The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy! |
|
|
|||||||
|
[HOW TO - vB4] Create your own vBulletin page
 Lynne
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 41,180
California/Idaho
11-15-2009, 10:00 PM
This is an updated article on how to create your own vbulletin powered page. It's only for use with vB4. This is NOT my work. I'm posting this from another thread where vB Style took the time to write this out. And his work is based on the article by Gary King here - How to create your own vBulletin-powered page! (uses vB templates) Instructions to Create your Own Page: 1. Create the php page: - 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 - WARNING: the template name is CASE SENSITIVE!!!): Code:
<?php
// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test');
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);
// 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 ############################
// if your page is outside of your normal vb forums directory, you should change directories by uncommenting the next line
// chdir ('/path/to/your/forums');
require_once('./global.php');
// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################
$navbits = construct_navbits(array('' => 'Test Page'));
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits);
// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE #####
$pagetitle = 'My Page Title';
// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ######
$templater = vB_Template::create('TEST');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
print_output($templater->render());
?>
2. Create the Template: - If you are in debug mode, create the template in your MASTER STYLE so it shows up in all your styles, otherwise make sure you create the template in the style you are using. If following the page above, call the template TEST (WARNING: the template name is CASE SENSITIVE!!!) with the following content: HTML Code:
{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
<title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle} - {vb:raw pagetitle}</title>
{vb:raw headinclude}
{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}
</head>
<body>
{vb:raw header}
{vb:raw navbar}
<div id="pagetitle">
<h1>{vb:raw pagetitle}</h1>
</div>
<h2 class="blockhead">Title</h2>
<div class="blockbody">
<div class="blockrow">
Text
</div>
</div>
{vb:raw footer}
</body>
</html>
Instructions to Add your Page to the Who's Online List (WOL): Create two plugins using the following hooks. Replace mypage and similar with your information. 1. hook location - online_location_process: Code:
switch ($filename)
{
case 'test.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'mypage';
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.
}
2. hook location online_location_unknown: Code:
switch ($userinfo['activity'])
{
case 'mypage':
$userinfo['where'] = '<a href="test.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars[sessionurl].'">My Page</a>';
$userinfo['action'] = "Viewing My Page";
$handled = true;
break;
// add more cases here if you have more than one custom page. no need for multiple plugins. one plugin can handle all.
}
The colored part in the code above shows what you need to change in the plugins (both reds should be the same and both blues should be the same, whereas green can be whatever you want). Please see this article for help with rendering templates - [vB4] Rendering templates and registering variables - a short guide 
|
|
#942
06-04-2013, 09:57 PM
|
||||
|
||||
Thank you Lynne - we're getting closer now.
Trouble is - its still not quite right. I used this code: Code:
{vb:raw navbar}
<div id="pagetitle" style="width: 1000px; margin-left:auto; margin-right: auto;">
<h1>{vb:raw pagetitle}</h1><br />
</div>
<h2 class="blockhead" style="width: 1000px; margin-left:auto; margin-right: auto;">Title</h2>
<div class="blockbody" style="width: 1000px; margin-left:auto; margin-right: auto;">
<div class="blockrow" style="width: 1000px; margin-left:auto; margin-right: auto;">
|
|
#943
06-04-2013, 10:12 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
You get that because the other classes you are calling (block*) have their own CSS associated with the class.
Code:
<div class="blockbody" style="width: 1000px; margin-left:auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 10px;">
<div class="blockrow">
|
|
#944
06-04-2013, 10:27 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
From what I hear Xenforo isn't too hard to learn either. Probably take me less time. I cant understand why you cant just tell me what to put instead of all this aggravation. I asked a simple question, why cant you just help?
|
|
#945
06-05-2013, 07:35 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
by following the instructions, i successfully created a custom vb page, pull info and display it.
i am intending to create a custom file upload function with this custom page. how can i post the info/data and capture it. i know how to do it in normal php coding but not sure how in vbulletin environment. assuming my custom page is fileupload.php do i post back to the same page (fileupload.php) or another custom page (fileupload2.php) to capture the data? what should be the form url to post to? thanks.
|
|
#946
06-05-2013, 04:29 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
Quote:
|
|
#947
06-06-2013, 01:09 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Hello there;
I have got this page to work just fine, so long as my target page is in the main directory. However, when I moved my page to a new (/imagehosting) directory it will no longer display. What do I need to do to fix this? Thanks, Jack
|
|
#948
06-06-2013, 05:07 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
|
|
#949
06-06-2013, 08:37 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Anyone else have any ideas?
Thanks.
|
|
#950
06-08-2013, 07:37 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
|
|
#951
06-08-2013, 08:33 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
It took someone else 5 minutes to explain it to me. They took the time. http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/tech/test.php
|
 |
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 01:34 AM.