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gritter55 · #1 10-28-2009, 02:47 PM

I have been asked to develop a homepage for a established vB site. The design I was given is very different than the style of the vB site and won't work with a template modification. The style of the vB site itself is not to be changed.

I am looking to develop the page external to vB but still be able to allow the user to log-in to the vB site from the homepage and call some other basic homepage-type vB functionary. So far I have gotten as far as querying the database, like I would any mysql database.

Has anyone done this? Is it possible? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Lynne · #2 10-28-2009, 03:33 PM

Takea look at these - How to create your own vBulletin-powered page! (uses vB templates) or [How-To] vBulletin API Basics: Creating Custom Pages & Misc. That will give you a basic php page that you can then add whatever you want into it. You may create a basic template and not include the $header or $navbar etc and just put your own html in there. You can steal the login code from the navbar template and put it in there.

gritter55 · #3 10-28-2009, 07:02 PM

Thanks, Lynne! The API Basics article looks like just what I am looking for.

If anyone else has anything similar, please reply. I can never have too much help.

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