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WebTemplates v.0.1 (Old Version) · **Released**: 03-21-2002

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Attention: This version of webtemplates is obsolete since new version (2.xx) is released as of 30.June.2003.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

Craigr · #**192** 02-22-2003, 05:21 PM

Excellent hack, can't wait for the next version when you've got it done.

Craig

Craigr · #**193** 02-23-2003, 07:08 PM

Is there any way you can edit your online.php to add the template locations so you can see people moving about the site?

For example i am browsing :
http://www.mysite.com/forum/show.php?pg=Links

In who is online i want to show the person:
Viewing the links page.

Thanks
Craig

Curator · #**194** 02-23-2003, 11:38 PM

How does this script perform under *heavy* load? Of course it does depend on the server to a large degree, but are there bottlenecks? Slowdowns? Has it been tested on a high-traffic site?

Thanks.

Logician · #**195** 02-24-2003, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Craigr
Is there any way you can edit your online.php to add the template locations so you can see people moving about the site?

For example i am browsing :
http://www.mysite.com/forum/show.php?pg=Links

In who is online i want to show the person:
Viewing the links page.

Try this one:

Edit online.php, find:

PHP Code:


			
  }

  $userinfo[time] = vbdate($timeformat,$userinfo[lastactivity]);

Before that add:

PHP Code:


			
    // Logician WebTemplates Hack

      if (preg_match("/(pg=)(.*)(&)/siU", $userinfo[location], $l_match1) OR preg_match("/(pg=)(.*)/siU", $userinfo[location], $l_match2))

    { 

    if ($l_match1[2]) {$lmatch=$l_match1[2];} else {$lmatch=$l_match2[2];}

      $userinfo[where]= 'Reading Webtemplate: <a href="show.php?pg='.$lmatch.'" target="_blank">'.$lmatch.'</a>';

    }

    // Logician WebTemplates Hack

Enjoy..

Logician · #**196** 02-24-2003, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Curator
How does this script perform under *heavy* load? Of course it does depend on the server to a large degree, but are there bottlenecks? Slowdowns? Has it been tested on a high-traffic site?

I couldn't find a chance to test it under heavy load because my site's load is not high.. However I can see some bottlenecks that can increase PHP running time in the script if you have too much load. Actually this is why I didn't release the next version because script has too many features and its structure is not handling so many features perfectly at the moment. Although the version released is more basic than the unreleased next version, I still say take an eye on the performance if you have a heavy load. The best practise will be installing Microstats hack and monitor your webtemplates performance with it. Both hacks are competible, you just need to put microstat's hacks code inside your webtemplate to make it run with webtemplates.

If PHP running time is high under heavy load, there may be ways to optimize it by cancelling some features like webqueries..

Hopefully the next release will be much performance-friendly if it's is released.. :knockedout:

Boofo · #**197** 02-24-2003, 07:56 AM

I'm waiting on the next release to install this, so I hope it happens.

Craigr · #**198** 02-25-2003, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Logician

Try this one:

Edit online.php, find:

PHP Code:

} $userinfo[time] = vbdate($timeformat,$userinfo[lastactivity]);

Before that add:

PHP Code:

// Logician WebTemplates Hack if (preg_match("/(pg=)(.*)(&)/siU", $userinfo[location], $l_match1) OR preg_match("/(pg=)(.*)/siU", $userinfo[location], $l_match2)) { if ($l_match1[2]) {$lmatch=$l_match1[2];} else {$lmatch=$l_match2[2];} $userinfo[where]= 'Reading Webtemplate: <a href="show.php?pg='.$lmatch.'" target="_blank">'.$lmatch.'</a>'; } // Logician WebTemplates Hack

Enjoy..

Thanks for that, i'll give it a go.

Craig

refertech · #**199** 03-10-2003, 12:22 AM

Since I'm not that wonderful of a hard coder. Can I build my pages in say Dream Weaver and copy the source into your hack and build my pages that way?

Great idea. I love this hack.

Mark

Logician · #**200** 03-10-2003, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by refertech
Since I'm not that wonderful of a hard coder. Can I build my pages in say Dream Weaver and copy the source into your hack and build my pages that way?

Great idea. I love this hack.

Mark

sure Mark, you can use any HTML design software you like to build your page, then simply copy paste its source code to "TEMPLATE" section and you are done..

refertech · #**201** 03-10-2003, 11:22 AM

Logician your the man. Thanks. Lets be best friends.

I'll buy the beer.

Mark

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