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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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global.php
Find
PHP Code:
define('STYLEID', $style['styleid']); 
Above it, add
PHP Code:
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'yourscriptname')
{
    $styleid = X
} 
Make sure you have yourscriptname defined in your custom page.
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Didn't work
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I have a question, how can you create the template so it uses it own custom folder to store the template in, so the option is there to restore the template to original state.

Just like all the other vb templates use there own folders. Like FORUMHOME stores all the forumhome templates for example, if you understand what I mean to tidy things up much better in the admin template section.
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I hate to reply to myself - but anybody got an answer to the above question? :surprised:
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Originally Posted by Gary Bolton
I have a question, how can you create the template so it uses it own custom folder to store the template in, so the option is there to restore the template to original state.

Just like all the other vb templates use there own folders. Like FORUMHOME stores all the forumhome templates for example, if you understand what I mean to tidy things up much better in the admin template section.
I know you can create a folder so that it is stored in its own folder but I don't know any way to have the template have a default code.
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To create the categories to store them in edit adminfunctions_template.php, at the very end add to the array.
PHP Code:
'prefix' => 'Text', 
remember that for it to work, the template name must be "prefix" or contain "prefix_", and the text "Templates" is automatically added.

To be able to revert it, you must add it into the MASTER STYLE {requires being in debug mode}.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SVTBlackLight01
OK. To answer my own question, on line 32, I replaced

Code:
require_once('./global.php');
with this

Code:
chdir('/home/site/public_html/testvb/');
require('./global.php');
How can that work? Wouldn't you have to put the whole path to global.php once you change the directory?

- Sid
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Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
To create the categories to store them in edit adminfunctions_template.php, at the very end add to the array.
PHP Code:
'prefix' => 'Text', 
remember that for it to work, the template name must be "prefix" or contain "prefix_", and the text "Templates" is automatically added.

To be able to revert it, you must add it into the MASTER STYLE {requires being in debug mode}.
Can you please be a little more clear in laymans terms. I really don't understand what your saying for me to do :disappointed:
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Okay, in /includes/adminfunctions_template.php there is an array at the very end of the file:
PHP Code:
// template groups
$only = array
(
    // phrased groups
    'buddylist' => $vbphrase['group_buddy_list'],
    'calendar' => $vbphrase['group_calendar'],
    'faq' => $vbphrase['group_faq'],
 ... 
Each of these creates a 'folder' into the template manager to oraganize your templates. You can add your own in using the above format (left part is the prefix, right part is the 'folder' Name (which automatically adds Templates to the end).

Example:
PHP Code:
    'attachmentlist' => $vbphrase['group_attachment_list'],
    'subscription' => $vbphrase['group_paid_subscriptions'],
        'league' => 'League', // I added this one 
    'aaa' => 'AAA Old Backup' 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
Okay, in /includes/adminfunctions_template.php there is an array at the very end of the file:
PHP Code:
// template groups
$only = array
(
    // phrased groups
    'buddylist' => $vbphrase['group_buddy_list'],
    'calendar' => $vbphrase['group_calendar'],
    'faq' => $vbphrase['group_faq'],
 ... 
Each of these creates a 'folder' into the template manager to oraganize your templates. You can add your own in using the above format (left part is the prefix, right part is the 'folder' Name (which automatically adds Templates to the end).

Example:
PHP Code:
    'attachmentlist' => $vbphrase['group_attachment_list'],
    'subscription' => $vbphrase['group_paid_subscriptions'],
        'league' => 'League', // I added this one 
    'aaa' => 'AAA Old Backup' 
Your a star, that works great and I created a new line called:
'vbindex' => 'vBindex',

And it moved all my loose vbindex templates into the folder so everything is nice and neat now. I have one other question though that I also hope you can help me with the finish it off.

By default when you go into a templates folder and view a template there, there is an option to view the default template code in-case you mess up. So you can copy and paste that code back intoi the box and save.

I noticed even though I now have all my vbindex templates in there own folder under default template, the option to view default template just shows me a blank white box with no code in it. Is it possible to make that show the default code for all my vbindex templates when clicked for each one?
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