WebTemplates 3.5.x: VB Integrated CMS (Content Management System)

(This hack is for vb version 3.5.x AND 3.6.x. For vb 3.0.x and 2.x see my profile for relevant threads.)

(For vb 3.7 version, please go to this thread)

"WebTemplates" is a vBulletin integrated Content Management System which allows you to create vb integrated "HTML" pages in your vb admin cp very easily. The pages can inherit your vbulletin skin/style, can recognize logged-in user, can be applied permissions per user or usergroup basis, can keep visit logs, hit counts and do many more.






WEBTEMPLATES 3.5.x BASIC FEATURES:

• Very Easy Installation : Webtemplates can be installed to your board without modifying even a single vbulletin file. It is coded as an pluggin and supports phrase system for user interfaces.
• Apply VB Permissions: You can ban any webtemplate to any user or usergroups easily. So for instance you can design a webtemplate which only members can see while guests can not, or only user A can not see etc.
• Page Counter : Each webtemplate has a built-in counter and you can display page count to your visitors and you can edit it or turn it OFF/ON per webtemplate basis.
• Visitor Logging&Tracking : You can track certain users' (by usergroup or userid) webtemplate visits to see who visited a webtemplate and when. This is configurable per webtemplate basis.
• Site Contributers (Editor) Support : You can grant editing permissions for certain users or usergroups for your webtemplates individually and they will be able to update these webtemplates using their own editor interface. vB's WYSIWYG editor is supported in Editor interface.
• Page Browsers & Who is Online Display: Webtemplates can display who is browsing that webtemplate while visitor is reading them (like default forum browse display of vbulletin). Webtemplate visits can also be monitored in who is online page.
• Header/Footer Inclusion : Webtemplates can automatically use headers/footers (your default vb header/footer or custom ones)
• Help Documents : The script comes with an extensive help document.
• Admin Panel in Webtemplates : Your webtemplates can include an "admin panel" displayed to only admins and by using them you can access many details and stats of your page while you are browsing them.
• SEO friendly URLs: You can make webtemplate URLs seo friendly in vb settings (Requires apache server).
• XML Import/Export : XML Import/Export feature allows you to backup your webtemplates and use other hack users webtemplates in your board.

ADVANCED FEATURES FOR ADVANCED USERS:

• Webquery Feature : With advanced "webquery" feature you can create dynamic webtemplates which include database query results. For instance you can easily add "last 10 threads forum X", "most active users list" etc. to your webtemplates with default webqueries that comes with installation or you can create your custom webqueries with basic SQL knowledge.
• Multi Parsing : Webtemplates can parse PHP or HTML or TEXT (=smilie/img tags/bbcode parsing like vb posts). This means you can design a page just like vb posts (TEXT parsing), standart HTML (HTML parsing) or even in PHP (PHP parsing).
• PHPINCLUDE per webtemplate : Every webtemplate has its own "phpinclude" field which you can run PHP codes before loading the Webtemplate
• Theme Support : Webtemplates support "themes" which are parent webtemplates which include child webtemplates in them. For instance if you have 20 similiar pages which uses the same visual look, you can make a single theme for all of them, then just insert their content into this theme. If you change theme later, all 20 pages' visual will change automatically.
• Conditionals : Webtemplates supports VB3 template conditionals so you can design webtemplates which change their display under different conditions.
• Default variables : You can use/display certain variables in your webtemplates like username of the visitor, visitor email address, last visit time, page creation time, page last edit time, Last visitor name, last visit time etc.

Sample WebTemplates from Sites using this hack:
(Some 3.5 and some are 3.0 versions but WebTemplate look and feel didn't change much so both will give you the idea)
http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/view_aboutus.htm
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_funding.htm
http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/view.php?pg=aboutus
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_guidelines.htm
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_books.htm
http://www3.fertilethoughts.com/foru...hp?pg=acronyms
http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums/vie...alk-newsletter
http://www.bklab.com (entire site is designed with Webtemplates only!)

3.5 version Admin CP screenshot attached to this post. 3.0.x screenshots (here and here) also still applies for this version.

If you use the hack, clicking here will make sure you'll know about updates&bug fixes. It will also help me understand how many people is using the hack so please click the install button if you use it. Thank you..

Note in 6.August. 2006 : I've tested Webtemplates with vbulletin 3.6.0 gold version and they are compatible. So this hack released here is both for vb 3.5.x AND 3.6.x

Note for vb 3.7.x : (29.July.2008): For vb 3.7.x, I released a new version here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=186644


Version Updates:
16.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.01
* Hack released.
16.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.02
* A webquery bug fix for boards which use table_prefix. To upgrade just overwrite hack .php files.
17.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.03
* A minor bug in WOL page fixed. To upgrade overwrite hack .php files + reinstall product XML
17.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.04
* A bug fix for edit webtemplate page not remembering webtemplate's showbrowsers setting.To upgrade overwrite hack .php files
16.Jan.2006 - > Version 3.5.05
* A bug fix for boards which has too many usergroups. To upgrade overwrite hack .php files + uninstall product, then reinstall (your existing webtemplates will be intact)
20.Aug.2006 - > Version 3.6.00
* A bug fix that can cause a MYSQL warning in a few servers in WT admin cp. A minor and unusual problem that happens in certain servers and you don't need to upgrade if you don't see such a message. To upgrade overwrite /includes/wt_include.php and /admincp/wt_wt.php files.
1.Oct.2006 - > Version 3.6.01
* A minor bug fix for showing user avatar and ipaddress in webtemplates. To upgrade overwrite /includes/wt_include.php and view.php files.
2.May.2007 - > Version 3.6.02
* IMPORTANT SECURITY UPDATE! A security problem has been fixed in this version. To upgrade overwrite /includes/wt_include.php and view.php files which is attached to this post.
21.June.2008 - > Version 3.6.03
* Two minor bugs (1 & 2) fixed.
29.July.2008 - > Version 3.7.00
* A new version for vbulletin 3.7.x is released in a seperate thread here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=186644

[Logician]

Originally Posted by blacklancer

i read through, and maybe i missed it, but can this be used as a main page (i.e. index.html)??

i was trying to get vbcode to work on my home page (i was using vbexternal), but it wouldn't work no matter what i did. this works beautifully as i have tested it, but i am curious to see if i could use this as a home page for my forums.

Please check Webtemplate Pre-Installation FAQ: Question 7

[blacklancer]

sorry man!

[geezmo]

Ok, I can't go through all of the previous pages so pardon me if this has already been asked.

How do I make a simple template with the body of the article on the right and Google Adsense (not placed inside a box) on the left and the list of articles below AdSense? Do I need to edit the template? Which template and how to edit it? Or do I need to make a new template? How?

Thanks.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by geezmo

Ok, I can't go through all of the previous pages so pardon me if this has already been asked.

How do I make a simple template with the body of the article on the right and Google Adsense (not placed inside a box) on the left and the list of articles below AdSense? Do I need to edit the template? Which template and how to edit it? Or do I need to make a new template? How?

Thanks.

Create a new webtemplate that uses "2 columned theme" as a theme and paste your content into this new webtemplate.

Then edit 2 columned theme and insert your google code inside it.

[zlos]

Originally Posted by Logician

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=107

Dear Logician

Definitely I cannot find way to make it working. Would you please let me know WHAT shall I put WHERE? I have read your instructions carefully, made some tens of tests and still cannot pass variable to the query.

Regards
Tom

[Logician]

Originally Posted by zlos

Dear Logician

Definitely I cannot find way to make it working. Would you please let me know WHAT shall I put WHERE? I have read your instructions carefully, made some tens of tests and still cannot pass variable to the query.

Regards
Tom

I think webtemplate "priv_privatemessages" is a good starter to see how this is used. Its phpinclude field says:

PHP Code:

$pm_number = intval($_GET['pm_number']);
if ($pm_number <= 0) 
{
$pm_number = 30;
} 


First line here is the important one and it tells webtemplates hack to know variable "$pm_number" as the GET value of 'pm_number' which comes through the URL.

So when you use an URL like
http://www.myboard.com/forum/view.php?pg=priv_privatemessages&pm_number=50

the value of $pm_number in the webtemplate will be 50. Then you can use it directly in your webquery just like I did in the webquery named "$WQ_priv_privatemessages".

Hope this clarifies better?

[zlos]

Originally Posted by Logician

I think webtemplate "priv_privatemessages" is a good starter to see how this is used. Its phpinclude field says:

PHP Code:

$pm_number = intval($_GET['pm_number']);
if ($pm_number <= 0) 
{
$pm_number = 30;
} 


First line here is the important one and it tells webtemplates hack to know variable "$pm_number" as the GET value of 'pm_number' which comes through the URL.

So when you use an URL like
http://www.myboard.com/forum/view.ph...s&pm_number=50

the value of $pm_number in the webtemplate will be 50. Then you can use it directly in your webquery just like I did in the webquery named "$WQ_priv_privatemessages".

Hope this clarifies better?

It solves the issue

I have another question, which came also from

Originally Posted by leitel

I am trying to format the output so that ONLY IF there is a 'dept', it will print out.
I tried putting code in the query output area as well as at the main page template.

$WQfield[name]<br/>
<if condition="$WQfield['dept']">
     $WQfield[dept]<br/>
</if>

Thanks!

Or ony way/solution to $WQfield in a query result? Simple SQL does not solve my issued, let me present an example:

PHP Code:

$query = "
SELECT category_id, name, parent_id
FROM categories
ORDER BY category_id, parent_id"; 


This query produces a list of categories & subcategories sorted. But I would like to format each row of the query depending on the result. For example:

PHP Code:

if ($row->parent_id > 0) //means it is a SUBcategory
{ echo "Subcategory: "; } else { echo "-- "; } 


I see, that there is a post query php code available and hope I can solve it somehow. Idea sharing is of the great help for me


BTW: I see in your documentation .doc file, that the is somewhere bigger help file for queries. Where is it exactly?

Regards
Tom

[Logician]

Originally Posted by zlos

It solves the issue

I have another question, which came also from



Or ony way/solution to $WQfield in a query result? Simple SQL does not solve my issued, let me present an example:

PHP Code:

$query = "
SELECT category_id, name, parent_id
FROM categories
ORDER BY category_id, parent_id"; 


This query produces a list of categories & subcategories sorted. But I would like to format each row of the query depending on the result. For example:

PHP Code:

if ($row->parent_id > 0) //means it is a SUBcategory
{ echo "Subcategory: "; } else { echo "-- "; } 


I see, that there is a post query php code available and hope I can solve it somehow. Idea sharing is of the great help for me


BTW: I see in your documentation .doc file, that the is somewhere bigger help file for queries. Where is it exactly?

Regards
Tom

Sorry you can't do this one with webtemplates because "webquery phpinclude after" section is evaluated after all webquery data is processed, not in the middle of the compilation.

So all you can do is to use such a query:

PHP Code:

$query = "
SELECT category_id, name, parent_id
FROM categories
where parent_id > 0
ORDER BY category_id, parent_id"; 


if this is not good enough, you need to code a custom script for your goal.

[Clayton]

my apologies if this comes across as a stupid question, however can you use this with the CMPS installed?

Thanks

C

[Logician]

Originally Posted by Clayton

my apologies if this comes across as a stupid question, however can you use this with the CMPS installed?

CMPS is your site home page, webtemplates are your other vb powered pages. They can get along together.