Rotating Banner System

[y2ksw]

Ok I have a weird one.

VB4.2
VBadvanced CMPS

Banners show
But you can not click on them? Yes there is a link in the "URL" spot.

Any ideas?
I haven't looked into VBadvanced CMPS lately ... what version is it you have?

[CharlieDelta]

Great mod!!:up:

Feature request; Check box system for usergroup selection, rather than inputting the ID's. :)

[y2ksw]

Great mod!!:up:

Feature request; Check box system for usergroup selection, rather than inputting the ID's. :)
The ACP API desn't provide such control.

[CharlieDelta]

Bummer. :(

[sonic83]

Hello, you can create banners in vertical position?

image attached ;)

Thank you

[Apolo.]

Hello, you can create banners in vertical position?

Of course, this can be done. You just need to check the "Vertical" checkbox.

:)

[y2ksw]

Hello, you can create banners in vertical position?

image attached ;)

Thank you

You may use any of the locations for a vertical banners. Personally I use location 0 for 468x90 banners and location 1 for skyscrapers, but anything will do :)

Of course, this can be done. You just need to check the "Vertical" checkbox.

:)
This feature was removed a long time ago. Now, all locations can be choosen for all kinds of banners.

[Apolo.]

This feature was removed a long time ago. Now, all locations can be choosen for all kinds of banners.

Oh, my bad... I'm still using an old version, which also proves I'm a long time, loyal user of your mod. :-D

[sonic83]

You may use any of the locations for a vertical banners. Personally I use location 0 for 468x90 banners and location 1 for skyscrapers, but anything will do :)


This feature was removed a long time ago. Now, all locations can be choosen for all kinds of banners.

Thanks Apollo and y2ksw.

y2ksw, my problem is that if I put it on anyone looks like this:


Not integrated into the side. As I can modify the templates to be integrated in the right or left?

thanks


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=140224&d=1343742218

[Apolo.]

Hi VBLUIS,

If you want to display a side banner throughout all pages, you can either modify the templates on your own or use a mod for this purpose. For instance:

Everywhere Sidebar 4 VB4
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233871

Then, you can insert the RBS code in there for the side banner to be displayed. :)

[y2ksw]

Hi VBLUIS,

If you want to display a side banner throughout all pages, you can either modify the templates on your own or use a mod for this purpose. For instance:

Everywhere Sidebar 4 VB4
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233871

Then, you can insert the RBS code in there for the side banner to be displayed. :)
:up:

You may also insert the banner placeholder into a HTML static block and use just the standard forum sidebar.

I usually have also a custom template in order to remove the block title and other adjustments, such as:

Template: block_html_ads
<li>
<div class="block smaller">
<div class="widget_content blockbody floatcontainer">
<div id="block_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}" class="blockrow">
{vb:raw content}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="underblock"></div>
</li>

[Apolo.]

You may also insert the banner placeholder into a HTML static block and use just the standard forum sidebar.

I usually have also a custom template in order to remove the block title and other adjustments, such as:

Template: block_html_ads

Does this work forum-wide? Because as far as I know, the standard sidebar is not displayed when you are checking a thread, etc.

[sonic83]

:up:

You may also insert the banner placeholder into a HTML static block and use just the standard forum sidebar.

I usually have also a custom template in order to remove the block title and other adjustments, such as:

Template: block_html_ads
<li>
<div class="block smaller">
<div class="widget_content blockbody floatcontainer">
<div id="block_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}" class="blockrow">
{vb:raw content}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="underblock"></div>
</li>

Thank you y2ksw.
I have a question related to one that did in the past, I hope you can help me.

My forum just get by "google Analitycs" 600 visitors per day. Is that "Google Analytics" has access to many pages of the forums.

And according to statistics from vbulletin receive about 150 visitors per day recorded.

I have sold a banner. This banner appears on all pages and for everyone

But in one day telling me 33,000 impressions. There may be something that interferes with the Rotating Banner System? I have doubts that have been loaded 33,000 times the pages that have that banner (that is all, is global).

There any checks I can do?

That number of visitors / impressions can reach you receive?

thanks

PS: sorry for my English if at some point may sound bad. The schools are very bad Spanish with other languages.

[y2ksw]

Does this work forum-wide? Because as far as I know, the standard sidebar is not displayed when you are checking a thread, etc.
The everywhere sidebar shows almost everywhere. However if you have the CMS, you also will have to create a most similar widget.

[y2ksw]

Thank you y2ksw.
I have a question related to one that did in the past, I hope you can help me.

My forum just get by "google Analitycs" 600 visitors per day. Is that "Google Analytics" has access to many pages of the forums.

And according to statistics from vbulletin receive about 150 visitors per day recorded.

I have sold a banner. This banner appears on all pages and for everyone

But in one day telling me 33,000 impressions. There may be something that interferes with the Rotating Banner System? I have doubts that have been loaded 33,000 times the pages that have that banner (that is all, is global).

There any checks I can do?

That number of visitors / impressions can reach you receive?

thanks

PS: sorry for my English if at some point may sound bad. The schools are very bad Spanish with other languages.
600 GA visitors likely will visit more than just one page. 150 vB visitors are logged users in a day. 33k impressions is a pretty high number, but considered that GA fails to collect all visitors and that 600 visitors may look into 50-60 pages each, it is a fairly possible value.

If you have server side statistics, such as Webalizer, the real page count may be much closer to the impression count. However, Webalizer counts only unique entries, thus the single page count is at Pages + (Hits - Files).

[sonic83]

600 GA visitors likely will visit more than just one page. 150 vB visitors are logged users in a day. 33k impressions is a pretty high number, but considered that GA fails to collect all visitors and that 600 visitors may look into 50-60 pages each, it is a fairly possible value.

If you have server side statistics, such as Webalizer, the real page count may be much closer to the impression count. However, Webalizer counts only unique entries, thus the single page count is at Pages + (Hits - Files).

Thank you y2ksw.

[Apolo.]

The everywhere sidebar shows almost everywhere. However if you have the CMS, you also will have to create a most similar widget.

Ah, you mean the Everywhere Sidebar (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233871) mod I quoted myself earlier. Yes, I know it allows for the sidebar to be displayed "everywhere", as the name of the mod implies. :)

When you mentioned (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2353160&postcount=2013) the "standard forum sidebar" I thought you meant the standard sidebar feature offered by default by vBulletin, which as far as I know, it is displayed at the main forum page only.

[tamiyausa]

I haven't looked into VBadvanced CMPS lately ... what version is it you have?


all curent on both

VB and VBCMPS

VBCMPS
Current Version: 4.2.1
Released: 06-13-2012

[acast]

Hi. Did anybody solve the problem of the flash banners which opens in a new tab?

I was thinking that, perhaps, if we disable the link option of the banners won't do it. Anybody knows how i can i do it?

[y2ksw]

Hi. Did anybody solve the problem of the flash banners which opens in a new tab?

I was thinking that, perhaps, if we disable the link option of the banners won't do it. Anybody knows how i can i do it?
You may try to use the HTML code of the banner instead of using the wrapper, but I rather suggest to fix the banner code. Most first time banner designers make errors, one of which is keeping the banner in front of all contents, and the others are mainly related to all kind of redirection errors. All problems which are not fixed by the wrapper, are generally beginner errors. Personally, I send the banners back until they are fixed, and there was never ever one publisher who failed to make it right, sooner or later ;)

[acast]

You may try to use the HTML code of the banner instead of using the wrapper, but I rather suggest to fix the banner code. Most first time banner designers make errors, one of which is keeping the banner in front of all contents, and the others are mainly related to all kind of redirection errors. All problems which are not fixed by the wrapper, are generally beginner errors. Personally, I send the banners back until they are fixed, and there was never ever one publisher who failed to make it right, sooner or later ;)

This, is strange for me. Now the code is in my header like this:

<div id="pageWrapper"><div class="pageBottom"><div class="pageWrap">
<div class="above_body"> <!-- closing tag is in template navbar -->
<div id="header" class="floatcontainer doc_header"><div class="headerWrap"><vb:if condition="$stylevar['titleimage']"><div>


<a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}" id="logo">
<!--@vbbanners:0@-->


<!--
<a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}" id="logo"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" /></a>
-->


</div><vb:else /><div>&nbsp;</div></vb:if>



And it places the banner in the correct place, where is the logo of my style. The problem is what i told you, that if you click in the banner, it opens a new tab in firefox, and a new window in IE. (The flash are correcty designed with _self in the flash maker program. (I tried all the ways too)

I tried to replace the code for one i saw in this thread:


<a target="_self" >
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="262" height="124">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.XXXX.com/YYYY.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed src="http://www.XXXX.com/YYYY.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="262" height="124" ></embed>
</object>
</a>


And that solutioned the problem of the new window/tab, but it is placed wrong in my style. And of course don't rotate. :(

You said about bringing the banner back or to the front. How?

[y2ksw]

This, is strange for me. Now the code is in my header like this:

<div id="pageWrapper"><div class="pageBottom"><div class="pageWrap">
<div class="above_body"> <!-- closing tag is in template navbar -->
<div id="header" class="floatcontainer doc_header"><div class="headerWrap"><vb:if condition="$stylevar['titleimage']"><div>


<a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}" id="logo">
<!--@vbbanners:0@-->


<!--
<a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}" id="logo"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" /></a>
-->


</div><vb:else /><div>&nbsp;</div></vb:if>

And it places the banner in the correct place, where is the logo of my style. The problem is what i told you, that if you click in the banner, it opens a new tab in firefox, and a new window in IE. (The flash are correcty designed with _self in the flash maker program. (I tried all the ways too)

I tried to replace the code for one i saw in this thread:


<a target="_self" >
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="262" height="124">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.XXXX.com/YYYY.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed src="http://www.XXXX.com/YYYY.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="262" height="124" ></embed>
</object>
</a>
And that solutioned the problem of the new window/tab, but it is placed wrong in my style. And of course don't rotate. :(

You said about bringing the banner back or to the front. How?
Yuo can put the banner code into the "Text" field (and disable all other options) in order to make it rotate.

As far as I see, you haven't looked into the options yet, where you can decide where to open all banners. Just replace the "Target" _blank with _self, to get this done :)

[acast]

Yuo can put the banner code into the "Text" field (and disable all other options) in order to make it rotate.

As far as I see, you haven't looked into the options yet, where you can decide where to open all banners. Just replace the "Target" _blank with _self, to get this done :)
I solved the problem! Thanks!!!

[Sheeko]

Using vb 4.2 have tried all the steps the mod DOES NOT show even the default banners

[Sheeko]

Tried all the steps the banner (even the default) does not show???????????

[y2ksw]

Using vb 4.2 have tried all the steps the mod DOES NOT show even the default banners

Tried all the steps the banner (even the default) does not show???????????
bumping doesn't help much, I get only one mail at a single time :)

You probably have vbSEO and the HTML cleaning option enabled ... or another similar tool. Thus, there are no comments left and then the banners won't show.

In this case, you will have to change the placeholder in the options and in your templates from comment to something else.

[Alecsmith]

Awesome mod :)

Installed on VB 4.2.0 working fine :)

[vlady2k]

RBS 2.4.0 in vb3.8 is conflicting with vBulletin API 1.4.3

[CLSSY56]

Any way to get the banners not to open a new tab, or at least for local links?

[y2ksw]

RBS 2.4.0 in vb3.8 is conflicting with vBulletin API 1.4.3
In which way does it conflict? There is nothing I may think of.

[y2ksw]

Any way to get the banners not to open a new tab, or at least for local links?
Please see the RBS options :)

[CLSSY56]

Please see the RBS options :)

That must be in the newer version, I have 2.2.6. Thanks, I'll have to download that.

[CLSSY56]

Do I uninstall then reinstall? Or do I install the new version then uninstall the old one?

Nevermind, I see that the answer is in the PDF file.

[CraftyMommy.com]

Is there an option to make this so paid subscribers don't see the ads?

[Wonksta]

Is there an option to make this so paid subscribers don't see the ads?
The way I do it is put the banner$X code within a vBadvance Module and controll it that way

OR

Wrap the code with a vbulletin conditional to only show for X usergroups or not show for X usergroups

[naisho]

Is there an option to make this so paid subscribers don't see the ads?

You can do that using both your RBS manager and your ad manager.

1 - create your banner in RBS
2 - go to your ad manager
3 - put your code in the box (for example <!--@vbbanners:4@--> )
4- select you will see or not see it

This is what I do on my site.

[CLSSY56]

Please see the RBS options :)

Which option? I upgraded to 2.4

[gazza2008]

Hello

Can anyone help me a little

I want to install the rotating banners I have them working its just I dont know how to put them in the 468x60 part on my forum

http://www.theracingview.com/forum.php

I want it on the right of the forum where the adverts can go. Am lost lol

I am using the Blue Demon skin

Cheers

gaz

[gazza2008]

Hello

Can anyone help me a little

I want to install the rotating banners I have them working its just I dont know how to put them in the 468x60 part on my forum

http://www.theracingview.com/forum.php

I want it on the right of the forum where the adverts can go. Am lost lol

I am using the Blue Demon skin

Cheers

gaz


Can anyone help with this please

[Videx]

Can anyone help with this pleaseThe included instructions tell you how to do this. In my version it's right there in the Quick Start on page 2.

[gazza2008]

The included instructions tell you how to do this. In my version it's right there in the Quick Start on page 2.

Done what you said and added it to the add location templets still no good if anyone could help I would appricate it


the forum is http://www.theracingview.com/forum.php

[y2ksw]

Which option? I upgraded to 2.4
Target: If _blank, it will create a new window or tab, if _self, it stays in the current window.

[y2ksw]

Hello

Can anyone help me a little

I want to install the rotating banners I have them working its just I dont know how to put them in the 468x60 part on my forum

http://www.theracingview.com/forum.php

I want it on the right of the forum where the adverts can go. Am lost lol

I am using the Blue Demon skin

Cheers

gaz
Just place into the reserved space the desired placeholder (e.g. <!--@vbbanners:0@-->)

If it doesn't work for you (likely), you will have to add a style into additional.css and make it a bit more complex:
.rbs_header_2 {
height: 70px;
left: 515px;
position: absolute;
text-align: right;
top: 35px;
width: 468px;
}(adjust the parameters to your needs)
<div class="rbs_header_2"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>

[romster13]

<span style="text-decoration: line-through">Is there an alternative to this? It worked fine for months and now I'm 4.2 and ads don't show up at all. I just updated the banner swf and updated the ad html and it disappeared. Now no ads will work, in flash or java.</span>

Nevermind i fixed it by using the old html i had in the HTML box. No idea why the new one didn't work.

[gazza2008]

[QUOTE=y2ksw;2368929]Just place into the reserved space the desired placeholder (e.g. <!--@vbbanners:0@-->)

thats where am trying to find the placeholder lol

[y2ksw]

Just place into the reserved space the desired placeholder (e.g. <!--@vbbanners:0@-->)

thats where am trying to find the placeholder lol
Well, it isn't there, unless you insert it the very first time :)

[Mr_Running]

Anyone try this with the Blog side block (4.2x)?

[clauz]

How can I see click/impresion history on some banner / time period?
Can I chose a time interval and see click and impresions numbers?

[naveeid]

nice advertisement system , thanks

[lfreem2]

This failed for me. I installed all the files as indicated through FTP and then when I tried to install the xml doc, it gave me an error stating that there were missing files. Had to uninstall.

[y2ksw]

This failed for me. I installed all the files as indicated through FTP and then when I tried to install the xml doc, it gave me an error stating that there were missing files. Had to uninstall.
My question is: where did you upload the files? :)

[y2ksw]

How can I see click/impresion history on some banner / time period?
Can I chose a time interval and see click and impresions numbers?
You may extract some data from the rbs_hits table using phpMyAdmin, e.g. (for the clicks):
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM rbs_hits
WHERE bannerid=123
AND dateline BETWEEN UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2012-01-01') AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2012-01-31')

The impressions counter is not traceable and would make no much sense.

[gsmlover4u]

is it working with 4.2.0

[Videx]

is it working with 4.2.0This mod uses nothing from vb so it should work with all versions, old and new. At worst an update might remove your banner when you revert templates or when they change ad location hooks. But if you figured out how to put it there in the first place you should have no trouble putting it back.

[BOWZONE]

My developer is unable to make this work with 4.2...Is there a trick to this?

[Alibass]

My developer is unable to make this work with 4.2...Is there a trick to this?
No trick mate, works great on 4.2.0 PL2

[Videx]

If there's a 'trick' it might be to have the person read this entire thread themselves. Or at least report some sort of specific information besides "it doesn't work".

[leoyeh1]

the error when install XML in 4.2.0
XML error:line 457 not well-formed (invalid token)

[y2ksw]

the error when install XML in 4.2.0
XML error:line 457 not well-formed (invalid token)
Could you please try the (here) attached XML instead the one of the package? Is this working for you?

[Nook_Neformat]

In opera, when i the first time click on swf banner with link, it shows me the banner itself on new page, and only after second click it follows link, any ideas how to fix?

also, in Explorer, if swf banner under the search menu in navbar, banner become on top of search menu.

[y2ksw]

In opera, when i the first time click on swf banner with link, it shows me the banner itself on new page, and only after second click it follows link, any ideas how to fix?

also, in Explorer, if swf banner under the search menu in navbar, banner become on top of search menu.
If you use the wrapper, all the problems should be solved. If not, you may try to insert the full banner (HTML <object>) code into the "text" field.

In any case, if you can run the banner from a clean HTML page the desired way, you can do it also from inside the RBS software.

[leoyeh1]

thank you

now is fine


Could you please try the (here) attached XML instead the one of the package? Is this working for you?

[kodbg]

Huh!!
Rotating Banner System has stopped working on my forum. Maybe today, maybe before 1-2 days.
I have not changed the configuration of the forum, nothing more've installed.
Gives no error, just does not show the code: (
Any suggestions?

And... I see strange code

Manage Products - Edit:
Version 2.4.0 - Install code:


$SQL = array();

$SQL[] = "ALTER TABLE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` CHANGE `width` `width` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'";
$SQL[] = "ALTER TABLE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` CHANGE `height` `height` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'";
$SQL[] = "ALTER TABLE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` CHANGE `maximpressions` `maximpressions` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'";
$SQL[] = "UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners`
SET `text`='<script type=\"text/javascript\">
<!--
google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4756434467422936\";
/* RBS Text */
google_ad_slot = \"5636861293\";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//-->
</script>
<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\"></script>'
WHERE `text` LIKE '%pub-8477879996596626%'
AND `text` LIKE '%468x60_as%'";
$SQL[] = "UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners`
SET `text`='<script type=\"text/javascript\">
<!--
google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4756434467422936\";
/* RBS Image */
google_ad_slot = \"8194031811\";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//-->
</script>
<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\"></script>'
WHERE `text` LIKE '%pub-8477879996596626%'
AND `text` LIKE '%8172517593%'";
$SQL[] = "UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners`
SET `text`=REPLACE(`text`, 'pub-8477879996596626', 'ca-pub-4756434467422936')";
$SQL[] = "UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners`
SET `md5key`=MD5(`name`)
WHERE `md5key`=''
AND `text` LIKE '%ca-pub-4756434467422936%'";

run_sqls($SQL);


Whta is this - this is not my adsense - ca-pub-4756434467422936?
Hack?

[y2ksw]

Huh!!
Rotating Banner System has stopped working on my forum. Maybe today, maybe before 1-2 days.
I have not changed the configuration of the forum, nothing more've installed.
Gives no error, just does not show the code: (
Any suggestions?

And... I see strange code

Manage Products - Edit:
Version 2.4.0 - Install code:

Whta is this - this is not my adsense - ca-pub-4756434467422936?
Hack?
This is the adsense for the inbuilt test banners. your code isn't touched.

If your banners stopped, check the dates. This is the most probable reason if you haven't changed anythings else.

[kodbg]

No, dates are OK - 2022 Year...
Impressions is OK too.
Maybe like a Windows OS - uninstall / fresh install?

[y2ksw]

No, dates are OK - 2022 Year...
Impressions is OK too.
Maybe like a Windows OS - uninstall / fresh install?
if the impressions grow, it is at 99% a browser problem. banner impressions grow only when the banners are actually shown on page.

[kodbg]

mm, with "Impressions is OK too." i mean thаt i have set:
Max. Impressions
With this value you may limit how often banners are shown on your pages. to 4294967295 - so the problem is not there.

[Videx]

One of the first things you should do when troubleshooting is put up a static graphic and give us the link so we can at least tell you if we can see it.

Hiding your site or trying to use complex scripts like adsense just makes a solution that much more difficult.

[kodbg]

I tried it with text ...
I have deleted adsense code from several positions and put text "ZZZZ"
ZZZZ does not appear ...
It is not a browser problem.

[y2ksw]

mm, with "Impressions is OK too." i mean thаt i have set:
Max. Impressions
With this value you may limit how often banners are shown on your pages. to 4294967295 - so the problem is not there.
If you keep max impressions to 0, it is not considered (as many other options).

I tried it with text ...
I have deleted adsense code from several positions and put text "ZZZZ"
ZZZZ does not appear ...
It is not a browser problem.
If you have changed the styles and forgot to insert the placeholders, that would be another reason (but you said you have not changed anything).

So if you have these settings and really nothing changed between then and now:

141978 (any position will do, if you have the placeholder)

141979

141980 (no forums selected)

banners must show.

Do you have maybe another plugin which hides or shows content and that is expired? For example the inbuilt advertising system?

[kodbg]

everything looks fine in the settings, but does not work :(

y2ksw, can you spare five minutes to look at the forum - i will give you administrator account?

[y2ksw]

everything looks fine in the settings, but does not work :(

y2ksw, can you spare five minutes to look at the forum - i will give you administrator account?
Yes. Please PM me with credentials :)

[kodbg]

Problem solved thanks to Giovanni.
Great support.

[Mauro79]

I was doing very well.
a question.
as I can do to make the banners are not displayed on a custom page.
e.g.
www.misitio.com/foro/test.php
I have to put in the template test not to see the images of this hack.

[HotLink]

does this work with the vbulletin built in ad manager system? or do we have to alter the templates ?

[Videx]

does this work with the vbulletin built in ad manager system? or do we have to alter the templates ?The simplest way to place your banner is to just paste it in an existing vb ad location. But if you want banners in other locations you may edit templates if you want. No template editing is required.

[Gripi]

hi..

i just put a flash banner in the RBS, here is the configuration:

my domain let say www.hot.com

1. URL: www.abcd.com
2. Image / Flash: www.hot.com/flash.swf
3. flash banner, object tag, embed tag = checked

the problem is, when i open my site using internet explorer, and i click the banner, the banner linked to the swf file "www.hot.com/flash.swf"

but no problem when i open the site using firefox and chrome, the banner linked to www.abcd.com

something wrong with the compability to IE ? i'm using IE 8

thanks

[Gripi]

just for update, after i unchecked the "object Tag", the flash banner works perfectly

[y2ksw]

just for update, after i unchecked the "object Tag", the flash banner works perfectly
I love self-solving maintenance :)

[y2ksw]

I was doing very well.
a question.
as I can do to make the banners are not displayed on a custom page.
e.g.
www.misitio.com/foro/test.php (http://www.misitio.com/foro/test.php)
I have to put in the template test not to see the images of this hack.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2125608&postcount=989

Here you get some instructions how to solve this problem.

[BOWZONE]

I'm rather confused about something...I have added 2 banners in the 0 position and instead of them rotating on re-fresh...they're stacking on top of each other.

Thoughts??

www.bowzone.net/forum

[Videx]

I'm rather confused about something...I have added 2 banners in the 0 position and instead of them rotating on re-fresh...they're stacking on top of each other.

Thoughts??

www.bowzone.net/forumI only see one banner at that page. Have you tried different browsers? Tried clearing your browser cache?

[y2ksw]

I'm rather confused about something...I have added 2 banners in the 0 position and instead of them rotating on re-fresh...they're stacking on top of each other.

Thoughts??

www.bowzone.net/forum (http://www.bowzone.net/forum)
looks ok to me ... 1 banner there

[BOWZONE]

Yes, cleared cache...

Here's a screenshot from this morning.

[BOWZONE]

</ul>
<hr />
</div></div>
</div>
<!--@vbbanners:0@-->
{vb:raw ad_location.ad_navbar_below}
{vb:raw ad_location.global_below_navbar}


navbar template

[BOWZONE]

Got it figured out...Developer put in an extra hook...Thanks for helping out :)

[y2ksw]

Yes, cleared cache...

Here's a screenshot from this morning.
and this is from now.

do you have eventually a second banner at the same location visible to your usergroup only?

[BOWZONE]

and this is from now.

do you have eventually a second banner at the same location visible to your usergroup only?
Hey y2ksw...Ya, I found the extra hook and removed it. All is good!

Thank you for your help!!!

Scott

[kodbg]

Hi,
I need to show one banner position - for example @vbbanners:2@ in more than one place.
Is this possible?

When i put the code in more places, only the first shows the content

And second:
I want to use something like:

<vb:if condition="vbbanners:5 == '1'">
zzzz
</vb if>

What is the right syntax?

[y2ksw]

Hi,
I need to show one banner position - for example @vbbanners:2@ in more than one place.
Is this possible?

When i put the code in more places, only the first shows the content


And second:
I want to use something like:

<vb:if condition="vbbanners:5 == '1'">
zzzz
</vb if>

What is the right syntax?
1. You probably have no more banners for the same location (2) in database.
2. This is not possible. There are no style or code conditions you may use together with this product.

[lapiervb]

Can this be set so only certain usergroups can view the banners?

[y2ksw]

Can this be set so only certain usergroups can view the banners?
Yes, every banner has a field where to specify the usergroup id's as a comma-separated list.

[JourneyDeep]

I can't get this to work in 3.6.7 PL1. Everything shows up in admincp - I have rbs options, but nothing appears in the forums. How much do you charge to fix this in my forum?

[y2ksw]

I can't get this to work in 3.6.7 PL1. Everything shows up in admincp - I have rbs options, but nothing appears in the forums. How much do you charge to fix this in my forum?
nothing, but I take my time ;)

[JourneyDeep]

nothing, but I take my time ;)

I have no problem with that! What are your requirements for access and such.

[Forensic]

I have a couple banners that are supposed to show only in a specific location. Easy enough using the Forums section to specify where to show them.

What I can't figure out is, how do I keep other banners from showing in those forums while still allowing them in the forum home?

Is the correct method to create a separate group for forum home or am I just misunderstanding a setting?

[y2ksw]

I have a couple banners that are supposed to show only in a specific location. Easy enough using the Forums section to specify where to show them.

What I can't figure out is, how do I keep other banners from showing in those forums while still allowing them in the forum home?

Is the correct method to create a separate group for forum home or am I just misunderstanding a setting?
If you have specific settings to a banner you will have to create a copy (use duplicate) in order to have additional rules.

A banner which shows in specific sections and in home needs thus 2 copies.

[y2ksw]

I have no problem with that! What are your requirements for access and such.
If you feel ready, please send me the URL and credentials via PM. I need to access the settings, styles and maintenance area in order to verify and setup one of the banners.

[JourneyDeep]

YGPM

[tibobdenazareth]

y2ksw, thanks for the wonderful mod. The best thing is the fact that you're very active on the board to help people.

I'm using vb4.2. I uploaded all the files in their proper locations. Installed the program, picked and edicted one of the default banners (by adding the URL and the image info). I followed everything religiously after having read pages upon pages of issues and replies here. My problem is ... NOTHING shows up.

Because I already have google adsense active, I increased the size of the banner to be larger than the google adsense box at the horizontal 0 position. Nothing showed.

I then changed everything to position 1, disabling all banner defaults and leaving just the one to which I attached the image. I changed the position to 1 (vertical), went to ad_navbar_below and tried everything that was suggested on this board. Nothing showed.

On the Options menu, whether I left the Nth placeholder as <!--@vbbanners:%d@--> or <!--@vbbanners:1@-->, nothing happened.

I'm really at the end of my rope at this point.

I already have google adsense working fine, so I don't want to touch it. I want to be able to stack my new rotating banners under it... or vertically (if that will ever work). But first, I need to be able to have it to SHOW something. PLEASE HELP and thanks.

[tibobdenazareth]

I went back to check all the pages again from page 1 until I got to one of attroll's posts in response to somebody with the same issue as mine. I checked his/her last piece of advice:

5. Check the start and end dates. I always start mine the day before the current date, making it yesterdays date.

And that's where my problem was. My start date auto-generated by the system is a few hours short. So the date has not arrived yet. I changed it to yesterday and BINGO!!!!! Thanks attroll.

Now I can move on to more interesting tweaking stuff. FABULOUS mod.

[Videx]

I wonder if the automatic dates shouldn't just be removed? They do seem more trouble than they're worth, causing ads to disappear with no notice. Or maybe just eliminate the Start date, assuming you wouldn't be entering it if it wasn't to start immediately.

I know our advertisers get very upset if I don't give them lots of notice and attention. Simply stopping their ad on the expiration date is really not an option.

[tibobdenazareth]

While I'm going through the pages.... does anyone have the post number for the solution of having 2 (let's say) 480x150 banners side by side (horizontally)? I used the suggested syntax code in the ad_navbar_below template:

<!--@vbbanners:0@-->&nbsp;<!--@vbbanners:0@-->

It doesn't work. It stacks them up one on top of the other.

[tibobdenazareth]

I went rthrough 141 pages of posts plus the pdf doc from the download ... I still can't find a working code to have 2 rotating banners of small sizes (480x150 e.g.) to be SIDE by SIDE.

Any help somebody who has figured that out? It looks like everybody has been out since yesterday.

[y2ksw]

I wonder if the automatic dates shouldn't just be removed? They do seem more trouble than they're worth, causing ads to disappear with no notice. Or maybe just eliminate the Start date, assuming you wouldn't be entering it if it wasn't to start immediately.

I know our advertisers get very upset if I don't give them lots of notice and attention. Simply stopping their ad on the expiration date is really not an option.
I have this already on my list ... actually it is a bug :p

[y2ksw]

While I'm going through the pages.... does anyone have the post number for the solution of having 2 (let's say) 480x150 banners side by side (horizontally)? I used the suggested syntax code in the ad_navbar_below template:

<!--@vbbanners:0@-->&nbsp;<!--@vbbanners:0@-->

It doesn't work. It stacks them up one on top of the other.

I went rthrough 141 pages of posts plus the pdf doc from the download ... I still can't find a working code to have 2 rotating banners of small sizes (480x150 e.g.) to be SIDE by SIDE.

Any help somebody who has figured that out? It looks like everybody has been out since yesterday.
How images and banners are chown depends also on your CSS. If the CSS tells that images have to be stacked, they will stack al lot :)

Have you tried to use a div tag around them?

[tibobdenazareth]

yes, I use the div tag. I figured out the problem.

Based on the size of my available horizontal ad space, the two sizes were adding to more than the horizontal space can contain so it pushes the next one to the next horizontal space right below it. When I adjust the sizes, both fit on the same row (side by side). Thanks.

I just can't figure out how to make banners appear after the first post of every page or after 5, 10 .... posts as described in earlier posts.

I used the "postbit_legacy" code to no avail. Nothing is shown.

I used the ad_showthread_firstpost_sig, ad_showthread_firstpost_start ... NOTHING.

I'm only copying and pasting the codes that others said work on this board. But that doesn't cut it for me. Any help Please?

[tibobdenazareth]

Many thanks to Mystics from vb-germany.com. He gave me the following code for the postbit_legacy and this one is working like a charme:


<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND (($post['postcount'] % 15 == 10) OR $post['postcount'] == 10)">
<div class="thread_controls">
<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center">
<!--@vbbanners:3@-->
</div>
</div>
<vb:elseif condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND (($post['postcount'] % 15 == 5) OR $post['postcount'] == 5)" />
<div class="thread_controls">
<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center">
<!--@vbbanners:2@-->
</div>
</div>
</vb:if>



I copied & pasted it into my postbit_legacy at the bottom. Nothing happened. I placed it at the beginning, nothing happened. Any help? Since you have it working like a charm. Thanks.

[rhody401]

I notice that you are calling banner groups 2 and 3. Do you have content/banners defined in those groups? ie: vbbanners:3 vs vbbanners:0

I have all of mine in group 0 and use the same code here, and it works fine.

This is what I have, to put them every 5th post:
Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> edit template -> postbit templates -> postbit_legacy

;.....at the VERY END add this: (puts add after 5th and 10th post)

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND (($post['postcount'] % 15 == 10) OR $post['postcount'] == 10)">
<div class="thread_controls">
<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center">
<!--@vbbanners:0@-->
</div>
</div>
<vb:elseif condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND (($post['postcount'] % 15 == 5) OR $post['postcount'] == 5)" />
<div class="thread_controls">
<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center">
<!--@vbbanners:0@-->
</div>
</div>
</vb:if>

[tibobdenazareth]

Thanks rhody. I always used position 0 in the code. I even copied and pasted your code above in the postbit_legacy template at the very end. Noting happened. I already have the banners working fine in the ad_below_navbar.

[tibobdenazareth]

After a couple of days trying and trying ... I DID IT!!! I found out we can't use the same position banners in multiple places. It will stick to only the first position we used it.

For example, if you use banner0@ under the navbar, you have to use another position (banner 1@ or banner3@...) after the first post or every 5 and 10 posts.

Now my next issue ... THE LOGO BANNER!

I NEED to change my static logo image into a rotating banner. I've already created the swf flash file with the exact dimensions of the current logo image. I read that editing header templates would not work. ANY HELP please.

[djbaxter]

After a couple of days trying and trying ... I DID IT!!! I found out we can't use the same position banners in multiple places. It will stick to only the first position we used it.

For example, if you use banner0@ under the navbar, you have to use another position (banner 1@ or banner3@...) after the first post or every 5 and 10 posts.

No, that's incorrect. I use the different banner numbers for different sizes of banner. Then I display those banners wherever I wish.

[tibobdenazareth]

I edited the header template SUCCESSFULLY thanks to y2ksw's previous posts on the subject. THANKS y2ksw.

The only issue was when I use a swf flash file. I searched everywhere and couldn't find a way to have the stand-alone swf file to have a transparent background in Flash CS6 (you can do it with the HTML file, not the swf file). And the swf was hiding all the login info at the logo header.

I had to go back and add 9 or so banners at that position using instead png images. The drawback is people have to refresh or new/click to see a different image. I was hoping the swf was gonna work.

If anybody knows either a way to make the swf stand-alone file have a transparent background, or a way to send the swf logo file in the background of all the login info found in the header template, please let me know.

[tibobdenazareth]

Based on what I've done so far, here's a summary for anybody or especially newbie (like me) looking for a lot of things but doesn't want to go through hundreds of pages of info.

TO PLACE IN THE HEADER ... AS LOGO

Style Manager--> Edit Templates--> header

REPLACE: (from 3rd line)
<vb:if condition="$stylevar['titleimage']"><div><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}" class="logo-image"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" /></a></div></vb:if>

WITH:
<vb:if condition="$stylevar['titleimage']"><div><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}" class="logo-image"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></a></div></vb:if>

NB- There's an issue with the stand-alone swf flash file with no transparent background, covering all the login info found in the header template. Works better with png image files.

Still waiting to see if there's a way to send the swf logo banner file in the background.

------------------------------------

TO PLACE AFTER FIRST POST

Style Manager--> Edit Templates--> Ad location Templates--> ad_showthread_firstpost_sig

Add at the end: <div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>

NB- ad_showthread_firstpost_sig places the banner as a SIGNATURE after the first post;
ad_showthread_firstpost_start places the banner inside at the start of the first post
ad_thread_first_post_content places the banner in the content space of the first post (NOT WORKING FOR ME anyway)

-------------------------------------

TO PLACE 2 BANNERS SIDE BY SIDE (Horizontal)

1) Make sure the 2 banner dimensions will fit horizontally without overlapping, based on the total horizontal ad space in the site width. Both at the same position
since they will occupy just one "row" of space together. If you set them at diff position, it will work but this would be a waste of banner position. Instead of
using banners:0@ and banners:0@, use (for example) banners:0@ and banners:1@ [again, this is a waste of position 1]
2) Wherever you are insterting them just write the following code in the appropriate template: <div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>

-------------------------------------

TO PLACE BANNERS EVERY 5th AND 10th POST

Style Manager--> Edit Templates--> Postbit Templates--> postbit_legacy

Paste the following code at the end:

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND (($post['postcount'] % 15 == 10) OR $post['postcount'] == 10)">
<div class="thread_controls">
<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center">
<!--@vbbanners:3@-->
</div>
</div>
<vb:elseif condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND (($post['postcount'] % 15 == 5) OR $post['postcount'] == 5)" />
<div class="thread_controls">
<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center">
<!--@vbbanners:4@-->
</div>
</div>
</vb:if>

NB- This code assumes you have already created at position 3 a banner to be placed after every 10th post and a position 4 banner after every 5th post.
Feel free to adjust according to your banner list settings. You may even include 2 banners at the same position in those codes. See above for instructions.

------------------------------------

Hope that helps.

[zackw]

I don't have time to search all over but has anybody noticed that when you set a date/time for the banners to turn on and off the script will simply change your numbers to something else?

If I try to set:
Start: Dec 1, 00 01
End: Dec 1, 23 59

It changes automatically to
Start: Dec 1, 01 01
End: Dec 2, 00 59

Why? Sometimes I'll change the 00 to 01 hour and then BOTH start and end become 02 hour! Sometimes the start or end date jumps to the next day. This is bugging me!

All I want to do is start the banner at the beginning of the day, and then stop it at the end of the day, but it will not accept this. So I tried to start at beginning of the day and end beginning of the next day, and it won't go any earlier than hour 02!

That's not all. So I finally was able to use Dec 1, 01 01 to Dec 2, 01 01. But then I went to my next banner which is supposed to be Dec 2, 01 01, to Dec 3, 01 01 and it refuses that, instead changing it to hour 02 02!

There is no rhyme or reason here, but it does not seem to ever accept any time I put in there! It changes the hour or the minutes or the day to whatever it wants.

What is going on?

Thanks, I hope to fix this soon as an ad campaign is beginning tomorrow!

UPDATE:

Note, if I simply hit SAVE on a banner over and over without even changing anything, the hours auto increment up and up every time. So in order to get 23:59 I actually have to put in 22:59 so that it will increment to the right time. Since 00 will increment to 01, there is no way to put 00 as my hour.

[tibobdenazareth]

Rathar than editing postbit_legacy AND showthread_firstpost_sig templates, we cand edit postbit_legacy te,plate by adding a third section for after the first post. In that sense, the ad will fall truly AFTER the first post rather than above the signature. Here's the code.

NB- for the mobile version, that's the only way we can get something after the first post since the showthread_firstpost templates do not exist.

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND (($post['postcount'] % 15 == 10) OR $post['postcount'] == 10)">
<div class="thread_controls">
<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center">
<!--@vbbanners:3@--><!--@vbbanners:3@-->
</div>
</div>
<vb:elseif condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND (($post['postcount'] % 15 == 5) OR $post['postcount'] == 5)" />
<div class="thread_controls">
<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center">
<!--@vbbanners:2@--><!--@vbbanners:2@-->
</div>
</div>
<vb:elseif condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND $post['postcount'] == 1" />
<div class="thread_controls">
<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center">
<!--@vbbanners:1@--><!--@vbbanners:1@-->
</div>
</div>
</vb:if>

[Maxi62]

Hello
How can the system from version 2.3.1 to the latest 2.4.0 update without loss of data?

[deanattridge]

Based on what I've done so far, here's a summary for anybody or especially newbie (like me) looking for a lot of things but doesn't want to go through hundreds of pages of info.

TO PLACE IN THE HEADER ... AS LOGO

Style Manager--> Edit Templates--> header

REPLACE: (from 3rd line)
<vb:if condition="$stylevar['titleimage']"><div><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}" class="logo-image"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" /></a></div></vb:if>

WITH:
<vb:if condition="$stylevar['titleimage']"><div><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}" class="logo-image"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></a></div></vb:if>

NB- There's an issue with the stand-alone swf flash file with no transparent background, covering all the login info found in the header template. Works better with png image files.

Still waiting to see if there's a way to send the swf logo banner file in the background.



This post saved me from deleting this mod, to complex for a noob like me who just wanted a rotating Header.

However - Once I do this it seems subsequent images in position 0 list will appear below the navbar instead of at the same place as my first image. Anybody have an idea what I am doing wrong ?

KUDOS !

[y2ksw]

Hello
How can the system from version 2.3.1 to the latest 2.4.0 update without loss of data?
As you would do with any other plugin :) ... and you would normally make a backup before that, as well ;)

[Desibabu19]

I have been using this hack for more than year. And I am very satisfied.

Recently I found an issue.

If I display the flash file directly, it runs at normal speed. However, under the RBS banner hack, it runs very fast. File is same.

for reference, I have displayed the file in both format. It is Edifice Ad displayed two times.

Page:
http://www.indianrealestateboard.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/51-Indian-Real-Estate-Other-Cities

First Edifice ad through RBS hack. Second is direct html code.

swf file in use:
http://www.indianrealestateboard.com/forums/ads/edifice3.swf

Has any one faced this problem ? What parameters I need to change to make the file to run at normal speed ?

[Alibass]

Have you been running this ad for a year or is it new?

[Desibabu19]

Have you been running this ad for a year or is it new?

This is a new ad.

[Alibass]

This is a new ad.
It's your ad not the mod. You need to redo it and set the time delays longer for each frame.

[Desibabu19]

If it is my flash file, why does it behave differently under the RBS banner and direct mode ?
Is browser not expected to use the same timer in both cases ?

My doubt is if RBS banner ignores the fps or time delays and uses its own.

[y2ksw]

If it is my flash file, why does it behave differently under the RBS banner and direct mode ?
Is browser not expected to use the same timer in both cases ?

My doubt is if RBS banner ignores the fps or time delays and uses its own.
The wrapper does nothing to the imported files.

It just makes it possible to define a different landing page from what is implemented into the file, and removes also a z-order annoyance (menues behind flash). You may however use your own code and put it into the Text field.

[scca]

I am trying to instal this, but getting an error:
********
Please upload the files that came with the product before installing or upgrading!

Missing files:
********

there is nothing after missing files, and I have uploaded the files and checked permissions, any help?

I am on 4.1.11

[y2ksw]

I am trying to instal this, but getting an error:
********
Please upload the files that came with the product before installing or upgrading!

Missing files:
********


there is nothing after missing files, and I have uploaded the files and checked permissions, any help?

I am on 4.1.11
Please check the file permissions. The uploaded files should have the same permissions as any other file for your web application/vbulletin.

[millo87]

Had a problem getting this working and y2ksw got it all set up for me. A great guy and a great mod. I cant express my thanks enough.

[hotdogsales323]

HI, I recently installed the mod a week ago and am really enjoying the interface and information it provides. It really is imperative for rolling out unique banner ads.

I've been having a strange problem though. With the plugin installed and enabled some threads display the wrong last post and as such the sorting for threads is wrong. Users are still able to post and said posts display in the thread but do not show up as counted.

I have already rebuilt counters several times and so far it looks like the only fix so far has been to disable RBS.

Any thoughts?

[y2ksw]

HI, I recently installed the mod a week ago and am really enjoying the interface and information it provides. It really is imperative for rolling out unique banner ads.

I've been having a strange problem though. With the plugin installed and enabled some threads display the wrong last post and as such the sorting for threads is wrong. Users are still able to post and said posts display in the thread but do not show up as counted.

I have already rebuilt counters several times and so far it looks like the only fix so far has been to disable RBS.

Any thoughts?
The plugin does nothing to posts or threads. The only idea I have about is the banner HTML ... if you use scripted banners. We had problems with a few exotic banner platforms mixing up variables with Google Analytics and thus making work or the one or the other.

[mackers8923]

Ok so hack installed but regarding the screen shots showing the hack one of them clearly shows a banner directly opposite the vbulletin default logo, I'm having great problems getting this to match this screen shot, obviously the code for the banner is placed in the navbar / header template but my limited understanding means I'm stuck.

Could someone please point me in the right direction?

[FannBlade]

The code should be placed in the appropriate "ad location" area.
Try ad_global_header1 or 2

[mackers8923]

The code should be placed in the appropriate "ad location" area.
Try ad_global_header1 or 2

Tried them previously, each time they bump to the bottom of the header and cause my header to extend to a degree I can't use....

[FannBlade]

Make sure banner is not over the 468x60 size. I've actually had to resize one just undersized to keep it from shoving the template out of place.

[mackers8923]

Make sure banner is not over the 468x60 size. I've actually had to resize one just undersized to keep it from shoving the template out of place.

Sadly the same result, banner checked and it is def 468x58 so should be ok.

[FannBlade]

default style?

[mackers8923]

default style?

No, I'll try that now...

[mackers8923]

Works on the default style all be it the banner is directly beside the logo....

In the right direction now I think..

Thanks

[FannBlade]

Good deal.

[zackw]

Still looking for information on my issue:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2387012&postcount=2116

Why does the start and stop times auto-increment by an hour every time the banner is saved? This doesn't seem like a proper feature, I want to set the hour and minutes exactly the way I want, it doesn't make sense for the times to change on their own.

Thoughts?

[Melodym]

I am clueless :(
I install the module in the control panel. Set it to on to show the developer's ads but not sure where to put the code.
Does <!--@vbbanners:%d@--> goes somewhere, right?
I'm not good at this stuff.

[mackers8923]

I am clueless :(
I install the module in the control panel. Set it to on to show the developer's ads but not sure where to put the code.
Does <!--@vbbanners:%d@--> goes somewhere, right?
I'm not good at this stuff.

You need to follow the last few instructions given to me, find the template which is pre fixed ad_.... for the location you want your ads to appear copy the copy in there but edit the %d to the location where you have placed it i.e. <!--@vbbanners:0@--> for position 0 banners as per your list.

[Melodym]

That helps, Thanks :-)

I got it going below the nav bar but I'm not sure where to tell it to be centered.

[Melodym]

Wait, I got it centered. Woo hooo!!

[GarethBurrows]

Hi,

We have just kicked off a forum and want to get some banner adverts in place. A quick search has brought me to this page which seems to tick all the boxes for what we want.

We are running VB 4.2.0 on xampp on a Windows 2008 R2 server

Are there any issues that we need to be aware of? The current skin is Modern Blue from PureVB which limits slots to 1 top banner and 1 footer banner and we have at least 12 advertisers lined up already.

Regards

Gareth

[y2ksw]

Still looking for information on my issue:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2387012&postcount=2116

Why does the start and stop times auto-increment by an hour every time the banner is saved? This doesn't seem like a proper feature, I want to set the hour and minutes exactly the way I want, it doesn't make sense for the times to change on their own.

Thoughts?
This is a server issue, where the database server runs on a different time or time zone than the web server. Your hosting provider should really use NTP in order to keep the date/time aligned and use the same time zone on all servers.

We use this:
# cat /etc/cron.d/ntpdate
0 1 * * * root ntpdate pool.ntp.org > /dev/null 2>&1

[y2ksw]

Hi,

We have just kicked off a forum and want to get some banner adverts in place. A quick search has brought me to this page which seems to tick all the boxes for what we want.

We are running VB 4.2.0 on xampp on a Windows 2008 R2 server

Are there any issues that we need to be aware of? The current skin is Modern Blue from PureVB which limits slots to 1 top banner and 1 footer banner and we have at least 12 advertisers lined up already.

Regards

Gareth
Just keep kickin' :)

Use one placeholder/location on top and footer and the 12 banners will rotate on that.

[fxdigi-cash]

I just installed the latest version of this mod on my vb.4.2, but get an error in the control panel says there is an error. The side menu disappear till I disable this mod...!!

any ideas??

Thanks in advance.

P.S: where do we place the Addon folder?? it could be the cause of this issue!

[y2ksw]

I just installed the latest version of this mod on my vb.4.2, but get an error in the control panel says there is an error. The side menu disappear till I disable this mod...!!

any ideas??

Thanks in advance.

P.S: where do we place the Addon folder?? it could be the cause of this issue!
Please read the installing instructions. If you are new to vBulletin, you should first install other plugins and get used to the plugin system.

This product/plugin does nothing to your board, styles and whatsoever. After uploading make sure the uploaded files have the right permissions.

[fxdigi-cash]

Please read the installing instructions. If you are new to vBulletin, you should first install other plugins and get used to the plugin system.

This product/plugin does nothing to your board, styles and whatsoever. After uploading make sure the uploaded files have the right permissions.

Thanks mate for the comments.

I will try installing previous versions first and see how things go.

Thanks again.:)

[fxdigi-cash]

BTW, where do I find the installing instructions?

what I did was uploading the files to my vb folder like: whatever inside upload folder uploaded to my vb folder. And then the addon folder to the vb root folder where it appears in the main folders' tree... is that correct?

[fxdigi-cash]

OK after installing all versions one by one, the mod works great. Thanks a lot.

[Gripi]

hi..

i hope in the next release, you put "Expired Time" list inside the banner list menu.

right now banner list menu already have "ID, Name, Position, Impressions, Clicks"

the purpose is, we dont need to open one by one just to check when the banner time expired.

thanks alot for this great addon

[licensinglinks]

I have recently installed Google AdSense. I notice that the impressions displayed in my AdSense account are significantly less (10 TIMES LESS!!!!) than the impressions the RBS is reporting.

In short, AdSense tells me I've only served a total of 128,000 ad impressions, but RBS tells me that I've delivered way over ONE MILLION ad impressions in total.

What's going on here, and how do I fix it??? Is RBS counting bots or something?

[y2ksw]

BTW, where do I find the installing instructions?

what I did was uploading the files to my vb folder like: whatever inside upload folder uploaded to my vb folder. And then the addon folder to the vb root folder where it appears in the main folders' tree... is that correct?
The addon is an addon which contains special (and unsupported features) files normally not needed and thus not installed :)

The installation instructions are contained in the PDF file, which also informs about the features of this product.

[y2ksw]

I have recently installed Google AdSense. I notice that the impressions displayed in my AdSense account are significantly less (10 TIMES LESS!!!!) than the impressions the RBS is reporting.

In short, AdSense tells me I've only served a total of 128,000 ad impressions, but RBS tells me that I've delivered way over ONE MILLION ad impressions in total.

What's going on here, and how do I fix it??? Is RBS counting bots or something?
There is no need to fix it. The Google AdSense counts are at most approximate, and will not consider some devices. Please make sure you understand what Google AdSense does and what not. It does not do quite a lot :)

RBS counts also half viewed pages where people are in too much hurry to wait and counts also all visits from spiders which eventually show banners. Google does exclude its own visits. So if your site is visited from more spiders than real visitors, the counts may seem exaggerated, but in fact, they are precise as a swiss clock.

[zackw]

This is a server issue, where the database server runs on a different time or time zone than the web server. Your hosting provider should really use NTP in order to keep the date/time aligned and use the same time zone on all servers.

We use this:
# cat /etc/cron.d/ntpdate
0 1 * * * root ntpdate pool.ntp.org > /dev/null 2>&1

This makes sense, buy my server hosts both the MySQL and the forum. I mean, it's the same server, same user. I have a dedicated server for the forum and database.

Do I need to change the timezone in vBulletin itself, or in the MySQL server itself? Or in Apache? Or do I have to change settings in all of them to the same setting?

Thanks!

[y2ksw]

This makes sense, buy my server hosts both the MySQL and the forum. I mean, it's the same server, same user. I have a dedicated server for the forum and database.

Do I need to change the timezone in vBulletin itself, or in the MySQL server itself? Or in Apache? Or do I have to change settings in all of them to the same setting?

Thanks!
It needs the MySQL Server and the server itself to run on the same timezone. Normally, this is automatic. If you have problems with DST or if the visitor time differs from your personal settings, you need to set the timezone of vbulletin, until these times match. If you have server access, the visitor time should match the date/time of the server's date command of the user who runs Apache.

Personally, I leave the DST settings of vbulletin alone (disabled), but change twice a year its timezone. Noticeably, the times in the MySQL records differ from the times I see in the Banner's ACP, but the banners show and hide correctly, and don't shift while saving.

[dreamygirl]

Thanks for this mod!

I have VB 4.2 with VBSEO.

When I put @vbbanners:0@ in my template, my test banner shows perfectly.

When I put @vbbanners:%d@ in my template, I see no banner, only the text is shown back to me: @vbbanners:%d@

Do you have advice to make %d work?

[y2ksw]

Thanks for this mod!

I have VB 4.2 with VBSEO.

When I put @vbbanners:0@ in my template, my test banner shows perfectly.

When I put @vbbanners:%d@ in my template, I see no banner, only the text is shown back to me: @vbbanners:%d@

Do you have advice to make %d work?
You have to use @vbbanners:0@ ... @vbbanners:9@ in your templates. %d is the number (0-9) in the placeholder (options).

[GarethBurrows]

I have just installed RBS and whilst I can set up banners, view them and link to the external site, I have a couple of issues which may be down to my lack of understanding of the configuration (Page screenshots are here (clip1 (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-15%20at%2006.46.05.png), clip2 (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-15%20at%2006.46.11.png), clip3 (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-15%20at%2006.46.13.png)):

1. The clicks counter (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-15%20at%2006.50.54.png) does not seem to be working. Impressions appears to count correctly but clicks remain zero even though I have been clicking the ad to get to the link.

This is the code in the Text box "<a href="http://www.divingincidents.com" target="_blank"> <img src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/TDF_Test_Images/disms-logo-60px-high_image2_number.png"></a>"

I would like to know how the mod chooses which ad to show as I have 3 ads in the test environment I have set up and they don't appear to cycle through, but appear to be random)

2. When I click on the Banner Stats link at the top of the banner config file, I get the following displayed


Warning: require(C:\xampp\htdocs\testdev7\rbs_stats.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in C:\xampp\htdocs\vbseo.php on line 1398

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'C:\xampp\htdocs\testdev7/rbs_stats.php' (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\vbseo.php on line 1398

which isn't a good thing!

VBSEO is not installed in the test environment. Does it need to be?

Any help would be appreciated as I hope to have the system live at the end of the month for advertisers.

Many thanks

Gareth

[y2ksw]

I have just installed RBS and whilst I can set up banners, view them and link to the external site, I have a couple of issues which may be down to my lack of understanding of the configuration (Page screenshots are here (clip1 (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-15%20at%2006.46.05.png), clip2 (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-15%20at%2006.46.11.png), clip3 (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-15%20at%2006.46.13.png)):

1. The clicks counter (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-15%20at%2006.50.54.png) does not seem to be working. Impressions appears to count correctly but clicks remain zero even though I have been clicking the ad to get to the link.

This is the code in the Text box "<a href="http://www.divingincidents.com" target="_blank"> <img src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2216291/TDF_Test_Images/disms-logo-60px-high_image2_number.png"></a>"

I would like to know how the mod chooses which ad to show as I have 3 ads in the test environment I have set up and they don't appear to cycle through, but appear to be random)

2. When I click on the Banner Stats link at the top of the banner config file, I get the following displayed



which isn't a good thing!

VBSEO is not installed in the test environment. Does it need to be?

Any help would be appreciated as I hope to have the system live at the end of the month for advertisers.

Many thanks

Gareth
1.a. The click counter does work only with images, or specifically crafted scripts. How click tracking works, you may see best by setting up an image banner and view your HTML source code.
1.b. Banners are shown randomly, but if you have more than one banner for the same location, and more than one of the same location on a single page, the algorithm will never show two of the same banners on that page.

2.a. Please make sure you have your .htaccess file setup correctly, too. This message clearly shows you are attempting to route a script through vbseo.php instead of allowing direct calls. On the other hand, you may route this script through vbseo, but must then enable vbseo. It is not true you haven't vbseo installed; you have and it is disabled or not perfectly uninstalled :)

2.b. If you use vbseo, make sure you read the manual about vbseo, too ;)

[y2ksw]

PS: In order to setup an image banner, don't use the Text box, but the Image and URL fields ;)

[licensinglinks]

There is no need to fix it. The Google AdSense counts are at most approximate, and will not consider some devices. Please make sure you understand what Google AdSense does and what not. It does not do quite a lot :)

RBS counts also half viewed pages where people are in too much hurry to wait and counts also all visits from spiders which eventually show banners. Google does exclude its own visits. So if your site is visited from more spiders than real visitors, the counts may seem exaggerated, but in fact, they are precise as a swiss clock.

Is there any way I can stop it counting spiders/bots? If I sell 10,000 impressions to a customer it's totally unfair if 9,000 are displayed to bots. :(

[Videx]

Is there any way I can stop it counting spiders/bots? If I sell 10,000 impressions to a customer it's totally unfair if 9,000 are displayed to bots. :(If any of your advertisers are dumb enough to count impressions - or even clicks - then they deserve what they get. Seriously, that's no way to gauge the effectiveness of an ad campaign these days.

[licensinglinks]

If any of your advertisers are dumb enough to count impressions - or even clicks - then they deserve what they get. Seriously, that's no way to gauge the effectiveness of an ad campaign these days.

In that case, how is anyone supposed to put a price on something that can't be measured accurately?

[licensinglinks]

If any of your advertisers are dumb enough to count impressions - or even clicks - then they deserve what they get. Seriously, that's no way to gauge the effectiveness of an ad campaign these days.

What's your method of allowing customers to measure their ad campaigns?

[y2ksw]

Is there any way I can stop it counting spiders/bots? If I sell 10,000 impressions to a customer it's totally unfair if 9,000 are displayed to bots. :(
There is no way to tell which connection is a bot and who not, and in any way, it would not be in the scope of this product. If you need to inform your customers, you will have to filter your logs (not even forum visitors) and elaborate a prospect, which allows you then to tell about the real numbers.

Today, you would count more on clicks than impressions, and exclude direct accesses (which are counted in banner stats). This will give you a very reliable insight into the banner activity.

To make it even more efficient, you would pass an affiliate code to your customer, who would then count the number of visitors who have actually logged into or browsed their site, which is then the most precise information one can get, and the banner stats are then merely a check for you in order to get paid ;)

[y2ksw]

In that case, how is anyone supposed to put a price on something that can't be measured accurately?
True clicks are a good measure. A better solution are affiliation codes, where the customer will pay you when a specific event happens at their site (login, contacts, site navigation etc).

[Videx]

Right, the sponsor would have to check their own logs to see how much traffic came from you. In our case the ads are local, so one person saying "I heard about you on the website" is worth a million clicks. I also encourage them to offer discounts for mentioning us. Or coupons.

Our main marketing tool is the Unique Visitor count. This may include a few bots, but it gives a figure representing the general activity of the site.

Banners are fairly useless these days (though still necessary) and modern sponsors know it . Even those without ad blockers tend to just ignore them. So we do our best to try to start discussions and write articles about sponsors. Not always easy to do on an open discussion board where people will not hesitate to tell everyone exactly what they thought about things. :)

[Dez_U]

First, this is a great bit of work, very impressed indead :)

Now,

I have installed this onto www.clanram.com and everything is working fine.

I have done the same onto www.refrigeration-engineer.com and I can get everything working other than the forum side bar?

everything is exactly the same as clanram.com but the banners are not showing up. Any help would be great, thanks

Forgot to mention, using 4.2, thanks

[Gripi]

Hi..

i have .swf file in the vbbanners, the banner works, then i click the banner, it open 2 tab:

1. the banner link <- link that i put in the configuration
2. the banner .swf file

very strange, someone experience the same problem?

[y2ksw]

First, this is a great bit of work, very impressed indead :)

Now,

I have installed this onto www.clanram.com (http://www.clanram.com) and everything is working fine.

I have done the same onto www.refrigeration-engineer.com (http://www.refrigeration-engineer.com) and I can get everything working other than the forum side bar?

everything is exactly the same as clanram.com but the banners are not showing up. Any help would be great, thanks

Forgot to mention, using 4.2, thanks
Maybe a (server) time problem?

[y2ksw]

Hi..

i have .swf file in the vbbanners, the banner works, then i click the banner, it open 2 tab:

1. the banner link <- link that i put in the configuration
2. the banner .swf file

very strange, someone experience the same problem?
Probably a browser issue, but could be also a banner problem, depending on the code it executes. Do you use the Flash wrapper?

[Dez_U]

Maybe a (server) time problem?

its on the same server and the other banners at the top show up fine?

[y2ksw]

its on the same server and the other banners at the top show up fine?
maybe a spelling error? or a missing template modification? or not enough banners available?

[Dez_U]

what do you mean, not enough banners available? ta

[Dez_U]

I can take the code, put it into the www.clanram.com site and it works fine?

[y2ksw]

what do you mean, not enough banners available? ta
if you use, say location 0, for 5 times in all pages and have only 1 banner for location 0, only 1 is shown and the other locations silently discarded.

[y2ksw]

I can take the code, put it into the www.clanram.com (http://www.clanram.com) site and it works fine?
do you have vbSEO and the HTML cleaning option enabled? that one could also not show some or all banners.

[Videx]

Assuming both servers have all the same mods, next I would suspect a server config issue. Like all those security settings. If they're shared servers just write your host and describe the problem. In fact why not switch off all other mods for testing.

It wouldn't hurt to enable the banners and give us a link.

[Gripi]

Probably a browser issue, but could be also a banner problem, depending on the code it executes. Do you use the Flash wrapper?

hello.. yes i use flash wrapper.

very strange, i already try IE, firefox, and chrome, got same problem, and i already remove the link in the .swf file, still got the same problem.

and one more thing, why everytime i open a banner detail in the admincp, then i save it, the banner start time and end time always plus +6 to +7 hours more? if i open and save the banner again without touching anything, the start and end time always change.

[y2ksw]

hello.. yes i use flash wrapper.

very strange, i already try IE, firefox, and chrome, got same problem, and i already remove the link in the .swf file, still got the same problem.

and one more thing, why everytime i open a banner detail in the admincp, then i save it, the banner start time and end time always plus +6 to +7 hours more? if i open and save the banner again without touching anything, the start and end time always change.
We have discussed this a few posts ago ... from about here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2394184&postcount=2147

[y2ksw]

hello.. yes i use flash wrapper.

very strange, i already try IE, firefox, and chrome, got same problem, and i already remove the link in the .swf file, still got the same problem.

and one more thing, why everytime i open a banner detail in the admincp, then i save it, the banner start time and end time always plus +6 to +7 hours more? if i open and save the banner again without touching anything, the start and end time always change.
Could you send me please the link to the SWF here or via PM?

[Dez_U]

if you use, say location 0, for 5 times in all pages and have only 1 banner for location 0, only 1 is shown and the other locations silently discarded.

Nope, I use seperate location.

[Dez_U]

Assuming both servers have all the same mods, next I would suspect a server config issue. Like all those security settings. If they're shared servers just write your host and describe the problem. In fact why not switch off all other mods for testing.

It wouldn't hurt to enable the banners and give us a link.

Hi, your mod is working below the nav links but not working in the forum side bar, see here http://www.refrigeration-engineer.com/forums/forum.php

ta in the forum side bar where the module head is RE Suporters, I have it in there but nothing showing. I am not useing vbSEO

[Gripi]

Could you send me please the link to the SWF here or via PM?

hi..

i already PM you the link.

thanks alot

[y2ksw]

Nope, I use seperate location.

Hi, your mod is working below the nav links but not working in the forum side bar, see here http://www.refrigeration-engineer.com/forums/forum.php

ta in the forum side bar where the module head is RE Suporters, I have it in there but nothing showing. I am not useing vbSEO
I'm 200% sure you are doing it wrong but I can't guess where. If you can't work it out, please let me know (via PM), how to access your forums.

[y2ksw]

hi..

i already PM you the link.

thanks alot
It opens just one tab, no matter how often I try :)

[Gripi]

hello..

strange.. in here i just try it, open 2 tab, i ask my friend to try it, got same result, 1st click the banner open 1 tab, 2nd click the banner open 2 tab (without refreshing the page).

[alaska_av8r]

Y2 I am interested in getting the banners to refresh every x amount of seconds and have looked at your post https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2125608&postcount=989

I use vbSEO on my website.

I have two test banners at position 0 that are located in a subdirectory /banner_ads

I used adminCP > advertising > manage ads > rbs0 below navbar and have it to show below the navbar with the following code <div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>

The banners show up fine and will change when I click different pages.

I attempted to use your rbs_iframe.php and uploaded it to the root directory where the other rbs files are. I am not sure where to put the html code
<iframe src="rbs_iframe.php" align="center" frameborder="0" height="60" width="468" scrolling="no"></iframe> to make it work.

I tried putting that code in place of <div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>
for the rbs0 below navbar in manage ads but couldn't get the ads to swap.

I could see the page refreshing as it should but it only displayed one ad instead of swapping, it also showed this right below the ad, SEO by vbSEO 3.6.0

Where should I put the html code? Will it work putting it into the ad management system or does it have to be placed in the template itself? Also should I edit the php file since I am using vbSEO to read <div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>

thanks
tim

[Maxi62]

BUG: Too many visits are counted!

The RBS system has more than twice as many visits as the AD Manager. Are there in version 2.3.1 include a bug in the visits?
I do not like to update completely on the line that puts the BUG?

[imported_stefan]

Great Mod. Thanks for sharing it. Just send some money :-).

[wilfra]

From the install instructions:

upload all files and folders you find in the upload folder to your forum home


If I do that the vB folders 'admincp' and 'includes' will be overwritten. What am I not understanding?

[y2ksw]

From the install instructions:




If I do that the vB folders 'admincp' and 'includes' will be overwritten. What am I not understanding?
You are using Windows Explorer and this is what it says. You should use an FTP client instead, namely FileZilla or similar.

[y2ksw]

BUG: Too many visits are counted!

The RBS system has more than twice as many visits as the AD Manager. Are there in version 2.3.1 include a bug in the visits?
I do not like to update completely on the line that puts the BUG?
We have discussed this lately. It isn't a bug. Your AD manager is what? Google Analytics?

RBS counts impressions and this is, really all impressions. Even from bots and spiders and half loaded pages and mobile devices and scripts.

If you have plugins which load the pages again at each visit, this will make 2x impressions, while probably your AD manager is aware of, vBulletin isn't.

Let me explain: If you have a script which underlines certain words in order to link them to keywords, the script may load a second copy of the same page. And that counts, too. I know of some scripts they do exactly that.

[wilfra]

You are using Windows Explorer and this is what it says. You should use an FTP client instead, namely FileZilla or similar.

I am using an FTP client - Cyberduck.

I actually never tried to place the files/folders into the root directory because I just assumed it would ask me to overwrite the existing folders that have the same name. Are you saying it wont prompt me to do that?

[y2ksw]

I am using an FTP client - Cyberduck.

I actually never tried to place the files/folders into the root directory because I just assumed it would ask me to overwrite the existing folders that have the same name. Are you saying it wont prompt me to do that?
I suggest to try to upload the files into a new folder where it cannot make any damage. For no reason will I assume any responsibility about using an FTP client. This kind of operation should be the Alpha and Omega an Internet service user should have in their DNA. If you haven't, please excercise, but not with my plugin and not your forums! :)

[Videx]

I can understand y2ksw's reluctance to encourage you to play with FTP, but in fact it is designed to merge directories, not overwrite them. e.g. When updating vb, I just change the name of the "upload' folder to "forum" and drop it on my public_html folder in Filezilla. No need to go scrounging around in multiple sub-folders this way.

[fxdigi-cash]

I'm just wondering if anyone has managed to use this mod on vb4.2 pl3 and made it work.... I tried, but nothing showing....

I checked it many times, but nothing worked till now...

any idea???

[wilfra]

I can understand y2ksw's reluctance to encourage you to play with FTP, but in fact it is designed to merge directories, not overwrite them. e.g. When updating vb, I just change the name of the "upload' folder to "forum" and drop it on my public_html folder in Filezilla. No need to go scrounging around in multiple sub-folders this way.

Good tip on renaming folders, thanks.

[Alibass]

I'm just wondering if anyone has managed to use this mod on vb4.2 pl3 and made it work.... I tried, but nothing showing....

I checked it many times, but nothing worked till now...

any idea???
Yes it works fine on this version...

[Gripi]

We have discussed this a few posts ago ... from about here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2394184&postcount=2147

Hello..

Why the vbulletin software dont have a problem in the date/time when writing new thread/post into the database?

Can you make this plugin/addon to work like the vbulletin software?

[CharlieDelta]

I did a search and see there is no answer, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2167996&highlight=archive#post2167996
I am having the same problem and cannot get ads to show on archive page.

[licensinglinks]

Is there any way I can stop it counting spiders/bots? If I sell 10,000 impressions to a customer it's totally unfair if 9,000 are displayed to bots. :(

OK - figured this out after lots of searching: Just use "Doubleclick for Publishers" (www.google.com/dfp (http://www.google.com/dfp)).

[Videx]

OK - figured this out after lots of searching: Just use "Doubleclick for Publishers" (www.google.com/dfp (http://www.google.com/dfp)).Interesting. Looks a bit easier than OpenX. It's been around since 2010; I wonder why I've never heard of it before. I'll do some reading, but has anyone got some personal experience with it? How much does it cost? How easy is it to get running?

[licensinglinks]

Interesting. Looks a bit easier than OpenX. It's been around since 2010; I wonder why I've never heard of it before. I'll do some reading, but has anyone got some personal experience with it? How much does it cost? How easy is it to get running?

I'm amazed how long it took me to find too. I also asked over at an online marketing forum and nobody seemed to have a clue :confused:. It's free of charge for less than 90m impressions per month (not bad, eh?). Very simple to use. I just set up my campaigns, generated the code and pasted it in to RBS. It was all really simple. You can even allow customers to see stats for their campaign. I like the fact that it's a Google product and the stats have some credibility. The RBS stats count bot impressions and are are not any use to me.

[CharlieDelta]

I did a search and see there is no answer, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2167996&highlight=archive#post2167996
I am having the same problem and cannot get ads to show on archive page.
Is there any solution to this?

[imported_stefan]

Now I have a good script to show ads and have to ask you how to get rid of it :-).
What does that mean?

I show now the banner to all users.
I can also define now usergroups where to show the banner.

But I have a certain sponsor group. People who donate are getting for one year an aditionally usergroup.

I did not add this usergroup in the field show the banner, but of course one of the groups (standard member) is in the field show banner.

So what I need is one more field.

Don't show the banner to these groups (its shown to the rest of usergroups)

So if someone is a sponsor he is not seeing any banners.

Is that maybe possible in the next release?

[justhav2p]

This Mod is awesome!!!

1 problem.

my theme came stock with a banner ad placement on home page. I deleted it.

How do I add the code to show the random banners to the top right under username?

[GarethBurrows]

We have changed the AdminCP to something else for security reasons.

However, it appears that the forum just loads a blank page now when the Mod is activated.

Once the Mod is disabled, the pages load fine.

Any link to the change in AdminCP to something else?

Regards

Gareth

[johnscanlan2]

Love this app! But I have used up 0 to 9. Is there a way to add additional slots?

Great job!

[y2ksw]

Love this app! But I have used up 0 to 9. Is there a way to add additional slots?

Great job!
Have a look at the options, please :)

[spufus]

I'm struggling to install this for some reason.

All files are uploaded, but I still get:

Please upload the files that came with the product before installing or upgrading!

Missing files:

Version 4.2.0

Thanks very much in advance

[Videx]

I'm struggling to install this for some reason.

All files are uploaded, but I still get...You have uploaded the files to the wrong place.
Two things:
1) Go to the upper right and use the "Search this mod" box. Search on a subset of the error such as "Please upload". For almost every mod this leads to the answer.
2) Read https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201864

[y2ksw]

I'm struggling to install this for some reason.

All files are uploaded, but I still get:

Please upload the files that came with the product before installing or upgrading!

Missing files:

Version 4.2.0

Thanks very much in advance
You also may get this error if the FTP service has different rights than the web service. In other words, make sure the web server can actually read (=see) the files :)

[sivaganeshk]

Errr... my reply had been missing because of vb.org db issue.

I installed the Mod in vb 4.2.0 P3 and the ads is not working.

when I use the code, it shows

<div align="center"></div>

It is not showing the ads/banner image

[y2ksw]

Errr... my reply had been missing because of vb.org db issue.

I installed the Mod in vb 4.2.0 P3 and the ads is not working.

when I use the code, it shows

<div align="center"></div>
It is not showing the ads/banner image
Or you have vbSEO (and not read the manual), or there is no banner available.

[sivaganeshk]

Or you have vbSEO (and not read the manual), or there is no banner available.

Oops.. vbSEO issue

It works now. Thanks a lot

[Melodym]

Can I stack 2 smaller ads, say 340 x 60 on the right side in the header?

I saw it on another site but couldn't figure out how they did it.

I tried putting stuff in the template ad_global_header1 and ad_global_header2 but I'm not sure how to align them so they are on the right and not running into the top login links.

[fxdigi-cash]

Can I stack 2 smaller ads, say 340 x 60 on the right side in the header?

I saw it on another site but couldn't figure out how they did it.

I tried putting stuff in the template ad_global_header1 and ad_global_header2 but I'm not sure how to align them so they are on the right and not running into the top login links.

ok, make two divs say <div align="center" ></div> in the first ad block and another div say <div align="center"></div>, but need to add class and style for the following reasons:

1- to know what each div goes.
2- to add border style to know exactly the edges of the div

so the codes will be like this (ad_global_header1):

<div align="center" class="ad1" style="border:1px solid #FF0000"></div>

And for code 2 (ad_global_header2):

<div align="center" class="ad2" style="border:1px solid #0000FF"></div>

I believe you know that you need to add the banner position code between the div tag, right!! wither it is vbseo or vb https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=272725

so in this case you will have two divs with two different borders; red and blue, respectively.

if you want to add style to that, you have two options:

1- to add more styling to style in the div,
2- or remove style from the div and write your own style based on the classes in each div.

cheers

[flussmitteldj]

an it be that the statistic does not work 100% ? where and how you can read the banners yet ?

the clicks do not change, remain on zero :(

impressionen 13,520,978
Clicks:1


http://www.overclockingstation.de/rbs_stats.php?key=ade81c22a65a1b62e944e078cbee3bbf

What is that?

[y2ksw]

an it be that the statistic does not work 100% ? where and how you can read the banners yet ?

the clicks do not change, remain on zero :(

impressionen 13,520,978
Clicks:1


http://www.overclockingstation.de/rbs_stats.php?key=ade81c22a65a1b62e944e078cbee3bbf

What is that?
It may not work, if you are normal scripts. You may however craft special scripts which explicitly call the rbs_banner.php script and thus count also clicks, but it is not guaranteed to work with all scripts. For example you may not craft Google Adsense scripts that way.

[tacklebox joe]

help please, i downloaded all the files to my root directory however, when i go to import product i am getting this message

Please upload the files that came with the product before installing or upgrading!

Missing files:

I put all the files from the rbs 2.4.0 includes and admincp folder into the includes and admincp folders in my root directory. did i miss something? where do i insert the rbs_iframe.php file?

does not tell me what files are missing any helpis appreciated thanks guys, Joe

[tacklebox joe]

NEVERMIND...I figured it out.

[y2ksw]

oki :)

[tacklebox joe]

y2k...i see how you can stack two ads but can you stack banners the same too? your hack works great i'm just figuring it out as a noob but i want the banners to align on the same line so to speak and not be under each other as on my site www.njfishreports.com

<div align="right"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>
<div align"left"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>
<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:2@--></div>

[K4GAP]

If all I'm looking for is something to rotate banner images with no ads, is this mod a bit to much just for doing that?

[Videx]

If all I'm looking for is something to rotate banner images with no ads, is this mod a bit to much just for doing that?Compared to what? Coding a rotation in an ad slot yourself? Actually, this mod doesn't do 'rotation' - it only does 'random' - which will often display the same image several times in a row.

[K4GAP]

Well actually what I'm looking for is an add on that will rotate fairly large images on the article page with links for each image to a particular article. More like a slider widget I suppose.

[y2ksw]

y2k...i see how you can stack two ads but can you stack banners the same too? your hack works great i'm just figuring it out as a noob but i want the banners to align on the same line so to speak and not be under each other as on my site www.njfishreports.com (http://www.njfishreports.com)

<div align="right"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>
<div align"left"><!--@vbbanners:0@--></div>
<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:2@--></div>
The solution is in your example. If you need to show the same banner two times, you will have to use two different locations (and thus, two separate banners). Otherwise you may use the text field pand paste there your HTML code directly.

[y2ksw]

Well actually what I'm looking for is an add on that will rotate fairly large images on the article page with links for each image to a particular article. More like a slider widget I suppose.
It is not a carousel :)

[tacklebox joe]

thanks y2k...have another issue....i can see all the banners i place in position '0' however, when i plae another banner in a different position i.e. '2' '3' and etc they seem not to be showing up on the site...would you know why that would be?

also can you stack more than two banners across, say like four? i.e.

<!--@vbbanners:0@-->&nbsp;<!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:0@-->&nbsp;<!--@vbbanners:0@-->

[y2ksw]

thanks y2k...have another issue....i can see all the banners i place in position '0' however, when i plae another banner in a different position i.e. '2' '3' and etc they seem not to be showing up on the site...would you know why that would be?

also can you stack more than two banners across, say like four? i.e.

<!--@vbbanners:0@-->&nbsp;<!--@vbbanners:0@--><!--@vbbanners:0@-->&nbsp;<!--@vbbanners:0@-->
Do you have banners for locations 2 and 3?

You may stack any number of banners, as long as you have that many banners in the database. All missing banners are discarded silently, as there is nothing like a default banner in case there are none available.

[bada_bing]

OK I have banged my head trying to get this working, I cant seam to get beyond the simpe display of the demo banner which was already created when I installed the mod.

I have uploaded all the files and imported the plugin twice and I cant seem to get the banner to show up anywhere.

I enabled the banner system and added this <!--@vbbanners:0@--> to the bottom of my navbar and refreshed my screen and I cant get it to show up. I also tried adding this <!--@vbbanners:0@--> to my signature and still wont show all I see is this <!--@vbbanners:0@-->

What am I doing wrong here I dont get how such a simple mod is getting the best of me, maybe long hours and short time to work on this.

Can someone please give me a hand and help me out here I would love to get this working as im trying to replace my old CMS with vbadvanced and one this that product lack is a good banner system and in dire need to get this working.

Thank You

[y2ksw]

OK I have banged my head trying to get this working, I cant seam to get beyond the simpe display of the demo banner which was already created when I installed the mod.

I have uploaded all the files and imported the plugin twice and I cant seem to get the banner to show up anywhere.

I enabled the banner system and added this <!--@vbbanners:0@--> to the bottom of my navbar and refreshed my screen and I cant get it to show up. I also tried adding this <!--@vbbanners:0@--> to my signature and still wont show all I see is this <!--@vbbanners:0@-->

What am I doing wrong here I dont get how such a simple mod is getting the best of me, maybe long hours and short time to work on this.

Can someone please give me a hand and help me out here I would love to get this working as im trying to replace my old CMS with vbadvanced and one this that product lack is a good banner system and in dire need to get this working.

Thank You
Do you have vbSEO? Did you read the manual about vbSEO? :)

[bada_bing]

Do you have vbSEO? Did you read the manual about vbSEO? :)

OK I got it working and yes it was a VBSEO issue which I resolved.

Can someone help explain how to get the banners to show up in photopost?

[tomshawk]

According to your updates section, the last vb up to is 4.0.2

Does this work with 4.2.0

Just asking as the adverts system in vb is not working for me.

Thanks

[alaska_av8r]

Did anyone ever find out why the start date and end date automatically increments the hourly valude as mentioned in post 2116.

Mine behaves the same way, I set a start time and end time and it will automatically increment to a later time as you save a setting.

If I set it to end at 0200 and click save, when I look at it again it shows 0400, if I change nothing and hit save it shows 0600.

[y2ksw]

OK I got it working and yes it was a VBSEO issue which I resolved.

Can someone help explain how to get the banners to show up in photopost?
photopost does not call the final page rendering of vbulletin, thus banners would not get rendered in photopost.

[y2ksw]

According to your updates section, the last vb up to is 4.0.2

Does this work with 4.2.0

Just asking as the adverts system in vb is not working for me.

Thanks
yes :)

[y2ksw]

Did anyone ever find out why the start date and end date automatically increments the hourly valude as mentioned in post 2116.

Mine behaves the same way, I set a start time and end time and it will automatically increment to a later time as you save a setting.

If I set it to end at 0200 and click save, when I look at it again it shows 0400, if I change nothing and hit save it shows 0600.
We have discussed this problem several times, and essentially there is a timing difference between the local time of the web server and the MySQL server. Since MySQL runs as root and Apache not always, there may be time zone differences. Best of all is to make sure that these differences do not exist, alternatively adjust the time zone of the web server in order to match the system time. Also, your system should not change time due to DST, but at most the time zone for their user accounts. And, of course, you should use NTP to sync date and time frequently.

In any case, this information is only for system administrators and it is really, "really" the last time I will ever mention it :)

[bada_bing]

photopost does not call the final page rendering of vbulletin, thus banners would not get rendered in photopost.

So what does that mean, this product will not work in photopost? Or is there a way to make it work we must have banners in that section

[HellRZR]

I agree, getting this to work in Photopost would be great, is there a way, or are there plans for this?

[tomshawk]

yes :)

Awesome, thank you. Installing in a few

[alaska_av8r]

We have discussed this problem several times, and essentially there is a timing difference between the local time of the web server and the MySQL server. Since MySQL runs as root and Apache not always, there may be time zone differences. Best of all is to make sure that these differences do not exist, alternatively adjust the time zone of the web server in order to match the system time. Also, your system should not change time due to DST, but at most the time zone for their user accounts. And, of course, you should use NTP to sync date and time frequently.

In any case, this information is only for system administrators and it is really, "really" the last time I will ever mention it :)

Y2ksw, thank you for the explanation, I did search but did not realize that was applicable to the problem. I am not too computer savvy as far as servers and timing go, so once again thanks for taking the time to explain it.

What you explain makes sense to me as far as their being a difference, but it befuddles me as to how this would cause the time to continuously change each time I viewed it, each time increasing 2 hrs, I have other plugins that use timing and seem not to be affected, but I know your busy so no need to elaborate on that one I shall continue to live in ignorance of such...lol

thanks
tim

[y2ksw]

So what does that mean, this product will not work in photopost? Or is there a way to make it work we must have banners in that section

I agree, getting this to work in Photopost would be great, is there a way, or are there plans for this?
If somebody would have success and share their experience ...

But unless then, the banners will not work in photopost, because photopost does not use the standard final page rendering.

There is no plan to make it work for photopost. I am sorry, but I'm personally against hacking into software just because somebody hasen't used standard procedures as reccomended.

[bada_bing]

Does anyone know which template and where to add of I wanted the banner to show up on left or right side of my forums ?

[y2ksw]

Does anyone know which template and where to add of I wanted the banner to show up on left or right side of my forums ?
You may create a sidebar block for a banner.

If you however want to add a free space inside the page area, you must change a lot of pages, and maybe the everywhere sidebar (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233871) is a better solution.

You may also try to add a background image via CSS, but I doubt it would work with this product, both because styles may be cached locally by your browser and maybe the templates are not passing through the last rendering process, because cached by vBulletin itself.

[bada_bing]

You may create a sidebar block for a banner.

If you however want to add a free space inside the page area, you must change a lot of pages, and maybe the everywhere sidebar (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233871) is a better solution.

You may also try to add a background image via CSS, but I doubt it would work with this product, both because styles may be cached locally by your browser and maybe the templates are not passing through the last rendering process, because cached by vBulletin itself.

Yes I want to add the banner on as a side bar and not sure how to do this, I cant use the everywhere sidebar hack because that is for vb 4.x series and we are using vb 3.8 series