Hey Guys,

I'm having trouble placing the banner on my forum... IN options -> rotating banners system options I've changed the Nth Placeholder to <!--@vbbanners:0@-->, I have placed this option in the header template as: [ad_header_logo]<else /><!--@vbbanners:0@--></if>

I don't see any banners at all... What am I doing wrong, yes there are the default headers, and i have created a banner myself on position 0...

Robert

can you add support to the modcp?
i want my mod's to handle this.

10x

I have a customized header already that uses 2 images to create one long one.

How do i include your header template with my customized one so the banner/s sits on top of my right image?

Thanks

If you have changed the placeholder in the options to: <!--@vbbanners:0@-->, the banners never show up, because you actually try to use a constant. To make the banners work, they need to use a dynamid placeholder, where "0" must be "%d", thus: <!--@vbbanners:%d@-->

Some other valid examples:
@vbbanners:%d@
(mybanners:%d)
$my-ad-placeholder-%d-!

I'm not sure if this is a good idea. ;)

If you want to include the banners within CSS headers, you will have to create a script which loads and renders a custom vbulletin page with the banners only. I'm not sure though, if the CSS: url() is capable to load and handle scripts correctly. Please ask a HTML/CSS specialist for advice.

If the CSS is included in vbulletin (the CSS is not saved to disk), and the banners are image only, it should be fine to include a placeholder in the appropriate place. If you save your CSS to file, you will have to use a custom script.

Thanks for your reaction, Ok, I've placed <!--@vbbanners:%d@--> in the header and in the options, is that ok? I still have nothing on my screen... (there's something missing... i Think but I don't see it...

Robert

Therefore my image would have to become background CSS image. I understand. Thanks.

You have to place <!--@vbbanners:%d@--> in the options and <!--@vbbanners:0@--> in the template, in order to:

- make the placeholder dynamic: <!--@vbbanners:%d@-->
- show a rotating banner in position 0: <!--@vbbanners:0@-->

Concept of the placeholder: Common string which may become <!--@vbbanners:0@--> to <!--@vbbanners:9@--> by code. %d is a C++/PHP formatting placeholder which makes it possibile to script numeric formatting instead of hardcoding. Normally, you would simply ignore the presence of this option. Adversely, you would change this option, only if <!--@vbbanners:%d@--> does not work in your system.

Concept of a banner: Numeric constant which represents a number of banners to be shown at a position between 0-9. The script searches for <!--@vbbanners:0@--> to <!--@vbbanners:9@--> (previously inserted in your templates) and replaces each occurence, if available with a randomly assigned banner, to be shown at exactly that position.

Hello Giovanni,

Thank you for your very, very usefull posting. For some reason, i don't get the banners to show... very strange... I will puzzle on..

Robert