How To New Pages in vb style

[tomp]

Ok ive seen that alot of people have been asking how to create new pages with the vbulletin style on them like i have used on forum.imaedia.com for the link/games etc pages, so ive decided to write this to tell everyone how to do it

Ok i usualy start by creating a basic template in the admin cp that i will use for all the pages that im going to add.

log into your admin cp go to styles and templates then go to the style manager and expand the style that you are currently using on the right of the page you will see a drop down menu, select add new template from it and then you need to name it

for this example im naming mine : "test"

now we need to create a very basic html template to go in this template:

because im doing this quickly i just added any css i wanted to use onto this page instad of using the vbulletin css styles

ok so put the following into your temoplate and change the parts that say page name and page content to suit your needs :)



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save the template.

The next step is to create the php file that will call the template,

Here is the code i used, to incldue the naviation and header/footer



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rite now save that as a .php file, and upload it into your vbulletin root directory

then go to yourforumurl/pagename.php and you got yourself a non vb page with vb template on it

hope that helps post any questions, i prolli missed something or done something totaly wrong but hehe just trying to help :P

[Ryan Ashbrook]

Nice job, but I don't like the way you coded the PHP file, looks like you just threw it in there, un-organized so to speak.

But still good job. ^_^

[MrNase]

replace TEMPLATENAME with your template's name :) (it's 2 times on this file)



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[tomp]

yea thats better hehe, alot nicer organised

[MrNase]

That's why i posted it ;)

Kier and his team made an amazing job in commenting all the functions and stuff you can find in that files so let's honor that work and use their comments :)

[tomp]

yea.....ill put that code into the first post aswell :)

[Ryan Ashbrook]

Now that is better! :) Nice job!

[tomp]

thanks, and thanks to MrNase too :)

[hollyboy]

white page seeing this



http://www.interfans.org/forum/rules.php

some of my members don't see this page. They get a white page.
Why?

[JagFan]

Thanks .. I really like this and have started using it!! :)

[tomp]

glad you like it

http://www.interfans.org/forum/rules.php

some of my members don't see this page. They get a white page.
Why?

It works fine for me, so i have no idea, sorry

[Arcanum]

Okay but what about coding a .php file to handle more than 1 template?

[Ryan Ashbrook]

white page seeing this



http://www.interfans.org/forum/rules.php

some of my members don't see this page. They get a white page.
Why?
The template must be made on all styles. Your members who see a white are using a style without the template in it.

[moley]

Hi, i dont everything correctly and still i cannot see the page :S it comes up white....
can someone help please.

/moley

[Beermonster]

This looks like the same hack Livewire released on his forum :confused:

[benj.w00t]

how would i go about calling a post on a vbulletin powered page in the template ???

[benj.w00t]

any 1 *bump*

[StevenIsProek]

thanks works

[Mokster]

thanks! very helpful!!!

[Mokster]

actually i am having a problem, only users that are logged in are able to see this page, guests see a white screen with some text... see for yourself :/ http://www.torontogolfnuts.com/links.php

says:
Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home2/golfnuts/public_html/links.php
Line: 1

[Mokster]

bump :)

[TheEnd]

Thanks a bunch.
I did EVERYTHING you said to do, but I get this

roster2.php (http://rec0n.nauticaltech.com/forums/roster2.php)


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The PHP file is located in my /forums/ directory. Is that a problem? I am trying to get a page that I can use HTML on and update about once every week that is linked from my VB Index on VB 3.0.0 RC4. I want all the VB Index stuff surrounding it, but have where normally is news to be a clan roster.

I eventually want to have multipul styles so I don't want to half-*** it.
I attached an image of what i'm trying to do. There might be an easier way. And no, I don't want to have a forum for each page and post the roster in a forum and have VB Index read it. I want to fully HTML whats inside each block (eg. block= roster)

The problem:
roster2.php (http://rec0n.nauticaltech.com/forums/roster2.php)

[TheEnd]

Ok, I got it working now. I copied it wrong. I edited it and it worked. Looks great!

Is there an easy way to get all the VB Index stuff on the side of the pages?

[GetGamer.com]

Is there a way to store my custom .php page in a non-forum directory?

[Tony G]

I don't think so considering all vBulletin data is read within the main directory.

[Motoscene]

I am getting a white page as well. Not sure what I did wrong. I copyed and pasted everything you typed and changed the TEMPLATE NAME to the correct template I have added. Also I created a php file as well. Do I need to change anything else besides TEMPLATE NAME to make this work. Sorry I am very new at this. But edger to learn it. Thanks, Chain

[Jolten]

Is there a way to store my custom .php page in a non-forum directory?

yes.. add

chdir('/server/path/to/forum/directory');

after

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'yourscript');


in the php file.

[Motoscene]

Well I am still having problems with this wo if anyone could help me out that would be great. I go ahead and tell you the way I uploaded it to my site.

First made the template (rules) in my styles. Also when I did that it placed it under custom templates. I sure that is right but one thing is that it is the only templete that looks tabed out????
Rules Template


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And here is the php file that I made with notepad:


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[Jolten]

you don't mention what the problems are.

[Motoscene]

oh sorry the problem is that I still get a white page like the others were getting. I not sure if I did all the code correctly.

[Motoscene]

Nevermind I don't know what I did but I got it to work. And thanks very much for showing me how to do this. I like this "how to". Thanks

[Insert Username]

Nothing like bumping a very old topic...

I've used this tutorial to create a page, and for the most part, it's working. But this part:

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'yourscript');

What does 'yourscript' refer to? I'm not sure what to replace there.

[jbrohan]

Hello just feeling my way too...
I havce an insight and a question...
There are two places in the .php program where you must put the name of your script. If the .php program is calles say "wunderbar.php" then near the top of the program is define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'wunderbar');// note no .php

towards the end of the program you need
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('wunderbar') . '");');

In my case the template is called wunderbar too so that things work.

My question.
I'd like to know the user name in the program wunderbar.php. I've jsut got it working a little.
I have a post with a link to my-forum/wunderbar.php If I click on the link it executes wunderbar.php. wunderbar.php calls the template script wuinderbar. I need some way to get the username in here.

I'd really like to put some dynamic content into the template script. Or perhaps have two templates, a top and a tail, and I'll put in the dynamic content in wunderbar.php.

John

[pablo]

Is there an updated version for 3.6.x ?

[Lott]

Ok I'm stumped

I have put in the php file betaform.php
http://askatech.autorepairdata.com/betaform.php
Modified the base template


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I even installed the supplied template with no modifications.



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And all I get is the white screen of death. I only use the default style on my board. Any help would be great. I really need this to work.

[Opserty]

You need to include global.php from your forum directory...

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[Lott]

You need to include global.php from your forum directory...

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I have tried his the way I understand it, but maybe I am getting this wrong so I will throw in more info. I have been able to get the test pages to work and several live pages that live in the forum folder. But now I really need to put a php page in another folder.

Here is my folderstructure.

/rootfolder/forum

I want a php file to work in

/rootfolder/anotherfolder

So here is the code I am trying to use in my php file in /rootfolder/anotherfolder



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Can anyone spot a typo or syntax error.

Thanks if you can help.

BTW, I have dropped a straight HTML file in /rootfolder/anotherfolder and that works fine. The php files gives me a white screen and when I view the source all I see are the default html structure tags.

[Opserty]

Try:


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Notice the two dots, else try:


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[petteyg359]

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In your template, you then put



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You can use whatever you want to in your template, but these will at least give you a working start and shows where your code should actually be placed. If your post was the actual code you were using, seems like you had a few things out of order. You don't necessarily need anything at all in the "YOUR PHP CODE" section if you don't want to set any custom data, but you need the rest of the file.

If the code you posted is what you're actually using, you need to change the DEFINE 'yourscript' to the name of the PHP file, minus the .php extension.

[Never2Day]

I have no idea how to do this sorry I have managed to do the first part but the second code i have no idea what to do with where to put it or what i should do cause when i did put it onto a blank page i got errors.

[Bilderback]

Okay but what about coding a .php file to handle more than 1 template?
In order to use a single php file for multiple templates, you would use url variations using $_GET.
If your main page was information.php you would have to write multiple request methods such as:
information.php?do=main
information.php?do=contact
information.php?do=about

You would create your templates and put them all into the $globaltemplates array() like
$globaltemplates = array(
'main',
'contact',
'about'
);
When working with multiple templates, I do advise to use some prefix such as info_ or something.
Then you setup your php file to handle the requests.


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Its a bit complex and hard for me to explain in a spur of the moment forum post,
but basically, you have to handle the code for your different url requests, then
write the different eval() to fetch the templates within those requests.
I suggest looking into the code of a product that uses multiple urls to get a better understanding.

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I have no idea how to do this sorry I have managed to do the first part but the second code i have no idea what to do with where to put it or what i should do cause when i did put it onto a blank page i got errors.
Your created template may contain anything you wish, even if its a simple <b>Welcome</b>
But, if you want it to be contained within your forum layout, there are several variables you must call such as $headinclude,$header,$navbar and $footer
This places your content within the vbulletin page.
Simply by pasting the code provided into a new template should work for you.

As far as the PHP file, there are really only two areas you need to edit.
These areas MUST conform to the template name you just created.


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Lets say you create a template named aboutme
You would edit the supplied php code in this thread to:


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within the php file.
Save the file as aboutme.php and upload to your forum root so when people
visit www.yoursite.com/forum/aboutme.php
it will display the contents of the template you created.

If you need assistance with a simple page, contact me.

I'd like to add that sometimes the forumjump menu does not work on pages
in which case you need to add


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above eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');

Also, if you would like to have the name appear in the navbar when viewing the page,use


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above eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');