Static integration

[djdub]

Thank you for the response, Steve M.

I suppose that a query for templates makes perfect sense. Otherwise, they would have to be from files, which doesn't make sense.
So, obviously, even for a guest, in order to show them the contiguous site style on a non forum page, would still require some queries.

You say that integration is easy but I think you mean that it could be done with a custom query and writing my own code to parse out the templates and styles into pages. I think what I was hoping for was to find out if there was a way to simply call out the vB to perform these tasks (as well as checking if they are logged in and other mundane features of vB) for non-vB pages, and if so, how many queries are performed by this.


Here is an example:
A customer comes directly to the website to a non-vBulletin page that I have made to display content to customers. Let's say, for example, a price deal on widgets for those people who are in the mid-west widget wholesaler user group. I'm hoping that, by calling to the vB system, not only do I show that page in the same style as the rest of the site and forums, but also that the page authenticates the user the same way as the forums and rest of the site and I can decide how to display content to them based on their group. I have no idea vB's specific code variable names, but an example would be (in the file after calling the vB system)

if ($user_group == "midwestWholesaler") {
// specific content I provide
} else {
// other content I provide
}

It sounds to me like people have done this, but how custom is it?
I know with some systems I have used in the past, you don't need to do much on those pages except make a few require calls to their system files which handle checking cookies, authenticating, quering for templates and styles and CSS. Then I go on to display my own stuff.

[edit] Ahah!
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=62164
I can't see the code or screencap because I am 'unlicensed', but it looks like the answer I need.