I like this hack. Its really useful. Thanks y2ksw.

Sorry but this do not fix the problem, testec with version 2.0.6
2.0.3 works fine, great hack


Fatal Error

Well, the only remaining point is that at some place vbCMS or vBulletin load all the plugins two times.

If you edit the plugin, you may wrap the function with the following:

if(!function_exists('rbs_url_sanity2'))
{
// place the rbs_url_sanity2 function here
}

However it is a workaround for a problem which should not exist - if a software loads two times the board for each session, something is going really wrong ;)

If we upload the updated version of this, will we lose our current data?
Will we have to re-enter all of our banner from scratch?

You won't lose anything, I just upgraded and all my info is still there, just follow the instructions and you'll be fine.

Hi,

This script is excellent.
I install it on vb 3.7.3 with no issues.

the only question I have is related to problem with Photopost Classifieds integration. I see that someone else had the same issue, and I understand that main VB engine is in root while PP Classifieds is in mydomain.com/classifieds directory.

is there any way to use script instead of string @vbbanners@ ?
Maybe point it out to main VB engine to read banners?

if not ....

is there a way to set condition so if main VB engine is detected it will show banners, if not it will show nothing.

I'm not a programmer so I'm not sure what it is possible or not.
Any help is appreciated ;)

Works great. Thanks.

If you use different placeholders, for example a HTML comment (replace default both in your templates and options):

<!--banner-->

then the banner is inserted only when the vbulletin engine is active, or it remains a little comment (invisible to browsers) in your pages ;)

works great :up:

thank you

Took me a little to figure it out, not that its hard, I am new to this forum thing. I am a diesel mechanic and drag racer!

This hack rocks! I recommend it to anyone wanting to put add on a website. 2 :up::up:

Can anyone tell me where I might find a "forumlist" I have looked all over the styles and templates with no luck. I want to put an Ad in the middle of the page between 2 forum sections.

Why doesnt show the Clickout stats??

you need to check the box that says "count ad clicks"

I believe the plug-in doesn't count the clicks for Flash-type banners?

Thank you.

I did check the box.

It only shows impressions, never clickouts - do I have to buy the plugin?

The click checks apply for images only. Scripts won't work since it is not possible to wrap arbitrary scripts in a box and call the wrapper without creating a lot of problems, both to browsers and sources.

The plugin is for free, but priority support.

Hi Giovanni,

When I clic on Rotating Banner System - Options, all I get to the right is an empty page.

Which should be the contents of that page?

Thank you.

Can the code be put some place that will show an ad between say forum groups 5-6?

How empty is it (white page)? You should get the vBulletin Options listed, with specific options for the banners. If this doesn't work for some reason, please try to re-upload the files which come with the product, making sure they are replaced/uploaded correctly (as notified in the help).

However it is more likely something is wrong with your board, since the options are loaded from the database and have no specifically associated file, except for standard vBulletin scripts of course.

I'm using this mod. It's awesome.
Now i have one problem.
Is there a way to have another set of rotating banners for another theme?

If your different theme is assigned to different forums, you may create a banner set which is shown only on those.

Otherwise, you may use the horizontal banners for one theme and the vertical ones for another. Of course, you will not be able to have horizontal and vertical banners, but only one type.

PS: Would you mind to click installed? ;)

I don't know what I am doing wrong. Everything seems to work. I get a rectangular border where the banner is supposed to be.

This is what I am using to code the picture. It seems like it should work:

<img src="/images/trollspread2.gif" width="580" height="215" />

The images directory I am referring to is at the same level as /forums.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Richard

me too.

i have the same exact problem with the Options page in Rotating Banner System (vbulletin 3.7.3 pl1)

i don't understand what can i do to solve this problem :(

Place in fields:

• Name: Tooltip message/title
• URL: destination url
• Image: images/trollspread2.gif or http://www.domain.tld/forums/images/trollspread2.gif
• Text: leave empty :)

OR

• Name: Banner name
• URL: leave empty
• Image: leave empty
• Text:
  <a href="URL" target="_blank"><img src="images/trollspread2.gif" width="580" height="215" border="0" alt="Tooltip/title"/></a>

If you want click tracking, you must use the first solution.

For images like in your example, the first solution is always reccomended. Use the second format only for banners which can't be expressed as a simple picture, e.g. Google AdSense scripts, Flash animations, Streaming video or similar.

How empty is the page? White?

If you go into the vbulletin Options list and access the options from there, do they show up?

Do you have Settings permissions (admin permissions) ... ? Just guessing.

Thank you. Thank you. I was obviously confused. Appreciate you getting me straightened out.

I am using the program to rotate two banners. It doesn't always rotate. When I reload the page to test it, it only changes every other time. Occasionally it will do it every reload.

Don't know if that is expected behavior. Might matter if I was using paid ads though.

It is choosing the banners randomly from the available, and the overall distribution is pretty even. Over long time, you will see it yourself from the impression count of two or more banners registered in the same moment. :)

Hi,

In my case:

No, it is not white. It is blue, like the admin interface, but just blank, no info displayed there.


Yes, that way it works.


Yes, indeed.

And yes, I already try to re-upload the files, twice.

Thank you.

Gotcha. All is well. Thanks again.

If you are logged to the AdminCP, and paste these URLs, do the options look up?

• options.php?do=options&amp;dogroup=rbs_options
• options.php?do=options&dogroup=rbs_options

The only Idea I get here, the options script does not recognize the query (weird).

Hi Giovanni,

The first one displays the vBulletin Options.

The second one displays the Rotating Banner System Options.

In both cases, the lateral menu to the left is missing.

Thank you.

Ok let's try this attachment ... it replaces the XML file in [forumhome]/includes/xml/

Thanks :)

Hi Giovanni,

Should I upload that file via FTP or should I import it via the /admincp

?

:)

Obviously via FTP :)

Sweet....cool mod !

No, it didn't work.

Lucky me I did a backup first.

When I uploaded that file and enter the /admincp interface, the menu to the left was broken.

Instead of the of the option vBSEO, it was displaying these weird characters:

*[]*

And the Rotating Banner System was not showing up anywhere, it was missing.

Regards,

Nevermind

I'm sure you are making something wrong. If you replace the cpnav_rbs.xml file, nothing can go wrong with vbSEO!

Well anyway, if the plugin works and just the options from the menu aren't, you can use the options from the vBulletin Options list instead. I'm out of options, sorry ;)