBulletin's search capabilities weren't created with flexibility in mind.

any way of doing it by duplicating the FAQ, then creating custom pages based on that? The FAQ has a search function
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I am trying to add a google map using this method. I have done everything I am supposed to, but for some reason when I get done it doesn't show up in IE. It works fine in Opera. What can I do to fix this? Thanks for your help guys.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. HillBilly
Here guys, try this.

Edit the lines at the top of the file so they look like this, be sure to include your own changes if you had made any.

etc. etc.
this was trying to get the who's online etc. information to work with this hack. sross said he got it to work by moving the eval statements. If you're still around, can you tell me where you moved them?

Or can anyone else help?
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