Portal Software - WebTemplates 3.7.x: VB Integrated CMS (Content Management System)

(This hack is for vb version 3.7.x & 3.8.x ONLY. For vb 3.6.x, 3.5.x, 3.0.x and 2.x 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.

VB4 version Update (9.9.2010): Please find 4.x version of WebTemplates4.x in its own thread.


WEBTEMPLATES 3.7.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:
(Some 3.5 and some are 3.0 versions but WebTemplate look and feel didn't change much so both 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://www3.fertilethoughts.com/forums/view.php?pg=acronyms
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)

3.5 version Admin CP screenshot attached to this post. 3.0.x screenshots (here and here) also still applies for this version.

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..

About this 3.7.xx Version: This 3.7.xx version is same as previous 3.6.x version. 3.6.x version was already working in vbulletin 3.7.x except a few minor bugs and these bugs are fixed in this version to make it dedicated solely to vbulletin 3.7.x. Please see "what's new" in the next post for more details.

Version Updates:
29.July.2008 - > Version 3.7.00
* Hack 3.7.00 is released.

[Neutral Singh]

Originally Posted by Logician

Please find vb4.x version of WebTemplates hack in the attached file.

I'm releasing this as a BETA release for users who are waiting it for a long time (Thank you for your patience BTW!). It is FULLY complete (no missing sections at all etc.), yet not tested very long. So if you run into any bugs etc. please let me know and I'll check it out. After we tested it for a few weeks with the community, I'm going to release it in its own dedicated thread.

Usage, look, functionality etc. are all same with 3.x version, still, please let me know if you have any questions (BTW. new user manual revised for this version is also included in the ZIP file).

Fresh installation and upgrade from 3.x version is same for everybody and I believe installation/upgrade is quite simple as always. You can find more info in ZIP file.

You are my Hero! :up:

[Gn_Snake]

Originally Posted by Logician

Please find vb4.x version of WebTemplates hack in the attached file.

I'm releasing this as a BETA release for users who are waiting it for a long time (Thank you for your patience BTW!). It is FULLY complete (no missing sections at all etc.), yet not tested very long. So if you run into any bugs etc. please let me know and I'll check it out. After we tested it for a few weeks with the community, I'm going to release it in its own dedicated thread.

Usage, look, functionality etc. are all same with 3.x version, still, please let me know if you have any questions (BTW. new user manual revised for this version is also included in the ZIP file).

Fresh installation and upgrade from 3.x version is same for everybody and I believe installation/upgrade is quite simple as always. You can find more info in ZIP file.

Thank You Logician for all, your job is magnificent...will install today the release for 4.x :up:

[Drago13]

yeeessss... Bless you Logician... I will donate to you soon.. againg thanks for your hard work in getting this back to us.. And best of all , all my old stuff was still there...

[Deimos]

Originally Posted by Logician

Please find vb4.x version of WebTemplates hack in the attached file.

Seem to upgrade AOK, the templates are still there and editable, but they don't show up when looking at them through the normal method.

I.E - http://www.uoforums.net/view.php?pg=info_forumrules

When I click edit, I can see the text, I save it, but it doesn't show on the page.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by Deimos

Seem to upgrade AOK, the templates are still there and editable, but they don't show up when looking at them through the normal method.

I.E - http://www.uoforums.net/view.php?pg=info_forumrules

When I click edit, I can see the text, I save it, but it doesn't show on the page.

The conditional syntax can be wrong. Try to put the same text into a regular vb template and see if it works. If it gives an error, there must be a problem in template conditionals etc.

If you still can't find it, give me admin cp access and ftp access and I can check it for you.

[kether1]

Thanks for updating this!!

I upgraded with no problem on my test board.

I did have one question though:

At the top of the page in the bar where the title usually is, I am getting this:

Page Visit Log: (name of the template)

Then, under it, I get the actual friendly template name. What is wrong? Is this a setting I need to adjust?

Thanks so much for your good work.

[Logician]

Originally Posted by kether1

Thanks for updating this!!

I upgraded with no problem on my test board.

I did have one question though:

At the top of the page in the bar where the title usually is, I am getting this:

Page Visit Log: (name of the template)

Then, under it, I get the actual friendly template name. What is wrong? Is this a setting I need to adjust?

Thanks so much for your good work.

Sorry, not quite understood. Can you please show me a sample URL?

[kether1]

Originally Posted by Logician

Sorry, not quite understood. Can you please show me a sample URL?

Hi. Since it is my test site, it is not public yet, but maybe this photo will help explain what I am asking about:


Attachment 119960

To restate the question:

When I create a new webtemplate page, there are two boxes at the top of the page. One is for the WebTemplate Name and the next is for the User Friendly Name. After creating the page, when I visit the page, the webtemplate name displays as: Page Visit Log : (WebTemplate Name) not the User Friendly Name. That name displays under in a sub-heading.

I want to know if there is a way to not have the "Page Visit Log :" name and just have the friendly name that people can easily understand?

I hope I made my question more clear. Thanks so much for your help.

[kether1]

I just figured out that this only happens in the Two Column Theme. It appears that

<h2>{vb:rawphrase WT_Page_Visit_Log} : {vb:raw WT.title}</h2>

might be the cause, but will wait to see what you say. Thanks so much.

[inspiration100]

Logician, you are my VB hero. Thank you so bloody much!!