Portal Software - WebTemplates 3.7.x: VB Integrated CMS (Content Management System)

(This hack is for vb version 3.7.x & 3.8.x ONLY. For vb 3.6.x, 3.5.x, 3.0.x and 2.x see my profile for relevant threads.)

"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.

VB4 version Update (9.9.2010): Please find 4.x version of WebTemplates4.x in its own thread.


WEBTEMPLATES 3.7.x BASIC FEATURES:

• Very Easy Installation : Webtemplates can be installed to your board without modifying even a single vbulletin file. It is coded as a vb product and can be imported very easily.
• 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.worldwideknights.com/view_mission.htm
http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/view.php?pg=aboutus
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_guidelines.htm
http://www.worldwideknights.com/view_info.htm
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_books.htm
http://www.worldwideknights.com/view_spread.htm
http://www3.fertilethoughts.com/forums/view.php?pg=acronyms
http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums/view.php?pg=makeuptalk-newsletter
http://www.bklab.com (entire site is designed with Webtemplates only)
(Actually this hack is one of the most popular vb hacks so it is used by hundreds -if not thousands- of vbulletin sites and you can easily find them if you go to google and search "Logician's WebTemplates" WITH quotation marks)

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..

About this 3.7.xx Version: This 3.7.xx version is same as previous 3.6.x version. 3.6.x version was already working in vbulletin 3.7.x except a few minor bugs and these bugs are fixed in this version to make it dedicated solely to vbulletin 3.7.x. Please see "what's new" in the next post for more details.

Version Updates:
29.July.2008 - > Version 3.7.00
* Hack 3.7.00 is released.

[zelnik]

I agree I'm holding off updating to vb4 until this mod has been updated as it's brilliant and cant run the site without it

[Manoel J?nior]

Hello. has an estimated completion? I'm hoping to update this hack to perform the update of my forum.

[stizoula]

Hello

This is a very nice product and of course it resolves many admins difficulties and give lot of flexibilities for any design combination.

I need any help or idea to resolve a problem.
I have one VIP zone which is coming for a specific period active by auto Paypal Paid Subscriptions. If the time period expired, then the VIP member is coming back to the simple group member.
I point to that for saying that after the subscription, the VIP is the Primary group, and the additionally group is the member.
So now the problem is, that if I set in a webtemplate permission access only to VIP, they havent access at all in any way, they can have access if they are specified only as VIP without additional group.
Thats mean If I will do so, I cant control automatic when their subscription has expired.
I have tried all the combinations in webtemplates session "Page Security and misc" settings but nothing give me the solution.
I use the default VB Subscription Manager of VB3.8.4, and I upgraded to 3.8.5 for any good luck but still nothing.

I will be VERY appreciated for any info to resolve this problem.

Thanks

Robby

[ski diva]

Two questions. Please excuse me if you've answered this before:

1) Can this be used in 3.8.2?

2) I'd like to personalize the message that appears on the page that appears. For example, I'd like it to say "Welcome $Username." Can that be done? How?

[dartho]

First line of opening post: This hack is for vb version 3.7.x & 3.8.x ONLY, so yes - you can use in 3.8.2

Have a look at the "test" web template for an example on using username variables etc (which is $user_username by the way)

[ski diva]

Originally Posted by dartho

First line of opening post: This hack is for vb version 3.7.x & 3.8.x ONLY, so yes - you can use in 3.8.2

Oops -- didn't see this before. Thanks.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by stizoula

Hello

This is a very nice product and of course it resolves many admins difficulties and give lot of flexibilities for any design combination.

I need any help or idea to resolve a problem.
I have one VIP zone which is coming for a specific period active by auto Paypal Paid Subscriptions. If the time period expired, then the VIP member is coming back to the simple group member.
I point to that for saying that after the subscription, the VIP is the Primary group, and the additionally group is the member.
So now the problem is, that if I set in a webtemplate permission access only to VIP, they havent access at all in any way, they can have access if they are specified only as VIP without additional group.
Thats mean If I will do so, I cant control automatic when their subscription has expired.
I have tried all the combinations in webtemplates session "Page Security and misc" settings but nothing give me the solution.
I use the default VB Subscription Manager of VB3.8.4, and I upgraded to 3.8.5 for any good luck but still nothing.

I will be VERY appreciated for any info to resolve this problem.

Thanks

Robby

If it is possible for you to NOT make VIP members part of "Member" usergroup, this will solve your problem but I'm sure you thought of that so I assume this is not possible.

The other solution would be changing how hack's permission system works as described in Post Installation FAQ Question 24.

[PossumX]

Hate to be perceived as a nag....but...

...any update as to when this may or may not be vB4.x readied?

[Logician]

Originally Posted by PossumX

Hate to be perceived as a nag....but...

...any update as to when this may or may not be vB4.x readied?

I'm sorry this is taking so long. I'm working on this porting and there will definetely be a vb4 version but when my real job kicks in, I have to take this project aside till I get more available again. So as I mentioned previously, I can promise there will be a vb4 version but I can't promise when.

[stizoula]

Originally Posted by Logician

If it is possible for you to NOT make VIP members part of "Member" usergroup, this will solve your problem but I'm sure you thought of that so I assume this is not possible.

The other solution would be changing how hack's permission system works as described in Post Installation FAQ Question 24.

Thank you I resolved my problem by the combination you promote me.
Thanks again and keep good work

Robby