WebTemplates 3.5.x: VB Integrated CMS (Content Management System)

(This hack is for vb version 3.5.x AND 3.6.x. For vb 3.0.x and 2.x see my profile for relevant threads.)

(For vb 3.7 version, please go to this thread)

"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 3.5.x BASIC FEATURES:

• Very Easy Installation : Webtemplates can be installed to your board without modifying even a single vbulletin file. It is coded as an pluggin and supports phrase system for user interfaces.
• 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.leatherneck.com/forums/view_aboutus.htm
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_funding.htm
http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/view.php?pg=aboutus
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_guidelines.htm
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_books.htm
http://www3.fertilethoughts.com/foru...hp?pg=acronyms
http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums/vie...alk-newsletter
http://www.bklab.com (entire site is designed with Webtemplates only!)

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..

Note in 6.August. 2006 : I've tested Webtemplates with vbulletin 3.6.0 gold version and they are compatible. So this hack released here is both for vb 3.5.x AND 3.6.x

Note for vb 3.7.x : (29.July.2008): For vb 3.7.x, I released a new version here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=186644


Version Updates:
16.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.01
* Hack released.
16.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.02
* A webquery bug fix for boards which use table_prefix. To upgrade just overwrite hack .php files.
17.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.03
* A minor bug in WOL page fixed. To upgrade overwrite hack .php files + reinstall product XML
17.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.04
* A bug fix for edit webtemplate page not remembering webtemplate's showbrowsers setting.To upgrade overwrite hack .php files
16.Jan.2006 - > Version 3.5.05
* A bug fix for boards which has too many usergroups. To upgrade overwrite hack .php files + uninstall product, then reinstall (your existing webtemplates will be intact)
20.Aug.2006 - > Version 3.6.00
* A bug fix that can cause a MYSQL warning in a few servers in WT admin cp. A minor and unusual problem that happens in certain servers and you don't need to upgrade if you don't see such a message. To upgrade overwrite /includes/wt_include.php and /admincp/wt_wt.php files.
1.Oct.2006 - > Version 3.6.01
* A minor bug fix for showing user avatar and ipaddress in webtemplates. To upgrade overwrite /includes/wt_include.php and view.php files.
2.May.2007 - > Version 3.6.02
* IMPORTANT SECURITY UPDATE! A security problem has been fixed in this version. To upgrade overwrite /includes/wt_include.php and view.php files which is attached to this post.
21.June.2008 - > Version 3.6.03
* Two minor bugs (1 & 2) fixed.
29.July.2008 - > Version 3.7.00
* A new version for vbulletin 3.7.x is released in a seperate thread here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=186644

[Logician]

Thanks a lot for your sharing your code with us. I didn't test it myself but if it is working as you explained, it can be useful to sites which use a different approach to this permission issue. I'll add it to the FAQ.

[EasyTarget]

Originally Posted by WAR

the section marked
"Disallowed Usergroups
Mark usergroups who can NOT display this page"

Should now be treated as if it said
"Allowed Usergroups
Mark usergroups who CAN display this page"

and the "Disallowed Usernames" section should be treated as if it read:
"Allowed Usernames
Enter usernames who CAN display this page even if their usergroup is disallowed."

The above text will NOT ACTUALLY CHANGE unless you go in and edit it (I haven't bothered yet so I am not sure where it is)

thanks War, testing it out now.

Logician do you know where to find the above text so that I can edit how it reads? thanks.

[EasyTarget]

I think I found it in wt_wt.php in the admincp folder.

[CallieJo]

Cannot grasp how to pull a php page into this and have vb headers and footers show up as well...

[CallieJo]

Okies...I can pull it up with:

PHP Code:

<?php 
echo $stylevar[htmldoctype];
echo $headinclude;
echo $header;
echo $navbar;
include ("http://www.mydomain.com/folder/index.php"); 
echo $footer;
?>

But after it submits the info from my form it goes back to that scripts default look...anyway to keep the vb look after submitting the form? Thanks...

[sinoeu]

I wonder why such a useful and necessary founction didn't include in the original vbb ?!!

[DaFire]

because it's a forum software and not a cms system

afaik they plan a product like this.

[leitel]

I am trying to format the output so that ONLY IF there is a 'dept', it will print out.
I tried putting code in the query output area as well as at the main page template.

$WQfield[name]<br/>
<if condition="$WQfield['dept']">
     $WQfield[dept]<br/>
</if>

Thanks!

[Trana]

I am having a little bit of trouble with the PHP template type. I have a PHP file that is working properly that pulls all banners from my phpadsnew database and displays it in a table. The page is sort of a "Our Sponsors" kind of thing:

<?php
echo $stylevar[htmldoctype];
echo $headinclude;
echo $header;
echo $navbar;
$host="localhost";
$user="xxxxx";
$password="xxxxx";
$database = "xxxxx";

$connection = mysql_connect($host,$user,$password)
or die ("couldn't connect to server");
$db = mysql_select_db($database,$connection)
or die ("Couldn't select database");

$query = "select alt, imageurl, url, bannerid from phpads_banners order by alt";
$result = mysql_query($query)
or die ("Couldn't execute query.");

/* Display results in a table */
echo "<center><strong>Our Sponsors</strong></center>";

echo "<div align='center'>\n";
echo "<table border='0' cellpadding='2'>\n";

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
extract($row);
echo "<tr>\n
\n
<td><a target='_blank' title='$alt' href='$url'><img src='$imageurl'</td>\n
\n
</tr>\n<td></td>";
}
echo "</table>\n";
?>

Why do I need to put the echo statements at the top? In the html templates I don't need to add those and it displays my style fine.

Also, why won't this template use the proper page title for the browser window? It just lists the URL and not the Site + User Friendly Name.

This is a GREAT hack btw!

Thanks!

[rcull]

The more I study this, the more I like it!!!

Many of us have now installed programs like Photopost in the same database as VB3. Would it be possible to query the photopost info, like newest picture in a catagory with a table prefix like pp_ ?