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[HOW TO - vB4] Create your own vBulletin page
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 |
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I've added a new page, no problem. What do I need to do to be able to display custom profile fields on this new page?
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You probably need to run a query and then you need to assign variable names to the results, register them for use in the template, and then enter/format them into your template.
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I've got this as my HTML page :
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{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">Page not found</h2> <div class="blockbody"> <div class="blockrow"> <h1> OOOPs </h1> <h2> You've either made a typo, or tried to find a page that doesn't exist! </br> Now you have a choice, you can either look at this all day. Or click <a href="http://www.primodoux.com/index.php"><span style =color:Red><h1>HERE</h1></span></a> to take you back to the index page. <br/> <br/> </div> </div> {vb:raw footer} </body> </html> 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('notfound', ); // 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('' => 'notfound')); $navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits); // ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE ##### $pagetitle = 'Page not found'; // ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ###### $templater = vB_Template::create('notfound'); $templater->register_page_templates(); $templater->register('navbar', $navbar); $templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle); print_output($templater->render()); ?> {vb:stylevar htmldoctype} {vb:raw headinclude} {vb:raw headinclude_bottom} {vb:raw header} {vb:raw navbar} {vb:raw pagetitle} Page not found OOOPs You've either made a typo, or tried to find a page that doesn't exist! Now you have a choice, you can either look at this all day. Or click HERE to take you back to the index page. {vb:raw footer} I think I need some help. I'm using 4.2.1 if thats any help, and I'm trying to create a friendly 404 redirect page TIA |
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At first glance, at least one instance of "test" was not changed to your template name in your PHP code.
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Fixed that one but still not working --------------- Added [DATE]1372097097[/DATE] at [TIME]1372097097[/TIME] --------------- All the directories/files are uploaded to the root ie : public_html is my root directory |
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Can we get a link to view the problem?
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You saved the template in the Style Manager, right? You didn't think we were talking about a Dreamweaver template hopefully.
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