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Attention: This version of webtemplates is obsolete since new version (2.xx) is released as of 30.June.2003.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

[Koutaru]

The first option worked Oo; -- Thanks so much Logican

[PurpleCow]

Logician - Does this webtemplates hack work with vB230 stable version ??

Thanks much

[glo]

Logician, can the webtemplates also be configured so they are permission based in accordance to the vB permisions?

[Craigr]

HostBubble: Yes it works on vb 2.3.0

glo: Yes you can change the permissions according to vB permissions. Have look at my page: http://www.steven-seagal.net/movies.php

If you are not logged in you will see a login box, if you are logged in you will see your username as well as some stats.

If you want me to post how i did it i will.

Craig

[ap0c]

Today at 01:04 PM Craigr said this in Post #254
HostBubble: Yes it works on vb 2.3.0



If you are not logged in you will see a login box, if you are logged in you will see your username as well as some stats.

If you want me to post how i did it i will.

Craig

post away

[Craigr]

Here you go:

<!--BOTTOM SECTION-->
<table width="90%" align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" STYLE="border-width: 1px; border-color: #000000; border-style: dashed;">
<tr>
<td>
<smallfont>
[[($user_usergroupid==2)]]
You are logged in as: <font color="red">$user_username</font>, you last visited on $user_lastvisitdate.<br>
You have contributed $user_posts posts to the forum. You have viewed $user_views threads. [<a href="member.php?s=&action=logout">Logout</a>]<br>-----<br>
[[/($user_usergroupid==2)]] 

[[($user_usergroupid==6)]]
You are logged in as: <font color="red">$user_username</font>, you last visited on $user_lastvisitdate.<br>
You have contributed $user_posts posts to the forum. You have viewed $user_views threads. [<a href="member.php?s=&action=logout">Logout</a>]<br>-----<br>
[[/($user_usergroupid==6)]] 

[[($user_usergroupid==1)]]
You are not registered, you last visited on $user_lastvisitdate. [<a href="register.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=signup">Register</a>] or login below:<br>
<form action="member.php" method="post"> 
<input name="username" type="text" size="7"> 
<input name="password" type="password" size="7"> 
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Login!"> 
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]"> 
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="login"> 
</form>Registration allows you to post and reply to topics in the forum, as well as upload photographs<br>to the gallery, add links to the links directory and take quizes as well as other great activities.<br>-----<br>
[[/($user_usergroupid==1)]] 

This page was last viewed by <font color="red">$lastvisitorname</font> on $lastvisittime.
</smallfont>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
$footer
<!--END BOTTOM SECTION-->

Note i added some extra information to show.php

Craig

[ap0c]

nice! thanks

[Logician]

Craig: If you add usergroup 1 to your "cant see" list, they are automatically given the login page, so you don't need to create a conditional for them..
[cantsee]1[/cantsee]

[Craigr]

Today at 07:14 PM Logician said this in Post #258
Craig: If you add usergroup 1 to your "cant see" list, they are automatically given the login page, so you don't need to create a conditional for them..
[cantsee]1[/cantsee]

I want guest to be able to read the articles. Would this not stop them from doing so?

The code i posted was for a welcome panel type box.

Thanks
Craig

[Logician]

if you add the usergroupid into cantsee list, they can not access that webtemplate. So if your articles are in that webtemplate, they can not see them. So you can use your method if this is the case..