vb.org Archive - Miscellaneous Hacks - Rotating Banner System

Installed on v4.04 with thanks for testing ... :)

We also use y2ksw's excellent Import External Images mod ... :up:

We have this mod running and it seems to work with for the most part, except some of the placeholder templates don't cause the ads to appear, but most do.

We have discovered a major conflict problem with our member's photo library. We use vBPicGallery and when y2ksw's banner mod is active, the javascipt screen slide show in vBPicGallery seizes up and stops, plus a random pic from a member's library storage seems to cover part of the screen with some kind of cosmetic glitch.

When we disable y2ksw's banner mod, the vbPicGallery slide show operation returns to normal.

Any ideas on how to resolve the conflict? :confused:

Thanks for any guidance ... :up:

Regards,
Doug

Banners are essentially images. You may try to code your images as HTML and place this code in the Text Field (as shown in the sample banners), but then your click tracking will not work. Alternatively you may try to use the Flash wrapper, which doesn't use the <img> tags, but then it won't work with iPhone/iPad devices and there are glitches with resizing the pages.

y2ksw

04-01-2011 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by theharem (Post 2179610)

colour me stupid...... This is the first mod I've tried to upload and for some reason I've totally screwed it up.

If anyone here can help out a newbie to this, please pm me I'm desperate for some tutoring via msn. Thanks

If you are new to plugins and products, this is not a good playfield and you are better off with not using it. With uninstalling or disabling the product, you should go fine.

Please try some less complex plugins first and take your time to understand how they work and what it needs. Best practices are to check always new products in a test bed, and if you are unsure about side effects, to make a backup of your database and your files.

And last not least, if a help file is given, read it. In this product there is an extensive help available, and questions may be asked in this forum about almost all issues you may run into. For example, to get general help with installing products: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=112

theharem

04-01-2011 11:18 AM

Thank you.... have a big learning curve so I'll go study that link you gave me.

HellRZR

04-01-2011 05:55 PM

ciao,

I have a question?

Is this possible and will it impact anything if I use your system in this fashion.

I dont want to modify any VB templates or code if I dont have to, so I figured I would use it this way.

I go into the regular vb ad menu and create a new ad called header, in which I place this code <center></center>.

Now I add all my banner ads that I wish to display in rotation in all my headers in your system position horzontal 0.

It seems to be working fine, but I just want to ensure there are no conflicts.

Is this a good idea?

DFW Auto Club

04-06-2011 02:48 AM

I've been using this on multiple forums without issue for some time now. Thx to y2ksw.

I recently upgraded to VB 4.1.2 and I am now seeing ads intermittently missing in alternating locations. Please advise if someone's aware of a fix. tia.

y2ksw

04-06-2011 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by HellRZR (Post 2179858)

This is exactly the way one should use it: 1 location for all banners :)

y2ksw

04-06-2011 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DFW Auto Club (Post 2181414)

Probably you have reverted some templates with placeholders ...

Gloria Culver

04-10-2011 04:33 PM

All attempts to get this to install, either from uploading from my PC or importing from the server lead to a screen that says "Importing Product, please wait..." accompanied by a box that says "Please upload the files that came with the product before installing or ugrading! Missing files: :

I did upload all the files to the appropriated folders. Any idea what it could be peeved about? I did reboot the server just to clear it's little head, no help!

y2ksw

04-11-2011 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Gloria Culver (Post 2183048)

Probably your web service can't access the files you have uploaded by FTP. Please check the owners and access rights.

Gloria Culver

04-11-2011 07:02 PM

It's my server. It has full access to everything and no problem installing other programs or plug ins. I am baffled.

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