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cbiweb · #1 11-30-2009, 11:57 AM

I followed the directions in [How-To] vBulletin API Basics: Creating Custom Pages & Misc., and got only a blank page. And yes, I did create a new template in Style Manager.

To make it easier for testing purposes, I didn't change anything in the script provided. I created the page called test.php, as it said to do, and created two templates called test_mytesttemplate1 and test_mytesttemplate22 (because that was in the script as well).
And I did try it with only test_mytesttemplate1, taking the reference to the other template out of the script.

All I get is a blank page. This is on a 3.8.1 forum.

Here is the exact code I am using:

For the page called test.php I'm using this code:

PHP Code:


			
<?php

// ######################## SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// ##################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
// change the line below to the actual filename without ".php" extention.
// the reason for using actual filename without extention as a value of this constant is to ensure uniqueness of the value throughout every PHP file of any given vBulletin installation.

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'test'); 

// #################### 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(
        // change the lines below to the list of actual templates used in the script
        'test_mytesttemplate1',
        'test_mytesttemplate22',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array();

// ########################## REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// #################### HARD CODE JAVASCRIPT PATHS ########################
//$headinclude = str_replace('clientscript', $vbulletin->options['bburl'] . '/clientscript', $headinclude);

// ########################################################################
// ######################### START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ########################################################################

$navbits = array(); 
// change the line below to contain whatever you want to show in the navbar (title of your custom page)
$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');

// change the line below to contain the name of the actual main output template used in your script
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('test_mytesttemplate1') . '");');

?>

For both templates (test_mytesttemplate1 and test_mytesttemplate22) I'm using this code:

HTML Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
</head>
<body>

$header
$navbar

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">My Custom Page Title</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">Other Bluff...</td>
</tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

Lynne · #2 11-30-2009, 01:30 PM

Did you check your error_logs (or put ini_set("display_errors", true); in your config.php page to display errors)? Also, did you add your template into the style you are currently using on the site (no template in that style means blank page)?

cbiweb · #3 11-30-2009, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynne

...did you add your template into the style you are currently using on the site (no template in that style means blank page)?

That was the problem right there, thanks Lynne. The client had a customized style named Default Style, and the same customizations in Style 2, which confused the issue. All good now.

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