Advertise Page For Your Forum

[vietfancy]

What this does: Creates an advertise page as demo showns.


Time to install: 2 mins

Installation:
1. upload advertise.php to you forum root.
2. upload ad.gif to "images/misc" folder
3. import: product-advertise.xml
4. edit nabvar template

########### FIND ############

<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out()">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
</if>


########## ADD ABOVE ########

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="advertise.php">Advertise</a></td>


5. Go to "Vbulletin Options" ---> "Advertise Page by DnTalks.com" edit what you needed to, and save.

remember to click "installed"

[dutchbb]

Looks interesting, are any of the statistics dynamic or is everything static?

[vietfancy]

sorry: all the statistics are dynamic

[Josh1]

Awesome, will take a look at it and maybe install it.

[Ghostsuit]

looks great what do you guys use to serve the adverts?

[blogtorank]

Viet... Great job at putting all this together! Will install and see how well this goes. We should think about the posts and thread count to become dynamic if possible in the future ;) One less we have to fill in you know.

[Hornstar]

This looks real nice. awesome work. I will give this a go shortly. how much time have you spent putting into this?

[JsnakeJ]

Very useful hack man. Saves me making a page for my site. I'll be using this in the future.

Installed.

[blogtorank]

Cheers as it was a successful install and give you an update "Works perfectly" ;)

[Snake]

Wow thank you for this! :)

[farooqaaa]

Thanks this is nice :)

[HMBeaty]

Might have to take a look at this one.....

[Itworx4me]

vietfancy what advertising program do you use?

Thanks,
Itworx4me

[trancetopia]

I'm going to have to try this - looks really good!! Thanks for sharing.

[Terminatoronly]

great mod thanks for the release mate :D

[ninjamaster]

thanks i will give this a try ;)

[Qwest]

A lot of GREAT hacks released this month.

This year is starting out well :)

[bashy]

Hi..

When a member makes their payment, what happens next, is it all automatic or do the admin
have to add the adverts and so on?

[Zia]

Google Adesne will fit for this?
is there any objection from google adsense for using this or putting 2 adds(adsesne+paypopup) here at a time?

[vietfancy]

Hi..

When a member makes their payment, what happens next, is it all automatic or do the admin
have to add the adverts and so on?
We have to do the templates edit ourselve.

Google Adesne will fit for this?
is there any objection from google adsense for using this or putting 2 adds(adsesne+paypopup) here at a time?

This hack has nothing to do with google adsense.

[trickfly]

this is not really a mod, just a way to get more backlinks to his site (dntalks.com - is shown on the footer in big text)

Not very good ''mod''

Did not click install.

[vietfancy]

this is not really a mod, just a way to get more backlinks to his site (dntalks.com - is shown on the footer in big text)

Not very good ''mod''

Did not click install.

trickfly, Nothing in this world is free. if you don't think i should have a link there, then don't use it.

[rrr]

Where is it getting the daily and monthly unique visitor counts from?

[rezapci]

Oh greate

[HMBeaty]

Where is it getting the daily and monthly unique visitor counts from?

Right here.....

Total of monthly unique visitors: $vboptions[monthlyunique]<br>
Total of daily unique visitors: $vboptions[dailyunique]

[MorrisMcD]

Right here.....

Total of monthly unique visitors: $vboptions[monthlyunique]<br>
Total of daily unique visitors: $vboptions[dailyunique]
Mine came up as exactly 50000 and 5000.. I find that hard to believe... But I suppose its possible..

Anyone else?

Edit: Doh.. Its configurable.. Thought he said dynamic.. :)

[vbx111]

When someone signs up for a month, does paypal subscribe them to a subscription until the member cancels, or is it a month by month where the member has to click the pay button every month?

Also, if a member pays for a month, when its close to the end of the month, will the system send out an email letting the member know its close to the end for his/her ad?

Sorry the questions dont make much sense, but I tried my best to explain :)

[vietfancy]

- buyer has to pay month by month.
- you have to send out email on your own.

[vbx111]

- buyer has to pay month by month.
- you have to send out email on your own.

How hard would it be to make the system auto email the buyer?

And give options like... 1month 3 months 6 months.....

[JsnakeJ]

Anyone else actually use this? It made my forum mad bugged... Shoutbox expanded way out to show all shouts ever posted and it got rid of all instances of my Forum Title. To fix it all I did was uninstall.

Hopefully you fix this problem..

[vietfancy]

How hard would it be to make the system auto email the buyer?

And give options like... 1month 3 months 6 months.....

I will add that in the next update.

Anyone else actually use this? It made my forum mad bugged... Shoutbox expanded way out to show all shouts ever posted and it got rid of all instances of my Forum Title. To fix it all I did was uninstall.

Hopefully you fix this problem..


I dont have Shoutbox installed so i can't take a look at it to see whats cause the conflict b/t the 2mods.

[G.X.Tournaments]

Yea, thanks man :D

[G.X.Tournaments]

I will add that in the next update.




I dont have Shoutbox installed so i can't take a look at it to see whats cause the conflict b/t the 2mods.
^I got shoutbox and it seems to work OK.

[MorrisMcD]

^I got shoutbox and it seems to work OK.

Same here

[evenmonkeys]

Very nice modification.

[angeljs]

Hi, this probably sounds daft, but I installed this and was wondering if I need to modify the templates myself to show the ads, as nothing is showing up.

[vietfancy]

Yes, you have to modify the templates yourself.

[FSHD]

Excellent!

[Ericsson]

Hi do you have to have 160x160 Sponsored Button, 180x60 Affiliates Button etc... Or can I just have header & footer ads?

Hopefully you'll understand what I mean. Just wondering before I install.

[andrew67]

This would be fantastic if it was integrated with the VB Ad Management add on.

[rs2000]

now THAT is a good idea!

[MTVSlick]

great mod, thanks!

www.guelphsfinest.com

Mark,

[Ericsson]

Which template do I edit so I can delete some of the banner options as I dont need them all...

[ktutorials]

actually do it need any ad management mod or its just a page to describe ads...

in my site i prefer to have banners 468x 60 in header and footer.... is tat possible... :)

can u look at mysite and tell if its possible or not... http://gfxrebels.com

i need to place banner under the navbar...

hoping for a cool solution...

[Razin]

I have not installed this great mod... But I will only say... "NICE WORK!!!"

[ktutorials]

does it calculates number of banner impressions also....

[PapaSmurf]

Just what i was looking for. Great mod. Some extra features like the auto emailing and different plans would be good though.

Thanks!

Installed.

[Burley]

great mod, but it would be perfect if one could change the bannerspots via the admincp (add or remove would be a great start!)

[dfe]

How do you change the currency sign? Need to display ZAR and not USD.

[Immortal_Shades]

Installed Thanks!

[Fungsten]

I'll put it on my test server!

[csavern]

how do i make the banners rotate

[Fungsten]

the Ad.gif doesn't showup.

[weindians]

Thanks nice one

[J0iN]

Looks Really good and interesting, may download it later

[thomastbrown]

What does import mean?

[Fungsten]

What does import mean?

ACP -> Plugins and Products -> Manage Products -> Go to the bottom and click Add/Import Product. From ther you can choose where to import it from.

[navjotjsingh]

One small problem found. It seems it is not parsing BBCodes in Advertising note box. Can you please fix, why this is happening?

Advertising Description text gets BBCode parsed, but footer note is not getting BBCodes parsed.

[welovehiphop]

looks interesting...

[Hendrizius]

Is it possible to customize the AD locations?

[FROGGYJ]

the ad.gif doesn't show up for me either

[Brandon Sheley]

Is this a Rip of ?
http://www.vbhackers.com/f76/advertise-page-4211/ ?

[welovehiphop]

great mod!!

[chewbacca]

Is this a Rip of ?
http://www.vbhackers.com/f76/advertise-page-4211/ ?

It sure looks like it... :erm:

[tipoboy]

how do you change the dollar($) sign to a pound(£) sign please

[tipoboy]

anyone help with this??

[tipoboy]

never mind worked it out thanks to vbhackers.com

this appears to be a rip off of someone else work from vbhackers.com and am therefor uninstalling and using thevbhackers version although they the same i'd rather get the support from over there!

[Fungsten]

Uninstalling too!

[Smiry Kin's]

since this product was posted before the one released over at vbhackers. i take it the one over vbhackers copyed this once.

since its what Nick R does.. -.- Weird why it wasnt posted on here?

Can't believe you nerds would think vietfancy, would copy someone else. disgraceful. No wonder so many people have given up releasing designs on vbulletin.org

[masterweb]

Installed, was easy and fast. Thanks mate :D

[familyhistory]

never mind worked it out thanks to vbhackers.com

this appears to be a rip off of someone else work from vbhackers.com and am therefor uninstalling and using thevbhackers version although they the same i'd rather get the support from over there!

I have the same problem $ instead of pounds ? - How do I get it to show ? pounds please!:mad:

Cheers,
Dave

[Smiry Kin's]

its pretty simple...

search for advertise template, and look for $$vboptions[price_ and change it for ?$vboptions[price_ or ?$vboptions[price_ more friendly.

note you have to change all off them, there is several options in there.

[familyhistory]

Cheers Smiry Kin's - That sorted the problem:)


There are around 5 or 6 changes to make:

go into Styles & Templates, click on search in templates - enter $$vboptions[price_
The template to edit should come up. Click to edit.
Enter search in template - to highlight each entry

Then enter a ? in replacement for the first $, as follows:
?$vboptions[price_

Thanks again Smiry Kin's :)
Dave

[wickedstangs]

How do you enter the paypal button?

[Smiry Kin's]

great mod thanks for the release mate :D
Create a new button over at the paypal website.

[eJM]

It was suggested that I check out this hack here because I want to begin selling ads on my site. I read the whole thread. I also followed a link and read the thread of a nearly identical hack on vBHackers.com.

since this product was posted before the one released over at vbhackers. i take it the one over vbhackers copyed this once.
This hack was posted January 2007. Nick's hack on vBHackers was posted July 2006.

since its what Nick R does.. -.- Weird why it wasnt posted on here?
I don't think there's a rule that hacks have to be posted here. Maybe he likes it better over there. In fact, he seems to have his own hacker forum, vBNova.com, where his hack is also posted. Maybe he doesn't want to spread it too thin.

Can't believe you nerds would think vietfancy, would copy someone else. disgraceful. No wonder so many people have given up releasing designs on vbulletin.org
There's nothing disgraceful going on unless someone copied another hacker's work. Since most people downloading hacks don't really hang out here all the time, I'd guess, if they're anything like me, they don't know anything about either guy. All that seems to be apparent is that neither one supports their hack very well.

Nick promised an enhanced version about a year ago. It's still a no-show. vietfancy states this hack won't be supported and he hasn't offered any since January, even though he's been on the forum recently.

I won't be installing either hack on my site. I don't support hackers who don't support their work. It's not a good idea to install something that you can't fix and/or modify yourself. I'm not looking for immediate gratification, I need long term satisfaction. I owe it to my members, my associates and myself.

Jim

[ilovemyniche]

I dont understand this step:
4. edit nabvar template

########### FIND ############
Code:

<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out()">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
</if>

########## ADD ABOVE ########
Code:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="advertise.php">Advertise</a></td>

[gatman]

just place

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="advertise.php">Advertise</a></td>
aboive that coding

[ArnyVee]

ilovemyniche,

That step will add a link into your navigation bar for the advertising page that you're creating.

BtW, this hack is great and I'm just trying to 'spiff' it up a bit and get my webshot of my site right now. But, nice work. :)

[cbiweb]

I don't see a link to the demo? :(

[Caddyman]

You need a ladder to get off that horse Jim? :P

I have installed this hack, many moons ago, no support needed, works perfect for me adn easy to use.

http://www.talkdelaware.com/advertise.php

[cbiweb]

If you're replying to me, I don't understand the reply. I was asking for the demo that is mentioned by the developer, I was hoping to see it in action before downloading. Thank you for your link so I could see it.

[Caddyman]

ooo my bad! lol i was speakin at that ejm guy :D but you are welcome for the link!

[bigtime]

Great mod. In the advertise template it should be <img src=images/misc/ad.gif> instead of <img src=/images/misc/ad.gif>.

Thanks!

Tim

[OttoBomb]

Interesting mods, though obviously not supported any further. Any other mods similar to this for more current versions out there?

[MagicThemeParks]

This is a great and simple mod which has helped me a lot in the past with other sites.

I just installed it on a 3.8.4 site and it's working great.

I went through and validated some errors that I found. Here's the "fixed" template info.....

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - Advertise on Legendary Rockers!</title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
<!-- Main -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" id="table1">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">Advertise with $vboptions[bbtitle]!</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="3">
$vboptions[ad_description]
<strong>
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>
</strong><br />
$vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads,<br />
$vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts,<br />
$vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers<br />
<br />
Total of monthly unique visitors: $vboptions[monthlyunique]<br />
Total of daily unique visitors: $vboptions[dailyunique]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" id="table2">

<tr>
<td class="tcat">Areas Available:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="tcat" width="100%">Details:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="12" valign="top" class="alt1"><img src="http://www.legendaryrockers.com/images/misc/ad.gif" alt="Advertise With Us!" /></td>
<td colspan="2" class="thead">468x60 Header Banner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" width="70%">
$vboptions[header_des]<br />
<font color="#FF0000"><b>$vboptions[header_banner] Spots available</b></font><br /><br />
Extensions: .gif, .jpg, animated .gif and flash .swf<br />
Rotation: $vboptions[header_rotation] different banners<br />
</td>
<td class="alt2" width="30%" align="center"><strong>$$vboptions[price_header_banner] per month</strong><br /><br />
$vboptions[paypal_header_banner]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="thead">240x60 Footer Banner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" width="70%">
$vboptions[footer_des]<br />
<font color="#FF0000"><b>$vboptions[footer_banner] Spots available</b></font><br /><br />
Extensions: .gif, .jpg, animated .gif and flash .swf<br />
Rotation: $vboptions[footer_rotation] different banners<br />
</td>
<td class="alt2" width="30%" align="center"><strong>$$vboptions[price_footer_banner] per month</strong><br /><br />
$vboptions[paypal_footer_banner]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="thead">160x160 Sponsored Button</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" width="70%">
$vboptions[sponsor_des]<br />
<font color="#FF0000"><b>$vboptions[sponsor_button] Spots available</b></font><br /><br />
Extensions: .gif, .jpg, animated .gif and flash .swf<br />
Rotation: $vboptions[sponsor_rotation] different buttons<br />
</td>
<td class="alt2" width="30%" align="center"><strong>$$vboptions[price_sponsor_button] per month</strong><br /><br />
$vboptions[paypal_sponsor_button]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="thead">180x60 Affiliates Button</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" width="70%">
$vboptions[aff_des]<br />
<font color="#FF0000"><b>$vboptions[aff_button] Spots available</b></font><br /><br />
Extensions: .gif, .jpg, animated .gif and flash .swf<br />
Rotation: $vboptions[aff_rotation] different buttons<br />
</td>
<td class="alt2" width="30%" align="center"><strong>$$vboptions[price_aff_button] per month</strong><br /><br />
$vboptions[paypal_aff_button]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="thead">Text Link</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" width="70%">
$vboptions[text_des]<br />
<font color="#FF0000"><b>$vboptions[text] Links available</b></font><br /><br />
Link title: max 25 characters, including spaces.<br />
Rotation: No<br />
</td>
<td class="alt2" width="30%" align="center"><strong>$$vboptions[price_text] per month</strong><br /><br />
$vboptions[paypal_text]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="thead">NOTE:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="2">
$vboptions[ad_note]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="3" align="center"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / Main -->
$footer
</body>
</html>


....there are a couple of places that you'll have to change to your own information. Those are in RED within the template code above.

Hope it helps! :up:

[yahooooh]

update version for vb4 plz

[Domenico]

This works on vB4.x ?

[VBUsers]

is there something similar for vb4 ?