Portal Software - WebTemplates 4.x: VB Integrated CMS (Content Management System)

(This hack is for vb version 4.x and above. For vb 3.x, version 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.


WEBTEMPLATES 4.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:
(Most are from 3.x versions but WebTemplate look and feel didn't change much so all 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://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)

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..

From FAQ 13: Vbulletin already has a CMS now , why would I need this hack?

If you have CMS license, you might not need Webtemplates. On the other hand, CMS license is paid, webtemplates is free and many forum owners don't have CMS licenses.

Also please note that vb has CMS since 2010. Webtemplates was first released for vb2.x in 2002 and it was around in vb3.x, 3.5.x and above for thousands of vbulletin users who have developed their sites around webtemplates CMS. So regardless of new vb CMS owners might or might not need it, Webtemplates 4.x is still realased and supported as a courtesy to its old users and fans. I personally prefer and use Webtemplates over vb CMS and this hack lives for people who agrees with me.

Version Updates:
12.October.2013 - > Version 4.0.2
* Minor fixes for PHP 5.4.x (Fixes "Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated" errors in new PHP versions.
14.July.2012 - > Version 4.0.1
* Vbulletin changed WYSIWYG editor parsing in vb4.2.x so hack's editor.php is updated accordingly.
9.September.2010 - > Version 4.0.00
* Hack 4.00.00 is released.

[zelnik]

Hi Logican.

Hope you're well..

Been using your system for years and since release on vB4...

I have been using the default style since vb4 has been released but now I've installed a new one but every single page created with your product just brings up faulty headers, backgrounds and footers?

What am I doing wrong mate as I know it's not your product.. thanks.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by zelnik

I have been using the default style since vb4 has been released but now I've installed a new one but every single page created with your product just brings up faulty headers, backgrounds and footers?

Do you see the forum in correct style while webtemplates are in the wrong one? Also what happens when you select the style at the footer of a webtemplate?

Webtemplates uses the default style selection of the user while building pages. If you can't figure out give me admin access and FTP access to your site and I'll check. But in other installations it works fine so I believe it is somehow related to your settings/site/style.

[zelnik]

Originally Posted by Logician

Do you see the forum in correct style while webtemplates are in the wrong one? Also what happens when you select the style at the footer of a webtemplate?

Webtemplates uses the default style selection of the user while building pages. If you can't figure out give me admin access and FTP access to your site and I'll check. But in other installations it works fine so I believe it is somehow related to your settings/site/style.

Hi Logician,

Urm, the header is mostly messed up and the background to the body of the templates, nor does the footer.

I seem to remember I had this issue even on the default theme and you fixed it for me as you said it was a one off so I will kindly forward you my admin/ftp details, thank you!

[zelnik]

Hi Logician,

Can you let me know if you got my PM with the login details as I can't remember if I did it what with all the hassle I was under with this new skin and it's not in my sent folder but I'm sure I sent it?

[Logician]

Originally Posted by zelnik

Hi Logician,

Urm, the header is mostly messed up and the background to the body of the templates, nor does the footer.

I seem to remember I had this issue even on the default theme and you fixed it for me as you said it was a one off so I will kindly forward you my admin/ftp details, thank you!

I got your pm, checked the board but couldn't find a hint. 2 things though:
1- Please turn off vbseo for a while and see if this will fix it. I'm a bit suspicious about this one.
2- Check your style's installation instructions and let me know if there is any php code changes or pluggin/product installations there.

[zelnik]

Originally Posted by Logician

I got your pm, checked the board but couldn't find a hint. 2 things though:
1- Please turn off vbseo for a while and see if this will fix it. I'm a bit suspicious about this one.
2- Check your style's installation instructions and let me know if there is any php code changes or pluggin/product installations there.

Turned vbseo off and still the same

The only instructions are to upload the files and install the xml.. However there is a .css.xml for addons that may not work?

A lot this new style seems to focus around additional.css if that's any help?

Do you want me to upload the css file to my site and pm you the link to it?

Thanks

[zelnik]

Fixed... For anyone using completevb vb4 styles you will need to install the seperate CSS XML file and it will work fine!

[8thos]

Members from my site come to me asking if I can create a site for them. I'm too busy to work on other people's sites. Through this modification however, I could basically build a site for them by creating and individual page for them right? Are there any other administrators that use Web Templates this way?

I got the idea just now when I read that you can have custom headers and footers.

I also read that you can put a thread inside web templates? For instance, if you create a forum where guests posts, you can basically put a 'guest book' inside the template?

I have photopost installed on my site. Could I create a widget of a member's photos albums and put them inside the template too?

I was wondering if I should create a wordpress or tell members to create their own word press and some how import it inside the templates. Is that possible?
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[byalik]

The plugin doesn't seem to be working well with my template:
http://legalhelp.org/forum/view.php?pg=info_privacy

Can anyone help? I am willing to pay. Please PM me

[byalik]

Anyone know why the "webtemplate name" is showing up as well as the user friendly name?:

http://legalhelp.org/forum/view.php?pg=info_privacy