Blank Page --> Include Vanilla Login

JohnnyFive

If someone were to create a basic, blank html page, what would be needed to: A) Include the "Signed in" information on the top right corner of the page B) Actually have people be signed into Vanilla on that non-forum page? I'm working on the issue right now, I don't expect a full quick and easy answer, but a direction would be nice! Thanks!

NickE

include signed in information
Make a link to people.php?SignOutNow if signed in, people.php?ReturnUrl=[your page, optional] if not.

actually be signed into vanilla
As long as the cookie domain and directory match the url of the file in question, it should be available to check the user session.

JohnnyFive

I've spent several hours on this, and finally came up with an answer that satisfies me.

On my page, I included the following code, and basically had vanilla render half of every page.

My entire site is built using 3 includes, header, nav, and footer. Within header I put:

include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/exchange/appg/settings.php");
$Configuration['SELF_URL'] = "http://www.guildmojo.com/".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ."/exchange/appg/init_vanilla.php");

$Context->Session->Check($Context);;
$Page->AddRenderControl($Head, $Configuration['CONTROL_POSITION_HEAD']);
$Page->AddRenderControl($Menu, $Configuration['CONTROL_POSITION_MENU']);

and

<?php $Page->FireEvents(); ?>

Then I created my own theme/style, and copied over the head.php and menu.php, as well as the foot.php and panel. I inserted the code for my website and replaced/changed vanilla layout code, so that the site would appear in my style.

Now I have vanilla check if i'm signed in on every page, and it has a nice vanilla banner across the top for easy forum access (although I have to change the specific banner picture, it's still looking pretty good).

There's definitely more tweaking to do, some of my css is off, but you can see the results @ http://www.guildmojo.com

Now I just have to find out how to integrate threads on certain pages! Anyone?

Crazyotaku

if you use the page management extension you can make custom vanilla pages that still have all the vanilla options and layout. Here's an example of it, i really am not trying to promote my site since it's not even close to being ready for advertisement, but here's a link to some custom pages I have created so you can see what I'm talking about:

http://oga.mmorpgnut.com/Vanilla.1.0.1/Anime_Junction/Anime_Reviews/1/DothackLegendOfTheTwilight.php