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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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1) correct
2) replace $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6 with $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 7 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 8 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 9
3) Replace eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");'); with your PHP stuff.
In while file do I edit to allow the article to be viewed by only certain usergroups?
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Hello:

I'm a vB noob, trying to create a static page w/ vB 3.8.4 I placed the test.php file in the forums folder, and created the template as a new template in the admincp, but am getting a "page not found" when I type in the url for the page. Obviously, I'm not doing something right!

Could someone offer me some advice?

Thanks.
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If you're getting a 404, you either did not upload the file, did not upload to the correct place, did not enter the correct URL or have a typo.
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LOL!

The site I was working on is not my own, and though I thought I was in the right place, the owner has over 100 web properties, and at this point has lost track of many of them. Luckily, the servers he uses are managed. When I spoke with them, I found that the document root I was using, though it looked correct, was not in fact the correct one.

Thank you, Cellarius for taking the time to respond to me.
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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:
I can't find it.

Quote:
PHP Code:
    case 'test.php':
        $userinfo['activity'] = 'test';
        break; 
(Be sure to change the values to your own!)
I know the first test is file name, what about the second one?
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I can't find it.
It's not in there anymore. Just look for the area with that same syntax structure. There are a bunch of blocks of code with that same format.

Quote:
I know the first test is file name, what about the second one?
Same name. In his tutorial all lowercase tests are the file name and all uppercase TESTs are the template name.
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Hi all ...

Which templates do I need to include to get a list of latest threads?
Similar to what we get by going to /forums/search.php?do=getnew

I am sure his has been asked before but I could not find an answer.

Thanks
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This question has nothing to do with this mod, however dump this in your new template:
HTML Code:
<!-- show latest active threads -->
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>

<b>Latest Active Threads</b>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
<tr>
 
<td width="100%">
 
<div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.YOURSITE.COM/external.php?forumids=49,71,11,78,12,14,13,79&type=js"></script> 
<script language="" type="text/javascript">
<!--
for (x = 0; x < 15; x++)
{
document.writeln("<a href=\"http://www.YOURSITE.COM/showthread.php?t="+threads[x].threadid+"\">"+threads[x].title+"</a> <br>(Posted By: "+threads[x].poster+")<br><br />");
}
//-->
</script></div>
 
</td>
Change YOURSITE.COM, the forum ID's and the 15 to as many threads as you would like to show!
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I've followed your guide and its worked pretty well, apart from I have the following error at the top of my page:

Quote:
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/init.php on line 55

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/init.php on line 107

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/init.php on line 111

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/init.php on line 119

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/init.php on line 130

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/init.php on line 134

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/init.php on line 142

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/init.php on line 211

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/init.php on line 389

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/socialop/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 2552
any ideas at all?
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I've followed your guide and its worked pretty well, apart from I have the following error at the top of my page:



any ideas at all?
Are you trying to use it on VB4.0.x?, i imagine thats why you are getting the error.
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