Don't work for me or would have been good and what i was looking for :(

mine acts like it works... but... doesn't show an ad, plus i get the "Could not find GAB_Settings_Saved" error :(

You have to fill in a value for "what to display if no ad is available" or something along those lines under settings. It didn't work on my site until I did that.

Is it possible to have members "earn" advertising impressions for each post they make?

That way it can be a shared advertising co-op kinda thing that would encourage members to be active in the forum?

Like one post equals 1 impression (or 1 post equals 10 impressions -- or 1 post equals 100 impressions after you are in X membergroup). When you reach X membergroup you get 1000 bonus impressions, etc.

That would make this hack the awesomest :)

where is that setting?!

how do i view the stats also, like views and hits??

Variables passed varibales: Usergroup: Administrators (6), script=index (0), forum=Apartments Inside!(30)
Problem No script was passed therefore no ad can be pulled.
Usergroup Passed usergroup. This usergroup is set to view an ad.
Toggle Passed usergroup toggle test. This usergroup could toggle ads on or off.
Script Passed script test. We are in a script that is set to view an ad.
Results: $GAB_ad1

when i test it, thats what i get

If no ads are showing up, it usually means that there is either:
1- no $GAB_ad set in a template
2- and/or the global settings are not set right (check to ensure the correct scripts are ticked there as well as forums, usergroups set to view ad AND make sure that if the usergroup setting to allow usergroups to toggle ads is ticked, that the field value isnt blank)
3- and/or the forums/scripts settings in the ad itself isnt set right

rrr - Im not sure what you man exactly. I think it wouldnt be hard to do a tie in to Ucash where users get points for clicking ads - but ads getting points for impressions?

Guys - there are many installation bugs with this thing still. All workarounds are minor and listed in this thread but I wouldnt suggest someone install this unless they are cool with doing some playing.
The next version isnt far off but I havent had much time to play with it and the impending vb3.5 is hindering my drive to spend much time in development.
Ill see if I can get a smoother running install for this weekend - but I cant promise anything.

Thanks

It has been mentioned before that the ad system only rotates 3 banners at a time despite the settings in the admin section.

Is there an easy fix for this? (manually changing settings in the database perhaps?).
I've currently found 5 sponsors for my site and would like to show a working rotation before we go live :)

Thanks a billion.

Well, I don't really want to encourage members to click on the banners unnecessarily by giving them points.

I run a business type forum, so my members would benefit if they could have their banners shown in the forums.

The more you post, the more banner impressions you get.

For example if your postcount is 100 posts, that would equal 1000 impressions (ad views).

Or it might be easier to award banner ad impressions (ad views) by the membergroup the person is in.

That way, if a person reaches say "supercool membergroup", then they are awarded 10,000 banner impressions. If they reach the superdupercool membergroup, then they are awarded 50,000 banner impressions.

Hope that make sense?

I agree with rrr this is what i was looking for great idea rrr. Geek can this be done. Will make us all happy :banana: