phew :)

Great mod. Now the next step is geolocalization conditions

You mean, banners depending upon IP? Most scripts (Google AdSense etc) do that already. This feature would require a great deal of server tweaks and would slow down the whole process by a degree nobody would really like.

For such features, I believe specialized services do their best.

this is one of the best mods ever. I have used it on my site for many years now, and it never made an error. it always runs great.

one minor question, if you allow me. Why does it stop showing ads once ALL the ads are already shown on a page?

In other words, why does it not start over randomizing ads and displaying ???

It's concept is not to show a single banner more than once on a single page. If you would like more repetitive banners, you would just duplicate the ones you wish to show more often :)

you are right, this could work.......... but it would be a bit fussy, as you must remember to work in doubles when you create, modify, stop, update or delete a banner. You would have to do it twice.

I wish I could control how many banners I wish to show per page

PM sent y2ksw

Maybe with the "new" system which "one day" will come up, maybe.

But since you can decide how often to show one banner, by duplicating, I don't see the point of messing up the logic, which works for all the rest of us :)

I used to be that way myself. Cost me a couple of grand hiring someone over several years. Then I just had a change in confidence and jumped into doing it myself. Piece of cake. As long as you are backed up, you should give it a shot. OR put up a test site (highly suggested) and go for the gusto and mess around with vB there. No harm no foul on a test site. In no time you'll be glad you did. This mod is really the best mod ever. I just love it as it fits my bill to a tee. Install is a real no brainer, managing it is comes with a learning curve. Once you "get it" it then becomes simple beyond belief.

John
John2@thescanlans.com

JS

Can you add banners on the sides or outside of the forum if your forum is fixed? I'm looking for a mod that does this?

Yes, I already did this to one of my clients.
You can insert anywhere using the shortcode.
Even on non-vb pages using iframe.

Anyone interested in modifying this mod to add the ability to post banners between postbits under posts #1, 4, 8, 12? Will pay.

This would just need a modification of the postbit template. Somebody has done this already much time ago, if I remember correctly.

Yep...got someone to do this yesterday.

Sharing type of guy Bazook?

The post bit template mod works great but I do have one small issue and that is the banner's hotlink will not work if the click tracking function is checked in the original Rotating Banner Mod. Not sure why that is. Un-click tracking and the hotlink works fine. Any ideas on this??

Nope. Never heared about this issue.

I have VB 4.2.2....I have just followed this procedure but uploaded files using File manager instead of FTP. I uploaded all files under "upload" folder of 2.4.2 rbs ( there are total 10 files, see screenshot of my server where files uploaded to public_html)

But when i check in my VB CP , i cannot see Rotating banner System under Left side menu but instead under suspect files i see all 9 files of upload folder as "File not recognized as part of vBulletin"....rbs_wrapper.swf of "upload" folder is not under the list of "File not recognized as part of vBulletin", so total 9 of 10 are under list "File not recognized as part of vBulletin"

Next i went to Manage product=> Add/Import and then Browsed for the product's XML file (product-rbs.xml), and clicked import but i got a message like this "Please upload the files that came with the product before installing or upgrading!

Missing files:

The missing files do not show anything....

what should i do now to get RBS in my VB cpanel...where i went wrong.....kindly help...thanks

You just copied the files without the folders. It is intended to copy the contents of the upload folder to your forum home ... including the folders.

I have uploaded all files in folders Upload....when i click "upload" folder then again shows admincp folder with 4 files in it and also shows includes folder which again shows files of cron xml etc...

How to upload directly folder...when i tried in file manager it redirecting to files in folder the how can we upload folders directly....what makes different when i upload all files with in upload folder....confused....

UPDATED feedback

Just now i have removed all previous uploaded individual files and now uploaded entire "UPLOAD" folder using ZIP format and later Extracted as you told u upload entire folder of "upload" . I named my Upload folder as "rbs upload"....unzipped that and deleted zip format file and now have all files and folder with in "rbs upload"

Now the directory path is public_html/rbs upload

Check screen shot...BUT still i cannot see RBS in my VB CP...where i went wrong now, as i uploaded entire folder this time.....

Next ..Manage product=> Add/Import and then Browsed for the product's XML file (product-rbs.xml), and clicked import but i got a message like this "Please upload the files that came with the product before installing or upgrading!

Missing files:

The missing files do not show anything....

Kindly check screen shot and let me know what to do...i uploaded all folders this time...but no use:confused:

Next what about addons folder with in 2.4.2...i ignored it as i was instructed only on "upload" folder and "product's XML file (product-rbs.xml)"

check my screenshot for better understanding and pls guide me experts or coder...thanks:up:

I don't think you'll be able to run your forum using cpanel or any other file manager; you're going to have to learn FTP.

At any rate it looks like you're still uploading to the wrong place. Usually you can just rename the "upload" folder to "forum" (or whatever your forum folder is) and drag and drop it on public_html.

A good beginner guide is at:
DJ's "How To Install Modifications (Mods/Hacks)" for Beginners - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201864

Thanks for your suggestion...yes i need to learn FTP but before that i will try renaming and read your link on How To Install Modifications (Mods/Hacks)" for Beginners

Thanks videx

But i cannot see FORUM folder in public_html?

Then where did you install your forum? Note this mod is for VB4 which by default will install in public_html/forum (I think).

It was installed by VB expert professional install/upgrade not by me ...i can see only public_html/forum.php and that forum.php is file not folder

I installed "upload" folder to public_html so it became like this public_html/upload

In your instance the forum is installed in your root folder, which is "public_html/"

You should be uploading everything to "public_html/" not to "public_html/upload/".

For instance the file and folder structure after uploading should look like:
public_html/admincp
public_html/includes
public_html/rbs_banner.php
public_html/rbs_stats.php
public_html/rbs_wrapper.swf


P.S. This will be how you install all mods in the future also. The "upload" directory for mods is just reference to your default forum directory which for you is the root folder "public_html".

yes i have uploaded everything to public_html/ only but NOT to public_html/upload/

But as seen in screenshots above i uploaded "upload folder" ( renamed as rbs upload) entire thing to public_html/ so finally it looks public_html/rbs upload after uploading "upload folder"

so next i will try like you mentioned like this

public_html/admincp
public_html/includes
public_html/rbs_banner.php
public_html/rbs_stats.php
public_html/rbs_wrapper.swf

BUT after my upload it looked like this

public_html/rbs upload/admincp
public_html/rbs upload/includes
public_html/rbs upload/rbs_banner.php
public_html/rbs upload/rbs_stats.php
public_html/rbs upload/rbs_wrapper.swf

i will again reupload again my upload folder (rbs upload)

Thanks..let u know soon

Just make sure you are selecting to upload the contents within the "upload" directory and not selecting to upload the "upload" directory itself and it should give you the results you need.

Coder replied like this in post # 2460 "You just copied the files without the folders. It is intended to copy the contents of the upload folder to your forum home ... including the folders."

Are you both telling same thing? I will now try to upload the contents within the "upload" directory as you said and check the status...I will update my feedback soon...thx

Yes, we are saying the same thing. For you, when looking at the "upload" directory for any mod, consider the "upload" directory the same as your "public_html" directory on your server.

You then need to copy the contents of the "upload" folder to your root folder "public_html". This includes maintaining the file/folder structure under "upload".

Sample of what is being uploaded:
upload/admincp/admin_rbs.php
upload/includes/cron/rbs_mail_cron.php
upload/rbs_banner.php

Where it should be uploaded:
public_html/admincp/admin_rbs.php
public_html/includes/cron/rbs_mail_cron.php
public_html/rbs_banner.php

NEW UPDATE

This time i uploaded like people said here....default admincp and includes folder names were already present in my public_html.....then i uploaded admincp and includes folders of 2.4.2 "upload" to my public_html (Actually i uploaded zip of admincp and includes and extracted and later deleted zip files) and then all files with in admincp and includes folders of 2.4.2 "upload"went in to previously present default admin and includes folder....I though i replaced folders and shocked a moment but realized that uploaded 2.4.2 upload and includes files just went in to previously present default admincp and includes folder (thank god), and later uploaded rbs_banner.php,rbs_stats.php,rbs_wrapper.swf files in to public_html and now i an see following below format in my public_html

public_html/admincp
public_html/includes
public_html/rbs_banner.php
public_html/rbs_stats.php
public_html/rbs_wrapper.swf

But still i cannot see RBS in my VB cpanel...i thought some thing went wrong and disappointed....but i immediately tried to add/import and did following

Manage product=> Add/Import and then Browsed for the product's XML file (product-rbs.xml), and clicked import ....To my surprise it got imported and accepted this time...then i thought RBS may now appear in my VB cpanel and scroll down left menu.....then....hurray i did it...i can see RBS as seen in screen shot.....thanks to bzcomputers and coder...ESPECIALLY special thanks to bzcomputers, you guided me with example and i did it now....hay...thanks...i will go for next steps now...my target is adding RBS below navbar....Now i dont know next steps....just read and proceed further and update u all..

check my screenshot....big thanks to bzcomputers

Regarding placing Banners "Below Navbar" location

I am looking for Rotating banners which need to Refresh after every "few seconds" below navbar location.

So far i placed 2 banner successfully below navbar with "position 0 banner list" and they are changing alternately only when i refresh...what to do to set auto rotation with few seconds gap.

How i did....i created 2 banners and saved in "position 0 banner list" and next went to RBS in settings => options...and changed <!--@vbbanners:%d@--> to <!--@vbbanners:0@-->

Next went to style manager=>edit templates=>navbar below=> template box was empty so i added this "<!--@vbbanners:0@-->" Hope i did correctly so far

next what should i do in order to add position 1-9, i mean in settings=>options=>what should i add in the place of Nth Placeholder , as i have already entered <!--@vbbanners:0@-->

pls clarify and also let me know about rotating banner with time gap automatically instead of rotation banner after refreshing page.

Thanks

@bzcomputers I'd like all of your posts for helping dr.reddy if it would let me, can only like one for now until I share more "like love" so instead a shout out to you for being super nice and helping him today!

^ Go back in settings and change that BACK to the previous value, it should always read <!--@vbbanners:%d@-->

If you currently have it set to: <!--@vbbanners:0@--> then it will not work, it must have the %d.
To explain the mod knows that the %d represents a # i.e. the banner list ID#.

That is correct, that will now show the banners (all banners you have added to LIST 0) from list 0 in that location. If more than one banner they will randomly rotate in.

Add more banners to List 0 OR manage the other list and add in banners to those list, you only add more code to the template i.e. <!--@vbbanners:0@--> and <!--@vbbanners:1@--> if you are showing the banners from list 0 AND list 1.

Edit: Ahh and this mod rotates the banners on page load/refresh there is currently no timer function.

Not possible with this mod as it is. You would need to do some custom script writing for this. Also, if you intend to run ads from an ad publishing company, almost all of them will ban you for doing this. Rule is typically one ad to show per ad position per page load.


Incorrect. The settings option should remain "<!--@vbbanners:%d@-->". The only place you should be placing the numbered position reference is in the templates.

This is correct.

See answer above about what should be in settings. For your other positions just place the respective ad position reference within the template as you did for "<!--@vbbanners:0@-->".

Edit: I see you beat me to responding @TheLastSuperman. Looks like we were typing at the same time.

Now i have changed back to <!--@vbbanners:%d@-->, but to my surprise it was working before even with <!--@vbbanners:0@--> :)

Thanks a lot

Usually my kids come in the room and everyone else beats me to the punch, for once I win! jk jk but made me laugh! See my shoutout at the top of my last post ;).

I am getting only 1 Ad per page load (refresh), i think we can also place ads side by side....what Ad publishing company you are referring, i have pvt.ads on my site ( not Google Adsense)...who bans these ads??

I have for example 6 banners all at " banner location 0", below navbar .....banner 1-3 are big, so no problem, but banner 4,5,6 are very small rectangle banner ads...is there any way to make appear banner 4,5,6 side by side...order should be like this on page refresh

1=>2=>3=> 4,5,6 small ads together....so it means 6 ads in 4 batches

I tried it like described in rbs pdf instructions where they gave example with Full banner side by side , but when i load page, 2 banners are appearing randomly like 1,6 2,5, 3,6 etc, so do u have any suggestion on this...

Thanks for other suggestions and for giving opinion on my previous work

can we duplicate same banner to make it appear more often than other banners on page load. ( i see that out of my 6 banners 1 banner is appearing less often)

Example banner ID is 10,12 and 13 and position is "0" for all of them targeting below navbar

For side by side change banner 4 to this:

If you want spacing between the banners add this code between each banner code above:
Adjust "20" to any spacing width you would like.

You can then delete Banners 5 & 6.