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[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 
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#962
07-11-2013, 04:25 AM
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Currently giving a 404, did you give up on it?
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#963
07-19-2013, 07:06 PM
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I have found this discussion very helpful in understanding how vB pages work, but I wonder if anyone has created a similar discussion on how plug-ins .work.
In particular, I think there are lots of variables in the context of all the hooks but I do not know if there is a formalism on how you reference them. Do they need to be declared? Do they need to be registered? In particular, I added a column to the thread table and cannot for the life of me figure out how to load it from any of the new post or edit hooks.
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#964
07-20-2013, 02:26 AM
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You should ask your question in the general forums because that is out-of-scope for this article. (You may want to look through the other articles because this has actually been covered in other articles although some of it may be in vb4 articles.)
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#965
07-20-2013, 02:40 AM
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Thanks Lynne. I knew it was out of scope. I was hoping for a pointer. I cannot seem to generate a tight search query on this site to search articles. They alwasy return hundreds of false positives for me.
I just spent the evening reading code and found some references to query_hooks that may get me going in the right direction.
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#966
07-20-2013, 03:08 PM
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What do I need to do to add breadcrumbs to previous pages that I link to new pages?
For example - Page 1 > Sub Page 2 How do I get Sub Page 2 to breadcrumb back to Page 1?
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#967
07-28-2013, 01:15 AM
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My entire project has come to a catastrophic halt because of this glitch. Would greatly appreciate someone resolving this issue ... Thanks! Jack --------------- Added [DATE]1374980133[/DATE] at [TIME]1374980133[/TIME] --------------- Also, if I want to create a "comments" box (like what's on the blog and articles), what coding do I need to add to these custom pages? Thanks,
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#968
07-31-2013, 01:40 AM
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Do we need to upload the PHP file in order to make the page? Can I just copy the HTML code and paste it in the templet content fileld? also, how to you call templets? I'm visually impaired, so no screen shots please.
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#969
08-01-2013, 01:27 AM
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Yes, you need to upload the php file since that is what calls the template. If you just want a static html page, then you should just create a static .html page, not a .php page.
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#970
08-01-2013, 02:33 AM
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How do I do that? also, where would I go to view the page? If i make a page with the CMS, will it only show up in the CMS? I want to make several pages for my website.
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#971
08-01-2013, 03:32 PM
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CMS pages only show up in the CMS.
If you make a page called test.php, then you would access it in your browser using http://yoursite.com/test.php
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