Digital Point Ad Positioning

[digitalpoint]

About
This allows you to insert an ad into a random location within the post currently being viewed and/or insert an ad after the currently viewed post.

I made this a couple years ago for internal use and decided to release it because a few people have been requesting it.

Installation
Install the product-dp_positionads.xml product under AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product
Go to AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Digital Point Position Ads for all your settings/options.

Notes
You can control which usergroups see ads.
You can control which forums the ads are inserted for.
This addon works just fine with vBulletin 3 as well as vBulletin 4.
The ads are inserted relative to the currently viewed post, not necessarily the first/last, etc. post in a thread.
Requires no template edits.
Our ad revenue more than doubled when we implemented this (and we opted to only use it for non-registered members).

[vividbreeze]

Great mod!

[preemz10314]

im on 4.7 and trying to use clicksor...doesnt seem to work? but also i just signed up with clicksor/..any tips?

[preemz10314]

nevermind it works..forgot to click yes...hey man
thanks for this...

[davidg]

how can i hide this from users Advertising positioning by Digital Point?

[preemz10314]

how can i hide this from users Advertising positioning by Digital Point?

I marked as installed...man great mod here. But i was also wondering how to remove it.. I will gladly donate a doller or two.. this makes life so simple..

[davidg]

maybe in next version people can decide to shoow this or not :-) i m uninstalling this and waiting for next update :-)

[M@rc]

Great mod. Tagged and marked as installed.

[munnakv]

Wow. Thanks Shawn. I was looking to have this for ages.

[Taurus1]

Thanks for this. Works great!

[cloferba]

sorry but i cant exactly that does it does

[munnakv]

Uninstalled. Just noted that it introduced a sitewide link pointing to your forum. Not really worth the link. You should actually mention this in your first post.

[Kolbi]

I have some issues with this mod. I only shows the ad after the first post?
Perhaps a vbseo setting kills this function?

[digitalpoint]

Uninstalled. Just noted that it introduced a sitewide link pointing to your forum. Not really worth the link. You should actually mention this in your first post.Oops, I forgot I removed a bunch of stuff before I wrapped it up as a release. The intent was for it to only show attribution on pages that use it. The updated version fixed it.

I have some issues with this mod. I only shows the ad after the first post?
Perhaps a vbseo setting kills this function?Not sure... does it work as expected if you disable vBSEO? I don't use vBSEO myself, so I can't check.

[Kolbi]

Not sure... does it work as expected if you disable vBSEO? I don't use vBSEO myself, so I can't check.
I guess this option in vBSEO causes the issue:
Replace post number link with Permalink
Will replace individual showpost links with the "Permalink" link. Note: Posts will no longer be accessible individually.
Damn :)

[djr]

Works fine with vbSEO (and vB 3.8.6). You just have to wait a couple of minutes (approx. 15-20 mins.) until the ads show up.
Thanks Shawn, installed!

[onehost]

Digi,

Would be nice if you added banner rotation...

lets say I want to rotate 10-20 banners rather then just showing
the same old banner over and over...

is this possible?

Thanks

[digitalpoint]

Digi,

Would be nice if you added banner rotation...

lets say I want to rotate 10-20 banners rather then just showing
the same old banner over and over...

is this possible?

ThanksSomething like that is really outside the scope of what this little addon is for. It's not a full blown ad serving system. If you are looking for something like that, you might want to check out: http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/publisher.php it allows advertisers on your site to do it all themselves (target areas of your site, bid on CPM/CPC costs, etc.)

[Kolbi]

Works fine with vbSEO (and vB 3.8.6). You just have to wait a couple of minutes (approx. 15-20 mins.) until the ads show up.
Thanks Shawn, installed!

Do you have the option: "Replace post number link with Permalink" in vBSEO enabled?

[djr]

Do you have the option: "Replace post number link with Permalink" in vBSEO enabled?Yes, I have. No issues. You're welcome to see for yourself (http://forum.iculture.nl/).

[Kolbi]

Well, you have the same issue :)

The ads are only shown after/in the first post.

But this mod should show the ads at the active post you are watching.
For example if you want to view the latest post in a thread the ads are after and in the latest post and not in the first post of the thread.

[digitalpoint]

Yeah, if your setup doesn't use the p= parameter, there's no way for the script to know which post you are looking at. Since the #post12345 isn't seen on the server-side, so...

[LbR]

Good stuff Shawn :)

[BadgerDog]

Installed on 4.04 with thanks ... :)

However, I don't see an ad show up after the post being viewed after we've set up the mod? :confused:

When you set the group that it DOES NOT display for, is this ONLY the Primary Group? In other words if a member belongs to secondary groups as well, will the mod only check the Primary Group to decide whether to display an ad or not?

Thanks ...

Regards,
Badger

Edit: Did some testing and discovered that it reads all user groups, including secondary ones, which causes a "logic" conflict when trying to exclude certain groups for us. It would work for us if if it only read the Primary Group as a means test for DO NOT DISPLAY ads.

[digitalpoint]

It's using the normal is_member_of() function built into vBulletin which does factor in secondary groups... But I'm not sure how that would cause conflicts... if someone is a member of group A, and then a secondary member of group B, and you wanted to hide ads from group B, you wouldn't want to hide ads from that member?

[BadgerDog]

It's using the normal is_member_of() function built into vBulletin which does factor in secondary groups... But I'm not sure how that would cause conflicts... if someone is a member of group A, and then a secondary member of group B, and you wanted to hide ads from group B, you wouldn't want to hide ads from that member?

Thanks for the reply ... :)

I think it's the NOT a member of logic which is exclusive as opposed to an INCLUDE logic that causes our problems.

We only want ads to display for Primary Usergroup ID's 1,2,3,4,6,13:

Currently we use code like this for our ads and it works fine:

<vb:if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo,1,2,3,4,6,13)">
<center><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-99999999999999999"";
/* 728x90, created 1/4/10 */
google_ad_slot = "xxxxxxxxx";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></center>
</vb:if>

I even tried to leave our own include condition shown above in the ad HTML and leave your NOT include field blank, but it still showed ads for incorrect groups, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Shouldn't this latter approach effectively negated your field and used what we put in with the ad code as groups, since your field was blank and we would only show the ad if it met our own "is_member_of($bbuserinfo,1,2,3,4,6,13)" condition?

Thanks for your help ... :)

Regards,
Badger

[naisho]

Very good mod! Just installed on vB 4.1.

I agree with you BadgerDog about the logic.

"Show if member of" is easier to understand than "hide (not show) if is not member of", though result is identical, I guess.

You can edit the xml file to do that. Find this line (n?31):

if ($vbulletin->options['dppa_insidepost'] && !is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(',', $vbulletin->options['dppa_insidepost_hidegroups'])) &&

Modify like this:

if ($vbulletin->options['dppa_insidepost'] && is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(',', $vbulletin->options['dppa_insidepost_hidegroups'])) &&

This is for the insidepost. You can do the same for the afterpost. And modify the phrases in the same file ("hide" --> "show"). and re-install the product.

I wish this mod could accept differents ads according to forum ids.

[BadgerDog]

Very good mod! Just installed on vB 4.1.

I agree with you BadgerDog about the logic.

"Show if member of" is easier to understand than "hide (not show) if is not member of", though result is identical, I guess.

You can edit the xml file to do that.

Thank you very much naisho ... appreciate you having a look at it ... :)

Made your edit changes in both places and the mod now works perfectly for us.... :up:

Regards,
Doug

[BadgerDog]

Follow up ...

For those of you running this vb4 [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack mod by Abe ...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666

There's a conflict when this mod puts it's ad as the last post. You can click the "Thanks" button but instead of the "Thanks" box appearing with your name pushing the ad down placed there by digitalpoint's mod and the "Thanks" button disappearing, all that happens is the "Thanks" button disappears as it should, but the screen jumps to the TOP of the thread.

If you scroll back down to where the ad is, you'll see that the "Thanks" button is gone, but there's no "Thanks" box with your name. The "Thanks" action did happen though and if you turn OFF the Insert Ad After Post of this ad and view the same post the "Thanks" box is there with your name but of course, the Insert Ad After Post ad which appeared after it is gone because you've turned OFF that part of this mod.

This problem seems to only happen when the post is the last one in the thread, at least that's what I think right now, since it doesn't happen when it places the ad after the first post, as an example.

Hope this helps others .... :)

Regards,
Doug

Edit: I was wrong ... this conflict exists regardless of what post the Insert Ad After Post element of this mod places the ad. It needs to be turned OFF if you're going to use it with Abe's mod. The place INSIDE ad part works terrific for us, particularly using naisho's edits to reverse the UserGroup ID connotation from being EXCLUDED to ONLY THESE GROUPs.

[digitalpoint]

I wish this mod could accept differents ads according to forum ids.Well it was never designed to be a full-blown ad delivery system. We *do* happen to have something for that (ability to target specific forums, along with full-blown bidding system for advertisers to bid on ad space), but's it something different... http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/publisher.php

Follow up ...

For those of you running this vb4 [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack mod by Abe ...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666

There's a conflict when this mod puts it's ad as the last post. You can click the "Thanks" button but instead of the "Thanks" box appearing with your name pushing the ad down placed there by digitalpoint's mod and the "Thanks" button disappearing, all that happens is the "Thanks" button disappears as it should, but the screen jumps to the TOP of the thread.

If you scroll back down to where the ad is, you'll see that the "Thanks" button is gone, but there's no "Thanks" box with your name. The "Thanks" action did happen though and if you turn OFF the Insert Ad After Post of this ad and view the same post the "Thanks" box is there with your name but of course, the Insert Ad After Post ad which appeared after it is gone because you've turned OFF that part of this mod.

This problem seems to only happen when the post is the last one in the thread, at least that's what I think right now, since it doesn't happen when it places the ad after the first post, as an example.

Hope this helps others .... :)

Regards,
Doug

Edit: I was wrong ... this conflict exists regardless of what post the Insert Ad After Post element of this mod places the ad. It needs to be turned OFF if you're going to use it with Abe's mod. The place INSIDE ad part works terrific for us, particularly using naisho's edits to reverse the UserGroup ID connotation from being EXCLUDED to ONLY THESE GROUPs.You could probably just reorder the execution order so the ad positioning one gets triggered before the other.

[digitalpoint]

I wish this mod could accept differents ads according to forum ids.Well it was never designed to be a full-blown ad delivery system. We *do* happen to have something for that (ability to target specific forums, along with full-blown bidding system for advertisers to bid on ad space), but's it something different... http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/publisher.php

[BadgerDog]

You could probably just reorder the execution order so the ad positioning one gets triggered before the other.

Thanks .. :)

I'm not really a programmer, but I assume you're referring to the Execution Order of the plugins for both mods?

If so, both mods are currently a 5, so should I make yours a 4, or something like that?

Regards,
Doug

[digitalpoint]

Yep... try making mine 1 or something even... that way mine goes first and isn't doing anything to non-standard stuff that other plug-ins are injecting into the post.

[BadgerDog]

Yep... try making mine 1 or something even... that way mine goes first and isn't doing anything to non-standard stuff that other plug-ins are injecting into the post.

I made yours a "1" ...

Doing that caused the "Thanks" to execute properly, but it placed its box under your ad, whereas it's normally tucked up flush under the post...

Since all of its plugins (lots of them) are 5's, should I make yours a 6, which might cause it to put itself under their "Thanks" box? :confused:

Thanks again .. :)

Regards,
Doug

Edit: I did try 6 with ordering your mod, but that blocked out the "Thanks" box, except using 1, which split the "Thanks" box away from the bottom of the post.

[digitalpoint]

The ad that my addon inserts isn't necessarily at the end of the post... it inserts it into a random location inside the post (check it with a long post with lots of paragraphs in it to see what I mean). Because of that, there wouldn't really be a way to insert it after the "Thanks" part since it's inserting somewhere random inside the post, not necessarily the end of the post.

[BadgerDog]

The ad that my addon inserts isn't necessarily at the end of the post... it inserts it into a random location inside the post (check it with a long post with lots of paragraphs in it to see what I mean). Because of that, there wouldn't really be a way to insert it after the "Thanks" part since it's inserting somewhere random inside the post, not necessarily the end of the post.

Ok, I think I understand that but ... :)

It only happens when I turn ON the Insert Ad After Post part of the mod, not the part that displays inside the ad, which works fine, even with the "Thanks" mod.

Check the pic in my last post and you can see that the ad splits the post when your plugin is set to 1 and overwrites the "Thanks" box (makes it disappear) when set to "5".

Regards,
Doug

[digitalpoint]

Oh, I see what you mean now... I was getting confused thinking it was something else. I fixed it for the next version, but for now if you go into the "Insert Inside & After Current Post" plug-in, change this:
$template_hook['postbit_end'] = $vbulletin->options['dppa_afterpost_html'];
to this:
$template_hook['postbit_end'] .= $vbulletin->options['dppa_afterpost_html'];

Adding the one period will make it append to vs. overwrite anything else using that template hook location.

[BadgerDog]

Oh, I see what you mean now... I was getting confused thinking it was something else. I fixed it for the next version, but for now if you go into the "Insert Inside & After Current Post" plug-in, change this:
$template_hook['postbit_end'] = $vbulletin->options['dppa_afterpost_html'];
to this:
$template_hook['postbit_end'] .= $vbulletin->options['dppa_afterpost_html'];

Adding the one period will make it append to vs. overwrite anything else using that template hook location.

Worked great !! :up:

All plugins left set to 5 and patching with your method above, conflicts with Abe's "Thanks" mod disappear, using 4.04 ...

Thanks partner .. :)

Regards,
Doug

[digitalpoint]

If the post only has one paragraph it would always be in the same place. The randomness of it inserts it between paragraphs. It looked terribly weird/awkward when you were splitting between sentences within the same paragraph.

[w3rk3d]

This mod is great, but so far doesn't do much more for me than the existing Google AdSense plugin built into vB. In fact I'm seeing conflicts between the two. When the after post option of this mod is enabled, it shows the space for the ad, but no ad actually shows up. Furthermore, it hides the ad at the bottom of the page that was already there for the built-in plugin (again, the space is there, but ad is missing) whether the after post option is enabled or not.

A few suggestions came to mind:
Typically admins would want to show ads to fewer groups. Therefore, switch from "hide from groups" to "show to groups". This might also help solve the secondary group logic issue.
Make the ads show up in and below more than just the first post.
Improve functionality in conjunction with the vB version for Adsense.The one thing this does beyond the built-in plugin is display an ad for permalinked posts, which is great. I have it installed just for that.

Thanks!

[digitalpoint]

It shouldn't be hiding anything existing you have... are you sure you aren't trying to display more than 3 AdSense ads per page? Google doesn't allow that and will just block anything beyond the 3rd ad on the page.

1. Yeah... still thinking of a good way to rework it.

2. Too many AdSense ads cause the issue of blank ads (anything more than 3 ad units per page), so not sure how good it really would be to insert ads into more than 1 post. As it is, the system will insert 2 ads (into current and after current). Which means you only have 1 more AdSense ad you can have on the whole page.

[marshal_ramdev]

thsnx ...

[kamrandahir]

cooooool

[BadgerDog]

Just had a mobile skin style user indicate that he has ads appearing in the middle of posts etc.

When I installed this, I didn't realize (my bad) that it would also imbed my adsense code ads into posts for users on mobile devices, which screws up the display as they overflow outside the skin.

I think the fix for me is simple ...

Can you provide me with the IF statement in vBulletin jargon that I can put in front of my adsense code so it DOES NOT execute if the style equals the value of my mobile skin?

In other words ..

===================
If style not equal to "x" then skip to end and do not execute adsense code display ...

adsense code

end
=============

Thanks ... and Happy New Year ...

Regards,
Doug

[Taurus1]

Just had a mobile skin style user indicate that he has ads appearing in the middle of posts etc.

When I installed this, I didn't realize (my bad) that it would also imbed my adsense code ads into posts for users on mobile devices, which screws up the display as they overflow outside the skin.

I think the fix for me is simple ...

Can you provide me with the IF statement in vBulletin jargon that I can put in front of my adsense code so it DOES NOT execute if the style equals the value of my mobile skin?

In other words ..

===================
If style not equal to "x" then skip to end and do not execute adsense code display ...

adsense code

end
=============

Thanks ... and Happy New Year ...

Regards,
Doug

I have exactly the same problem. Did you ever find the solution to this Doug?

[BadgerDog]

I have exactly the same problem. Did you ever find the solution to this Doug?

Yup .. :)


There is a workaround to by-pass this mod's ad code with Dartho's Lightweight Style.

In the plug-in titled Insert Inside & After Current Post bracket it with the following:

if (STYLEID!=15){

Insert Inside & After Current Post code goes in here

}

Note: 15 is style number for my site's Dartho Lightweight Style, so yours may be different. Whatever it is, plug your style number in-place of my number 15 for your own site.

Now the ads won't display and mess up Dartho's Lightweight Style.

Regards,
Doug

[Taurus1]

Yup .. :)


There is a workaround to by-pass this mod's ad code with Dartho's Lightweight Style.

In the plug-in titled Insert Inside & After Current Post bracket it with the following:



Now the ads won't display and mess up Dartho's Lightweight Style.

Regards,
Doug

Awesome mate! Thank you so much!!

[ukDesign]

Is this option available for use http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/publisher.php ?

[digitalpoint]

Is this option available for use http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/publisher.php ?It's a different thing, but yeah... you can use them together. You can use the Digital Point Ad Positioning plug-in to deliver ads from the Digital Point Ads platform just fine.

Digital Point Ads Positioning is just that... it's a way you can position ads inside/around the post the user is reading.

Digital Point Ads is a full-blown ad selling system that allows you to sell ads directly to users (they can bid on ad space)... you can sell banner ads, inline keyword ads, email ads, text link ads, etc.

[ukDesign]

I like the look of the ad selling system, how would one go about getting this if it is available?

[digitalpoint]

Just need to insert your site into the system... http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/publisher.php?do=addsite

Once ownership of the site is verified and you are setup, it will give you the option to install the advanced mode stuff (vB plug-in in your case I assume).

[Valerio]

thank you for the amazing mod.
But i have a problem:
I can visualize the one inside the post but i can not visualize the one between posts
As a test i put as HTML a double ~~ ( <p>~~</p> ) to see if the space will be show and it isn't...
any idea?

I have the version 4.1.1 no particular mods

EDIT: it works now, i just didn't see the small tilde, my apologize.

[Dr Longhorn]

Great mod, have marked as installed, it does add a link to digital point but I suppose it’s fair enough to give back something in return, I was wondering is there any way to add the nice little box that digitalpoint.com have around theirs in between the first and the second post?

Many thanks

[digitalpoint]

It's just HTML... so you should be able to add whatever HTML you want as a wrapper to your ad.

[Reizar]

Is the DigitalPoint ad system a self hosted ad server? Or is everything done through the DP domain?

[digitalpoint]

This mod has nothing to do with any sort of ad server.

If you are referring to Digital Point Ads (something totally different), you can find info here:

http://www.digitalpointads.com/

[lmgc]

thank you man its a great hack,
seriously my earning is increasing with it !!

how i can integrate it also in my DownloadsII ?
its possible ?

[Brandon Sheley]

oh I didn't see you release this, great work Shawn!
thx for sharing :)

[digitalpoint]

thank you man its a great hack,
seriously my earning is increasing with it !!

how i can integrate it also in my DownloadsII ?
its possible ?Yeah, our ad earnings about doubled with it, so... :)

No idea what DownloadsII is, sorry...

[lmgc]

downloadsII is a hack wich we can upload/download filles, its a native hack for vb4,

here is the link:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231427

i was wondering if we can integrate that great ads positioning in the files download page, just in the desciption or under the title for example:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=108406&d=1262005630

[digitalpoint]

Sorry... there aren't any plans to support it in non-standard content types.

[lmgc]

Sorry... there aren't any plans to support it in non-standard content types.

ok no problem man,
thank you any way ;)

[drayim]

Thank you

[Taurus1]

Is there a way to force the add to only show in the first post? At this stage, I have an add in the last post, but then sometimes it would add the advertisement from this hack into the last post also. That does not look nice.

[scottct1]

I installed this but the ad is only being shown in the first post. Not the post I am reading.

Am I missing something here? I do have vbSEO installed so dont know if that has anything to do with it.

[Juggernaut]

This is working perfect for me. :D

[Eagle Eyes]

I want this to work with vbseo. Any solution?

[cagbaazee]

Any Demo

[Brandon Sheley]

nice mod, I don't see how I missed it
I want this to work with vbseo. Any solution?
looks like it works fine for me

[Valerio]

It work with vbseo, but it put the ads only on the first post wich instead should put the ads in the post that you are reading (if you open a discussion because someone reply vbulletin tak you directly to the new post) that is because the script does not read the "#post11935" at the end

Edit: I found the Issue:

Vbseo based on the standard url setup an url appear like that:

Mydomain/myforum-ForumID/mythread-threadID/#postXXXXX

Maybe the fact that is after a slash it create problem to the mod to reconize the post.
Maybe the developer can make an update where allow us to insert the post address.

[Rofo]

Working on 4.1.1

marked and rated. Thanks.

[Eagle Eyes]

It work with vbseo, but it put the ads only on the first post wich instead should put the ads in the post that you are reading (if you open a discussion because someone reply vbulletin tak you directly to the new post) that is because the script does not read the "#post11935" at the end

Edit: I found the Issue:

Vbseo based on the standard url setup an url appear like that:

Mydomain/myforum-ForumID/mythread-threadID/#postXXXXX

Maybe the fact that is after a slash it create problem to the mod to reconize the post.
Maybe the developer can make an update where allow us to insert the post address.

Same issue here. Lets see if some one is kind enough to find a fix for this. :erm:

[Valerio]

I think that the solution is on the vbseo-> URL REWRITE SETTING -> FORUM URL ->

If Shawn can tell us wich is the format of the url that the plugin made whe can make some test and find the correct url that will show the ads in the post that we are reading.

Please Shawn tell us how to do it so we can write a script to make it work also with vbseo

[digitalpoint]

It's simply keying on the p= variable in the URL.

[Valerio]

thank you shawn for your support and reply, so

My url for the "last post" link is this one:
http://www.My_forum.com/Notify-to-the-admin/New-admin-2194/#post12088

So you mean that we miss for example

http://www.My_forum.com/Notify-to-the-admin/New-admin-2194/?p=2135161#post12088

and if Yes, with or without the question mark?

What is that parameter exactly? the post id ? or the post number?
thank you again

[Valerio]

I Asked to vbseo staff how to insert that p parameter in the url and this is the answer:

"That is not supported and breaks the point of vbseo's link consensus concept."

Now If shawn tell me what is exactly that parameter maybe...

[digitalpoint]

It's the p=1234 (think I said that in the previous post). :)

[Valerio]

Yes I understand shawn thank you, what I mean it is : what is is exaclty, post id, thread id or... what it represent the p parameter?
Thank you again shawn

in case, do you think we can mod your mod to relate to another parameter instead to the p= ?

[digitalpoint]

It's postid... the ID of the post. :)

[Kolbi]

It's possible with vBSEO, yes.

But vBSEO team means that inserting the postid would negative influence SEO.

[Valerio]

Shawn

is not possible to make it to reconize the

#post1234

instead of the p parameter? at the end is the same value!

[digitalpoint]

Nope, the hash portion of the URL isn't seen by the server/PHP.

[Valerio]

thank you

[valdet]

Hi Shawn,
Is there a way to include a simple plugin code $second[$banners] inside your plugin

I have this plugin which pulls random image banners and places them on "bottom of second" and "second from bottom" posts.

My plugin uses the mt_rand function. Inside your plugin, I tried replacing $vbulletin->options[ 'dppa_insidepost_html' ] with my code $second[$banners], but nothing showed up.Is vBSEO a cause for this as well.

Thank you.

[digitalpoint]

No, sorry... it's designed to output literally what you enter. It's HTML, not PHP code, so... you could of course make a random banner disable based on JavaScript you put into the ad HTML, but you would still need to write the JS code of course.

[Mycologist]

Is there a way to stop "Ad After Post" in private messages?

[digitalpoint]

No... it's intentional. Although, I suppose you could add some logic to the plug-in that doesn't do it if THIS_SCRIPT == 'private'...

[IndigoSociety]

Is there a way to create a condition so it only shows a leaderboard if it's a guest (after the post) otherwise show a link unit (after the post).

This is how Digitalpoint does it...

[digitalpoint]

Yeah, just set the setting that controls which usergroups see it.

[IndigoSociety]

Yeah, just set the setting that controls which usergroups see it.
No my point is show something different for one usergroup vs another. Leaderboard for unregistered, link ads for registered. All i see in plugin is just show to x,y,z usergroup...

[IndigoSociety]

I'm noticing this causing the iPhone optimized browser style supported by vBulletin to function incorrectly when viewing a thread.

Could you possibly look into this?

It never finishes loading and only shows the ad from the first post...

I'm guessing what happens is that the plugin screws up with the rendering so it only ends up rendering the ad instead of the whole thread.

It needs to disable itself if vBulletin is rendering in mobile mode.

Style & Language Settings > Default Style for Modern Mobile Browsers > "Mobile Style"

Is there a way to add a condition in the plugin to see if this is turned on, and if it is, to disable the plugin functionality?

*Ended up using the following code*:

in the after hook


if (STYLEID!=14){

// plugin code

}




Having issues with "Post Thanks" compatibility now...

** edit fixed both of those things.

Can you add a FAQ in this thread to help others with this potential issues? Thanks!

[Dirt Bike Addict]

No my point is show something different for one usergroup vs another. Leaderboard for unregistered, link ads for registered. All i see in plugin is just show to x,y,z usergroup...
I'm pretty sure that the vb:if conditions would work here.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231525

[IndigoSociety]

I'm pretty sure that the vb:if conditions would work here.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231525
I tried that and it didn't work :(

[Dirt Bike Addict]

I tried that and it didn't work :(
What did you paste in there?

[speedway]

Shawn

I noticed you mentioned this *should* work on VB3 as well as VB4..... Can I then assume I can add this product to my VB3 forum without problems? I would like to test this out before upgrading to VB4 next week as it could solve a problem I have with vBulletin removing a bunch of ad positions.....

Cheers
Bruce (racedirector on DP)

[digitalpoint]

Should work fine with vB3 too.

[prandah]

hello,

how to install this plugin for 2 plugin

so, on my forum have 2 plugin with same product ?
can you help me ?

[digitalpoint]

No idea what you are talking about, sorry...

[Hendrizius]

Best mod ever. Really rocks. Thanks!

[excessive34]

Why are the ads being shown in the center of large posts, shouldn't it be after the text?

[stator]

Now I am using the vbulletin native "Thread 1st-post" ad position.
Do I have to disable it OR it can be used concurrently with this mod.?

2nd.Q. What possible ad format to be used efficiently via this mod ?

3rd.Q. Being the ads displayed in or after PM, Can this be against Google's Terms and Conditions?

Thanks for you for sharing us your effort.

[digitalpoint]

I haven't tried using it with the default ad spots, but it should work fine. I don't see any reason it wouldn't.

You can use any ad format you want since it's just HTML based (or JavaScript).

Not sure on Google's TOS, but I haven't heard of any issues with displaying ads on a page with a PM... global ads would display there too.

[stator]

You can use any ad format you want since it's just HTML based (or JavaScript).


Thanks for your reply,
I mean adsense ad formats (Sizes)

[excessive34]

Digital Point, is there a way to set the ads to only display after the post text and not in a random location?

[digitalpoint]

stator - it can be any size you want.

excessive34 - no, sorry... that's the whole point of the addon really, so disabling exactly what it's designed to do seems kind of a waste. :)

[android-schweiz]

Hello

how much do we have to pay that you make your mod working with vbseo?

cheers, tom

[Dirt Bike Addict]

Hello

how much do we have to pay that you make your mod working with vbseo?

cheers, tom
I've been bugging him for a couple months now, even offered a 6 pack of beer. http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/asset.php?fid=47259&uid=292257&d=1295907312

[digitalpoint]

I don't think there is a way to be honest since internally there's nothing that tells us what post is actually being viewed.

[Brandon Sheley]

It worked fine for me on a vbseo'd forum..
What's the problem?

[digitalpoint]

It has to do with putting an ad in the post actually being viewed. With vBSEO, it doesn't know which post is being viewed, so it just falls back to adding it to the first post (not necessarily the one actually being viewed).

[Dirt Bike Addict]

I don't think there is a way to be honest since internally there's nothing that tells us what post is actually being viewed.
PHP is over my head, but some time ago I asked Brian (from vBSEO) about this and he suggested using the $firstnew variable. If that means anything to you guys. :confused:

[android-schweiz]

It has to do with putting an ad in the post actually being viewed. With vBSEO, it doesn't know which post is being viewed, so it just falls back to adding it to the first post (not necessarily the one actually being viewed).

hmm. But why not reading and parsing the URl with parse_url ( string $url [, int $component = -1 ] )

There you get an assoc. Array and one Field in it is called 'fragment'. This contains everything after the anchor # sign. --> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php

Or if this is not working, with some JS (AJAX)?

I'm really willing to pay for your work. We need it urgently working with vbseo :D

Cheers and thanks, tom

[digitalpoint]

parse_url() will parse the fragment out of the URL you pass to it, but the problem is we don't have the URL with the fragment to begin with. A web browser doesn't send anything after the hash to the web server, so the web server doesn't know what it is (or if the browser even has one in it's URL).

[Brandon Sheley]

It has to do with putting an ad in the post actually being viewed. With vBSEO, it doesn't know which post is being viewed, so it just falls back to adding it to the first post (not necessarily the one actually being viewed).

IDK but it works exactly like it should on the vbseo boards I've added it to.
If you click "new post" thus going to the last post of the thread, the ad is in that post (the one you're viewing)

I've not done anything special other than follow the install instructions and it's working like advertised :p

hmm.. at least it was working correctly :|

[Dirt Bike Addict]

IDK but it works exactly like it should on the vbseo boards I've added it to.
If you click "new post" thus going to the last post of the thread, the ad is in that post (the one you're viewing)

I've not done anything special other than follow the install instructions and it's working like advertised :p

hmm.. at least it was working correctly :|
If you're referring to the General Forums, it isn't working for me.

DP had sent me an "updated" version awhile ago to try with vBSEO, but unfortunately it still didn't work, even on a stock vB (with vBSEO installed of course).

[Brandon Sheley]

ya I was talking about GF, and it was working correctly when I first installed it :(

Maybe the last vb/vbseo update broke it, but it would show ads in post #118 if your browser was looking at that particular post.

[Dirt Bike Addict]

ya I was talking about GF, and it was working correctly when I first installed it :(

Maybe the last vb/vbseo update broke it, but it would show ads in post #118 if your browser was looking at that particular post.
I've only tried it on vBSEO 3.6

[android-schweiz]

Damn. I mean. It's such a perfect peace of Mod. But useless for all of us which are using vbseo :(

[baghdad4ever]

if (STYLEID!=14){

// plugin code

}




hi

how to disable it in 3 style?

i tried

if (STYLEID!=14,16)

but not work

[cnrr]

hi shawn,

how can i disable this addon on the private forums and private messages?

because adsense bot couldn't access this pages.

[khalled]

I don't use VBSEO , and when i install the product , it only work in first post (appear in different location in first pots and after first post ) and not work for any other post

Also it will fantastic if one of Developers can modify this product to be appear at the end of currently viewed post

[thecore762]

Hi there, I disabled this plugin but it sill shows! its there in the forums, now I am stuck with 2 ads!
www.47r-squad.com
What to do?
Here is a screenshot

[duketxboy]

you should design a rotating banner system your mod is way easier to understand and work with

[digitalpoint]

Hi there, I disabled this plugin but it sill shows! its there in the forums, now I am stuck with 2 ads!
www.47r-squad.com
What to do?
Here is a screenshotI would double check that it's actually disabled... See if you have any plug-ins enabled at the postbit_display_complete hook location.

you should design a rotating banner system your mod is way easier to understand and work withThere is... our "big" advertising system has vB plug-ins for it for tight integration. http://www.digitalpointads.com/

[PBRiot]

Hello DigitalPoint, I'm a big fan of your mods! I currently use Google AdSense for my forum ads - what are some other advertising platforms that will allow industry-specific advertisers to log in and sign up for various advertising packages? Also - is there an easy way I can put code in to put Google AdSense ads in the code using this mod? Or do you suggest another way of running ads?

[digitalpoint]

Hello DigitalPoint, I'm a big fan of your mods! I currently use Google AdSense for my forum ads - what are some other advertising platforms that will allow industry-specific advertisers to log in and sign up for various advertising packages? Also - is there an easy way I can put code in to put Google AdSense ads in the code using this mod? Or do you suggest another way of running ads?How big is your site? Do you have people who already want to advertise on your site and just don't have a system to allow it, or?

[PBRiot]

Right now, it's <200 members, but we haven't "launched" yet. Once we launch, we'll be announcing to about 250,000 FB fans through a variety of different companies, so we should get a pretty solid amount of members.

I don't have anyone who wants to advertise yet, but I know the interest will be there as soon as we launch and have some proven traffic. So, for now, it's very easy to just turn on Google AdSense and let some ads run, but when we have proven traffic, I'll want to start selling specific ad packages to other companies in the industry - I'll definitely need some sort of advertisers interface to do that, I imagine...

[digitalpoint]

Right now, it's <200 members, but we haven't "launched" yet. Once we launch, we'll be announcing to about 250,000 FB fans through a variety of different companies, so we should get a pretty solid amount of members.

I don't have anyone who wants to advertise yet, but I know the interest will be there as soon as we launch and have some proven traffic. So, for now, it's very easy to just turn on Google AdSense and let some ads run, but when we have proven traffic, I'll want to start selling specific ad packages to other companies in the industry - I'll definitely need some sort of advertisers interface to do that, I imagine...Well for now, I would just go with AdSense... once you have advertisers that want to advertise direct with your site, there are a lot of different options you can use (our Digital Point Ads platform is one of them, but there are others as well obviously).

[PBRiot]

I'd like to plan for the future, because it is approaching rapidly.

http://www.digitalpointads.com/ - This is what you're referring to?

[digitalpoint]

Yep, that's our system.

[ehsanix]

How can I modify this addon a little to have banner after every x post? or after specific posts? (for example after post1 , post4 , post7 in every page)

[sivaganeshk]

@ Shawn :
I use fb like button at the end of the First post before signature using https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=267240

If the adsense ad shows at the end of the first post, then the like button is not seen. If the ad is in the middle of the first post, then like button is visible.

Any solution ??

Btw : Installed, Tagged, Nominated - because it increased my ads click :)

[mjda]

Thanks for the mod Shawn. It's exactly what I've been looking for.

EDIT: I also figured out how to get these types of ads into my vBCMS articles too. Thanks again!

[gibgib]

This works well for our board.
I have the inside post going inside the first post for guests but would it be easy to mod & use the after post one to be another inside post to appear in post 6, 7 or 8 in addition?
What part of the code tells it this?

[boffin_adi]

Hi Shawn

This is a great mod..i have been using i since the last 3 months on my site and have had awesome results. But i think there is one small bug in the mod.

The ads appear in the TABLE as well as inside the quoted text as well. I think this should not happen.

Can you please look into this issue..??

Even if this is not a bug..can you please help me so that ads do not appear inside tables and quoted text...

Thanks :)

[Kolbi]

It's not a bug, it's a feature :-)

Sorry, but I had to say this :-D

[boffin_adi]

It's not a bug, it's a feature :-)

Sorry, but I had to say this :-D

Hi Kolbi...Thanks for replying..

Can you please help me so that the ads do not appear inside Tables & Quotes...

Coz i use two 336 banners side by side..and it looks really weird inside a table...

Thanks.. :)

[galerio]

hi shawn,

how can i disable this addon on the private messages?


I don't want to show ads in private message too. How to remove them? Any idea?

[digitalpoint]

You could just wrap the "Insert Inside & After Current Post" plug-in code inside a check... something like:

if (THIS_SCRIPT != 'private') {
...existing code...
}

[datoneer]

Amazing Mod. Works fantastic vb 4.1.8 Thank you very much

[Scyther]

One of the best Mods, ever seen of vb.org!

Works really good..

Marked installed and nominated for MOTM!!

[sivaganeshk]

He rocks!! Getting good $$ :)

[Bacon Butty]

Thanks - Installed.


.... but then promptly uninstalled when I noticed the advert inserted into the footer on thread view. You should advise that, as someone said a while back

Uninstalled. Just noted that it introduced a sitewide link pointing to your forum. Not really worth the link. You should actually mention this in your first post.

[DNN]

is this like an ad positioning software that you can use to show certain ads in certain categories ? :-)

[thompson]

any pictures of admin and positioning ads ?

[fishmaster]

If we use the digital point ads solution, does the revenue from google adsense count in the 30% payout for the service or only revenue raised through the use of the system?

Basically asking if adsense money is all ours?

[digitalpoint]

AdSense (or any other fallback system) is 100% yours to keep.

[fishmaster]

You got me...

[Weeds]

I am trying to use iframes and in the normal VB adverts it is working but in your code it just show a blank box

[digitalpoint]

What's a URL you have it running on?

[rooban12]

nice mods

[datoneer]

Hello,
well i tweaked some settings to manage more customized ads. Good for those who have post thank you hack.

[Scyther]

Hello,
well i tweaked some settings to manage more customized ads. Good for those who have post thank you hack.

Good..i like that..Thanks for the customized one.

[jshallo]

Thank you for sharing your mod's its very nice of you to do so. I have always admired your site.

[BlueCheri]

Very nice.

Installed, thanx

[ofir24]

nice mod, can you add option to put the ads on the sides of the forums? example: www.fxp.co.il
i have no clue how to do that, and lot's of people want that mod or something to do that.
thanks.

[datoneer]

You could probably just reorder the execution order so the ad positioning one gets triggered before the other.

Thanks man, working now!!

[seanadl]

Is it possible to pay to remove the link to digitalpoint at the bottom of the threads which display the ads using this mod?

[digitalpoint]

Someday when we have a framework to support it, but currently no.

[GossipAll]

I love this hack. Thanks for this :)

If I may ask, can ads be displayed in 2nd or 4th posts (as chosen in ACP) like how ad is displayed inside first post using this hack?

Can this be done?

[digitalpoint]

I love this hack. Thanks for this :)

If I may ask, can ads be displayed in 2nd or 4th posts (as chosen in ACP) like how ad is displayed inside first post using this hack?

Can this be done?No sorry... it only care about the initial post being viewed.

[stator]

I've 2 questions and 1 request:

Question#1: How can I make the after post ad to be shown in box as that on DP forum ?

Question#2: Does the "Show in certain forum" option valid for both "in-post" & "after-post" ads or it only for the "in-post" ?

Request: Can you please add an option to exclude certain forums ?

Regards.

[sivaganeshk]

I've 2 questions and 1 request:

Question#1: How can I make the after post ad to be shown in box as that on DP forum ?


You should create a css code in additional.css and use div & class to wrap adsense - should work mostly.

[datoneer]

Is it possible to ad after last post or any post number?

[digitalpoint]

No, sorry.

[togotutor]

Installed..

[WoodiE]

Does this happen to work for vB 3.8.x too?

[digitalpoint]

Nope, 4.x only.

[WoodiE]

Aw that's to bad. Thanks for the reply!

[imported_stefan]

I was looking for a mod which I can use to place ads within the mobile style. Because there is almost no way in the standard, right.? This seems to be perfect :-). Adding an ad after the post. But I don't want to show this in the normal style because there is already an ad, using the standard add system on first post of Vbulletin.

How can I make an option:

show this addon/ad only for the mobile template.

Is this the right way I am thinking?

OK never mind it seems that the ads are not showing up on my mobile phone. Only in the browser view :-(

[chefy]

Should work fine with vB3 too.

Does this happen to work for vB 3.8.x too?

Nope, 4.x only.

I'm confused, digitalpoint :(
In your original message (mod description) you clearly state this:

This addon works just fine with vBulletin 3 as well as vBulletin 4.

So is this working with vBulletin 3? If no, could you release a vBulletin 3 version please?

[digitalpoint]

I dunno, it's been years since I've had a vBulletin 3 installation. You could try it I suppose... maybe it *does* work...

[cloferba]

Hello,
well i tweaked some settings to manage more customized ads. Good for those who have post thank you hack.

and which are the improvements?

[cloferba]

No news about this mod and vBSEO?

[Lifesupporters]

I installed this and it while it does look pretty good, it would be nice to have more options such as ad within post positioning and word wrap (which vB core does not seem to do).

It would also be nice if the ad after first post actually contained the same styling as the post box itself such as border and background.

Otherwise, nice mod.

...if I missed these suggestions elsewhere sorry but I didn't' read through all 11 pages.

[digitalpoint]

It would also be nice if the ad after first post actually contained the same styling as the post box itself such as border and background. You can wrap the ad in whatever you want since it's just HTML.

[naveeid]

wonderful add on - thank you very much. i just implemented on my website and my earning increased. thank you very much. five star rating , recommended for every 1

[rmd708]

To have the second add match the style of the posts (as seen on digital point forum) do the following:

Add this to additional.css template (change the background color to your preferred background color):

#adsense_inline {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #EAF4E9;
padding: 1px;
text-align: center;
}

Then in the options page for the plugin, use the following for the 2nd code box (ad after post):

<li class="postbit" id="adsense_inline">

<insert your adsense code here>

</li>

[rmd708]

I just installed this. Will give some feedback after a couple days whether it improved earnings or not.

[rmd708]

Initial feedback is that the second add (ad after post) performs very poorly, but the first ad (ad within post) performs decently (above 1% click through rate). I still need to test it against a regular adsense in signature of first post to see if it is performing better than that.

[rmd708]

I tested both versions in this thread. The other version someone posted adds one option:

"Do not show ad after second post in the following forums:"

[rmd708]

I've been trying to get it to work with vbseo. We need to have ?p=<thread id> appended to the specific URLs where that is needed.

Some of the links can be fixed in the VBSEO control panel. For example for "'Go To Post in Thread' Redirect" use a custom setting as follows:

[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title].html?p=[post_id]

Since this modified url will not be in your sitemap I don't know if it will matter so much for SEO. But if it does, you can add a no-follow to this. It is possible that these are already no-followed by VBSEO.

Also make custom rule for "'Go To Post in Thread' Pagination Redirect":

[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-post[post_id]-[thread_page].html?p=[post_id]

Still we need to add the ?p=<post ID> to some other URLS:

'Newest Post in Thread' Redirect

'Last Post in Thread' Redirect


Neither of these are supporting the [post_id] variable in the VBSEO config rule. I am sure we just need to change a single line of code in vbseo for it to reference the [post_id] variable, but unfortunately I don't know enough to solve it, so I gave up here.

[rmd708]

Still fails with VBSEO as VBSEO forwards all URLs to the original URL regardless of what is appended to the URL. I will give up and just use it as is, providing random ad in the first post.

I am curious what the click rate difference would be running this plugin without VBSEO. If it was significantly higher I would be willing to stop using VBSEO and revert to in-built SEO friendly URLs of vbulletin.

Can anyone give me some hints about their CTR with this plugin working correctly (without VBSEO)? Anything significantly above 1% (which is what I am seeing with VBSEO)?

[rmd708]

One concern I have with the ad placement is that it randomly chooses a paragraph to put the add under. So there will be instances where someone posts, "Hey visit this great site:" and your ad will be randomly inserted under that in the place where the person had put the link. If Adsense people see that they will see it as a violation. I would be more comfortable with the ad always at the end of the post in the signature. Or in the begining of the post. That way what they write cannot be mistaken to encourage clicking on the link.

[fayax]

Very nice mod. Was looking for something like this since my upgrade to 4.2 and it works like a charm!

Thanks DP guy!

[magnumclub]

Thanks. love the ease of use / installation.

[naisho]

Very good mod! Previously I was using first post and last post ads with a poor ctr (0,25%).
With this mod it's now a little bit over 1%, with only one ad (inside post) instead of two.
This is an average for the last 10 days.
Ads are only displayed to guests and me.

[dreamygirl]

I want to add this, but I have VBSEO. Would love to have more details on making them work.

[MysteriousSoul]

nice release , thanks.

[vimarc]

Awesome mod thanks for making my day

[dog-tag]

Using VB4.2 PL3 with plenty of other mods, litespeed bla bla and this works fine.
Really easy to use, and the install is even easier... good job!

[Omni1]

Hi

Nice mod, thanks, but...

Sometimes the ad shows up in the middle of the text, sometimes at the end of the text. How to do that just showed at the bottom of the text?

I have 4.1.7 VB

[datoneer]

and which are the improvements?

If i remember correctly i think that

After Post Ad HTML didn't have this "Hide After Post Ad From Usergroups"

and this "Show After Post Ad In Certain Forums"

[freak46]

great mod i like it

[m13]

it's a shame it does not work with the latest version of vBSEO, as previously worked, but it does not work anymore on forums using vBSEO, hopefully the creator of this plugin can update.

[rekha]

Nice mod work great

[digitalpoint]

This plug-in does not place any ads other than the ones you define.

[naveeid]

sorry sir i rechecked , my website is underattack , some one got admin acceess , its not due to your plug in , i have deleted my comments. thanks for the plugin.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-4/vbulletin-4-questions-problems-and-troubleshooting/3992927-anybody-else-finding-a-jobless-jack-iframe-in-their-copyright-field

[Pocket Aces]

We're having an issue regarding this mod and [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666).

When Insert Ad After Post feature of this mod is enable, the Number Of Thanks box of the post won't show.

The ad of this mod somehow replaces the thanks box.


Issue resolved by applying this plugin edit fix (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2128085&postcount=37).

[Pocket Aces]

Whew, there's no option for excluding forums in after-post ad.

in_array forum conditional won't work either, when included in the ad code.

Does anyone has an idea how to exclude forums in after-post ad?

[cloferba]

On Firefox 26 ads are displayed at random times.

[EliasAlucard]

This is a great plugin, but it conflicts with Post Thank You Hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666) (which seriously needs an update in itself) by making the thank you button not visible, and also generates double posts.

Any way to make this plugin work smoother?

[lapiervb]

This is a great plugin, but it conflicts with Post Thank You Hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666) (which seriously needs an update in itself) by making the thank you button not visible, and also generates double posts.

Any way to make this plugin work smoother?

So that's whats causing the issue. This is a great and helpful plugin however if I removed the thank you hack the members would have a fit as many of them have thousands of thanks built up. Is there a fix or work around for this?

[EliasAlucard]

So that's whats causing the issue. This is a great and helpful plugin however if I removed the thank you hack the members would have a fit as many of them have thousands of thanks built up. Is there a fix or work around for this?Seems to be a fix here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2455249&postcount=201

But I recommend this one instead:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239981

^^ Much less issues with post thanks and double posts, and less obtrusive in the posts.

[lapiervb]

Thanks I'll give that a try.

[ToekneeB]

Does this add on work on 4.2.2 ok? Anyone using it on the latest version....

[lapiervb]

Does this add on work on 4.2.2 ok? Anyone using it on the latest version....

Works great!

[mykkal]

Hi does digitalpoint still use this code? I looked at the forum but could not tell. It seems that ads only appear in the first post and not necessarily in the post being viewed. Please...let me know.

[lapiervb]

Hi does digitalpoint still use this code? I looked at the forum but could not tell. It seems that ads only appear in the first post and not necessarily in the post being viewed. Please...let me know.

No, DP has switched to Xenforo.

[mykkal]

No, DP has switched to Xenforo.


I see... thanks for the update. Maybe I can view it in the internet archive. Really wish they had a screenshot of sorts.

[Pardeep Bagga]

its not working

[Pardeep Bagga]

is is not working property.... not showing ads in first post

[khalled]

not working