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Attention: This version of webtemplates is obsolete since new version (2.xx) is released as of 30.June.2003.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

[Logician]

Some screenshots:
Please notice that the first two screenshots belongs to same non-vb web page (=webtemplate).

The page look different because screenshots have been taken from different users (TestUser1 and TestUser2) views. This clearly demonstrates the dynamic structure of webtemplates created with this hack.
http://www.turkhukuksitesi.com/images/testuser1_.jpg
http://www.turkhukuksitesi.com/images/testuser2_.jpg

And a screenshot from Control Panel:
http://www.turkhukuksitesi.com/images/admincp_.jpg

Regards,
Logician

[JulianD]

Looks really good... I'm going to test it later, when I get to home.

[slideboxer]

I haven't looked at it yet, but it seems quite incredible... What a job you've done!

[DemiNeo0101]

Holy poop ... This is great. *clicks install*

[Neo]

ok.. I am still not to sure what this does that I cant do already with vb or the fewa hacks already made on thie forum.... but it looks good none the less. nice job

[TWTCommish]

I'm having a little trouble following it's use, but it looks interesting.

[Dade]

I'm installing this on my test forums, incredible!

[Logician]

Originally posted by neo
ok.. I am still not to sure what this does that I cant do already with vb or the fewa hacks already made on thie forum.... but it looks good none the less. nice job

Well, the answer is lots of things pal. This hack allows you to create and administer your site's non-vb web pages inside your vb control panel.

These pages will inherit your forum's user access permissions. So you can create web pages which can be accessible to certain usergroups and unaccessible for other groups. You can even permit or ban the pages according to forum user names, so your pages can be visible/invisible for a specific user(s).

Your pages will inherit styles and forum's visual design too. Thus every user will be able to monitor your web pages in their own style sets they set in their user cp.

Besides these web pages you created will be totally dynamic. For example you can create a web page which will list a user's last 10 recent threads and every user visited this page will see his last 10 threads.

You can even set specific conditions for your web pages. You can order your web page to load in a different way/post any text/have a different design if the page's visitor is X or if his age is under 18. Just use your imagination, any condition you can think of!

This hack is not a bulletin board system. It's a web site administration system which depends on your vbulletin board.

Hope this helps..

Regards,

[Logician]

Originally posted by Dade
I'm installing this on my test forums, incredible!

Please let me know, how the installation went.. Thank you..