Rotating Banner System

[NinjaKane]

Is there any way to weight how often banners are shown? IE banner 1 is more important and is shown 3 times every 10 rotations? Or is it completely random?

[y2ksw]

Hello, when I have 2-3 banners in, every so often it will show nothing. Its like it goes through them all and then will "run out" so that space on my forum is like there was nothing ever there. Anyone know how to fix this?
If you have, say 3 banners in your database and 10 placeholders on one page, only 3 positions are filled.

Any other reason why banners show or less depend on your filters. Or maybe on content or page caching. Or on some software, which removes HTML comments.

On a standard installation and no filters, the banners will show up all times, guaranteed.

[y2ksw]

Is there any way to weight how often banners are shown? IE banner 1 is more important and is shown 3 times every 10 rotations? Or is it completely random?
You may weight a banner by simple duplication. If you have 2 banners and banner 1 has to show up 2:1, duplicate banner 1 once.

For the rest, it is completely random.

[heatherw610]

If you have, say 3 banners in your database and 10 placeholders on one page, only 3 positions are filled.

Any other reason why banners show or less depend on your filters. Or maybe on content or page caching. Or on some software, which removes HTML comments.

On a standard installation and no filters, the banners will show up all times, guaranteed.

Thank you. :)

Where can I edit the 10 placeholders to the number of banners I actually have?

[y2ksw]

Thank you. :)

Where can I edit the 10 placeholders to the number of banners I actually have?
You assign to each banner a placeholder (position) at creation or edit time, and insert one or more into your templates (any).

If you need to change the global placeholder format, go into the options. Please make sure to understand first how this system works. Normally there is no need to change any of your settings.

[Fungsten]

We want to put our banners to in the Header to the right of the logo but can't work it out. Can anyone please tell me what template or where I put the code as per the attached pic for it to show up underneath the Welcome and above the Search?

Thank you..:)

Same here!

[Flyte]

We are looking for a banner rotation mod that constantly rotates and not just at page refresh. Does this work that way?

Thanks in advance.

[heatherw610]

We are looking for a banner rotation mod that constantly rotates and not just at page refresh. Does this work that way?

Thanks in advance.


It has that option in the admin CP but I have never used it that way. :)

[wsmallwood]

Okay, I have it installed. Everything seems to be there. Your tutorial indicates the two default banner will show up without doing anything. I don't see anything. What to do?

[wampforum]

I have this set up and everything works fine except the clicks - it doesnt record any. Am I missing something? (I have the click option ticked!!)

[Flyte]

We had this mod working fine with 4.0.2
We upgraded to 4.0.3 and now when enabled our CMS crashes and we are getting the following error message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function rbs_url_sanity() in /home/content/92/5987292/html/mx/forum/includes/functions.php(6811) : eval()'d code on line 62

Please help....thanks!

[djbaxter]

We had this mod working fine with 4.0.2
We upgraded to 4.0.3 and now when enabled our CMS crashes and we are getting the following error message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function rbs_url_sanity() in /home/content/92/5987292/html/mx/forum/includes/functions.php(6811) : eval()'d code on line 62

Please help....thanks!

It's working fine in 4.03 for me. However, I currently have the CMS disabled - it's possible that's the problem. See if the error goes away if you disable CMS (as a way of tracking down where the error is occurring).

Also check:

1. that all files for this add-on still exist on your server - I'd recommend you just re-upload everything to be sure

2. that an add-on installed later is not conflicting with this one

[Flyte]

Okay, I will check that and report back to you....Thank you for your timely response.

[mobe00]

i cant get this mod to work..no ads shows up . all the settings done as instructions is told ..i add this code to below_navbar template

<!--@vbbanners:0@-->

i have two adds which is set to position 0. The url to the images is correct. but nothing happens...what can be wrong ?
start date is from yesterday and end date is in july on both ads.

[Flyte]

It's working fine in 4.03 for me. However, I currently have the CMS disabled - it's possible that's the problem. See if the error goes away if you disable CMS (as a way of tracking down where the error is occurring).

Also check:

1. that all files for this add-on still exist on your server - I'd recommend you just re-upload everything to be sure

2. that an add-on installed later is not conflicting with this one

yep I was missing files!! Thanks for telling me to check that! Works great.

[Flyte]

Okay, so everything seems to be working fine except I can't figure out how to get the banners to 'refresh' and change without a total page refresh.
I would like to set it so the banners all change and refresh every 2-4 seconds.
Can someone tell me how to enable / set this please?

Thank You!

[y2ksw]

Okay, so everything seems to be working fine except I can't figure out how to get the banners to 'refresh' and change without a total page refresh.
I would like to set it so the banners all change and refresh every 2-4 seconds.
Can someone tell me how to enable / set this please?

Thank You!
If you need this functionallity, you will have to paste your own Java Script with timing and banner visualizzation in the text box in order to achieve this function. Maybe also an iframe to a specifically built banner page may work. Or a Flash banner which rotates banners in a different manner.

[Flyte]

If you need this functionallity, you will have to paste your own Java Script with timing and banner visualizzation in the text box in order to achieve this function. Maybe also an iframe to a specifically built banner page may work. Or a Flash banner which rotates banners in a different manner.

I hate to sound lazy...but do you know anyone that already has this script because I am not exactly sure how to do this myself.

Thanks!

[y2ksw]

I hate to sound lazy...but do you know anyone that already has this script because I am not exactly sure how to do this myself.

Thanks!
I'm unable to tell you how to solve issues which go beyond PHP coding. I can imagine how it should be done, but know nothing special about Java. If I had to do it myself, I probably would ask (and pay) somebody to make me a Flash wrapper which rotates banners the way I like most ;)

[mobe00]

i cant get this mod to work..no ads shows up . all the settings done as instructions is told ..i add this code to below_navbar template

<!--@vbbanners:0@-->


i have two adds which is set to position 0. The url to the images is correct. but nothing happens...what can be wrong ?
start date is from yesterday and end date is in july on both ads.

*bump* anyone knows why i cant get it to work ? im clueless..did all what the instructions told as far as i know

[wampforum]

*bump* anyone knows why i cant get it to work ? im clueless..did all what the instructions told as far as i know

have you checked the start date for each ad? it sometimes puts it as a date in the future on mine. make sure its today and a time just passed and see if that works.

any suggestions on the clicks not registering?

[mobe00]

have you checked the start date for each ad? it sometimes puts it as a date in the future on mine. make sure its today and a time just passed and see if that works.

any suggestions on the clicks not registering?

ja i have. also dated it back 2 months..but nothing happens. everything seems right..but nothing shows up. when i try to write ordinary characters after the code they show up.so the code is in the template..meaning i dont have to revert the template...so strange ..i have no clue what to do

[y2ksw]

ja i have. also dated it back 2 months..but nothing happens. everything seems right..but nothing shows up. when i try to write ordinary characters after the code they show up.so the code is in the template..meaning i dont have to revert the template...so strange ..i have no clue what to do
does it work with the standard style?

[Videx]

Make sure you test it with a local plain .gif (not Google!), and make sure that plain .gif shows up if you just craft a url straight to it.

[mobe00]

Make sure you test it with a local plain .gif (not Google!), and make sure that plain .gif shows up if you just craft a url straight to it.

i linked to a jpg file that was under /images/ads
and if i type in the url in the adress field in the browser it of course shows up

not working with my default vbulletin design or my own design..

[fluidswork]

This is what i am looking for .....

Great addition...............

[wampforum]

any news on why the clicks might not be working mate?

[Mike1018]

I have been looking everywhere for a mod like this. Superb job.

[y2ksw]

any news on why the clicks might not be working mate?
Clicks work only when enabled (the obvious) and on images or wrapped flash banners. For some situations, code changes may be necessary, such as if you have vbulletin banners outside of the standard forum folders. Difficult to tell, why. Also content caching may be one of the possible reasons ...

[Scooterpig]

Am trying to move our banners over to the center of the logo line but not having any luck whatsoever.

Can you please explain what the positions option mean as have no idea sorry?

Thanks..:)

[jskoh]

hi, can i check if i need to put two banner in a style below the nav bar. how should the code goes? i tried put the code in this way but it does work.

<!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:1@-->

[salvador21]

No.

I think you just put two Google ad scripts instead of one in the text field for you banner position.

You could put <br /> between the ads for one on top of the other depending on the width of the banners and width of your forum, but this would happen automatically if the forum is not as wide as two banners.

No need to add anything different to templates.

[y2ksw]

Am trying to move our banners over to the center of the logo line but not having any luck whatsoever.

Can you please explain what the positions option mean as have no idea sorry?

Thanks..:)
I'm sorry, too. This is a style problem and I am unable to help you there.

If you get an 'X' on the logo line at the desired location, you also may show a banner there :)

[y2ksw]

hi, can i check if i need to put two banner in a style below the nav bar. how should the code goes? i tried put the code in this way but it does work.

<!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:1@-->
If you use just two of the same:

<!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:0@-->

and have at least 2 location: 0 banners in your database, they will show there one beneath each other. The more banners you have in the db, the more they vary :)

[abqtj]

I think I'm a little lost and have a few questions

-Do I put the <!--@vbbanners:0@--> code in the Advertising/Manage Ads part of the Admin CP?

-in the Rotating Banner System portion of the Admin CP, the URL field is the destination of when someone clicks a banner...and the Image/Flash is the actual URL of where the banner is hosted? Do I need to put the full url? Or if it's in, say, images/ads/SAMPLE.gif, is that enough?

-When I'm placing banners, if I want all of them in one location on my site, do I use Horizontal (0) for the upper right banner, above the navbar?

Thanks and sorry for the questions, I'm usually not this lost with mods. I like this one and it looks like most are having great success with it.

[y2ksw]

I think I'm a little lost and have a few questions

-Do I put the <!--@vbbanners:0@--> code in the Advertising/Manage Ads part of the Admin CP?

-in the Rotating Banner System portion of the Admin CP, the URL field is the destination of when someone clicks a banner...and the Image/Flash is the actual URL of where the banner is hosted? Do I need to put the full url? Or if it's in, say, images/ads/SAMPLE.gif, is that enough?

-When I'm placing banners, if I want all of them in one location on my site, do I use Horizontal (0) for the upper right banner, above the navbar?

Thanks and sorry for the questions, I'm usually not this lost with mods. I like this one and it looks like most are having great success with it.
This mod allows you to show banners at a place you decide. The available "locations" 0 to 9 are merely intended as banner types, such as horizontal, vertical, square, flash, text, scripts or whatever you may need. Usually you will use at most 2 "locations" for all of your banners. On most of my sites, I use only 1 location.

You may put <!--@vbbanners:0@--> to <!--@vbbanners:9@--> literally everywhere in your styles. The plugin replaces these codes at the end of the page rendering process. If more codes of the same "location" are available, more banners of the same "location" are inserted from the database. However, the mod makes sure that on a single page, only one of the same banner appears. If there are more placeholders on a page than banners in the database, the rest of the banner locations are wiped.

If you use the banners only in your forum, you may use relative HTTP paths. However, on some systems or browsers it may not work, and in any case I'd suggest to use always full paths. File system paths are not considered valid (such as /var/www/htdocs/forum/banners/abc.gif or d:\vhosts\mysite.tld\httpdocs\forum\banners\abc.gi f).

You choose the physical banner location by adding a <!--@vbbanners:0@--> in the template you retain most useful for showing a banner. This mod has no "fixed location" injection system: it does not make changes to styles. It just replaces a placeholder.

In the options, you may change the placeholder. If you change it to, for example: @vbbanners:%d@, then you may add @vbbanners:0@ for a "location" 0 banner even in a normal message, signature or private message from the frontend (unless HTML is enabled in your forum sections). Together with other rules, your signature will then contain always the appropriate banner wherever you move, without having to setup specific rules in all the different places.

Most of the times, we think about how to give a signature, a message or a forum page a rule. With this mod, you set a banner rule instead. If I have a moderator who has a banner placeholder in their signature, they may show motorcycle banners in one place and software banners in another place, without having to worry about the placeholder - which always remains the same.

With this post I have tried to reformulate the help and to make a resume of all the FAQ of this thread. Unfortunately - in all these years - I haven't found yet an universally valid formula to explain how this mod works. But it does work and it does it well :)

[pmk_1992]

only 2 default google banner is working
when i try add other banners they are all not work

[y2ksw]

only 2 default google banner is working
when i try add other banners they are all not work
Please try your banners on a blank html page first. If they don't work there, they won't in rotating banners either :)

Then, duplicate one of the default banners and make your changes, it's a good way to get introduced and discover its power.

[pmk_1992]

great
i duplicate one of default then make change
it working now:up:
thank so much

[Scooterpig]

Sorry to be a pest but am wanting the banners to display on all pages yet for me it's not working. if I read the settings correctly for each banner, it says that if I don't check any sections of the forum it will display on all sections, yet we only have it displaying on Forumhome.

Am I therefore required to add the code elsewhere other than Forumhome tog et it to show on all pages please?

Thank you..:)

[ecky]

I accidentally deleted the default 2 google ads that came with this plugin. Instead of re-installing from scratch and just in case I possibly break a working installation, would it be possible to please post the configuration settings so I can reinstall google ads manually into the admin control panel?

Thanks

[y2ksw]

Sorry to be a pest but am wanting the banners to display on all pages yet for me it's not working. if I read the settings correctly for each banner, it says that if I don't check any sections of the forum it will display on all sections, yet we only have it displaying on Forumhome.

Am I therefore required to add the code elsewhere other than Forumhome tog et it to show on all pages please?

Thank you..:)
If you put a placeholder in the header or footer template, it will show up on all pages. If you have used only the forumhome template, it will show only on forumhome, of course :)

Some great places are the templates beginning with ad_, such as ad_navbar_below.

[y2ksw]

I accidentally deleted the default 2 google ads that came with this plugin. Instead of re-installing from scratch and just in case I possibly break a working installation, would it be possible to please post the configuration settings so I can reinstall google ads manually into the admin control panel?

Thanks
Just backup your rbs_banners table, take note of your RBS Options (vbulletin options) if you have made any changes there and reinstall. Eventually you will have to export the translations as well, if you have changed it. Then reapply the RBS Options if necessary and you are done.

RBS is safe to reinstall, but of course it may need to do some additional work, if you have multiple language support and changed options.

I will not give the queries in order to insert the default banners, because doing so it would be very unsafe.

[ecky]

Sorry, this has went way over my head. :confused:

I've already updated to v2.2.6 and know nothing about tables and queries. I have about 8 adverts rotating exactly as they should and I'm concerned that I would lose all this data.

I expected a simple way to restart google ads again would be just to edit them in the same manner in which I added my own custom adverts to the banner options via the admin control panel?

[y2ksw]

Sorry, this has went way over my head. :confused:

I've already updated to v2.2.6 and know nothing about tables and queries. I have about 8 adverts rotating exactly as they should and I'm concerned that I would lose all this data.

I expected a simple way to restart google ads again would be just to edit them in the same manner in which I added my own custom adverts to the banner options via the admin control panel?
Well, you may create 2 new banners and paste:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8477879996596626";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = "468x60_as";
google_ad_type = "text";
google_ad_channel = "";
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>
and


<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8477879996596626";
google_ad_slot = "8172517593";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>
in the "Text" field. Don't forget the title and the expiration date/time ;)

[ecky]

Exactly what I was looking for, this works perfectly.
Thank you very much!:up:

[Sports Investor]

Nice and easy Mod.

I had to duplicate one of the default ads to get it working, but it works like a charm now. I can even put the code in the advertisement areas that are already available.

Thanks!

[MNbiker]

Just installed on our 4.02 site w/CMS. Had it working perfectly in less than 30 minutes. :)

Great Mod!

-Steve

p.s. Thanks for the Flash tutorial and documentation.

[Drache]

looks nice. does this have the ability to count views and clicks? for example auto change to next banner once it's been viewed 1000times. and counts the click rate as well?

[y2ksw]

looks nice. does this have the ability to count views and clicks? for example auto change to next banner once it's been viewed 1000times. and counts the click rate as well?

It counts views and for certain banner types (pure images and flash with wrapper), the clicks as well. It allows also to limit the number of impressions and clicks (if clicks can be counted).

You may also limit the time and forums, and show banners only to a certain group of users.

However, it does not show banners progressively (attend one banner's viewing limits).

[voglermc]

I don't like this at the bottom of the ACP. Can it be moved higher?

[y2ksw]

I don't like this at the bottom of the ACP. Can it be moved higher?
You may change the includes/xml/cpnav_rbs.xml accordingly:

<navgroup phrase="rbs_rotating_banner_system" permissions="canadminmaintain" hr="true" displayorder="9999">

[voglermc]

Thanks for the quick response! This mod rocks!

[djbaxter]

I don't like this at the bottom of the ACP. Can it be moved higher?

You may change the includes/xml/cpnav_rbs.xml accordingly:

<navgroup phrase="rbs_rotating_banner_system" permissions="canadminmaintain" hr="true" displayorder="9999">

Cool. :)

Changing that line to:

<navgroup phrase="rbs_rotating_banner_system" permissions="canadminmaintain" hr="true" displayorder="19">

places it right under "Advertising" (vBulletin 4.03).

[voglermc]

I'm getting "Invalid File Specified" error when trying to overwrite a install

[voglermc]

It was the xml file I needed to ftp, fixed now. Thanks

[Globus]

Great! Thank you very much! Install and got it running in 60 minutes!
May i suggest possibility to develop code that will be allow to place banners on external sites!?

Thanx

[y2ksw]

Great! Thank you very much! Install and got it running in 60 minutes!
May i suggest possibility to develop code that will be allow to place banners on external sites!?

Thanx
You may :)

I'm not sure if it is of great advantage to use the banner system on external sites, because of all of the overhead the forums generate. Basically it needs a dedicated script which accesses the forum database efficiently and extract the banner data. But even then, you would have to reproduce the plugin behaviour on the destination site, too.

Maybe it could be a standalone application, as it was in the very beginning, but it worked out to stay better inside the vbulletin shell, for a couple of reasons. Other software and sites would need completely different strategies, such as for example Joomla portals.

All I could positively think about, would be some way to comunicate banner settings across different vbulletin sites, because it could be reasonably easy to setup one site and propagate to all the others - provided they use the same logic. In this case however I see merely an add-on which allows to do this at regular intervals or at command.

[pitzerwm]

Y2, remember you created this code for me and I have it running on a number of "non-forum" sites.

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
define('SKIP_SESSIONCREATE', 1);
define('NOCOOKIES', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'rbs_blank');
$phrasegroups = array();
$specialtemplates = array();
$globaltemplates = array();
$actiontemplates = array();
require_once('./global.php');
$html = '<html>
<head>
<title>Rotating Banner System</title>
</head>
<style type=\"text/css\">

<!--
body {
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
-->
</style>

<body>
<!--@vbbanners:0@-->
</body>
</html>';
eval('print_output("' . $html . '");');
?>

Calling it with:

<iframe src="http://98.131.36.111/rbs_html.php" width="600" height="80" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" ></iframe>

[y2ksw]

Oh I forgot about this :)

[crippler88]

nvm i found out how to put them side by side- so is only possible to make 9 banners?? i want to have 20-30 diffent banners-

[Videx]

nvm i found out how to put them side by side- so is only possible to make 9 banners?? i want to have 20-30 diffent banners-You can have as many as you want, but keep a couple things in mind: 1) Many users use a smaller screen size than you do and 2) More than one or two banners on a page and your site will look like Spam Central. People will simply block them, defeating your purpose.

[BWilliams]

After pulling my hair for the last few hours trying to get this to work I have determined that it's NOT compatible with vbSEO. Any reason why they wont work together?

[djbaxter]

After pulling my hair for the last few hours trying to get this to work I have determined that it's NOT compatible with vbSEO. Any reason why they wont work together?

I'm using it with vBSEO and it's working fine for me.

What problems are you having?

[BWilliams]

I'm using it with vBSEO and it's working fine for me.

What problems are you having?
Not showing up. If I disable vbSEO then the banners show.

[djbaxter]

Not showing up. If I disable vbSEO then the banners show.

Go into your vBSEO CP:

Other Enhancements | Cleanup HTML Code

Turn this off (Set to No).

This is an unnecessary "frill" which really adds little or nothing for SEO.

What it does do is remove comments. Among other things, it's removing the placeholder for the rotating banners. Once you turn it off you should see your banners.

[BWilliams]

Go into your vBSEO CP:

Other Enhancements | Cleanup HTML Code

Turn this off (Set to No).

This is an unnecessary "frill" which really adds little or nothing for SEO.

What it does do is remove comments. Among other things, it's removing the placeholder for the rotating banners. Once you turn it off you should see your banners.
That did the trick, thanks for the quick response ;-)

[salvador21]

After updating to vBulletin 4.0.4, my banners are still there but I seem to have lost the RBS control panel.

Can anyone help please? I don't want to completely reinstall in case I lose all the ads I've already placed.

[salvador21]

After updating to vBulletin 4.0.4, my banners are still there but I seem to have lost the RBS control panel.

Can anyone help please? I don't want to completely reinstall in case I lose all the ads I've already placed.

Solved, it was operator error. Too much coffee. I didn't re upload all the files.

Ignore

[Tboy_forum]

Any luck with someone who has got this working on 4.0.4??

Would love for this to work :erm:

[djbaxter]

It works for me with 4.04.

If you're using the AdminCP | Advertising locations for the script, you need to go into Manage Ads and Edit and Save each one to reactivate. No need to change anything. just open the edit page and save.

I don't know why but with or without this add-on it seems we have to do this for each ad location with every 4.x upgrade. It's annoying but an easy fix.

[Tboy_forum]

I can confirm this is working on 4.0.4

Bit if a battle to get it going but finally got it working (after a lot of reading :D)

[FlyB]

Hi

I m using this banner system since 2 months and i ilke it a lot.

I would like to center the banner of the position "0" on my forum page. I tried many thing but i m not able to do so. Right now its stuck on the left.

can someone help me?

[session-one]

so the function of this mod is to rotate banners right, so display random banners? The stuff in the ACP is very confusing :/

[voglermc]

I'm trying to find the place to give the banners some margin and padding. Can anyone help?

[voglermc]

I also need to add more positions than just 9

[ayam]

i placed it at showthread first post sig and then the ads keep showing at all post in 1 page. let say i have 7 banners set in position 2, it keep showing all the seven's until post #7 and then stop.

did i make something's not right? followed all the settings correctly

rather than that, everything works like a charm

[TROLL]

Am I understanding correctly that this same product is compatible for vb3.6 up to vb4.0?
Is it possible to do a monthly email to advertisers with view/click reports?

[TheSupportForum]

Feature Request Please:

add payment options for advertising with integration of paypal

[mrteach]

Great MOD and after a little tinkering I have it working. My question is this: is there anywhere that shows what the positions are in the forum? In other words, I know where the top/header banner, but what other locations can you put this in and what are the normal dimensions of these places? I know headers/footers are usually 468x60.

[oxygenthief]

Hello. I'm currently running 3.8.3. Will this work?
Thanks

[Hammertime]

so the function of this mod is to rotate banners right, so display random banners? The stuff in the ACP is very confusing :/

Indeed.

Ridiculously difficult to manage.

I remember a time where all you had to do was select the location, copy and paste the html from your affiliate into a box and separate each banner with a "|".

Wtf is all this about putting a separate URL for destination and image location? :confused: Ridiculous. I like to visit my affiliate site, copy the code and paste it in, job done. This is too much but I suppose it has it's uses for some.


Uninstalled.

[unknown03]

I installed this mod and it works perfectly in Firefox and Google Chrome. However, in IE8 and Opera the banners show but are not clickable! WTF?!

I checked my code and have been googling all morning but cannot find a solution as to why it won't work for those browsers

Edit: figured it out, turns out when i put the code in for the postbit template, I accidentally didn't close a ">"

[djbaxter]

Indeed.

Ridiculously difficult to manage.

I remember a time where all you had to do was select the location, copy and paste the html from your affiliate into a box and separate each banner with a "|".

Wtf is all this about putting a separate URL for destination and image location? :confused: Ridiculous. I like to visit my affiliate site, copy the code and paste it in, job done. This is too much but I suppose it has it's uses for some.


Uninstalled.

You can still do that if all you want to do is display banners in specific locations, and you don't need this mod or any other to do that: Just use the ad templates or hard code it.

But if you want to use rotating banners (did you notice that part in the title?), you'll need this mod or something like it. It works and it works well.

[kingharrison]

I had this mod working correctly in 4.02, but I recently upgaded to 4.05 and no matter what I try I cannot get it work. I tried to find a trouble shooting section, but your website seems down.

What is the best way to figure out what is going wrong? Thanks!

[webhead11]

Not able to show ads using 4.05. Default new install and followed directions... Any suggestions? Do I need to insert <!--@vbbanners:%d@--> in a particular template? As I understand it, the default install should show ads in the forums without the need to use the above code in any templates.

[Videx]

Yes, you have to call the banners somehow. I just use the vb ad manager to put RBS above the footer. Ad HTML:<div style="text-align:center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>

[webhead11]

Great! Works now - Thanks!! :)

[kingharrison]

i have inserted the code and it still doesnt work. i can put in text near the call and that shows up correctly. any idea what i could be doing wrong?

[Videx]

Since the only info you gave us is that you just recently updated from 402 to 405, I would guess you either moved or deleted your ads. RBS itself works fine in 405 here; no changes required after updating.

Can you actually see the ad if you just point a browser to it?

[nielshenriksen]

This was excately what I was looking for :) Perfect...

[asus78]

I am rotating a regular banner with an adsense ad, but adsense wont show instead a white field?

Any chance to solve this?

http://myttoos.com/community

leaderboard & blog section (2 banners each)

http://img.skitch.com/20100811-fjddhw14rf3rpqm4e4ctfr2iad.jpg

thanks

[asus78]

i updated to vb 4.0.6 but the ads in the blog sidebar just disappeared.

Anybody else having this issue?

Been searching forever but cant find any changes in the template?

thx

[djbaxter]

I had this mod working correctly in 4.02, but I recently upgaded to 4.05 and no matter what I try I cannot get it work. I tried to find a trouble shooting section, but your website seems down.

Since the only info you gave us is that you just recently updated from 402 to 405, I would guess you either moved or deleted your ads. RBS itself works fine in 405 here; no changes required after updating.

i updated to vb 4.0.6 but the ads in the blog sidebar just disappeared.

Anybody else having this issue?

Been searching forever but cant find any changes in the template?

I have had this happen with vBulletin upgrades. Here's the solution that worked for me:

Go into your Admin CP | Rotating Banners | Manage Banners and click on each ad (or at least each one that is not displaying) to display the code and settings. Then just scroll or page down and click Save (you do not actually have to edit or change anything - just resave). This reactivates that banner.

[asus78]

I have had this happen with vBulletin upgrades. Here's the solution that worked for me:

Go into your Admin CP | Rotating Banners | Manage Banners and click on each ad (or at least each one that is not displaying) to display the code and settings. Then just scroll or page down and click Save (you do not actually have to edit or change anything - just resave). This reactivates that banner.

Did that, but didnt do anything. It looks like it does not recognize the placeholder anymore.

http://myttoos.com/community/blog.php

See?

[djbaxter]

Is the "placeholder" code still there in your templates?

If you're using other than the default vBulletin style, you might try this:


Admin CP | Maintenance | Update Counters
scroll down to Rebuild Styles
click on the Rebuild Styles button


The add-on does work in all versions of vBulletin 4.x up to and including 4.06.

[asus78]

Placeholders are still there. Do this rebuild styles change all my custom templates? Because i have made a lot of changes lately and dont want it to be all gone now.

[djbaxter]

No, it doesn't change any of your templates. It just updates the styles information.

[asus78]

it just doesnt want to work for the blog sidebar anymore.

I put the <!--@vbbanners:3@--> into the ad_blog_sidebar_start temp but since i updated it just doesnt show anything anymore.

It kind of works for the leaderboard but i believe google doesnt like rotation of their ads. All i get is this non profit banners or the custom google search.

[Ocean-Wonders]

For some reason the banners wont rotate until a page is refreshed ?

Any ideas ??

[paulnis]

Is it possible to nofollow the banners if they're just straight url+image?

[Videx]

For some reason the banners wont rotate until a page is refreshed ?

Any ideas ??I beleive that is by design. Otherwise you would just be serving ads with nobody to see them.

[asus78]

i tested some more. It works everywhere except for the ad_blog_sidebar (start/middle/end)

Will this be updated any time soon?

am i the only one with this issue?

[Globus]

am i the only one with this issue?
No, You not alone.
I tried everything possible in best case it worked for a day on 4.0.5. Seance no support from irresponsible developer i am upgrading to 4.0.6 and giving up on this script. It is plenty of alternatives.

[asus78]

No, You not alone.
I tried everything possible in best case it worked for a day on 4.0.5. Seance no support from irresponsible developer i am upgrading to 4.0.6 and giving up on this script. It is plenty of alternatives.

Which system are you using that can also handle adsense?

[Globus]

Which system are you using that can also handle adsense?


http://www.ijoomla.com/ijoomla-ad-agency/ijoomla-ad-agency/index/ - paid script

http://www.openx.org/ - Free, very advanced and complex. But will reward you soon as you master it

[Videx]

This is strange. All my ads disappeared tonight. I haven't made any changes since updating to 405, and I swear they were working after that.

Anyway, I just went into AdminCP>Manage Ads and enabled an old ad for test purposes. Not only did that ad show up, RBS started working again. Odd.

[MikeWarner]

Has anyone got a solution to get this working with Photopost please?

[Hammertime]

You can still do that if all you want to do is display banners in specific locations, and you don't need this mod or any other to do that: Just use the ad templates or hard code it.

But if you want to use rotating banners (did you notice that part in the title?), you'll need this mod or something like it. It works and it works well.

Yes I did notice the rotating banners part. This is the mod I was referencing.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=203948

Yes, it was for 3.8, but it shows how simple it was compared to this one. Does this one need to be so complicated because it is on 4.0.x? I don't know, i'm not a VB guru.

I'm still trying to find a system that lets you insert a banner in the header. Of all the banner locations, this is the most effective yet the developers of any system I have came across for vb4 seem to have overlooked it which seems bizarre to me, deliberate?

The coder of that mod aint been around since 2009, I wonder if there's anyone that could pick up his mod and run with it to make it compatible with v4.

[Videx]

Yes I did notice the rotating banners part. This is the mod I was referencing. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=203948 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=203948) Yes, it was for 3.8, but it shows how simple it was compared to this one. This one is the direct replacement for that one. What you see as "complications" are actually features that have been requested by people since this one came online. The more features, the more options. But you don't have to use them. I just rotate 6-7 banners in a single ad.

[Hammertime]

This one is the direct replacement for that one. What you see as "complications" are actually features that have been requested by people since this one came online. The more features, the more options. But you don't have to use them. I just rotate 6-7 banners in a single ad.

That's pretty much all I want to do. Looks like I'll be giving this one a second chance afterall. :rolleyes:

What about the banner in header? I see this as probably the most important and effective area for having an ad but from what I have read a lot of people are having major issues making it work. Has anyone actually achieved this?

[Videx]

What about the banner in header? I see this as probably the most important and effective area for having an ad...If you're asking my opinion I would disagree strongly. In-your-face ads like in the header or sidebar just get blocked. Instead of being seen more, they're seen less.

I put mine in the footer and after the first post. Hopefully out of the way enough that people won't bother to block them.

[Hammertime]

If you're asking my opinion I would disagree strongly. In-your-face ads like in the header or sidebar just get blocked. Instead of being seen more, they're seen less.

I put mine in the footer and after the first post. Hopefully out of the way enough that people won't bother to block them.

I suppose it depends what kind of site you're operating.

[BMWCLUBCOLOMBIA]

Excellent, thanks a lot! Installed and nominated

[siriuxs]

Ciao innanzitutto grazie per il tuo splendido lavoro, ma non riesco in nessun modo a far funzionare il tuo plugin...

1. Ho caricato i file sul server
2. Ho installato il plugin
3. Ho creato un nuovo banner in Position 0
4. Ho incollato il codice in ad_navbar_below (<!--@vbbanners:0@-->)

Ma il banner non viene mostrato. Come mai?

[morrow]

Anyone using 4.0.6 get this working again? I have a new install that just won't show my .jpg banner.

[xdsl]

Anyone using 4.0.6 get this working again? I have a new install that just won't show my .jpg banner.

yes, i just updated to 4.0.6 and it's not working at all. :(

[djbaxter]

It's working fine in 4.06.

Try this:

1. Go to your banners. Edit one of them - you don't actually need to change anything - just open in the editor and re-save. If that works, the others should also be working now. If not, repeat for each of your banners.

2. If that doesn't work, go to Admin CP | Maintenance | Update Counters >> Rebuild Styles and click on the Rebuild Styles button.

[ecky]

Anyone using 4.0.6 get this working again? I have a new install that just won't show my .jpg banner.

Two ad positions disappeared from vbulletin after 4.03. See this link for a better explanation.
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?358044-After-Upgraded-from-4.0.3-PL-1-to-4.0.5-Two-Ads-Positions-Disappeared

Nothing to do with this mod and I'm stuck on version 4.03 until they fix this bug. :mad:

[Bacon Butty]

If you're asking my opinion I would disagree strongly. In-your-face ads like in the header or sidebar just get blocked. Instead of being seen more, they're seen less.

I put mine in the footer and after the first post. Hopefully out of the way enough that people won't bother to block them.

Agree. I do the same.

Can anyone tell me how to display an image/graphic/advert after the first post of every thread.

This Rotating Banner System mod is overkill for what I needed. I did solve the issue by editing 'ad_showthread_firstpost' - however, since upgrading from 4.0.3 to 4.0.6, this doesn't appear to display any more.

[djbaxter]

Can anyone tell me how to display an image/graphic/advert after the first post of every thread.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231857

[Bacon Butty]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231857

Cheers but both dont work on 4.0.6.

[djbaxter]

Cheers but both dont work on 4.0.6.

I don't know why. They both work for me with 4.06.

[Videx]

Well, I added my vote to http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-7586 . Please everyone do the same?

[djbaxter]

Well, I added my vote to http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-7586 . Please everyone do the same?

Thanks. And yes, please do. They originally marked this for fixing in 4.06. Well, obviously it wasn't fixed in 4.06 and they've downgraded it to Minor and Unassigned. If we're going to get someone to do something abiut it, we obviously have to make more noise. :mad:

[morrow]

Well... I re-read the instructions. I'm using vbSEO so I did have 1 minor thing set up incorrectly. After fixing this, I'm now able to see the ads but only on the Forum pages. I cannot see ads on any other pages through-out my site nor does it work within the header.

It's very possible that I simply have a limited understanding of how this works and that the ads are not showing because I'm not doing something right. It looks pretty self explainitory but who knows.

If I want an ad within my header, (ad_global_header1), I just add the following to the template:

<div align="center">@vbbanners:0@</div>

The ads do show up under the navbar with no problem using this code.

[ecky]

Well, I added my vote to http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-7586 . Please everyone do the same?

Voted too. I didnt realise this problem had been put to one side by the developers.

I have advertisers in both these vanished slots and an upgrade to 4.06 would have caused me all kind of problems. In all honesty I wish I'd stayed where I was on version 3 because I feel like a beta tester.

[Bacon Butty]

I don't know why. They both work for me with 4.06.

Odd.

The file edit isn't there on the postbit for me - did you revert your postbit template when you upgraded?

Also, ad_showthread_firstpost was discarded in 4.0.6?

[djbaxter]

The file edit isn't there on the postbit for me - did you revert your postbit template when you upgraded?

I;m not sure what you mean by this. Are you saying the placeholder for the ad isn't there? If so, put it back in.

Yes, I always do a side-by-side comparison, then revert, then add in the customization for every template that is flagged as needing to be reverted.

Also, ad_showthread_firstpost was discarded in 4.0.6?

No. It disappeared in 4.04 and we're still waiting for them to put it back.

[Bacon Butty]

I don't know why. They both work for me with 4.06.

No. It disappeared in 4.04 and we're still waiting for them to put it back.

Thats what confused me mate, they can't both work for you because in 4.0.6 ad_showthread_firstpost is missing?

Thanks for trying to help though

[djbaxter]

1. This add-on works for me with 4.06.

2. Since 4.04 , you can do insert the appropriate placeholder for this add-on into an appropriate location in postbit, similar to the instructuions given in the second link provided:

In the postbit template (or I guess postbit_legacy if that's what you're using), FIND at the end of the template:

{vb:raw template_hook.postbit_end}

ADD BEFORE:

<!-- ad after first post -->
<vb:if condition="$post['isfirstshown']">
<div align="center" style="padding: 10px;">
<!--@vbbanners:0@-->
<br/>
</div>
</vb:if>
<!-- end ad after first post -->

Change "<!--@vbbanners:0@-->" to the appropriate placeholder for your banners.

[atlemacks]

How do I get the banners to show? I am using 4.0.1 and nothing shows up no matter what position i put my banners...

[djbaxter]

How do I get the banners to show? I am using 4.0.1 and nothing shows up no matter what position i put my banners...

If you're using vBSEO, turn off "remove white space" as an option.

Check View Source from your browser on a page where you should be seeing the ad. Do you see a placeholder something like <!--@vbbanners:0@--> anywhere on the page?

[inigo]

I need more than 10 different banner locations, can be done?

[djbaxter]

Why on earth do you need more than 10 locations? You do realize you can put more than one banner per location, right? And that you can add the placeholder for one "ad location" to more than one template?

In real;ity, all you really need is one for each size banner you're using, e.g., vertical, small banner, sqaure, rectangle, etc.

[inigo]

Sorry for my english, I´ll try to explain my project, and why I think I need more locations.

I have 50 forum ids in my forum. I want to put different banners in each forum, so I think I need 50 different banner locations, didn´t I?

In each forum for example 6 banners, with the same banner code, but one banner code for each forum id, because in forum Id=1 it will be 6 banners showing (and 15 banner possibilities for example in that banner code), but in forum id=2 it will be other 6 banners (of 12 possibilities for example, but different than the 15 previous ones, so i´ll nedd other banner code),... and all the same for the 50 forum ids.

apart of this i`ll need other

So I need for example 50 banner locations for the forums, and about 10 more locations (for photo gallery, news peage cms, downloads, ...). So i´ll like about 75 different locations if it´s possible, or the way to add myself the number of locations I want.

Any help or suggestion would be apreciated,

Thanks in advance,

[onehost]

Is it possible to setup banners in-post? as if the banner is part of a post?
if so, I would like an ad to show like every 5 posts or so...

demo:
http://www.patientenfragen.net/en/vorstellungen/to-all-the-new-welcome-t1810.html

[y2ksw]

Is it possible to setup banners in-post? as if the banner is part of a post?
if so, I would like an ad to show like every 5 posts or so...

demo:
http://www.patientenfragen.net/en/vorstellungen/to-all-the-new-welcome-t1810.html
Yes sure. put a placeholder in the postbit template and every post will hold a banner, unless they are all used up :)

However, you presumably use vB4 and then you would use the vBulletin advertising for discussions, select the box to the right of the first/last post, and paste into the Banner HTML a placeholder, set eventually some criteria (which is ideally handled by vbulletin only) and save.

[Nephalim]

Hello. Really nice add-on. Can't wait to really make use of it. Right now I put the <!--@vbbanners:4@--> in the ad_thread_first_content template. copy and paste my google adsense code into the text area of that positions banner in the banner rotation system dropdown. And there's space now where it should be, but it does not show. I have the default VB4 style and custom VB skin. Niether will show my banner there. But I do have my banner working under the navbar. I just went thru all 60 pages here and didn't see help on this.

Thank you much! What did I do wrong? lol

adsense ad size is 200px X 200px

[y2ksw]

Hello. Really nice add-on. Can't wait to really make use of it. Right now I put the <!--@vbbanners:4@--> in the ad_thread_first_content template. copy and paste my google adsense code into the text area of that positions banner in the banner rotation system dropdown. And there's space now where it should be, but it does not show. I have the default VB4 style and custom VB skin. Niether will show my banner there. But I do have my banner working under the navbar. I just went thru all 60 pages here and didn't see help on this.

Thank you much! What did I do wrong? lol

adsense ad size is 200px X 200px
There are also some problems reported with Blogs. Probably it is related to caching, which in some way does not handle correctly banner replacements. It is also a version problem, since it has been working until 4.0.3. Maybe refreshing the CMS cache will solve the problem temporarily.

[Nephalim]

OK thank you. I don't have the CMS, just the bulletin board :). Maybe I can use the regular VBulletin spot for that one?

[y2ksw]

OK thank you. I don't have the CMS, just the bulletin board :). Maybe I can use the regular VBulletin spot for that one?
Yes of course :)

The vBulletin ad_* templates work best for RBS placeholders.

[Arae]

Can I use this add-on for a rotating header (itself) of the forums?
I don't have any ads at the moment but I'm looking for a rotating header banners every refresh. :)

^__^

[y2ksw]

Can I use this add-on for a rotating header (itself) of the forums?
I don't have any ads at the moment but I'm looking for a rotating header banners every refresh. :)

^__^
With some restrictions it may work with headers, but I can't tell, because I never tried. If you have your styles in files, probably it will not work, because they are plugged together from the client's browsers. However, try and let us know :)

[biggeorge]

I cannot get this to work... 4.0.7, Maybe it's me.

No offense to the work the developer put into this mod, but there should be an easier way to rotate banners, and it shouldn't be restricted to only 10 banners.

[djbaxter]

No offense to the work the developer put into this mod, but there should be an easier way to rotate banners, and it shouldn't be restricted to only 10 banners.

It's not restricted to 10 banners. It's restricted to 10 different banner sizes/shapes.

Once you define the type of banner, you can have as many separate banners of that size and shape rotating within a single placeholder. Then you still have 9 other placeholders to use.

[y2ksw]

Sorry for my english, I?ll try to explain my project, and why I think I need more locations.

I have 50 forum ids in my forum. I want to put different banners in each forum, so I think I need 50 different banner locations, didn?t I?

In each forum for example 6 banners, with the same banner code, but one banner code for each forum id, because in forum Id=1 it will be 6 banners showing (and 15 banner possibilities for example in that banner code), but in forum id=2 it will be other 6 banners (of 12 possibilities for example, but different than the 15 previous ones, so i?ll nedd other banner code),... and all the same for the 50 forum ids.

apart of this i`ll need other

So I need for example 50 banner locations for the forums, and about 10 more locations (for photo gallery, news peage cms, downloads, ...). So i?ll like about 75 different locations if it?s possible, or the way to add myself the number of locations I want.

Any help or suggestion would be apreciated,

Thanks in advance,
Sorry, I missed this question :)

In the banner options, you may select for each banner where (forum section) to show up, thus you can use one and the same placeholder to fill all 50 or more forum sections without any collision problem.

You don't have to worry about banner id's either. If you have for "forum 1" about 20 banners, they will rotate, even though you may have only 1 placeholder on a page. Rotating is done randomly and is pretty much even on all instances of banners for that page.

If you have the same placeholder more times on a page, say under the navbar and above the footer, 2 different banners will be taken for those placeholders, with the same randomness and guarantee to be unique on that page. No banner is ever shown twice on the same page.

If you put together all the possible filters for a banner, besides timing, you get as many locations as you need, without using actually more than one or two of the 10 available locations / shapes / banner sizes / banner types or whatever you want to call them :). The software design makes it possible to reuse a single placeholder for many occasions.

Although it seems to be difficult to explain, it is easy to use. Just think about a glass. You may fill it with water, juice, beer or wine. You may also use sand, gasoline or bullets if you wish. Normally you would not mix one of the drinks, nor would you throw away the glass after using it. Depending of the occasion, you will probably reuse the same glass as often as possible with as many drinks you may think of. In you parties you'll have green and blue smoking cocktails with fuzzy glitter and funny taste, on company meetings you'll rather offer something more sobre, unless you need to surprise the other companies about your taste :)

[biggeorge]

It's not restricted to 10 banners. It's restricted to 10 different banner sizes/shapes.

Once you define the type of banner, you can have as many separate banners of that size and shape rotating within a single placeholder. Then you still have 9 other placeholders to use.

So I went back and tried again. I was making a very simple error and not removing the % from the <!--@vbbanners:%d@--> tag. It's now up and running, and I'm happy I gave it a second try. Thank you.

[Devanand]

I have problem with counting clicks if I use text form to enter code. It's count impressions but not clicks.

[y2ksw]

I have problem with counting clicks if I use text form to enter code. It's count impressions but not clicks.
This is what the manual says :)

If you wish to count clicks, you will have to include the respective code in your script as well. If you enable click tracking for an image banner, you will see what it needs.

Basically you'll have to call the [forumhome]rbs_banner.php?id=123 script, where 123 is your banner id. Unfortunately I'm unable to tell what happens if there is one or no destination URL. Most probably you'll have to fix the script for your specific needs, too. I believe it may work, if your scripts have no dynamic destination.

[fridaypassion]

Hi

I have a forum that uses a new style not the default vb style so this mod doesnt show up automatically.

If I have a banner set to say position 1 what is the tag I have to add in the template to get the banner to show?

Which template is the normal position one vertical position in? This is the position I want to add to my style

Thanks

[djbaxter]

If I have a banner set to say position 1 what is the tag I have to add in the template to get the banner to show?

<!--@vbbanners:1@-->

Which template is the normal position one vertical position in?

Any "ad postion" in this add-on can be vertical or horizontal, depending entirely on how you want to define it. You then put the placeholder (see above) in whatever template you wish.

If you use the built in vBulletin advertising templates, the only one with a built in vertical is the Blog Sidebar template. However, you can use any of the sidebar templates if you have those enabled and just add the banner placeholder in that spot.

[alan92rttt]

Is there any reporting for click/views per month to the person paying for the ad?

[y2ksw]

Is there any reporting for click/views per month to the person paying for the ad?
You may enable click tracking (works for images only). In the header and in the listings you see also the number of views.

You may also limit the number of clicks (Max. Clicks) or impressions (Max. Impressions) beforehand, such that the banner disappears when it has reached the prepaid amount of clicks and/or views.

[pitzerwm]

I'm using this on my HTML pages, see a previous post. In FireFox the banners are not showing up. this is new, so IMO its one of the patches. Gio, you have any ideas?

You can see this by using FireFox and this URL: http://www.autocareforum.com/buyersguide.html

The banners that you might see are Flash and they work fine. Its the Gif & Jpg that do not.

This is the code to display it.


<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
define('SKIP_SESSIONCREATE', 1);
define('NOCOOKIES', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'rbs_blank');
$phrasegroups = array();
$specialtemplates = array();
$globaltemplates = array();
$actiontemplates = array();
require_once('./global.php');
$html = '<html>
<head>
<title>Rotating Banner System</title>
</head>
<style type=\"text/css\">

<!--
body {
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
-->
</style>

<body>
<!--@vbbanners:2@-->
</body>
</html>';
eval('print_output("' . $html . '");');
?>





Thanks,

[y2ksw]

I'm using this on my HTML pages, see a previous post. In FireFox the banners are not showing up. this is new, so IMO its one of the patches. Gio, you have any ideas?

You can see this by using FireFox and this URL: http://www.autocareforum.com/buyersguide.html

The banners that you might see are Flash and they work fine. Its the Gif & Jpg that do not.


Thanks,
Well I tried hard to get an image banner on the home page, but probably you have them disabled ... on the forum I got one though (footer) and it works to me.

If an image banner doesn't show, maybe you have exceptions for (not loading) images on your own site (?). This is the only one I could think of ... or a buggy plugin, such for example a local image cache, or so.

[onesexforum]

this mod is brilliant just what i was looking for. If you are doing affiliate ads and don't have to worry about monetizing it yourself then this is for you. It is a simple banner ad rotation mod. You may have to fiddle around in the templates a bit to get the ads where you want them, but you will figure it out after a while. It's not too hard :D

thanks :D and Keep up the good work !

[pitzerwm]

Gio,

It is a FireFox issue, IE and Chrome are ok. The forum is fine as it uses your normal code. I have java, and reader etc I don't have but a couple of add-ons.

I'll keep messing around. I noticed that I didn't have any images on the Ebay site, so something is turned off, but don't know whay.

[fridaypassion]

<!--@vbbanners:1@-->



Any "ad postion" in this add-on can be vertical or horizontal, depending entirely on how you want to define it. You then put the placeholder (see above) in whatever template you wish.

If you use the built in vBulletin advertising templates, the only one with a built in vertical is the Blog Sidebar template. However, you can use any of the sidebar templates if you have those enabled and just add the banner placeholder in that spot.

Thanks for this reply

Do you know which template this position is (the top ad in this site) this is the location I want to use in my site but I cant find it!

http://www.meganesport.net/community/

[djbaxter]

Thanks for this reply

Do you know which template this position is (the top ad in this site) this is the location I want to use in my site but I cant find it!

http://www.meganesport.net/community/

Admin CP > Advertising > Add New Ad > Ad Selector > Global: Below Navbar

or

Styles & templates > Style manager > Ad Location Templates > ad_global_below_navbar

[jnrdavo]

Love the mod, and have been using it on 5 sites for about a year now....

I've been modding the swf files I have and redirecting them to a php file so I could log additional information.


$Usr= $_SERVER['remote_user'];

$CallingServer = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$UserID = $_COOKIE['bbuserid'];

chdir('/home/sitename/public_html/redirects');

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","sitelogin","sitepassword");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("site_forum", $con);


// Get IP Address of remote address

// $ip=@$REMOTE_ADDR;
$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

// Update values that are required
$sql="INSERT INTO page_hits (i_date, i_time, ip_address, calling_site, calling_ad, UserName)
VALUES
(now(),curtime(),'$ip','$CallingServer','Sponsor - General','$UserID')";



Would it be possible to add some further details in to this mod so that we can record the following:

calling sitename
IP address of user who click on the ad
Date
Time
username (if they have a login)

If so, then I reckon we would have an excellet tool and be able to produce some meaning full stats that could help people taget their advertising.

[y2ksw]

Love the mod, and have been using it on 5 sites for about a year now....

I've been modding the swf files I have and redirecting them to a php file so I could log additional information.

$Usr= $_SERVER['remote_user'];

$CallingServer = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$UserID = $_COOKIE['bbuserid'];

chdir('/home/sitename/public_html/redirects');

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","sitelogin","sitepassword");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("site_forum", $con);


// Get IP Address of remote address

// $ip=@$REMOTE_ADDR;
$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

// Update values that are required
$sql="INSERT INTO page_hits (i_date, i_time, ip_address, calling_site, calling_ad, UserName)
VALUES
(now(),curtime(),'$ip','$CallingServer','Sponsor - General','$UserID')";

Would it be possible to add some further details in to this mod so that we can record the following:

calling sitename
IP address of user who click on the ad
Date
Time
username (if they have a login)

If so, then I reckon we would have an excellet tool and be able to produce some meaning full stats that could help people taget their advertising.
I put this on schedule for the next revision. It is a reasonable addition, although some data can't be tracked as 100% reliable, such as "the user who clicked", because it may depend on specific cookie settings to make this information available. Also, some proxies may show an IP of 127.0.0.1, which then would look like as if your server had clicked the ad ;)

Along this addition, I'll also add an optional and complete banner impression trace, which will allow to see at least, who is viewing the banners in general. However, I will not add any statistics at this point, which have to be studied a bit beforehand.

For all those users who would like statistics, please tell what you need, including what you would like to show (directly) to your sponsors/customers.

[fridaypassion]

Admin CP > Advertising > Add New Ad > Ad Selector > Global: Below Navbar

or

Styles & templates > Style manager > Ad Location Templates > ad_global_below_navbar

I'm more confused now! do you also need to change a setting in the rotating banner system section as well? I've added the ad location but the new location doesn't appear in the rotating ad system only the usual horizontal position 1 etc.

[y2ksw]

I'm more confused now! do you also need to change a setting in the rotating banner system section as well? I've added the ad location but the new location doesn't appear in the rotating ad system only the usual horizontal position 1 etc.
Please read the included guide and eventually have a look at the Flash Guide as indicated in the first post of this thread.

You need to make changes to your templates and insert banners in the database in order to show banners. The way you do it, is easy and straight forward. There are no such fixed locations as the inbuilt vBulletin locations, but you may use them if you wish.

[DieselTruck]

Call me stupid, but I cannot get a banner to display.

I have tried <!--@vbbanners:0@--> in all the ad hook locations, none will show. I get this when adding to the header location. See attachment.

As you can see, it just shows the code.

[y2ksw]

Call me stupid, but I cannot get a banner to display.

I have tried <!--@vbbanners:0@--> in all the ad hook locations, none will show. I get this when adding to the header location. See attachment.

As you can see, it just shows the code.
Could you please just try the template called "ad_navbar_below" with:
<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>
and enable one of the default banners. You should get a banner between the navbar (menu) and the forum contents, similar to:

123395

[y2ksw]

PS: if it still shows the code, check also the options. It should look like:

123396

[DieselTruck]

So, I've been playing with it all evening and I'm down to this "x" where the ad should be (See attachment).

I can successfully see the the banner in the browser address bar with the URL the same as I put in the URL Field.
If I click the image placeholder it takes me to the banner successfully.

[DieselTruck]

Any ideas?

[y2ksw]

Any ideas?
Oh, I thought you solved the problem ... so what?

You say you click the placeholder, then you go to the banner? You mean your banner shows on a single page and nothing else? Sounds like you target your banner.

Maybe you have put the image URL into the target field. Please check this first. If this isn't the problem, ... maybe you better reinstall and use the default banners for a start. I have the strong idea we miss something :)

[dopeytjen]

Hello, could you please help me? I have been trying to get this to work but it's not working at all.
I have added the "<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>" tag in my ad_navbar_below template, but nothing is showing.

[y2ksw]

Hello, could you please help me? I have been trying to get this to work but it's not working at all.
I have added the "<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>" tag in my ad_navbar_below template, but nothing is showing.
If you have vbSEO and/or use HTML comment cleaning or HTML compression, you may need to define a different placeholder in the RBS options, such as for example @vbbanners:%d@ and thus adjust your template placeholder accordingly to @vbbanners:0@, @vbbanners:1@ ...

[dopeytjen]

As far as I know I have none of those things, where could I check that? are they all third party addons?

[y2ksw]

As far as I know I have none of those things, where could I check that? are they all third party addons?
Yes.

But just in case, changing these parameters does no harm, it just tells the banner plugin to look for another placeholder instead of the predefined ones.

Have you tried to run the predefined banners?

[dopeytjen]

I sent you a PM.

[n_only]

Hello, could you please help me? I have been trying to get this to work but it's not working at all.
I have added the "<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>" tag in my ad_navbar_below template, but nothing is showing.


could you please change Start Date to one day in the past.

it will works fine :)

[y2ksw]

could you please change Start Date to one day in the past.

it will works fine :)
I'm sorry, if your server would show the current date and time correctly, it would work. I can't and never will fix problems which are bound to incorrect server or vbulletin settings. ;)

[Videx]

Forum administrators with maintenance rights may add, edit and delete records from the Administration Control Panel (ACP)...Can this be changed easily? I'd like my co-admin to be able to administer banners, but not to repair tables or update counters. Seems like a different thing entirely.

[y2ksw]

Can this be changed easily? I'd like my co-admin to be able to administer banners, but not to repair tables or update counters. Seems like a different thing entirely.
You may change the attribute "permissions" from "canadminmaintain" to, for example: "canadminsettings" in the file /includes/xml/cpnav_rbs.xml.

For more possible values, please see cpnav_vbulletin.xml. You may also try to remove this attribute in order to make the banner functions available to all administrators.

[Outbackmark]

Terrific mod, installed on test 4.08 board and it's looking top notch...thanks!!

[Rafa-el]

This is one of my favorites mods :)

Thanks for release it!

[Lord Singo]

Some of my banners display. Others don't. I have 7 of ten banners displaying. The others rotate but display a blank, white placeholder where the banner should be. The banners not displaying are no different to the others. All the banners are same size and range from 26KB to78KB (the ones displaying are not necessarily smaller than the others).

This is a great mod but the blank banners are frustrating. Any ideas?

I've added two screenshots to illustrate.

[reefcity]

Same issue here, the banner just come and go as they please not hardly displaying.
Is there any way to get this fixed.

[ryansmith]

This may have been addressed before, so please excuse me if I missed it, but...

Is there any way to put a timer in so that there's an option to rotate these banners every X seconds? For instance, if I put 2 banners in Position 0, can I make them rotate back and forth every 20 seconds without having to reload the page? I used to have a Javascript banner rotater but it would be so nice if this mod could do something similar.

Thanks.

[y2ksw]

Some of my banners display. Others don't. I have 7 of ten banners displaying. The others rotate but display a blank, white placeholder where the banner should be. The banners not displaying are no different to the others. All the banners are same size and range from 26KB to78KB (the ones displaying are not necessarily smaller than the others).

This is a great mod but the blank banners are frustrating. Any ideas?

I've added two screenshots to illustrate.

Same issue here, the banner just come and go as they please not hardly displaying.
Is there any way to get this fixed.
Most probably you have external banner sources which fail to load and thus result in a white space. This happens for example with Google AdSense, if you have failed to insert correctly the scripts, but also with flash, if you haven't upgraded your browser Flash plugins.

Please make sure your banners will load, for example creating a blank static HTML including the banner code (as suggested in the help files). Anything you can't load normally, can't be loaded by the banner rotator either ;)

If you have intermittent problems with one banner, try to wrap them differently. HTML is a pretty difficult programming language with a lot of alternate comaptibility issues, some of which may or may not work with one or another browser.

[cam2]

I am having issues with this also. I'm sure it's my fault. I have vBSEO installed and have the white spaces turned off.

I have been trying for hours to get this thing going. Every time I select a forum to show the banner in it does not show up.

I am using vB 4.0.8

Any help would be appreciated.

[Apolo.]

Disable all plugins you may have in place and then try again. If it works, then you will be able to find out which is the one causing you that issue.

If it still doesn't work... well... perhaps you may try a full vBulletin reinstall?

[cam2]

Yep, did that. No way I can do another install. Those are the only options?

[Apolo.]

Yep, did that. No way I can do another install. Those are the only options?

Did you do this?

Please make sure your banners will load, for example creating a blank static HTML including the banner code (as suggested in the help files). Anything you can't load normally, can't be loaded by the banner rotator either ;)

[cam2]

Tried that too.

The code is there but not showing on my test page.

[y2ksw]

Tried that too.

The code is there but not showing on my test page.
Could you please PM me the code you are trying to insert?

[y2ksw]

I am having issues with this also. I'm sure it's my fault. I have vBSEO installed and have the white spaces turned off.

I have been trying for hours to get this thing going. Every time I select a forum to show the banner in it does not show up.

I am using vB 4.0.8

Any help would be appreciated.
Does it show up if you have no forum selected? Which template are you using?

[MmS1]

HI idid every thing but it's not working
it dont show any thing even ur google banner

i upload all the files
i Import the product

is there any thing i have to do more than that

[y2ksw]

HI idid every thing but it's not working
it dont show any thing even ur google banner

i upload all the files
i Import the product

is there any thing i have to do more than that
Yes: read the help, eventually try the Flash Help (link in the first post).

Most of all, it will show banners only at places you define in your templates. If no place given, no banner ever shows :)

[MmS1]

Hi
i saw the flash and i did every thing in it

but still not working i have put the <!--@vbbanners:0@--> until <!--@vbbanners:9@--> in the ad_navbar_below and i got nothing

[y2ksw]

Hi
i saw the flash and i did every thing in it

but still not working i have put the <!--@vbbanners:0@--> until <!--@vbbanners:9@--> in the ad_navbar_below and i got nothing
Do you have vbSEO or another software which removes HTML comments from your pages?

[MmS1]

No i do not have a vbseo
but i do have
vB4: SuperCharged
vBSEO :: Sitemap Generator

[MmS1]

i disable the hack "vB4: SuperCharged" and still the same

[y2ksw]

i disable the hack "vB4: SuperCharged" and still the same
Well, I don't know.

If you let me have a look into your board, please send me a PM with the credentials to an account which may access the vbulletin settings, styles and maintenance. I need to check the RBS options, the placeholder in your template and the banner insertion itself. It would be best if that board was a test installation :)

[hohleweg]

Hi
Can i set ALL impressions to 0?
Greetings Jo

[pitzerwm]

Y2, as usual you openned a can of worms with the new update:)

Do you think that if I update, that it will create any issues with my HTML pages?

Y2, remember you created this code for me and I have it running on a number of "non-forum" sites.


<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
define('SKIP_SESSIONCREATE', 1);
define('NOCOOKIES', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'rbs_blank');
$phrasegroups = array();
$specialtemplates = array();
$globaltemplates = array();
$actiontemplates = array();
require_once('./global.php');
$html = '<html>
<head>
<title>Rotating Banner System</title>
</head>
<style type=\"text/css\">

<!--
body {
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
-->
</style>

<body>
<!--@vbbanners:0@-->
</body>
</html>';
eval('print_output("' . $html . '");');
?>
Calling it with:


<iframe src="http://98.131.36.111/rbs_html.php" width="600" height="80" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" ></iframe>

[MmS1]

i know why it didn't work
it's work only with visitor and member not admins
if i put a images banner not working but if put text it work but only visitor and member will see that not me

[megroup]

Hello,

Unfortunately, In the new version still several bugs that required to be fixed:

I have VB 3.8.2 and here is what happens.

1. When you save banner settings. Expire date and time jumps forward 20 hours or so. That means you cannot set accurate banner expire date and time.

2. When all required settings for flash banner are enabled, embedded link that included within swf banner code does not work. meaning visitors cannot get to advertisers websites by clicking on banner.

[y2ksw]

Hi
Can i set ALL impressions to 0?
Greetings Jo
You mean you want to reset the impressions on all existing banners?

Query:
UPDATE rbs_banners SET impressions=0

[y2ksw]

Hello,

Unfortunately, In the new version still several bugs that required to be fixed:

I have VB 3.8.2 and here is what happens.

1. When you save banner settings. Expire date and time jumps forward 20 hours or so. That means you cannot set accurate banner expire date and time.

2. When all required settings for flash banner are enabled, embedded link that included within swf banner code does not work. meaning visitors cannot get to advertisers websites by clicking on banner.
1. I can't and I won't fix problems with board and/or server settings. If your time jumps, your DST setting or your server date/time settings, or both, are not setup properly. I can remember I have had similar problems in the past until I worked out how to correctly setup the board date/time features and DST, and of course, syncronized the server time with NTP to a reliable time server (e.g. pool.ntp.org). A lot of servers on the web aren't syncronized and run out of any plausible time space over their life time, but you can require from your hosting provider to keep the time within a certain range.
2. The Flash wrapper works as designed. It was designed to override internal flash links in order to allow click tracking and overriding erroneous, missing or tampered embedded links. Thus, you will have to specify also a landing page (URL), else it will not go anywhere. If you want to use your banner as-is, you don't need the wrapper. In this case, paste the banner code into the Text field and leave all other fields empty (unmodified). As easy as that. However click tracking would not work, unless the embedded link calls the script rbs_banner.php?id=N, where N is the ID of the banner you wish to track. In this case, you will have to setup a landing page, too.

[y2ksw]

i know why it didn't work
it's work only with visitor and member not admins
if i put a images banner not working but if put text it work but only visitor and member will see that not me
That seems to be impossible ... have you specified user groups in the Usergroups field? If yes, delete them all. The visitor user group has the ID 1.

I attach here a typical banner setting.

If you are still testing, I suggest to reinstall the product in order to get the default settings back, and be sure the predefinded banners work as designed. I'm really unhappy with a situation I can't see and have to guess what's wrong.

[y2ksw]

Y2, as usual you openned a can of worms with the new update:)

Do you think that if I update, that it will create any issues with my HTML pages?

Y2, remember you created this code for me and I have it running on a number of "non-forum" sites.


<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
define('SKIP_SESSIONCREATE', 1);
define('NOCOOKIES', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'rbs_blank');
$phrasegroups = array();
$specialtemplates = array();
$globaltemplates = array();
$actiontemplates = array();
require_once('./global.php');
$html = '<html>
<head>
<title>Rotating Banner System</title>
</head>
<style type=\"text/css\">

<!--
body {
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
-->
</style>

<body>
<!--@vbbanners:0@-->
</body>
</html>';
eval('print_output("' . $html . '");');
?>
Calling it with:


<iframe src="http://98.131.36.111/rbs_html.php" width="600" height="80" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" ></iframe>

This code should continue to work flawlessly. Essentially, the changes are to support banner statistics and record additional information on a banner click.

[kellogs]

I have installed it and it works very well except on flash banner.

The flash banner flicker

Any idea?

[pitzerwm]

Thanks, This mod, enables me to make a lot of money with my website. Todate, all issues were my screwups.

[y2ksw]

I have installed it and it works very well except on flash banner.

The flash banner flicker

Any idea?
Could you please send me (PM) the link to your flash banner? Thanks.

[HipHopStan.com]

okay.... i installed this plugin on my forum. How do I get a right sidebar for ads on all pages.

Forums & Moderators -> does not have anything for Block Manager in vb4.0.8 PL 2

I have enabled the option for the sidebar in settings-> Forum Sidebar and Block Options.

[y2ksw]

okay.... i installed this plugin on my forum. How do I get a right sidebar for ads on all pages.

Forums & Moderators -> does not have anything for Block Manager in vb4.0.8 PL 2

I have enabled the option for the sidebar in settings-> Forum Sidebar and Block Options.
I don't know :)

I'm not a designer ...

[mc0676]

Hi italian mate, :D,
what about upgrade from 2.2.6 ?

[y2ksw]

Hi italian mate, :D,
what about upgrade from 2.2.6 ?
Just do it :)

[nectons]

Ok. I Upgrated to 2.3 version.

Everething works great as before. But... i cant find anywere this feuture:

Detail Banner Statistics with unique access key for your customers

I found the extre modules and works perfect. I found the click limitations and impression limitations but i cant find anyware how to enable this feuture :(

Please help ?


GREAT work bytheway :D

[mfnforex]

Thanx

[y2ksw]

Ok. I Upgrated to 2.3 version.

Everething works great as before. But... i cant find anywere this feuture:



I found the extre modules and works perfect. I found the click limitations and impression limitations but i cant find anyware how to enable this feuture :(

Please help ?


GREAT work bytheway :D
The click and impression limitations are setup individually for each banner.

The "public" link to a banner statistic is found just below the upper navigation buttons:
123795
You may give this link to your customers in order to allow them to watch their expenses grow :)

[thieu.bocap]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/11/13.jpg

How to fix it, ads is flash banner?

Thanks!

[y2ksw]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/11/13.jpg

How to fix it, ads is flash banner?

Thanks!
Looks like you haven't inserted the banner into the right template, or you have not specified the correct dimensions - anyway, I'm not a designer and can't reply to design specific questions adeguately.

[Apolo.]

How to fix it, ads is flash banner?

You have to use this parameter within your <object> code:

<param name="WMode" value="transparent"/>

And then the drop-down menu will be displayed correctly.

Hope it helps.

[y2ksw]

Nice trick, thanks :)

[Apolo.]

You're welcome. :)

[thieu.bocap]

You have to use this parameter within your <object> code:

<param name="WMode" value="transparent"/>

And then the drop-down menu will be displayed correctly.

Hope it helps.

Yes, if manual ads i can add <param name="WMode" value="transparent"/> but with hack mod this ex: <div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:5@--></div> how to use?

sorry because my english :D

[pitzerwm]

Y2, if I do the update, will your sample banners, over-write my present banner positions?

If so, how would I delete them before update.

Thanks again for a great mod.

[nectons]

The click and impression limitations are setup individually for each banner.

The "public" link to a banner statistic is found just below the upper navigation buttons:
123795
You may give this link to your customers in order to allow them to watch their expenses grow :)

Under my eyes. Im so stupid.

Thanks my friend!


GREAT WORK!

[jaribas]

Hello.
First Sorry for my english, i am spanish and i not learning english in the school.

My question is.. i need to put more than 2 banners in the header of the forum. Now i have 2 banners when i install the plug, and i like minimun 3 banners in the header. Is posible this?

Thanks

[pitzerwm]

I don't think that would be a problem.

You would either do <!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:1@--><!--@vbbanners:2@-->

or <!--@vbbanners:0@--><br>
<!--@vbbanners:1@--><br>
<!--@vbbanners:2@--><br>

You might need the surrounding tags, as a <div> or a <table>

[jaribas]

ok.. very thanks...

[Cutsizzle]

I want to have two different styles that use different sets of rotating banners. Is this possible?

[y2ksw]

Yes, if manual ads i can add <param name="WMode" value="transparent"/> but with hack mod this ex: <div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:5@--></div> how to use?

sorry because my english :D
This HTML is only an example. You may use any kind of HTML in your templates.

However, for Flash Banners you must choose between two possibilities:
1. You use the "Text" field and paste there the complete banner code, thus including all the <object> and <embed> code, which is then inserted at the <div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:5@--></div>, such as <div align="center"><object ...></div>.
2. You use the Flash wrapper which takes care of inserting the correct code, and as far as I know, handles also correctly the menu issue.

[y2ksw]

Y2, if I do the update, will your sample banners, over-write my present banner positions?

If so, how would I delete them before update.

Thanks again for a great mod.
The sample banners are installed only at the moment you install this product first. No banners are touched when updating. However, it is always a good idea to keep a backup somewhere :)

[y2ksw]

Hello.
First Sorry for my english, i am spanish and i not learning english in the school.

My question is.. i need to put more than 2 banners in the header of the forum. Now i have 2 banners when i install the plug, and i like minimun 3 banners in the header. Is posible this?

Thanks

I don't think that would be a problem.

You would either do <!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:1@--><!--@vbbanners:2@-->

or <!--@vbbanners:0@--><br>
<!--@vbbanners:1@--><br>
<!--@vbbanners:2@--><br>

You might need the surrounding tags, as a <div> or a <table>
It's even easier:

<!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:0@-->

This way, you have 3 or more banners in position 0, they rotate along with other banners in a single page.

You would use the different positions only where you have different banner types and must have a distinct placement.

[y2ksw]

I want to have two different styles that use different sets of rotating banners. Is this possible?
Yes. In this case you make use of banner positions, where for example in Style 1 you store banners in position 0 and in Style 2 position 1.

[SteveV]

Is it possible to have a few banners in the place on the picture i attached ?

And i couldn't find where to set the time for the different banners.
Is that even possible ?

I don't have it installed yet but am reading up on it before i uninstall the other mod i am using.
This mod looks more powerful.

[y2ksw]

Is it possible to have a few banners in the place on the picture i attached ?

And i couldn't find where to set the time for the different banners.
Is that even possible ?

I don't have it installed yet but am reading up on it before i uninstall the other mod i am using.
This mod looks more powerful.
1. Yes, but it needs a style modification, because the original header contains room for two small banners side by side, as far as I recall.
2. Each banner can be setup with a starting and ending date, as a matter of facts, they must. By default, a new banner is shown for one year.
3. I believe it is pretty powerful, but it is not up to me to proof this statement :)

[SteveV]

Hi Y2 thanks for the answers.

What i ment with the time for each banners is the amount of seconds.
I only have animated gif files and some are 10 seconds and others are longer.

Thanks again.

[thieu.bocap]

This HTML is only an example. You may use any kind of HTML in your templates.

However, for Flash Banners you must choose between two possibilities:
1. You use the "Text" field and paste there the complete banner code, thus including all the <object> and <embed> code, which is then inserted at the <div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:5@--></div>, such as <div align="center"><object ...></div>.
2. You use the Flash wrapper which takes care of inserting the correct code, and as far as I know, handles also correctly the menu issue.

Thanks very much for your reply :D i will test in my site :)

[y2ksw]

Hi Y2 thanks for the answers.

What i ment with the time for each banners is the amount of seconds.
I only have animated gif files and some are 10 seconds and others are longer.

Thanks again.
Ah right ... I got it. There is no such field, a banner is shown for the life time of the page. I have been asked several times to add the feature of rotating banners in place while the page is loaded.

Workaround: Eventually you may create a HTML page, which you insert as an IFRAME in your banner space. That HTML may refresh every so time, and would then load a new banner (if there is any). This HTML is already available and has been mentioned a few posts ago. All it needs is to make it work for your specific use, adding e meta tag with the desired refresh period :)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2123325&postcount=951

[y2ksw]

Ah right ... I got it. There is no such field, a banner is shown for the life time of the page. I have been asked several times to add the feature of rotating banners in place while the page is loaded.

Workaround: Eventually you may create a HTML page, which you insert as an IFRAME in your banner space. That HTML may refresh every so time, and would then load a new banner (if there is any). This HTML is already available and has been mentioned a few posts ago. All it needs is to make it work for your specific use, adding e meta tag with the desired refresh period :)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2123325&postcount=951
Here, as an unofficial addon, you get the autorefreshing page (tested). It needs:

- a text editor;
- a refresh time of your choice (see metatag refresh in file, now at 10 seconds);
- a banner location (see placeholder in file, now at position 0);
- at least a banner for that location;
- a global target of a new page aka _blank (RBS options), else you jump into the iframe;
- a template modification for a 468x60 banner:
<iframe src="rbs_iframe.php" align="center" frameborder="0" height="60" width="468" scrolling="no"></iframe>Please note: with smaller banners you get white borders, with larger than the iframe area, they are clipped.

[SteveV]

Thank you.

I will install the mod tonight together with the unofficial addon.
I hope i get it working the first time :)

[Internetcafe]

Doesn't seem to work on 4.0.8 :-
Please upload the files that came with the product before installing or upgrading!
Missing files:


All files have been uploaded !?

[CybaGirl]

So its installed.. Where do I place "@vbbanners@" so it shows top right?

If anyone else is wondering how to do this and if what you are trying to achieve is shown in this image.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/11/5.jpg

This is what I did to make it look like this.

1. Log in to your admin panel.

2. Click on styles and templates.

3. Click on style manager.

4. Select the template you wish to modify and from the drop down box on the right select Edit Templates.

5. Double click on Ad Location Templates so that this menu expands.

6. Scroll down till you see ad_header_end and double click on it.

7. In the empty big box enter in the following.


<br><br><br>
<div align="center"><table>
<tr>
<td><!--@vbbanners:0@--></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>


Of course changing <!--@vbbanners:0@--> to what ever banner number you want to display in this area.

For example if you want to display Position 2 banners in this area change the 0 to a 2 so that it looks like this.

<!--@vbbanners:2@-->

Oh yes and if you are not using a large forum logo like we are. You may have to switch where it says <div align="center"> in the code above to say <div align="right"> .


Anyway hope this helps others who would like to place their banners in this area.

:D

[Parture]

How do we get the images to rotate each time the page is refreshed? I have added 3 images but only one ever shows up.

Oh, problem solved, for some reson the starting dates of the other banners were later in the day.

[andreamarucci]

5. Double click on Ad Location Templates so that this menu expands.

6. Scroll down till you see ad_header_end and double click on it.

There's no ad_header_end. I've 4.0.8pl2 and these are the templates

124078

[CybaGirl]

Hi Andreamarucci,

I have just tested the code in the ad_global_header1 and it seems to work exactly the same as if it was placed in the ad_header_end

I haven't upgraded our forum to version 4.0.8 pl2 yet. So I guess this is where I will need to place this code when I do :).

[andreamarucci]

Tried and it works in the header1 or header2 position...

[andreamarucci]

Another question. Is it possible to rotate the banner based on time? I've seen that the banner change when you change page. It's not possible to make it change every x seconds?

[CybaGirl]

Another question. Is it possible to rotate the banner based on time? I've seen that the banner change when you change page. It's not possible to make it change every x seconds?


I read it was possible in one of the replies in one of the previous pages. But I cannot remember which page I read it on now.

It has something to do with using the meta refresh tag.

Probably your best bet is to start from page 1 and read all the pages. As I am sure I read about this on one of the previous pages. Plus if my memory serves me right someone is kind enough to provide a working example on how you can achieve this.

[nando.dominios]

Please, replace output url "&" with "&amp;" in the next relase for a valid urls. Good work, thanks.

http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/problems.html#amp

[y2ksw]

Another question. Is it possible to rotate the banner based on time? I've seen that the banner change when you change page. It's not possible to make it change every x seconds?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2125608&postcount=989