Custom vB5 page?

[michaeld42]

Some years ago I used Lynne's excellent article "[HOW TO - vB4] Create your own vBulletin page" (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228112) to make a vB4 page outside the vB4 forum that used vBulletin variables and member info to build a Google Maps page that could store member's map data such as points of interest, routes, etc. (One such page is at http://www.roadtripamerica.com/maps/mapwizard.php)

Is this possible to do in vB5, and keep the same URL without using a redirect? It seems that the customizable pages in vB5, able to access user info, are only forum subdirectories. Right now I don't see how to access vB variables and user data from a page outside the forum. I would love to see something like Lynne's article for vB5.

Thanks,

Michael H. Dickman