Add-On Releases - Custom Pages in vBulletin - PHP, HTML CSS, the works

Im not 100% sure where to add this, this is not a product, it is a work around the template system (only uses the template system for grabbing any template you want and displaying it in this page)
To use this addon, make a new file "page.php" in your forum root (if you want it in another directory you will need to edit a few lines in the code, not a big deal though). Paste the below code into the page.php and save. Run http://www.site.com/forum/page.php
Here is the code.

PHP Code:

<?php
/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # vBulletin 4.0.8
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # Copyright ?2000-2010 vBulletin Solutions Inc. All Rights Reserved. ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # ||
|| # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # ||
|| # http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/

/**
 * If you want to move this file to the root of your website, change this
 * line to your vBulletin directory and uncomment it (delete the //).
 *
 * For example, if vBulletin is installed in '/forum' the line should
 * state:
 *
 *    define('VB_RELATIVE_PATH', 'forum');
 *
 * Note: You may need to change the cookie path of your vBulletin
 * installation to enable your users to log in at the root of your website.
 * If you move this file to the root of your website then you should ensure
 * the cookie path is set to '/'.
 *
 * See 'Admin Control Panel
 *    ->Cookies and HTTP Header Options
 *      ->Path to Save Cookies
 */

//define('VB_RELATIVE_PATH', 'forums');


// Do not edit.
if (defined('VB_RELATIVE_PATH'))
{
    chdir('./' . VB_RELATIVE_PATH);
}


/**
 * You can choose the default script here.  Uncomment the appropriate line
 * to set the default script.  Note: Only uncomment one of these, you must
 * add // to comment out the script(s) that you DO NOT want to use as your
 * default script.
 *
 * You can choose the default script even if you do not plan to move this
 * file to the root of your website.
 */



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

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS ####################### 

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'home');     // change this so you can use other conditionals like "THIS_PAGE" != "home" etc.. in other, real templates.
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', false);   // turn on for token layer security


// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ###################### 

// cache any templates you want  to use for this mod .

// get special phrase groups 
$phrasegroups = array(); 

// get special data templates from the datastore 
$specialtemplates = array(); 

// pre-cache templates used by all actions 
$globaltemplates = array('', 
); 

// 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 ############################ 
// ####################################################################### 

//This appears in your breadcrumbs navigation.

$navbits = construct_navbits(array('' => 'Welcome to animeFans.tv. No fancy "we\'re the best, we\'re #1, you judge this site your self by browsing our forums below :D')); 
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits); 

// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE ##### 
//appears in the <title> tags in the head
$pagetitle = 'animeFans Home'; 

// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ###### 

// register your templates

$templater = vB_Template::create('TEST'); 
$templater->register_page_templates(); 
$templater->register('header', $header); 
$templater->register('headinclude', $headinclude); 
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar); 
$templater->register('footer', $footer); 
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle); 
// 
//important variables, already queried and ready to use
$userid            =    $vbulletin->userinfo[userid];
$username        =    $vbulletin->userinfo[username];
$usergroup        =    $vbulletin->userinfo[usergroupid];
$avatarrevision =    $vbulletin->userinfo[avatarrevision];
//

// your own custom head and css files
echo '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html dir="ltr" lang="en"> <head> 
'.$headinclude.' 
 <title>'.$pagetitle.'</title>  
   <link href="clientscript/animefans/rpg.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> 
  <style type="text/css"> 
<!-- 
.advertisement {display: none !important} 
--> 
</style> 

 </head> <body> '; 
 // output templates
echo $header, $navbar; 
//content here 

echo 'you can do queries, loops, anything you want here';
//footer, close everything 
echo $footer; 
echo '</body></html>';
/*======================================================================*\
|| ####################################################################
|| # Downloaded: 16:53, Mon Nov 8th 2010
|| # CVS: $RCSfile$ - $Revision: 35749 $
|| ####################################################################
\*======================================================================*/

?>

Please note that you can use the switch() to loop through conditions so that you can have one page for a whole custom mod. example:

PHP Code:

switch($do){
case "register":
echo 'registration form';
break;
case "member":
echo 'member details';
break;
default;
echo 'something here if $do is empty';
} 


and access it like
www.site.com/page.php?do=register //registration
www.site.com/page.php?do=member // member page
www.site.com/page.php?do=fgdgf // nonsense will be directed to the default; in the switch

www.site.com/page.php // empty $do will be directed to the default; in the switch

I know this is not the the best way to use vb, and has some security risks when csrf protection is off but its a great way to get used to vbulletin.

Benefits:

• Automatically adjusted to suite any skin when a user switches, no extra coding needed
• Simple and easy
• can access other databases
• can use any php function available to your server
• can access ALL of vbulletin's functions and classes.
• can use any html tag
• can use any css file and selector
• canuse any amount of javascript
• no messy plugins and settings to sort through.
• have full access to all vbulletin's plugins, classes, templates and much more!!!

Downsides

• requires small amounts of php/html/css knowledge.

CHANGELOG:

• Fixed some minor bugs - 12/3/2010
  
  
• New error found - 11/29/2.10
  http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/proje...?issueid=37110
  
  Although this mod does not affect your forum in a visible way, caching probably wont work, il update this when i have a workaround for it

[SpiritOf76]

Thank you very much. This is incredibly useful to a newbie like myself.

[DarKNull]

I'm getting this design error after installing.

[gibigbig]

Originally Posted by SpiritOf76

Thank you very much. This is incredibly useful to a newbie like myself.

not a problem i originally made it because im a noob at making vb products myself, so i came up with a way to NOT use the template system (which is very limiting) and NOT have to sieve through messy products and xml etc..

I also have a 3.6 - 3.8 version available

Originally Posted by DarKNull

I'm getting this design error after installing.

send me your forum link, i need to look at your code if i can assist you.
it looks a css file is missing though

[gibigbig]

changelog added

[Lestat_]

this is 100% exactly what I needed !!! thank you mate

[Zoul]

Hello
to version 4.2.1 it works
the only problem is it does not take into account the "aditionnal.css" file

can tell you how to include it.

In addition, losque I add a VB variable, this plant page.
Basically I would like to create a login page in this principle:



here is my code (retrieved during a connection error, wrong username or pass):

        <div class="standard_error">
            <form class="block vbform"  method="post" action="login.php?do=login" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, {vb:raw show.nopasswordempty})">
                <h2 class="blockhead">Message de connexion vBulletin</h2>

                <input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />
                <input type="hidden" name="url" value="{vb:raw scriptpath}" />
                <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
                <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />
                {vb:raw postvars}
                <input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionhash}" />
                <input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
                <div class="blockbody formcontrols">
                    
                    <h3 class="blocksubhead">{vb:rawphrase not_logged_no_permission}</h3>
                    <div class="blockrow restore">Vous etes sur le point de vous connecter a GFX-Art. Mot de passe oubli? ? Cliquez <a href="http://www.gfx-art.fr/forum/login.php?do=lostpw"><b>ICI</b></a>!
                            </div>
                    <vb:if condition="$show['register_message']">
                    <p class="blockrow">{vb:rawphrase admin_required_register, {vb:raw session.sessionurl}}</p>
                    </vb:if>
                    
                    <h3 class="blocksubhead">{vb:rawphrase log_in}</h3>        
                    <div class="blockrow">
                        <label for="vb_login_username">{vb:rawphrase username}:</label>
                        <input type="text" class="primary textbox" id="vb_login_username" name="vb_login_username" accesskey="u" tabindex="1" />
                    </div>
                    <div class="blockrow">            
                        <label for="vb_login_password">{vb:rawphrase password}:</label>
                        <input type="password" class="primary textbox" id="vb_login_password" name="vb_login_password" tabindex="1" />
                    </div>
                    <div class="blockrow singlecheck">
                        <label for="cb_cookieuser"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" id="cb_cookieuser" value="1" tabindex="1" /> {vb:rawphrase remember_me}</label>
                    </div>
                    
                </div>
                <div class="blockfoot actionbuttons">
                    <div class="group">
                        <input type="submit" class="button" value="{vb:rawphrase log_in}" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
                        <input type="reset" class="button" value="{vb:rawphrase reset_fields}" accesskey="r" tabindex="1" />
                    </div>
                </div>
            </form>
        </div>

If you have another solution, I'm interested

thank you

[final kaoss]

This is the defacto guide for making custom pages for vbulletin.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228112
You're welcome.

[Zoul]

thank you very much

I think I have managed to create a login page for my navbar
http://www.gfx-art.fr/forum/connect.php

[Zoul]

hello
I just have a quick question

When I connect this new page, I am redirected to the same page.
Is it possible that I am recognized as connected, I am redirected to the forum index?