WebTemplates 3.5.x & 3.6.x: VB Integrated CMS (Content Management System)

**Brandon Sheley** · 08-13-2006, 06:37 PM

(This hack is for vb version 3.5.x AND 3.6.x. For vb 3.0.x and 2.x see my profile for relevant threads.)

"WebTemplates" is a vBulletin integrated Content Management System which allows you to create vb integrated "HTML" pages in your vb admin cp very easily. The pages can inherit your vbulletin skin/style, can recognize logged-in user, can be applied permissions per user or usergroup basis, can keep visit logs, hit counts and do many more.

WEBTEMPLATES 3.5.x BASIC FEATURES:

Very Easy Installation : Webtemplates can be installed to your board without modifying even a single vbulletin file. It is coded as an pluggin and supports phrase system for user interfaces.
Apply VB Permissions: You can ban any webtemplate to any user or usergroups easily. So for instance you can design a webtemplate which only members can see while guests can not, or only user A can not see etc.
Page Counter : Each webtemplate has a built-in counter and you can display page count to your visitors and you can edit it or turn it OFF/ON per webtemplate basis.
Visitor Logging&Tracking : You can track certain users' (by usergroup or userid) webtemplate visits to see who visited a webtemplate and when. This is configurable per webtemplate basis.
Site Contributers (Editor) Support : You can grant editing permissions for certain users or usergroups for your webtemplates individually and they will be able to update these webtemplates using their own editor interface. vB's WYSIWYG editor is supported in Editor interface.
Page Browsers & Who is Online Display: Webtemplates can display who is browsing that webtemplate while visitor is reading them (like default forum browse display of vbulletin). Webtemplate visits can also be monitored in who is online page.
Header/Footer Inclusion : Webtemplates can automatically use headers/footers (your default vb header/footer or custom ones)
Help Documents : The script comes with an extensive help document.
Admin Panel in Webtemplates : Your webtemplates can include an "admin panel" displayed to only admins and by using them you can access many details and stats of your page while you are browsing them.
SEO friendly URLs: You can make webtemplate URLs seo friendly in vb settings (Requires apache server).
XML Import/Export : XML Import/Export feature allows you to backup your webtemplates and use other hack users webtemplates in your board.

ADVANCED FEATURES FOR ADVANCED USERS:

Webquery Feature : With advanced "webquery" feature you can create dynamic webtemplates which include database query results. For instance you can easily add "last 10 threads forum X", "most active users list" etc. to your webtemplates with default webqueries that comes with installation or you can create your custom webqueries with basic SQL knowledge.
Multi Parsing : Webtemplates can parse PHP or HTML or TEXT (=smilie/img tags/bbcode parsing like vb posts). This means you can design a page just like vb posts (TEXT parsing), standart HTML (HTML parsing) or even in PHP (PHP parsing).
PHPINCLUDE per webtemplate : Every webtemplate has its own "phpinclude" field which you can run PHP codes before loading the Webtemplate
Theme Support : Webtemplates support "themes" which are parent webtemplates which include child webtemplates in them. For instance if you have 20 similiar pages which uses the same visual look, you can make a single theme for all of them, then just insert their content into this theme. If you change theme later, all 20 pages' visual will change automatically.
Conditionals : Webtemplates supports VB3 template conditionals so you can design webtemplates which change their display under different conditions.
Default variables : You can use/display certain variables in your webtemplates like username of the visitor, visitor email address, last visit time, page creation time, page last edit time, Last visitor name, last visit time etc.

Sample WebTemplates from Our Sites using this hack:
(Some 3.5 and some are 3.0 versions but WebTemplate look and feel didn't change much so both will give you the idea)

http://forum.vbulletinsetup.com/cust...s-clients.html
http://forum.vbulletinsetup.com/cust...ubmission.html
http://forum.vbulletinsetup.com/cust...s-banners.html
http://forum.vbulletinsetup.com/custom-pages-tools.html
http://forum.vbulletinsetup.com/custom-pages-links.html

I'm going to add about 10 pages to the site using this hack, its a great feature

3.5 version Admin CP screenshot attached to this post. 3.0.x screenshots (here and here) also still applies for this version.

If you use the hack, clicking here will make sure you'll know about updates&bug fixes. It will also help me understand how many people is using the hack so please click the install button if you use it. Thank you..

Note in 6.August. 2006 : I've tested Webtemplates with vbulletin 3.6.0 gold version and they are compatible. So this hack released here is both for vb 3.5.x AND 3.6.x

Version Updates:
16.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.01
* Hack released.
16.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.02
* A webquery bug fix for boards which use table_prefix. To upgrade just overwrite hack .php files.
17.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.03
* A minor bug in WOL page fixed. To upgrade overwrite hack .php files + reinstall product XML
17.Dec.2005 - > Version 3.5.04
* A bug fix for edit webtemplate page not remembering webtemplate's showbrowsers setting.To upgrade overwrite hack .php files
16.Jan.2006 - > Version 3.5.05
* A bug fix for boards which has too many usergroups. To upgrade overwrite hack .php files + uninstall product, then reinstall (your existing webtemplates will be intact)

You can download it here

WebTemplates 3.5.x: VB Integrated CMS (Content Management System) - vBulletin.org Forum

**Brandon Sheley** · 08-13-2006, 06:49 PM

This is one of my favorite hacks at vb.org.
you can do So much with this, its unbelievable.
I have some good ideas for this site to do with this great hack

here is the first page I'll be tinkering with

http://forum.vbulletinsetup.com/vb-links.html

**tEChniiQue** · 09-09-2006, 02:30 AM

This is a very nice hack IMO. If you utilize it to it's potential, it can be ver rewarding and beneficial to a community.

**Brandon Sheley** · 11-03-2006, 06:35 AM

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**Logician** · 02-23-2007, 02:40 AM

I'm the author of this hack and I own all rights to it.

I do not remember giving you permission to share this hack in this website.

Please remove it right away!

**Brandon Sheley** · 02-23-2007, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logician

I'm the author of this hack and I own all rights to it.

I do not remember giving you permission to share this hack in this website.

Please remove it right away!

and where exactly am I sharing it ?

I am not hosting the file, I am pointing to vb.org

-Bs

**Logician** · 02-24-2007, 03:39 AM

I'm very sorry for not noticing this!

To my defense I'm really tired of websites which take my work without my permission and release, share and even sell in their own websites. I have dealt literally tens of them and when I see "Download Logician's .... Hack Here" link, I am tired of taking time to register to the site, demand removal and argue with the website owner.

I have busted more than 30 of these websites and frankly speaking, it is the first time I see someone directly and respectfully linking vb.org thread, instead of sharing the hack code itself in his site's thread.

So thanks for your politeness and also please accept my apologies for my post above!

**Brandon Sheley** · 02-24-2007, 08:17 AM

no problem Sir, I fully understand.. I go through several steps on this site to try and prevent piracy. I can understand how you feel when you see ppl posting your hacks without your permission.

Thanks for making such a useful hack

ps.. I set your account up so you can access the whole site, Thanks again for joining

-Bs

**Nzarect** · 02-26-2007, 09:18 AM

I never noticed this over @ Vb.org, but definitely looks like something I can add to my site