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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!

----------------------------------

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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Originally Posted by amcd View Post
global.php has been designed to be included from scripts in the same directory. You can change the directory to forum root, require global.php, and then change back to /directory/page and continue processing but I would not recommend it.

Thanks for the pointer! Made it easy, wasn't even thinking about that....

Have you included files outside of the forum directory while having the "save css as files" enabled? It seems to link the stylesheet as a relative link from forums directory.

And I guess the same problem occurs with images that are relative to the forums directory....

And the links being relative....
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thanks for the article, works very well.
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Thanks for the pointer! Made it easy, wasn't even thinking about that....

Have you included files outside of the forum directory while having the "save css as files" enabled? It seems to link the stylesheet as a relative link from forums directory.

And I guess the same problem occurs with images that are relative to the forums directory....

And the links being relative....
Yes, that is expected. It is not a problem with vbulletin, but the way in which url's are interpreted by web browsers. The images and css are relative url's by default, and thus would get affected. Even javascript, for that matter.

For example, lets say the vb homepage is at www.example.com/forums/index.php and it contains an image with src="images/misc/logo.png". The web browser takes the initial portion of the webpage address (everything before index.php) and adds the image location to it. This is fine.

But if you move the homepage to www.example.com/forums/mypages/index.php without editing the templates, the browser will now look for the logo at http://www.example.com/forums/mypage.../misc/logo.png - not good.

Unless you plan to create hundreds of custom pages, I recommend you keep them in the forum directory. Makes life easier.
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Thanks for the info. I pretty much knew that was the case, I was just wondering if anyone had found a work around.
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Could someone please help me putting this in?
Quote:
$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$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">Other Donating Options</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1"><div align="center">
<?php
$action=$_REQUEST['action'];
if ($action=='sendemail') {
// get form contents
$name=$_REQUEST['name'];
$username=$_REQUEST['username'];
$email=$_REQUEST['email'];
$donation=$_REQUEST['donation'];
$currency=$_REQUEST['currency'];
//Sending Email to user
$pfw_header = "From: $email\n"
. "Reply-To: $email\n";
$pfw_subject = "Donation Details!\n";
$pfw_email_to = "jay-4-today@hotmail.co.uk\n";
$pfw_message = "\n\n"
. "Name: $name\n"
. "Username: $username\n"
. "Email Address: $email\n"
. "Donation: $donation\n"
. "Currency: $currency\n"
."------------------------------------------------------------------------------";
$send=mail($pfw_email_to, $pfw_subject ,$pfw_message ,$pfw_header ) ;
if ($send==1) {
$output="Your Message has been successfully sent!";
} else {
$output="There has been a problem sending the message!";
}

} else {
?>
<form action="donate.php?action=sendemail" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="donationform" id="donationform">
<label>
<div align="center">To Email The Administrator About The Other Donating Methods Please Fillin The Form Below.<br />
<br />
Name:
<input name="name" type="text" id="name" />
</div>
</label>
<p align="center">
<label>
Username :
<input name="username" type="text" id="username" />
</label>
</p>
<p align="center">
<label>
Email Address:
<input name="email" type="text" id="email" />
</label>
</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">How Much Would You Like To Donate? </p>
<p align="center">Donation :
<label>
<input name="donation" type="text" id="donation" />
</label>
</p>
<p align="center">
<label>
<input name="currency" type="radio" value="United States Dollars (USD)" checked="checked" />
United States Dollars (USD)</label>
<br />
<label>
<input name="currency" type="radio" value="Great British Pounds (GBP)" />
Great British Pounds (GBP)</label>
</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">
<label>

<div align="center">
<div align="center">
<input type="submit" name="donate" id="donate" value="Donate" />
<input type="reset" name="Reset" id="Reset" value="Reset" />
<br />
</div>
</label>
</form>
<?php
</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>
Thats what i have put in but when i preview it, It says this
Quote:
$stylevar[htmldoctype] $headinclude $header $navbar
Other Donating Options
$action=$_REQUEST['action']; if ($action=='sendemail') { // get form contents $name=$_REQUEST['name']; $username=$_REQUEST['username']; $email=$_REQUEST['email']; $donation=$_REQUEST['donation']; $currency=$_REQUEST['currency']; //Sending Email to user $pfw_header = "From: $email\n" . "Reply-To: $email\n"; $pfw_subject = "Donation Details!\n"; $pfw_email_to = "jay-4-today@hotmail.co.uk\n"; $pfw_message = "\n\n" . "Name: $name\n" . "Username: $username\n" . "Email Address: $email\n" . "Donation: $donation\n" . "Currency: $currency\n" ."------------------------------------------------------------------------------"; $send=mail($pfw_email_to, $pfw_subject ,$pfw_message ,$pfw_header ) ; if ($send==1) { $output="Your Message has been successfully sent!"; } else { $output="There has been a problem sending the message!"; } } else { ?>
To Email The Administrator About The Other Donating Methods Please Fillin The Form Below.
And this where the footer should be
Quote:
$footer
Could someone help me or put it in the right place for me please?
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nice tut... going to make for my own.. thanks...
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I cannot figure out how to set the permissions. Where do I start? Can someone tell me what code to use and where to insert it? Thanks in advance.
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I cannot figure out how to set the permissions. Where do I start? Can someone tell me what code to use and where to insert it? Thanks in advance.
This is not about code insertion. It is about creating a whole new page. All the details are given in the tutorial (and further posts in the thread) and you should read it again if you do not understand.

It may also be helpful to study some of the smaller php files in vbulletin itself.

--------------- Added [DATE]1200635208[/DATE] at [TIME]1200635208[/TIME] ---------------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jase2 View Post
Could someone please help me putting this in?


Thats what i have put in but when i preview it, It says this

And this where the footer should be


Could someone help me or put it in the right place for me please?
You cannot put php code in templates.
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Can I separate my forum categories in these two pages....I mean currently I have a huge list of Forums and Sub Forums in different Forum Categories. I would like to bring make one Fourm Category on the main index.php page, and the other category in this new page. Is it possible ?

Thanks
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Can I separate my forum categories in these two pages....I mean currently I have a huge list of Forums and Sub Forums in different Forum Categories. I would like to bring make one Fourm Category on the main index.php page, and the other category in this new page. Is it possible ?

Thanks
Not without custom code.
I'm looking for a way to add 1 specific forum to make a news page but still looking.

for what you want to do look: HERE

~Sokol
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