The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy! |
|
|
|||||||
|
[HOW TO - vB4] Create your own vBulletin page
 Lynne
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 41,180
California/Idaho
11-15-2009, 10:00 PM
This is an updated article on how to create your own vbulletin powered page. It's only for use with vB4. This is NOT my work. I'm posting this from another thread where vB Style took the time to write this out. And his work is based on the article by Gary King here - How to create your own vBulletin-powered page! (uses vB templates) Instructions to Create your Own Page: 1. Create the php page: - Create a new file, whatever you want to call it (let's say test.php). - Open up test.php and add the following (replace TEST with whatever template you want to show - WARNING: the template name is CASE SENSITIVE!!!): Code:
<?php
// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test');
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);
// change this depending on your filename
// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array();
// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array();
// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array('TEST',
);
// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array();
// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
// if your page is outside of your normal vb forums directory, you should change directories by uncommenting the next line
// chdir ('/path/to/your/forums');
require_once('./global.php');
// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################
$navbits = construct_navbits(array('' => 'Test Page'));
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits);
// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE #####
$pagetitle = 'My Page Title';
// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ######
$templater = vB_Template::create('TEST');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
print_output($templater->render());
?>
2. Create the Template: - If you are in debug mode, create the template in your MASTER STYLE so it shows up in all your styles, otherwise make sure you create the template in the style you are using. If following the page above, call the template TEST (WARNING: the template name is CASE SENSITIVE!!!) with the following content: HTML Code:
{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
<title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle} - {vb:raw pagetitle}</title>
{vb:raw headinclude}
{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}
</head>
<body>
{vb:raw header}
{vb:raw navbar}
<div id="pagetitle">
<h1>{vb:raw pagetitle}</h1>
</div>
<h2 class="blockhead">Title</h2>
<div class="blockbody">
<div class="blockrow">
Text
</div>
</div>
{vb:raw footer}
</body>
</html>
Instructions to Add your Page to the Who's Online List (WOL): Create two plugins using the following hooks. Replace mypage and similar with your information. 1. hook location - online_location_process: Code:
switch ($filename)
{
case 'test.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'mypage';
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.
}
2. hook location online_location_unknown: Code:
switch ($userinfo['activity'])
{
case 'mypage':
$userinfo['where'] = '<a href="test.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars[sessionurl].'">My Page</a>';
$userinfo['action'] = "Viewing My Page";
$handled = true;
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.
}
The colored part in the code above shows what you need to change in the plugins (both reds should be the same and both blues should be the same, whereas green can be whatever you want). Please see this article for help with rendering templates - [vB4] Rendering templates and registering variables - a short guide 
|
|
#333
07-29-2010, 09:22 AM
|
|||
|
|||
I've followed this to the letter, yet I'm getting " " at the top of every new page. Strangely, these characters don't usually appear on the main site. Any ideas anybody?
|
|
#334
07-29-2010, 02:27 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
|
|
#335
07-29-2010, 07:52 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Okay, I've read this article a thousand different times, and it's shown me the thousand different reasons why I'm such a noob when it comes to this stuff. So bare with me here.
I understand the concept of creating the PHP page where all of your content will fall under. This is is where I add the custom HTML or PHP code for the extra content that I wanted. For example, an "About Us" page. Now it's my understanding that once you create this test.php page, you need to then create a Template in VB to CALL that php page. Am I wrong? Because when I'm looking at the Create a Template code, I can't see any part of that code that calls on test.php ... Again, I'm sure I'm missing something simple and obvious and stupid, but I have to ask. Let me just start to understand this concept first before I even begin to try to do this. If I can pull this off without losing my mind in frustration it would be great lol 
|
|
#336
07-29-2010, 10:14 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
|
|
#337
07-30-2010, 03:42 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Hi Lynne.
I just made my first vb powered page, it fetch local movie showtimes and displays it. I just wonder how to handle css within this page? I added css to additional.css file, but it is possible to have the extra css only for my custom page? (Instead of making it loading for all vb pages) And thanks again for all help you provide to vb community.
|
|
#338
07-30-2010, 02:06 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
|
 |
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 12:45 AM.