Non-logged in template pages

[jackgordon]

I am having a bit of trouble trying to create extra template pages within WHMCS that the user could have access to without logging in.

 

I want to create a page that is linked to from the header menu. I want this to be available to people who are not logged in. I can get the link in the menu, but I can't get a page to display the data I put into it.

 

Normally, I would emulate one of the php pages in the root directory, but since they are all encrypted that does not seem to be an option.

 

I do not want to link to outside of WHMCS if I don't have to.

 

Is there a way to do this?

[cafreamoroso]

way too easy..

 

if everything else fails.. read the manual

 

http://wiki.whmcs.com/Creating_Pages

[jackgordon]

Thanks Cafe. I found that page, but am still having trouble.

 

Here are some questions that may help clear things up...

 

I copied the code verbatim into a text file and saved it as "links.php". Then the directions are unclear.

 

They say:

Edit $breadcrumbnav and $templatefile to match the filename of the page you want to create. Eg. If you were creating a page called aboutus, you would edit $templatefile = "homepage"; to $templatefile = "aboutus";. Save this as a php file and upload to your root WHMCS directory (eg. example.com/whmcs)

 

I understand what to do to the "$templatefile", but there are two lines called "$breadcrumbsnav":

$breadcrumbnav = '<a href="index.php">'.$_LANG['globalsystemname'].'</a>';

$breadcrumbnav .= ' > <a href="mypage.php">My Page</a>';

 

So what do I do with these? The php file is named "link.php" - do one or both of these get defined as "links.php"? If not both, then which one? And what do I do with the other one?

 

Then, for the template file, can it be pure html or does it require any smarty or php code?

[BAJI26]

$breadcrumbnav = '<a href="index.php">'.$_LANG['globalsystemname'].'</a>';
$breadcrumbnav .= ' > <a href="YOU NEW PAGE LINK HERE.php">YOU NEW PAGE NAME HERE</a>'; 


# Define the template filename to be used without the .tpl extension

$templatefile = "THE NAME OF YOUR NEW .TPL PAGE HERE"; 

outputClientArea($templatefile);

[jackgordon]

hmmm... still having an issue

 

here is what I have in the main WHMCS directory, called links.php

 

<?php

 

define("CLIENTAREA",true);

 

require("dbconnect.php");

require("includes/functions.php");

require("includes/clientareafunctions.php");

 

$pagetitle = $_LANG['clientareatitle'];

$pageicon = "images/support/clientarea.gif";

$breadcrumbnav = '<a href="index.php">'.$_LANG['globalsystemname'].'</a>';

$breadcrumbnav .= ' > <a href="links.php">Industry Links</a>';

 

initialiseClientArea($pagetitle,$pageicon,$breadcrumbnav);

 

if ($_SESSION['uid']) {

# User is Logged In - put any code you like here

}

 

# To assign variables in Smarty use the following syntax.

# This can then be used as {$variablename} in the template

 

$smartyvalues["variablename"] = $value;

 

# Define the template filename to be used without the .tpl extension

 

$templatefile = "links";

 

outputClientArea($templatefile);

 

?>

 

Then, for links.tpl in the template directory, I just copied contact.tpl and renamed the copy links.tpl to test it.

 

But when I go to domain.com/whmcs/links.php, all I get is a completely blank page.

 

Can you see what I am doing wrong?

[sparky]

Possibilities

1. You must be using V3.8 or later for that code to work

2. You have white space after or before the php tags

[jackgordon]

I was not on V3.8.1 - that turned out to be the problem.

 

I upgraded, and it works now.

 

Thanks!