Yes, and yes: http://www.vbulletin.it/14-vbulletin...-banner-system

Maybe there is a redirect at .htaccess level?

How would that look?
I need to know what to look for :-)

No idea ... sandboxes are usually less restrictive and behave better than production sites. One suspect is about fully qualified URL's. Eventually your iframes refer still to your sandbox and the redirect in production fills the iframe with the full page. Thus you would have to create an exception or revisit the iframe code.

I'm stil; unsure -- does this addon allow me to place banners between posts?

No, this mod allows you to randomly rotate banners via placeholder(s).

There are various ways to get vbulletin to put a banner where you want it, including between posts. If it's only one banner, you don't need this mod.

It'll do it if you change the postbit code and insert the trigger(s). I have it display with this mod every 5th post, and also after the last post. This is the code I used, which I believe I found from a previous post in this thread:

Hope this is helpful! We LOVE the RBS add-on!

I have tried a couple of these rotating banner mods over the many years of using vB. This will be my last. Simply because it works. Once you figure it out, you quickly find that you can put the placeholder any place you want correctly.

I love it!

Thanks :)

Hi. What is the meaning of the star next to the name of the banner in the banner list ?

No idea ... Maybe it is a rappresentation of bold characters on your browser? Bold banners are enabled.

stared banners are expired

among my active and working banners, one is starred. (it expires in June 2014)

Among my disabled banners, expired banners and NOT EXPIRED banners, I have banners which are starred and Not.

Oh no, surely not, I see those stars in Firefox 24 and Chrome 30.......

I have both expired and not expired, enabled and disabled banners with a star next to their name.

Interesting. I have 2 (out of 16) banners starred. One is active, one isn't. I don't use expiration so all are set to expire in 2030 or something. I can't figure out why they're starred.

I believe we should stop trying to guess and ask the developper to tell us what he or she meant by the star

He did reply on it.

Hi.

This works great. Thanks so much for this mod.

Just an FYI, I initially was confused, and getting a blank page as I followed your PDF and was looking in AdminCP > Advertising instead of AdminCP > Rotating Banner System which is where your stuff actually is.

Thanks again,

Tim

yeah ... I can't remember :D

thanks but when i try to import language i receive this versione error:


Questo file ? stato creato usando una diversa versione vBulletin rispetto a quella che stai utilizzando.

La tua versione: 3.8.7
Versione file: 4.1.9

just ignore the version ;)

nice it works!

i see the banner is changing just after a refresh of the page and not rotating it, is it normale?

i put the code in my header but i can see the banner only inside forum and topic display and not, for example, in my homepage or other pages. Is it possible to set up to see in all pages or most of them?

many thanks

Maybe i am missing something? After some time reading through the posts and the pdf i cant make my banners show, I placed the codes in multiple locations to try but no banners will show.
I have no idea why this isn't working or maybe mi missing something really stupid?

The "rotating" is doing what it was programmed to do - rotate through the ads you have under the same Position # on each refresh of the page. It does NOT rotate after a certain time limit. Rotating after a certain amount of time is against the rules for almost anyone who publishes ads and will get you blocked / banned / dropped from their advertising programs.

Depending on where you put the code will depend on where it shows up. If you put it in the Advertising - Manage Ads - Header location it will show on all pages.

hi i am currently using your hack for vb4.2.2, its flawless and does the job better than expected, are you planning on doing it for vb5 ?

Due to a number of changes in the plugin system of vbulletin 5 it will not be possible to port this product without making a lot of substantial changes. It will not be possible to integrate the banners by the means of now, and requires to become stand-alone and maintained externally. I do have the project ladder ready, but it will take a lot of time to get it done and most probably isn't what people really want.

I'm not sure, if an add-on rather than a plugin is more useful. I am also opting to break into the base code, as in the very beginning of vbulletin, in order to show banners cheap, easy and fast as in vbulletin 4. But this is not an option to most of the users, and also not to me, having then to create special installation procedures for every release.

Maybe however vbulletin will decide to add some classic methods to their code, which allow us to do what we want, without reinventing the wheel once again.

Hi,

Can you explain me what is the position 0, position 1, position 2, position 3 and so on this hack

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

What does each position in VBulletin?

Thank

You may choose what they do. You would insert a placeholder in your templates and then (or before) fill that position with 1 or more banners. :)

hi me again, i am currently running version 2.3.2, as i said it works flawlessly and perfectly but i am scared to update in case i loose my 30 odd banners or am i just being silly ?

and i'm pretty bummed about vb5 and not having your banner system !

So , just to clear my self, with this plugin/mod can i put banners anywhere in the forum? or...

Thanks.

"Anywhere" may be a bit optimistic, but that is the general idea. There are lots of examples throughout the thread.

Please backup the rbs_* tables so you may roll back ... however, if updating wasn't working, people would have killed me already. Backups are always a good idea :)

Eventually you may use the banner system in vb5 by using iframes and the addon example code, and using a normally hidden copy of your old vb4 forums somewhere (e.g. a protected folder). Not very elegant, but it may be an option. In any case, the time is arriving where I have more time ...

cool sounds a bit to complicated for me so lucky you have the brains for it, i will attempt the update this weekend, your hack was the only one that didn't give an error with the upgrade to 4.2.2 :)

Great job, thank you

I sorta get the placeholder thing, but how do these positions reflect on the ad positions in the Advertising Admincp.

Or do I have to somehow put a placeholder in these positions in the Advertising (i do NOT know what I'm talking about, trying to understand)

Are there instructions on how to use the add on? Cheers

As with many mods, instructions are included in the download. Also as with many mods, don't bother trying to figure it out 100% before trying it; it will all make more sense once you get ONE banner rotating. Then you can add others if you really need them.

In many cases, such as our forum, the fact that the ads rotate in ONE place is all we need. I have never used a second placeholder (though I have placeholder 0 in a few different places).

:up:

okay another stupid question !

can we use this in a widget or forum block ?

yes :)