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

[m2006]

hi I am asking for advice.

by code I want to have a link with

PHP Code:

<?php 

chdir(public_html/forums); 
require_once('./global.php'); 

$threads = $db->query_read(" 
SELECT title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread 
ORDER by dateline DESC 
LIMIT 0,5 
"); 
while ($thread = $db->fetch_array($threads)) 
{ 
echo $thread['title'] . "<br />"; 
} 
?>

thanks you

[Lynne]

That can't be your full page code. If this isn't about writing a page, then you are in the wrong thread.

[ar15dcm]

I searched includes/function_online.php for this

PHP Code:

    case 'bugs.php':
        $userinfo['activity'] = 'bugs';
        break; 


And it did not exist in my file. I am running 4.2.0 PL3

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by ar15dcm

I searched includes/function_online.php for this

PHP Code:

    case 'bugs.php':
        $userinfo['activity'] = 'bugs';
        break; 


And it did not exist in my file. I am running 4.2.0 PL3

This thread is for vB3, not vB4.

[ar15dcm]

DOH.. Do you have a link for the vb4 version of this?

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by ar15dcm

DOH.. Do you have a link for the vb4 version of this?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228112

[koke]

i have this mss!

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/gamerol/public_html/leaguelegends.com.ar/foro/Livestream.php
Line: 1

when I'm not logged in

[jtorral]

Well, I am looking for a way of just adding the navbarto my own stand alone page. This seems to do the trick but I don't get a navbarwhich uses the template or looks formatted nicely.
have a look here where I am testing

http://www.snoozingonthejob.com/test.php

by the way, i omit the other part of the code because I just want the navbar see below.

Any help would be appreciated.

<?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') . '";');
print $navbar;
?>

[Digital Jedi]

You can't omit anything from the PHP file. You customize how you want the page to look in the template.

[jtorral]

Well I copied the files just like they are in the original post but just get a blank page

i created test2.php and the file TEST. Hate to beat a dead horse but I am clueless at this point

[Digital Jedi]

I just now looked a little more closely at your PHP page and I see what the problem is. This custom page needs to use your custom template. Not your navbar template or any other template. Just the new template you created.

You haven't followed the tutorial exactly. Go back, do exactly as Gary details. Then when you want to edit the look of your page the only thing you change is the template code. This custom page will ALWAYS use your custom template, regardless of what you're trying to put on that page.

[jtorral]

ok. i must be dumb or am missing something. Even if I create the exact files as described in the original post, makes the modes for the newer version of vb, i still get nothing that is formatted.

[Digital Jedi]

Have you successfully made just the default page in the tutorial first? Before trying to make any changes?

[jtorral]

Thats just it. I try to mimic the exact code in the example on the tutorial. Two files a test.php and a TEST template file. Using those I get nothing back

[Digital Jedi]

Remember that the template needs to exist in the style you're using, and every style you plan on using it with. Otherwise, all you'll get is a blank page when that skin has no template for it.