Major Additions - Content Pages for vB 4.0

Content pages is the result of a need for a module that would handle normal TEXT, HTML and/or PHP pages within vBulletin, this need came after an old web site I was helping to administer switched from phpBB and phpNuke to vBulletin, after the migration lots of content pages were not migrated and there was not an easy way to achieve that either and these content pages were needed as they contain valuable information for the club. I searched for a similar mod that can handle this kind of information but couldn?t find any that would fit the needs of that site, so I decided to create my own and share it as freeware so everybody can benefit from it.

The power of this MOD lays in the fact that it can accept PHP, HTML and/or TEXT as the content for the page, so the use of this MOD is almost unlimited with almost no restriction.

Before adding your pages, please make sure they work as expected on a simple PHP, HTML or TEXT page without any error, making sure all tags are properly closed, and that the page do not contain tags which may affect your overall vBulletin style. You may apply any local style, though, but make sure those new css styles will not interfere with the original vBulletin styles.

Once the page has been tested as a basic php, html or text page you can just add a content page and paste the php/html/text code into the content of the new page, the same apply to the signature of the page which can also be a php, html or text code and it is appended to the content page at the end before rendering the page, the content and the signature are considered to be from the same type.

Features:
- Manage Content Pages
- PHP, HTML and TEXT pages supported
- Navtab plugin
- vB4.0.x compatible

Take a look at the contentpages-v1.0.0.pdf document included in the zip file for full description, installation and upgrade instructions.

I hope you like it.

Demo at :
http://www.o-r-c-a.com/forum/contpages.php

Latest version:
1.1.0 production

If you find bugs please let me know, I cannot dedicate to it 100%, but I can assure you I?ll find the time to fix any problem found, also if there?s any enhancement you think will be useful please also let me know and I?ll see what can I do to include it in a newer release.
This is my first vBulletin MOD, I?ve just started a couple of months ago when the club I am a member of acquired a vB 4.0 license, and prior to that I had no experience on this software, only as a user, not even moderator, on other forums.

Please remember to click "Mark as Installed" if you use this modification.
Also feel free to nominate this modification for the MOTM, and/or use the donate link provided (Support Developer).

Thanks to Dr.osamA for the Arabic translation.

[dietpepsi]

Great mod. I've been waiting for this type of mod to be released, as I have 700+ pages I want to use with it.

That said, any chance that we'll see support for sub-categories?

[MooseMoney]

This mod is not working for me.

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM contentpages_categories ORDER BY title DESC LIMIT 0,100;

MySQL Error : Table 'weizterfishvbforum.contentpages_categories' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Monday, April 12th 2010 @ 03:43:19 PM
Error Date : Monday, April 12th 2010 @ 03:43:19 PM
Script : http://www.XXXXXXXX.com/forum/adminc...?do=categories
Referrer : http://www.XXXXXXXX.com/forum/admincp/index.php?do=nav
IP Address : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username : xxxxxxxxxxx
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.88-userstats-log

I can't uninstall the mod either! I get another error message when I try uninstall! What now???

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:
DROP TABLE `contentpages`;

MySQL Error : Unknown table 'contentpages'
Error Number : 1051
Request Date : Monday, April 12th 2010 @ 03:46:45 PM
Error Date : Monday, April 12th 2010 @ 03:46:46 PM
Script : http://www.XXXXXXXXX.com/forum/admin...do=productkill
Referrer : http://www.XXXXXXXXX.com/forum/admin...ontentpages&s=
IP Address : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username : xxxxxxxxxx
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.88-userstats-log

[ccampo]

Originally Posted by MooseMoney

This mod is not working for me.

I can't uninstall the mod either! I get another error message when I try uninstall! What now???

use the script I provided 3 posts above "cp.txt" , modify it to meet your own vB tables prefix, that script will create the tables needed to use the mod.

If you download the zip file again the script to create the tables will not fail and the installation will succeed.

[NFLfbJunkie]

I finally have this working. Great MOD. One problem. I created an HTML document with some lists, but when I paste the code in to an HTML document, the list formatting is lost.

[MooseMoney]

Originally Posted by ccampo

use the script I provided 3 posts above "cp.txt" , modify it to meet your own vB tables prefix, that script will create the tables needed to use the mod.

If you download the zip file again the script to create the tables will not fail and the installation will succeed.

What am I suppose to do with "cp.txt"?
Please explain slowly and carefully as I am a noob!

[ccampo]

Originally Posted by MooseMoney

What am I suppose to do with "cp.txt"?
Please explain slowly and carefully as I am a noob!

That's just a plain text file with the SQL commands to create the tables, change the table names to match your own table PREFIX and then run those SQL commands on your MySQL database, use phpMyAdmin or similar to run those sentences.

[MooseMoney]

Originally Posted by ccampo

That's just a plain text file with the SQL commands to create the tables, change the table names to match your own table PREFIX and then run those SQL commands on your MySQL database, use phpMyAdmin or similar to run those sentences.

Thank you.
I struggled initially but seem to get it right in the end.

[Crow]

I'm interested in this mod, but I have a few questions if you don't mind?

1.) Will bb codes work on these pages?
2.) What about WOL locations, do they work?

[ccampo]

Originally Posted by Crow

I'm interested in this mod, but I have a few questions if you don't mind?

1.) Will bb codes work on these pages?
2.) What about WOL locations, do they work?

1.) No
2.) No

These are just normal php, html or Text pages which are displayed just like any page on a browser, for bb codes you can just use the equivalent html tag instead.

[Timberwolf]

I have uploaded/imported successfully to the point of getting a tab up and have renamed it. Then when I click on it I get an error message with nothing found for the url.

http://www.seekeroftheway.com/forums/contpages.php

Could you please explain how to use this. I can't find where to create/save files to. If I want more than 1 page under the tab - is that possible?

If only one page allowed, then I assume I can link to other documents.

Please advise where to save and how to save my file (page).

Thanks