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Want to create your very own vBulletin powered page which includes the header, footer, and the user permissions system as well?

Well now you can

Want to know how it will look? Take a look at the attached screenshot below!

Now includes the Who's Online modification!
Also, instructions included on how to create your own pages that are integrated with current vBulletin files!

I'm going to give you a generic page but you can easily modify the contents of the page by changing the template

So here we go

Instructions:

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):
PHP Code:
<?php

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

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); // 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 ############################
require_once('./global.php');

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

$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

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

?>
Be sure to change 'TEST' to the actual template name, and change 'test' to the filename. Also, change 'Test Page' to whatever you want to show in the navbar, such as 'Viewing Member Profile' (just an example).

Now create the template, called TEST with the following content:
HTML Code:
$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header

$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
    <td class="tcat">Title</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="alt1">Text</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>
All done
Now check it out by going to test.php

Who's Online Modification

Now if you want to show who is browsing this new page of yours, just open up includes/functions_online.php and find:
PHP Code:
    case 'bugs.php':
        $userinfo['activity'] = 'bugs';
        break; 
Below, add:
PHP Code:
    case 'test.php':
        $userinfo['activity'] = 'test';
        break; 
(Be sure to change the values to your own!)

Then find:
PHP Code:
        case 'modcplogin':
            $userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['moderator_control_panel_login'];
            break; 
Below add:
PHP Code:
        case 'test':
            $userinfo['action'] = 'Viewing Test Page';
            break; 
All done!

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Also if you want to create your own pages 'within' current vBulletin files, do the following:

Open the file you want, and then right before the final ?> in the source code, add the following:

PHP Code:
if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'xxx')
{
    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEMPLATE_XXX') . '");');
} 
Replace 'xxx' with whatever you want ?do= in the query string to be (for example, replace 'xxx' with 'showprofile' so then someone would type in example.php?do=showprofile to view this template.) Then of course, change TEMPLATE_XXX to your template name, it's that simple!


edit by Lynne: If running 3.8.4 or above, see this post to take care of the PHP 5.3.0-related problems - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1171
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can someone help me out here?

I don't seem to understand what to do... I want the page to appear on stylepreview.php, and the other codes be on stylepreview-codes.php.

I really don't understand what to edit though... Could someone help me?
Need a little more info on what your trying to accomplish. Have you successfully created a test page yet? You should really do that first to make sure you understand how to create the pages before you try to do any customization.
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Have MSN mate?

I could use some assistance.

edit: I think I get it! Just a second.
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Can someone help me please?I did all the things: create test.php file,paste codes,create template,and when I navigate to test.php,the browser thows me a total blank page.It seems some setting is preventing the custom page using vbb resources.

--------------- Added [DATE]1231687664[/DATE] at [TIME]1231687664[/TIME] ---------------

ok now I get the point:the script hangs on "eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");'); ",when I replace it with other (like "echo xxyy;"),the output is ok. any idea?

--------------- Added [DATE]1231688376[/DATE] at [TIME]1231688376[/TIME] ---------------

I test "eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");'); " in index.php, it works... So it seems I cant use custom php file with vbb system. how can I solve this?
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Can someone help me please?I did all the things: create test.php file,paste codes,create template,and when I navigate to test.php,the browser thows me a total blank page.It seems some setting is preventing the custom page using vbb resources.

--------------- Added [DATE]1231687664[/DATE] at [TIME]1231687664[/TIME] ---------------

ok now I get the point:the script hangs on "eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");'); ",when I replace it with other (like "echo xxyy;"),the output is ok. any idea?

--------------- Added [DATE]1231688376[/DATE] at [TIME]1231688376[/TIME] ---------------

I test "eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('TEST') . '");'); " in index.php, it works... So it seems I cant use custom php file with vbb system. how can I solve this?
It sound like you possibly have not match the upper or lower case with the text file or not created the style template correctly. Check all the test names.
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You may want to make a thread in the Programming Discussions group and post your php code and template code and then we can help you figure out what is wrong.
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You may want to make a thread in the Programming Discussions group and post your php code and template code and then we can help you figure out what is wrong.
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You may want to make a thread in the Programming Discussions group and post your php code and template code and then we can help you figure out what is wrong.
thanks, I'll post there, but all I have done is copy the article's code into my own file.and the template works fine in index.php, it just wont work in test.php.

the thread:https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201452
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Ah, I was having the same problem. The solution for me was to make sure the template name was lower case. I had it as upper case, which didn't work!
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The template name is case sensitive, so if you don't use caps for the template name in the PHP file and don't use it for the name of the actual template, or vice-versa, then the template won't be called.
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I am sure this is simple but what am I missing here??

Code:
Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/svtcobra/public_html/test.php on line 32

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/svtcobra/public_html/test.php on line 32
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Have you created the file in an other folder?

If yes, you have to make this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ir#post1692069
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I created a php file called test.php with coding above - Added a template called TEST with coding above.

But I am getting an error message. Is there something else I need to be doing?
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what is the error message?
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Its 3 posts above yours
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It says no such file or directory for global.php. Is global in the same folder that test is in?
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