How to create your own vBulletin-powered page! (uses vB templates)

[ForumsMods]

PHP Code:

<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'googlesearch'); // 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(
    'googlesearch',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(

);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Searching google';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('googlesearch') . '");');

?>

[ragtek]

u are not using the googlesearch template

PHP Code:

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");'); 


should be

PHP Code:

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('googlesearch') . '");'); 


[se_p800]

Oh thanks very much guys I fixed the problem now Thanks once again!

[DeanoUK]

Maybe I've missed the answer to this in the previous 58(!) pages, but how do I get the footer to work in the new page?

The footer is there, but the usual 'whos online' etc info isn't. This would be nice to see.

Cheers in advance.

[amcd]

who's online is not part of the footer.

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by DeanoUK

Maybe I've missed the answer to this in the previous 58(!) pages, but how do I get the footer to work in the new page?

The footer is there, but the usual 'whos online' etc info isn't. This would be nice to see.

Cheers in advance.

Do you mean whos online or currently active users? If the later..... Adding Currently Active Users to your own vB page

[jerx]

I am trying to integrate coppermine gallery into vbulletin. Coppermine allows to include a custom header and footer. You can use html or php files for your custom header and footer.

I already tried it, but it does not seem to work. One problem is that the gallery is called from a sub directory (/forumroot/gallery). If I copy the needed vb files to the gallery directory, I get this error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function query_first_slave() on a non-object in /gallery/includes/functions.php on line 1310

Would it be possible to solve the problem? If not, are there any other possibilities to include vb' s header and footer into coppermine gallery?

[Lynne]

Do not copy the vb files to another folder because very often they call other vb files and won't be able to find them. Do a chdir, as mentioned already, in order to change to the vb forums directory and include them.

[jerx]

Thanks, now I can run the file from within the gallery file without copying vb files to the gallery directory. But I still get the error I posted above, when I try to include the file in coppermine. The file executes fine when I run it stand alone.

[Tanpapasmurf]

OK, I have it working but the page comes up completly white.

I replaced TEST with my style name, and test with my navbar display, and test page with Home.php

My template is called Home

I copied and pasted everything that was said to be coppied into everything but it still comes up white, Any suggestions?

--------------- Added [DATE]1225161376[/DATE] at [TIME]1225161376[/TIME] ---------------

Found my issue, Sorry

[Chunky Monkey]

Hi,

With regular forums, the breadcrumbs look like this:

Site Name > Category Name > Top Level Forum Name
-Subforum Name

I see you can change

$navbits[$parent] = 'My custom page';

so that it appears

Site Name
- My custom page

How can I do something like this

Site Name > My Custom Application
- Custom page in my custom application

Where "My Custom Application" is a link that takes you back to the custom page's main page, just like how when viewing forums the link might take you back to a category or top level forum?

That is, how can I add a "breadcrumb" to that first row? How would I add two, if necessary?

Site Name > My Custom Application > Specific Functionality
- Custom page for specific functionality in my application

Thank you!

[Chunky Monkey]

I figure it out. For anyone interested, you simply add items to the navbits array in the order you want them to appear, specifying the url of any link as the array key and the text to display as the value.

Another question I have, though, is how to pass a meta description tag that is dynamically generated via the php script? Right now it appears to be using the forum's default meta description tag.

Thanks!

[JamesAB]

Would a custom page still get displayed correctly if the forums are turned off?

I'm thinking of using this method to create a custom 404 error page that would perfectly match our forum's design, but I would need the page to work when the forums are both on & off.

Thanks,
James

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by JamesAB

Would a custom page still get displayed correctly if the forums are turned off?

I'm thinking of using this method to create a custom 404 error page that would perfectly match our forum's design, but I would need the page to work when the forums are both on & off.

Thanks,
James

As far as I know, vB powered pages will always be blocked out with the Forum Closed message.

[ragtek]

Not if you make this:

PHP Code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'yourscript)
{
    $vbulletin->options['bbactive'] = true;
    $vbulletin->options['banning'] = false;
    $servertoobusy = 0;
    $vbulletin->userinfo['permissions']['forumpermissions'] |= $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview'];
}