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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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Old 03-06-2004, 12:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Watcher
This looks promising gary -> a few questions !!!

1) How can I use this outside my forums directory? Do i just use this?

PHP Code:
chdir('/home/site/public_html/forums/');
require(
'./global.php'); 
2) How can I limit access to this page to only users in the usergroups 7, 8 and 9 ?

3) I have a php links script which I would like integrated into my forums in terms of the way it looks and the way only certain usergroups can access it. Can i use your hack to do this? If so, how I would I make a php page appear in the content area instead of the TEST template ???

Thanks again
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.
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Old 03-07-2004, 01:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary W
Try something like:

PHP Code:
<?php

require_once('./global.php');

if (
$_REQUEST[filename])
{
    if (
$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6)
    {
        
header("Location: $_REQUEST[filename]");
    }
}

?>
Be sure to change the path to the global.php and the usergroupid as well (currently it's 6 for admins only).

Also, save this code in a file such as download.php and then you can use the file by linking to it like http://www.example.com/forum/downloa...=something.php which will download www.examlpe.com/forum/files/something.php if the user is an administrator.
I just want to make a correctiion to your code:
You use if($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]. On vb3, there is a new is_member_of function, that will search your primary and secondary groups for that user. Here is how the code works with it.


PHP Code:
<?php

require_once('./global.php');

if (
$_REQUEST[filename])
{
    if (
is_member_of($bbuserinfo6) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo5) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo7));
    {
        
header("Location: $_REQUEST[filename]");
    }
}

?>
that makes it so usergroup 6 5 and 7 can download that file.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VeoMorphine
I just want to make a correctiion to your code:
You use if($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]. On vb3, there is a new is_member_of function, that will search your primary and secondary groups for that user. Here is how the code works with it.


PHP Code:
<?php

require_once('./global.php');

if (
$_REQUEST[filename])
{
    if (
is_member_of($bbuserinfo6) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo5) OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo7));
    {
        
header("Location: $_REQUEST[filename]");
    }
}

?>
that makes it so usergroup 6 5 and 7 can download that file.
Ah okay thanks I never knew about that function
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I like the idea of this, but looking around the Mod request pages, alot of people are looking for the last posts etc also to be displayed on a non vb page. I remember using something called API over at invision which was great. All you did was put includes in the page where you wanted specific things that were pulled from your board via templates which you could modify. Anyone know if something like this is going to be made? Gary W?
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I have been using this mod since VB 2. I see some changes. I don't care who wrote it. But I have two request.

1. I would like the new navbar that Beta 3 uses. Below the header in each page that I create.

2. I would like to see an icon or something on each page for a printable version.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Watcher
This looks promising gary -> a few questions !!!

1) How can I use this outside my forums directory? Do i just use this?

PHP Code:
chdir('/home/site/public_html/forums/');
require(
'./global.php'); 
That works, but I discovered that you have to have the full URL for vbulletin_global.js and vbulletin_menu.js in the headinclude template. Otherwise the drop-down menus in the navbar will not work outside of the forum directory.
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i hope some one answers my question here..

on the second part you say to make a template.. now what should i save the extention of my template..

for your ur example: test < should it have an exention be?

i am really new to php and all of it, so if you could please explain this 2 me, i'd be grateful
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Quote:
Originally Posted by exasko
i hope some one answers my question here..

on the second part you say to make a template.. now what should i save the extention of my template..

for your ur example: test < should it have an exention be?

i am really new to php and all of it, so if you could please explain this 2 me, i'd be grateful
Templates don't have extensions
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so if i create it in notepad and save it as test that will work?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by attroll
I have been using this mod since VB 2. I see some changes. I don't care who wrote it. But I have two request.

1. I would like the new navbar that Beta 3 uses. Below the header in each page that I create.

2. I would like to see an icon or something on each page for a printable version.
1. already is there
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