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.

[hugh_]

I was afraid you might say that. I've played around with those templates but I've been unable to fix the problem...

[Logician]

Originally Posted by hugh_

I was afraid you might say that. I've played around with those templates but I've been unable to fix the problem...

Some skins comes with a "pluggin" which runs a special PHP code in a certain hook in vb pages. Please check if this is the case with your skin. If it is, that hook could have been added to webtemplate script as well so that WT will also run it.

[Bulbucan]

Update it please, it would be great with new features and without those informations on every page for administrators.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by Bulbucan

Update it please, it would be great with new features and without those informations on every page for administrators.

Hack is already up-to-date with all vb versions from vb2.x to vb4.x, including latest vb 4.x version.

You can turn off admin info under pages.

[deverill2010]

Logician I'm using your mod and it's lovely thanks but I've noticed that when I navigate on pages that are using this mod it removes the border around my style for some reason.

If you wnt the URL addy let me know and I'll pm it.

[gedsta]

Installed and been using for years, however a slight problem. Nothing to do with the hack but to do with the server.

I have done all the steps right upto

STEP 3- Close your browser, reopen it, relogin to your admin cp and you should to see "Logician's WebTemplates" in the left menu, expand it and click "Export/Import", then "Upload Webtemplate .XML File", point the file named "webtemplate_export.xml".
(There are 2 XML files, please make sure you import the file named "webtemplate_export.xml"!)
(This step is to upload default webtemplates and webqueries to your webtemplate system)

Which is when I run into this error.

open_basedir restriction in effect. File(C:\Windows\Temp\phpD804.tmp)

The problem is the server uses Plesk and there is a huge issue with this at the moment, with no known fix.

I have tried a fresh install of vB3.8.x and installes no issues (an older version) and then upgraded to vB4.x.x again no issues (on another server)

I then backed up the tables, and then dropped them, then restored them. When clicking the webtemplates link in admin, I get a database error. If I uninstall the mod and then reinstall it on the old server, then it goes through and all works. (no open_basedir restriction)

However, using the backup from the old and restoring to the new database, causes the exact same error. (When clicking the webtemplates link in admin, I get a database error. )

I can uninstall the product, and then reinstall, but then I am back to square one, browsing on my PC and then trying to install webtemplate_export.xml, I get the error

file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect.

Is there anything you can suggest?

Thanks

[Logician]

As you said open_dir restriction is a server related issue and should be fixed on server level.

But if I can understand what you are trying to achieve, maybe I can suggest an alternative to bypass your problem? Yet I'm not very sure what exactly you are trying to do. Is it fresh install of the hack for vb4 that you are trying to do or do you want to upgrade an 3.x installation to 4.x?

[gedsta]

Hi

It's an upgrade from vB3 to vB4

[Logician]

Originally Posted by gedsta

Hi

It's an upgrade from vB3 to vB4

Assuming you have another server to test things, have you tried this: Install your 3.x forum/webtemplates to your other server. Upgrade first vb then webtemplates to 4.x there. And then move webtemplates databases from that server to your existing server.

Please note that the work should be done in the exact order I mentioned above.

Also note that you need to make sure 4.x webtemplates are 100% working in the other server before moving its db tables to your current server.

Let me know if you have any problems in the process.

[gedsta]

Originally Posted by Logician

Assuming you have another server to test things, have you tried this: Install your 3.x forum/webtemplates to your other server. Upgrade first vb then webtemplates to 4.x there. And then move webtemplates databases from that server to your existing server.

Please note that the work should be done in the exact order I mentioned above.

Also note that you need to make sure 4.x webtemplates are 100% working in the other server before moving its db tables to your current server.

Let me know if you have any problems in the process.

Hi

Just to let you know I think I have sort of solved this. (some CSS issues)

I backed up a copy of the old database on the old server

I then upgraded to vB4 and then upgraded the mod

I then dropped the tables, and restored them on the old server, worked.

I then dropped the tables on the new server, and restored the back up from today

It worked.

Thanks for a great mod.