Displaying HEader / Footer tpl on non phpvms pages

nexiss28 · March 5, 2009, 9:17pm

Hi all

Ok I have phpvms installed and skinned and all running sweet as, I still have alot to do but the core is there and working.

Now my question is I have some pre build php pages built from my last site, how do I get them to use the PHPVMS header and foodter tpl pages so the navigation is sycronised sitewide? what code would I have to add to these pages? or is it just a case of puting a page in its own modual folder and calling it from the navigation by setting up a manual link in core navigation?

please bare in mind I’m no php coder when you give me an answer I can work it out after many hours of sairting blankley at it but no way can I write it.

many thanks

nabeel · March 6, 2009, 12:14am

Hey,

This should be simple to do, in your PHP page you can do this.

This goes at the top of your PHP page (be sure to change the first line to the proper path)

<?php
include '/path/to/core/codon.config.php';
$BaseTemplate = new TemplateSet;

# Load the main skin
$settings_file = SKINS_PATH.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.CURRENT_SKIN . '.php';
if(file_exists($settings_file))
  include $settings_file;

$BaseTemplate->template_path = SKINS_PATH;

$BaseTemplate->Set('title', SITE_NAME);

Template::Set('MODULE_NAV_INC', $NAVBAR);
Template::Set('MODULE_HEAD_INC', $HTMLHead);

$BaseTemplate->ShowTemplate('header.tpl');

flush();
?>

Then where the footer goes:

<?php
$BaseTemplate->ShowTemplate('footer.tpl');
# Force connection close
DB::close();
?>

And you should be set

nexiss · March 10, 2009, 10:54pm

Hi Brilliant it works a treat except, when I am logged in and then go to one of my php pages using the script you supplied it shows the not logged in menu but then if I go to a phpvms page it shows the correct menu, how do I tell the system which pages are public and which are members only.

other than that it works great, thanks

nabeel · March 10, 2009, 11:29pm

Hmm it should automagically do that, have you changed the header file?

nexiss · March 11, 2009, 9:21am

Only to skin it the code is below:

<?php

/**

*

* STOP!!!

*

* Are you editing the crystal skin directly?

* DON’T

*

* Copy and rename the crystal folder. Otherwise it’ll get

* overwritten in an update.

*

* Also, READ THE DOCS

*

* http://www.phpvms.net/docs/skinning

*

*/

?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<head>

<?php

Template::Show(‘core_htmlhead.tpl’);

?>

<!–

body {

background-color: #CEFFCF;

margin-top: 20px;

}

–>

</style></head>

<body>

<?php

Template::Show(‘core_htmlreq.tpl’);

?>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

<?php

Template::Show(‘core_navigation.tpl’);

?>

</ul>

</div></td>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

</table>

and then my page code:

<?php

include ‘core/codon.config.php’;

$BaseTemplate = new TemplateSet;

Load the main skin

$settings_file = SKINS_PATH.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.CURRENT_SKIN . ‘.php’;

if(file_exists($settings_file))

include $settings_file;

$BaseTemplate->template_path = SKINS_PATH;

$BaseTemplate->Set(‘title’, SITE_NAME);

Template::Set(‘MODULE_NAV_INC’, $NAVBAR);

Template::Set(‘MODULE_HEAD_INC’, $HTMLHead);

$BaseTemplate->ShowTemplate(‘header.tpl’);

flush();

?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<head>

<title>Nexiss Air Rules</title>

<!–

.style7 {

font-family: Arial;

font-size: 12px;

}

–>

</style>

<!–

body {

background-color: #CEFFCF;

}

.style11 {font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;}

–>

</style>

</head>

<body>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#6CC171” class=“style11”>General</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#E4F3E6”>Every pilot of Nexiss Air must respect all the rules which are noted here. The Nexiss Air VA has the right to make minor changes to these rules without notice, major changes must be notified to the current pilots.The Nexiss Air VA has the right to implement these minor changes at any time they choose. (f.e. when a staff member notices something due to an abnormal PIREP)</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#6CC171” class=“style11”>1. Pilot Requirments</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td valign=“top” bgcolor=“#E4F3E6”>1. The pilot must have any Flight Simulator.

2. The pilot must use his/her real identity to join the Virtual Airline.

3. The pilot must be able to show professionalism and realism..

4. The pilot must respect all other members and the staff.

5. The pilot is required to read the rules again every month, this is to ensure he/she is aware of all minor changes that appear in the rules.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#6CC171” class=“style11”>2. Transfer of Hours</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#E4F3E6”>1. When a pilot joins, he/she is allowed to take the hours from a previous Virtual Airline with him. This is ONLY valid upon registration.

2. We don’t allow transfer of hours from IVAO or VATSIM.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#6CC171” class=“style11”>3. Inactivity</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#E4F3E6”>1. A pilot must fly at least once every 3 months, otherwise the pilot will be removed without notice.

2. When a pilot is removed, he/she will get a ban of 3 months, after that ban he/she will be able to join again.

3. Exceptions to the “ban rule” (§3.2) can be made, when the pilot meets the following conditions: he/she must have a good motivation and be an active pilot before he/she went inactive.

4. When an exception is made, the pilot will be required to contact us personally and will have to complete his/hers first flight in the first month after he/she rejoined.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#6CC171” class=“style11”>4. Flights</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#B3DDB8” class=“style11”>4.1 General</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#E4F3E6”>1. For each flight, the pilot is required to send in ONE PIREP - no more than one PIREP for a flight is allowed - either with FSAcars or the website (see also §6).

2. If a pirep has been locked, the pirep must be send to flightops within 5 days. In case the pirep has not been send the pirep will be cancelled.

3. TheNexiss Air VA has the right to ask more information about a PIREP if it thinks something is wrong or just as a routine check.

4. A Pilot is not allowed to send a PIREP for a flight that he/she did not fly.

5. A flight may only be PIREPed once correctly.

6. Events can only be logged if the pilot participated to the event itself.

7. The pilot is not required to fly the flights at the time indicated in our timetable, but is encouraged to set his FS Clock to this time.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#B3DDB8” class=“style11”>4.2 Online / Offline</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#E4F3E6”>1. All flights, can be flown online or offline.

2. Events should be flown online, except when specified otherwise.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#B3DDB8” class=“style11”>4.3 Aircraft</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#E4F3E6”>1. The pilot is required to use an aircraft - preferable the timetable one - according to his rank.

2. When no aircraft of the timetable type is available, the pilot should choose an aircraft according to his rank. The type and livery of that aircraft can freely be choosen, as long as the performance is more or less the same. Though the type can never be an aircraft with abnormal jetliner performance (f.e. an aircraft that doesn’t exist at this time i.e. 787).

3. The pilot is free too choose the aircraft for Special Flights, World Tour and Events except when specified otherwise.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#B3DDB8” class=“style11”>4.4 Simulation Rate</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=“#E4F3E6”>1. The maximum simulation rate is 1x.

2. Flights flown with a simulation rate higher than allowed will be cancelled.</td>

</tr>

</table>

<?php

$BaseTemplate->ShowTemplate(‘footer.tpl’);

Force connection close

DB::close();

?>

</body>

</html>

You can see my site at www.nexissair.co.uk, still in the process of building it at the moment

Thanks Karl

nabeel · March 11, 2009, 3:13pm

Hey,

In your page, you don’t need to re-add the header and all that, because it’s already done. So this portion:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Nexiss Air Rules</title>


<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style7 {
  font-family: Arial;
  font-size: 12px;
}
-->
</style>

<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
  background-color: #CEFFCF;
}
.style11 {font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;}
-->
</style>
</head>

<body>

And the corresponding footer, remove all that

nexiss · March 11, 2009, 7:43pm

Thanks Nabeel

I have ajusted the page as you suggested above, told you I was no coder, its a wonder I got this far lol, any way I still have the logged out menu on this page regardless of weather I’m logged in or not problem, but when I go back to a phpvms page the right menu appears depending on if logged in or out correctly

Thanks Karl

nabeel · March 11, 2009, 9:44pm

An odd one, make sure there’s no whitespace on top of the page inbetween the top and the <?php tag, that could be causing a problem with output buffering.

Otherwise I will investigate further, this is an odd problem

nexiss · March 12, 2009, 2:02pm

Odd one indeed I have checked the page and:

<?php is on line 1, so no white space at the top of the page

nexiss · March 12, 2009, 2:10pm

If it helps here is the code from my core_navigation Page:

<li><a href=“<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/Frontpage”>Home</a></li>

<li><a href=“<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/contact”>Contact Us</a></li>

<?php

if(!Auth::LoggedIn())

{

// Show these if they haven’t logged in yet

?>

<li><a href=“<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/login/”>Login</a></li>

<li><a href=“<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/registration”>Register</a></li>

<?php

}

else

{

// Show these items only if they are logged in

?>

<li><a href=“<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/profile”>Pilot Center</a></li>

<?php

}

?>

<li><a href=“<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/pilots”>Pilots</a></li>

<li><a href=“<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/acars”>Live Map</a></li>

<li><a href="http://nexissair.co.uk/rules.php">Rules</a></li>

<?php echo $MODULE_NAV_INC;?>

<?php

if(Auth::LoggedIn())

{

if(Auth::UserInGroup(‘Administrators’))

{

echo ‘<li><a href="’.SITE_URL.‘/admin/">Admin Center</a></li>’;

}

?>

<li><a href=“<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/index.php/login/logout”>Log Out</a></li>

<?php

}

?>

Many Thanks

nexiss · March 12, 2009, 2:16pm

Ok don’t worry I have worked it out!

I changed the <li><a href=“http://nexissair.co.uk/rules.php">Rules</a></li> to <li><a href=”<?php echo SITE_URL ?>/rules.php">Rules</a></li> and now it works, thats crazy I took a fresh look at it after a days work and a nights sleep and it slapped me in the face lol. Thanks for your help on this one

nabeel · March 12, 2009, 2:54pm

Hmm, yes, using the SITE_URL will help, tho I’m not sure how that fixed it

Well, as long as it worked