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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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Old 09-02-2009, 01:57 AM
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One more thing, and I can't recall if this was discussed here already.

I would like to add a message and link to my headers that only members of usergroup #20 would see. Is there a simple piece of code that I can add at the end of my header coding to make that appear only to that one usergroup?
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You would need to use an in condition to do what you need, which you can find an article on here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=215032
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Old 09-02-2009, 04:02 AM
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Thank you. I couldn't find that page before. I guess I didn't know what to call it when doing a search.

--------------- Added [DATE]1251939715[/DATE] at [TIME]1251939715[/TIME] ---------------

I am trying to create a custom error page in my root directory while my forum is in the Forums/ directory. How do I change the directory in the following to make it work?

Code:
<?php 

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); 

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1); 
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'PAGEERROR'); // 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( 
    'PAGEERROR', 
); 

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions 
$actiontemplates = array( 

); 

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################ 
require_once('./global.php'); 
if (!$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) print_no_permission();

// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################

$navbits = array(); 
$navbits[$parent] = 'Temporarily Unavailable'; 

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits); 
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";'); 
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('PAGEERROR') . '");');
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Old 09-05-2009, 08:19 PM
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I'm trying to integrate one of my sites into the vbulletin, I took the vbulletin header, the footer then I called with an include before and after my "engine".

Variables, cookies and session suddenly stopped working Why?

It's a vb security measure? I can I make my code works?

That's the PHP header :

PHP Code:
<?php

error_reporting
(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
define('THIS_SCRIPT''adv_index');
define('VBA_PORTAL'true);
define('VBA_SCRIPT''CMPS');


$forumpath '/home/webdir/www/www.bodyweb.com/forums';

// ============================================
// No Further Editing Necessary!
// ============================================

if ($forumpath)
{
    if (!
is_dir($forumpath))
    {
        echo 
'Invalid forum path specified! Please edit this file and be sure to include the correct path for your $forumpath variable.';
        exit;
    }

    
chdir($forumpath);
}

$phrasegroups = array();
$globaltemplates = array();
$actiontemplates = array();
$specialtemplates = array();



    require_once(
'./includes/vba_cmps_include_template.php');
    require_once(
'./global.php');
    eval(
'$navbar2 = "' fetch_template('navbar2') . '";');  
    eval(
'$headerbw = "' fetch_template('headerbw') . '";'); 
    eval(
'$footerbw = "' fetch_template('footerbw') . '";');
 
echo
"$headerbw";

?>
Between this two goes my code

The PHP Footer :

PHP Code:
<?php 
echo"$footerbw";

?>
and the templates used :

headerbw:
PHP Code:
 $stylevar[htmldoctype]
<
html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]lang="$stylevar[languagecode]xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<
head>
<if 
condition="$pages['name'] == 'home'">
    <
meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
    <
meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
    <
meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0" />
</if>

<
title>$vboptions[hometitle] <if condition="$pagetitle">- $pagetitle</if></title>

$headinclude

</head>
<
body>

$header

$navbar2 
footerbw :
PHP Code:

$footer

</body>
</
html
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynne View Post
Yes, it has changed. See this article on how to make your page show up in WOL for 3.5 and above - [HowTo] Add Custom Pages to WOL
Lynne, you may want to edit the OP message to reflect the 'change' to the "Who's Online" modification portion of this article. Thanks for the info!

--------------- Added [DATE]1253491871[/DATE] at [TIME]1253491871[/TIME] ---------------

Quote:
Originally Posted by ragtek View Post
Maybe the hole article should be actualized

1. the error reporting level
2. define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
3. define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);
Where are these adjusted ragtek?
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Old 10-26-2009, 09:26 PM
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anyone know why i can see it but no one else can ?

Quote:
Originally Posted by HMBeaty View Post
Find and remove
PHP Code:
if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == 0)
{
    
print_no_permission();

also i dont have this :/

PHP Code:
<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~8192);  

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS'1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT''irc'); // 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(
    
'irc',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'irc';

$navbits construct_navbits($navbits);
eval(
'$navbar = "' fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval(
'print_output("' fetch_template('irc') . '");');

?>
Thanks
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Old 10-29-2009, 05:23 PM
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How can we make bbcode work on these custom pages? I want to use the bbcode table mod (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=107985) within my custom pages to display tables for me. Is this possible?
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You want to add an editor to your pages and then be able to use bbcode in the editor? Or are you just saying you want to put tables in your custom pages? If you just want to add tables to your custom pages, just use html. Html is much better than bbcode which then has to be converted to html.
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How can I get my page to show on the main navigation menu?!
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You'll have to edit the navbartemplate and to add the link to your page
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