WebTemplates v.0.1 (Old Version)

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Attention: This version of webtemplates is obsolete since new version (2.xx) is released as of 30.June.2003.

If you are new user, please visit new hack's thread and install that one, not this version.

This thread is active for discussing migration issues and will be closed in the future.
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Introduction:
Basically this hack allows you create vbulletin powered non-vb pages within vb admin CP and administer them just like vb templates.

Your "webtemplates" reside inside MYSQL and have the same structure as regular vbulletin templates and you edit/modify/delete them inside your Admin CP. You can create as many as you like and display them like:
http://yoursite URL/yourboard URL/show.php?pg=YOUR_WEBTEMPLATE_NAME.

Features of Your WebTemplates:
* You can easily edit/update your non-vb pages from your vb control panel just like vb templates. No need to FTP or smt.
* Simply backup your vbulletin and your entire site (including your webtemplates) is backed up too.
* You can use some vbulletin variables in your non-vb pages, so eg. address your members with their member names in your entire site.
* Your entire web site can mimic your forum's visual interface. All your fonts/colors etc. are kept in your non-vb. pages too. Besides users' style sets apply for your web templates either. So for instance if you have 2 styles, every user will see your webtemplates in the style and colors they are using in the board.
* This hack allows you to specify usergroups/usernames which can or cannot see the page you designed. So your non-vb pages can inherit vb. access permissions. Every webtemplate can have different display permissions for different users/usergroups.
* You can have counters in your pages and show/trace page visits individually for all your pages. Every webtemplate has its own counter.
* You can have "last visitor's name and visit time" in all your pages.
* You can insert fixed header/footer for all your pages.
* The "conditionals" you can set, allow you to design advanced and dynamic web pages, which change themselves according to the conditions you set. For example you can set different texts/page designs IN THE SAME PAGE for different users and every user will only see the text that is addressed to him.

Webtemplates are very easy to create. Just copy paste the HTML code of your page into the webtemplate box, give it a name, click submit and voila, your webtemplate is up and running! By using this method, you can convert your existing non-vb pages into webtemplates with ease too. It is just a matter of copy/paste its HMTML code. Installation of the hack is easy too and the hack will work any version of vbulletin I know.

For Advanced Users: If you want your webtemplates to get data from your database and display it, you have an advanced feature named "webqueries". WebQueries feature allows you to run SQL queries in your MYSQL database and automatically create sorted tables for you which you can add in any WebTemplates. So your non-vb pages can be dynamic and you can have any kind of SQL results (related with vb or not) in any page you want. Webqueries are optional to use and appeals to people with basic SQL knowledge. You can still create webtemplates very easily without using webqueries if you don't know SQL or don't need to query your database in your webtemplate. If you want to play with webqueries, please read and follow instructions CAREFULLY. This hack gives you advanced tools to create powerful and dynamic web pages, so give yourself sometime and learn how to create these pages. I wrote help pages which you can find in your webtemplates section after installation, so please read them carefully and examine sample page's code before pelting me with questions!

If you installed this hack, share your webquery samples in this thread


Fixes and Add-ons:
* If you have than 1 MYSQL databases, webquery section might not work properly. If you encounter any problems related to that issue, apply the small fix in this post.[/COLOR]
* If you want to display your webtemplates in who is online, apply this small hack .
Also there is a small bug with "conditionals" feature of the hack, if you use more than 1 conditional in 1 webtemplate. I guess very few people use this feature but anyway I fixed it in the new release that is in progress..
* If you want your webtemplates search engine friendly and indexed in google or other search engines, read this tip by Piper.

Current version (BETA v.0.1) is NOT actually a beta anymore, it's proven to be working very well in many people's boards and is stable.

I plan to develop this hack. However to enhance it more, I need to change its algortihm which requires rewriting and I wait for VB3 so that the hack will will be competible with VB3 too. That's why development is pending at the moment.


If you install the hack please click install, thank you.

Regards,
Logician //=^))

[glo]

I get it now; i think! :nervous:

And i see what your "whose Online" addition does! :cheeky:

Can I use it to add other hacks or modified vB code?

For example if I cut and paste the code from the vB "login" template and place it inside a template that will be displayed on a non-Vb page. Will that display and work correctly?

[Logician]

Today at 11:06 AM glo said this in Post #241
I get it now; i think! :nervous:

And i see what your "whose Online" addition does! :cheeky:

Can I use it to add other hacks or modified vB code?

For example if I cut and paste the code from the vB "login" template and place it inside a template that will be displayed on a non-Vb page. Will that display and work correctly?

Webtemplates display/process all default vb variables that are assigned a value in global.php correctly. Eg. $logincode or default vb options variables.

However if a vb variable has assigned a value in an other vb file (eg. member.php, index.php, private.php etc.), obviously webtemplates can not display it correctly because its file does not run prior to webtemplate to assign this variable a value. So for instance the variable that saves member count of your board has assigned a value in index.php so it will be blank if you use it in a webtemplate

[ChurchMedia]

First of all -- fantastic hack! Exactly what I was looking for. I followed your instructions for putting the show.php file in another directory:

Add this line to the file:

PHP Code:

chdir('/usr/local/apache/sites/yourforumdir/'); 


It works, but it isn't accessing my header/footer info, etc. It's probably an easy thing to fix. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Logician]

Today at 07:35 PM ChurchMedia said this in Post #243
First of all -- fantastic hack! Exactly what I was looking for. I followed your instructions for putting the show.php file in another directory:

It works, but it isn't accessing my header/footer info, etc. It's probably an easy thing to fix. Any ideas?

Not "accessing" your header/footer? Is it blank or what?

[ChurchMedia]

Not "accessing" your header/footer? Is it blank or what?

Nevermind!! I was forgetting to put in $header and $footer in the html. Duh! Sorry about that!

[Logician]

hehe np

[Koutaru]

O_o I could have sworn I saw this thread before I posted my quick reply. I even searched this thread for some previous answers before I posted. Weird. Oo; I have no idea how it got into your other hack's thread xD; Sorry

Anyway, I edited the line:
xD I edited the line

if ($requested_template=="") {eval("dooutput(\"".logiciangettemplate("notfound" )."\");");exit;}

to

if ($requested_template=="") {eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_notfou nd")."\");"); exit;}

But neither codes work. Even the original one won't show the page not found. However, it will show the page not specified error. oO; do you know why this is?

[Logician]

Yesterday at 06:58 PM Koutaru said this in Post #247
Even the original one won't show the page not found. However, it will show the page not specified error. oO; do you know why this is?

a) Was it so since day one you installed the hack or did it become so after you hacked the hack?
b) if it does not show the page not found template, what exactly happens when you call an non-existing template?
c) Why dont you simply copy paste the error_notfound templates content into notfound instead of hacking?

[Koutaru]

a) I believe it worked before. I even tried reuploading the original show.php and still, nothing.

b) It just shows a blank page. I know the function worked because the HTML source has

<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: template -->

<!-- END TEMPLATE: template -->

c) Because I.. There's really not much to say about that. I guess I wanted a standard error to show up. But even with the original notfound it doesn't work.

EDIT: I'm using 2.30

I tried installing on my 2.2.9 and it worked fine so it isn't my server. I think it may be my functions.php even though I'm not sure exactly what Oo; I doublechecked the installation manual and everything

O_o or maybe
if ($requested_template=="")
isn't working

[Logician]

Today at 02:33 AM Koutaru said this in Post #249
a) I believe it worked before. I even tried reuploading the original show.php and still, nothing.

b) It just shows a blank page. I know the function worked because the HTML source has

<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: template -->

<!-- END TEMPLATE: template -->

c) Because I.. There's really not much to say about that. I guess I wanted a standard error to show up. But even with the original notfound it doesn't work.

EDIT: I'm using 2.30

I tried installing on my 2.2.9 and it worked fine so it isn't my server. I think it may be my functions.php even though I'm not sure exactly what Oo; I doublechecked the installation manual and everything

O_o or maybe
if ($requested_template=="")
isn't working

ok please try these and let me know:
1- Admin CP/vb settings/Add template name in comments set to NO and see if it worked.

2- Delete template "notfound" and reform it.

Hopefully one of these steps will do the trick..