Portal Software - WebTemplates 3.7.x: VB Integrated CMS (Content Management System)

(This hack is for vb version 3.7.x & 3.8.x ONLY. For vb 3.6.x, 3.5.x, 3.0.x and 2.x 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.

VB4 version Update (9.9.2010): Please find 4.x version of WebTemplates4.x in its own thread.


WEBTEMPLATES 3.7.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:
(Some 3.5 and some are 3.0 versions but WebTemplate look and feel didn't change much so both 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://www3.fertilethoughts.com/forums/view.php?pg=acronyms
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)

3.5 version Admin CP screenshot attached to this post. 3.0.x screenshots (here and here) also still applies for this version.

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..

About this 3.7.xx Version: This 3.7.xx version is same as previous 3.6.x version. 3.6.x version was already working in vbulletin 3.7.x except a few minor bugs and these bugs are fixed in this version to make it dedicated solely to vbulletin 3.7.x. Please see "what's new" in the next post for more details.

Version Updates:
29.July.2008 - > Version 3.7.00
* Hack 3.7.00 is released.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by mmoore5553

okay i tried to do something different. .i put in flash file ...

it didnt work

nothing showed up
here is the html

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>

<!-- Do not remove the line below!!! It is required for the XML Flash Slideshow v3. -->

<script type="text/javascript" src="v3flashslideshow/slideshow.js"></script>

</head>



<body>

<!-- Begin XML Flash Slideshow v3 -->

<script type="text/javascript">

// <![CDATA[

XMLFlashSlideshow_v3({swf:'v3flashslideshow/slideshow.swf',w:'400',h:'400',redirect:'',usePrel oader:'true',xml:'v3flashslideshow/slideshow_data1.xml',preventCache:'true',disableMu ltipleXML:'false',initXML:'%3C?xml%20version=%221. 0%22%20encoding=%22utf-8%22?%3E%3Cslideshow%20version=%223%22%3E%3Cstyles %3E%3CPreloader%20label=%22Loading%20%7BN%7D%2525% 22%20iconColor=%22#666666%22%20iconAlpha=%2270%22% 20iconWidth=%2250%22%3E%3C/Preloader%3E%3CPreloaderLabel%20font=%22Verdana%22 %20size=%2210%22%20color=%22#666666%22%20bold=%22f alse%22%3E%3C/PreloaderLabel%3E%3CBackground%20backgroundColor=% 22#E4E4E4%22%20backgroundAlpha=%22100%22%20bevelCo lor=%22#FFFFFF%22%20bevelStrength=%2270%22%20borde rWidth=%220%22%20borderColor=%22#FF6600%22%3E%3C/Background%3E%3CLoaderAnimation%20type=%22circle%2 2%20color=%22#FFFFFF%22%20alphaBackground=%2220%22 %20alphaInner=%2240%22%20frameWidth=%222%22%20widt h=%2250%22%20height=%2250%22%3E%3C/LoaderAnimation%3E%3CDataLoader%20useAnimation=%22 true%22%20useLabel=%22true%22%20labelPlacement=%22 bottom%22%20fadeOutDuration=%22400%22%20textFormat =%22loader_text%22%3E%3C/DataLoader%3E%3C/styles%3E%3Clocalization%3E%3Ctext%20orig=%22Loadi ng%20Data...%22%20local=%22Loading%20Data...%22%3E %3C/text%3E%3C/localization%3E%3Cfonts%3E%3Cfont%20id=%22loader_t ext%22%20name=%22Pixelade%22%20embed=%22true%22%20 size=%2213%22%20color=%22#666666%22%20bold=%22fals e%22%20selectable=%22false%22%20align=%22left%22%3 E%3C/font%3E%3C/fonts%3E%3C/slideshow%3E'});

// ]]>

</script>

<!-- End XML Flash Slideshow v3 -->

</body>

</html>

anyone know what i did wrong ?


i can give access to anyone seriously wanting to help ... i just dont get it ..

Please make sure:
1- Your webtemplate's parsing is HTML
2- Your webtemplate is NOT using a theme. (Set theme as "No Parent Webtemplate")
3- You have uploaded your flash file to the correct directory. Upon your config, it should be in:
yourforumdir/v3flashslideshow/slideshow.swf

[mmoore5553]

hmmmmmm still no go ...i have all correct and even changed the paths ..also if i set to no parent template there would be just a white screen with no skin at all ..but changed to default and there is a page just no flash ... no sure yet ....

[Logician]

Can you see your flash correctly when you put this code in a HTML file and upload to your server? Please make sure you can do that first.

[BullTaco]

Thank You Installed perfectly ...very very nice detailed instructions for a newbie!

Thanks again...now I just have some reading to do to take advantage of this great mod!!

[mmoore5553]

yes i can go to webpage and see it fine ...so kinda threw me for a loop

[Logician]

Originally Posted by mmoore5553

yes i can go to webpage and see it fine ...so kinda threw me for a loop

When you say webpage is it the original page you took the source code or is it a HTML file in your server? Please make sure you put it in a html file IN YOUR SERVER and see it fine there. If you can see it fine there, let me know the url of this html file and webtemplate and I'll check.

[Chadi]

I'm having a hard time creating a php page.

My have a bible script installed called Bible Supersearch. The main php page (index) is this:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

<?php

require_once("bible/bible/bible_config.php");
require_once("bible/bible/bible_system.php");

$interface=$_GET['interface'];
// set the interface to use
if($interface==""){$interface=$default_interface;}
if($interface=="standard"){$interface=$standard_interface;}

// manually set interface
// $interface="standard";

require_once("bible/bible/interfaces/$interface.php");

?>

I get a blank page when I use this in the phptest template. The path tot he "require_once" commands are correct too. The phptest template is parsed as php by default of course.

[Fireproof]

Logician (or others),

Do you have a good template to use for a NEWSLETTER that I could start with and customize for my purposes?

I'm not good at creating brand-new templates from scratch, but am good with tweaking something already created.

Thanks in advance.

[PossumX]

One, hopefully, final question.

In all the instructions, it states that TEXT parsed pages can be edited either with BBCode or you can open the WYSIWYG editor. I have not been able to figure out how to get the WYSIWYG editor to function, on TEXT parsed pages, and I do have it enabled in vB Admin Options.

Thoughts?

[Logician]

Originally Posted by PossumX

One, hopefully, final question.

In all the instructions, it states that TEXT parsed pages can be edited either with BBCode or you can open the WYSIWYG editor. I have not been able to figure out how to get the WYSIWYG editor to function, on TEXT parsed pages, and I do have it enabled in vB Admin Options.

Thoughts?

You should enable WYSIWYG editor for members in your admin cp/vb options and also set your editor so in your usercp/edit options page.

In other words you should be able to use it for regular vb posts so as to use it for WTs.