Creating a page?

[Michael]

Is there any documentation on how to create a page? Thank you.

 

[Handyman]

Just enter the page name in that field, e.g. myfirstpage, test, mypage, team, etc.

Whoops, thanks that worked.

 

[feldon30]

Might be best to rename URL Portion to URL Stub.

 

[bambua]

Okay I have done that and its allowed me to save but when I use php within the template it isnt working, or at least it appears it isnt.

All I am using is this:

<div class="baseHtml messageText">
<?php
require("/home/xxx/public_html/myfile.php");
?>
</div>

Any ideas on how to get it to work?

Did you ever get this working? After Brogan's post it sounded like it was possible. Or do we need to use the PHP Callback functionality.

 

[Michael]

Unfortunately thats where I gave up and I havent a clue if it should work or not, I did try changing the path to the file so it was just /myfile.php and myfile.php without any luck. Seems like php doesnt work directly within the pages nodes.

 

[Jethro]

Redownload XenForo dustribution and reupload the files. It was a bug fixed in first few hours.

Thanks for that, have been fighting with the issue this morning.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

How do y0u get the menu to show children, without the children also showing on the forum home node list? If you untick "display in node list" on the child page, then you remove it from the main page navigation structure. So how do you build a page structure, ie. FAQ's or such, without each page showing on the home forum?

 

[Boothby]

Okay I have done that and its allowed me to save but when I use php within the template it isnt working, or at least it appears it isnt.

All I am using is this:

<div class="baseHtml messageText">
<?php
require("/home/xxx/public_html/myfile.php");
?>
</div>

Any ideas on how to get it to work?

As you might expect that will not work.

Ok, into the the Template HTML-field you write:

<div class="baseHtml messageText">

{xen:raw $myContent}

</div>

You have to set a PHP callback class and method

class-name: XenForo_Pages_Test

method-name: includeFile

When naming the class you should keep the xenforo folder structure in mind.

Now you have to create a php-file <xenforo>/library/XenForo/Pages/Test.php. The sub-folder Pages does not exists by default, so you have to create it first. The file/path and the clase-name must match or you will end up in an error.

The php-file content:

<?php
class XenForo_Pages_Test
{
     public static function includeFile(XenForo_ControllerPublic_Abstract  $controller, XenForo_ControllerResponse_Abstract &$response)
    {
        ob_start();
        require('/path/to/your/html/file.html');
        $myContent = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();

        $params = array(
            'myContent'  => $myContent
        );

        $response->params = array_merge(
            $response->params,
            $params
        );
    }
}

That example is quite simple, you can easily assign more variables to the $params-array or include php-files with even more vars. :-D

Edit: Added <?php to the code example.

 

[bambua]

Amazing! Thanks for this, it will help a lot.

 

[bambua]

Excellent and thank you again, I was just able to get this running within the addon folder I'm working on and it worked great!

 

[Michael]

As you might expect that will not work.

Ok, into the the Template HTML-field you write:

<div class="baseHtml messageText">

{xen:raw $myContent}

</div>

You have to set a PHP callback class and method

class-name: XenForo_Pages_Test

method-name: includeFile

When naming the class you should keep the xenforo folder structure in mind.

Now you have to create a php-file <xenforo>/library/XenForo/Pages/Test.php. The sub-folder Pages does not exists by default, so you have to create it first. The file/path and the clase-name must match or you will end up in an error.

The php-file content:

class XenForo_Pages_Test
{
     public static function includeFile(XenForo_ControllerPublic_Abstract  $controller, XenForo_ControllerResponse_Abstract &$response)
    {
        ob_start();
        require('/path/to/your/html/file.html');
        $myContent = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();

        $params = array(
            'myContent'  => $myContent
        );

        $response->params = array_merge(
            $response->params,
            $params
        );
    }
}

That example is quite simple, you can easily assign more variables to the $params-array or include php-files with even more vars. :-D

Thanks so much for this, I am really looking forward to trying this out

Just tried it there, the callback method is apparently incorrect. I get this when saving it:

Please enter a valid callback method.

 

[Boothby]

It should work, but I can't exactly remember what I did in what order. So please, create first the php-file Test.php with its content and second save the settings in ACP. And dont forget the <?php at the beginning of the file. I will add that in my post, too.

 

[Rene]

And dont forget the <?php at the beginning of the file. I will add that in my post, too.

You then might want to add a ?> at the end of your posting, too.

Anyway, great posting.

 

[Boothby]

You then might want to add a ?> at the end of your posting, too.
Anyway, great posting.

You can do that, but it is not mandatory.

 

[Michael]

Thanks, its now working wonderfully I had to create the php file first otherwise it will not save.

 

[ragtek]

Thanks, its now working wonderfully I had to create the php file first otherwise it will not save.

Yes the class and method have to exist. It's the same as with the Code Event Listeners

 

[erich37]

I would like to create a page very similar to the default one named "Terms and Rules", saying I would like to create a page for the "Imprint".

I want to have this page in the "Help" section, the same as we have for "Terms and Rules".
domain.com/help/imprint


How do I get my "imprint page" into the Footer of the website, just next to the link of "Terms and Rules" ?


Many thanks,

 

[Peggy]

I would like to create a page very similar to the default one named "Terms and Rules", saying I would like to create a page for the "Imprint".

I want to have this page in the "Help" section, the same as we have for "Terms and Rules".
domain.com/help/imprint


How do I get my "imprint page" into the Footer of the website, just next to the link of "Terms and Rules" ?


Many thanks,

GOOD question. I'll be interested in the answer for this as well.

 

[Paul B]

How do I get my "imprint page" into the Footer of the website, just next to the link of "Terms and Rules" ?
Many thanks,

You need to edit the footer template and add your page url to it.

<div class="footerLegal">
	<div class="pageWidth">
		<div class="pageContent">
			<div id="copyright">{xen:phrase xenforo_copyright}</div>

			<ul id="legal">
				<xen:if is="{$tosUrl}"><li><a href="{$tosUrl}">{xen:phrase terms_and_rules}</a></li></xen:if>
				<xen:if is="{$xenOptions.privacyPolicyUrl}"><li><a href="{$xenOptions.privacyPolicyUrl}">{xen:phrase privacy_policy}</a></li></xen:if>
			</ul>
		</div>
	</div>	
</div>

 

[Peggy]

But he wants his page in the HELP section, not in Pages. How does he do that?

 

[erich37]

thanks Brogan, but how do you get a new page under the "Help"-tree ?