I have a small issue. The script outputs the links in source code with unencoded ampersands.
When viewing source I might see this:

....k.com/rbs_banner.php?id=4&userid=40847"....

But I want to see this:

....k.com/rbs_banner.php?id=4&userid=40847"....

The reason is because it won't validate in W3C. Can someone tell me what adjustment to make in php perhaps so those can be encoded with an htmlentities or something?

Thanks!

Sorry I don't know the answer. But a question: What advantage does validation in W3C give you? I mean, does it work as it is, and if so, why should you want to change it?

Because it's good to follow standards. And when it comes to encoding html entities, it's safer in terms of URL hack attempts and MySQL injections.
It's common and normal practice to always encode URLs. Plus there is the satisfaction of having valid markup.

I imagine it is a very small thing indeed to encode the URL before echoing it, which is why somebody might know what file needs the edit added.

OK, I'm probably being very thick here.. but I am confuzzled.

addons
upload
product-rbs
Rotating Banner System-EN

The above looks fine.
But when I look in the 'addons' folder, I've no idea where to put the rbs_iframa.php file. :(

Then in the 'upload' folder, I know where to put the details of the 'admincp' folder and the 'includes' folder.. but where do the three other files go? rbs_banner.php - rbs_stats.php - rbs_wrapper

I've read the PDF but don't really understand it when it says place them in the forum home.

1) Don't screw with addons until you have it working. Then if you really need that iframe, go for it.
2) Don't over think it. Just rename 'uploads' to 'forum' (or wherever you have your forum installed), then in an FTP program just drop it on /public_html. Everything will go where it belongs.

I installed and uploaded files but I am not seeing "Advertising" in admincp

It's supposed to be on the left pane just above Styles and Templates (vb4 only). If you can't find it anywhere, you should do some searches at vb.com and try to figure out why it's missing.

Thanks for this.
So when I go into my folder named 'forum', I just stick the three files there? ( rbs_banner.php - rbs_stats.php - rbs_wrapper )

I've installed odd plugins successfully in the past, but still manage to confuse myself!

Edit: I think I've failed..

I have this error message appearing at the very top of my forum:

Warning: strpos() [function.strpos]: Empty delimiter in [path]\includes\functions.php(7246) : eval()'d code on line 93

Thanks for your responses.

That doesn't sound like an RBS error. But a site search (on 'Empty delimiter') turns up lots of hits here on vb.org and I imagine vb.com also. You're going to have to dig through some of those old threads and see what the problem is.

Yes, those files go in your forum root right next to register.php and forum.php.