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AdSense for Mobile Content in VB Templates

If you have ever attempted to create the Adsense for Mobile Content then you probably hit a stumbling block when it didn't give you the code it normally provides for regular ads.

The problem is you cant just copy paste the code google gives you and expect it to work. Google gives you the following four options and none of these can be pasted into VB Templates.

AdSense for Mobile Content generated code options.
PHP
CGI/Perl
JSP
ASP

Here is the PHP Solution

How to add Adsense for Mobile Content into your VB mobile template using the PHP include code bits.

Requirements:
1 New Plugin
1 New File
1 Template Edit

Instructions:

Since the information you need to put in all three of these will vary on your server paths, I dont know any way to give you a plugin to import that wouldn't require you to change it anyway. You will need to create these manually. Some of this I found in the VB handbook.

1. Create a Plug-in for global_start with these contents:

Code:

  ob_start();

  include('path/to/this/file/mobilead.php');

  $mobileadsense = ob_get_contents();

  ob_end_clean();

Replace the path and filename with the correct path and filename of the PHP file you want to include. The code in mobilead.php will execute and any output generated by this script will be stored in $mobileadsense

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2. Create the PHP file

Login to your Google Adsense account and create a AdSense for Mobile Content.
Choose Server-side scripting language: PHP

Since the contents of this PHP file will be different for everyones individual account you will need to create it. When you see Your AdSense code showing in PHP, copy that into a newly created PHP file and call it "mobilead.php"

Upload the file to your root directory or where ever you wish to have it reside.
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3. Template Change

Place $mobileadsense in one of your templates, such as header, navbar, FORUMHOME, depending upon where you want the mobile ads to display.

Your done!

If you wish to create more than one ad, just repeat the process and use a different name on the files and variables.

Enjoy!

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X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)bbcode_code_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (9)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information

Page Generation 0.01174 seconds
Memory Usage 1,726KB
Queries Executed 10 (?)

More Information

Template Usage:

(1)ad_footer_end
(1)ad_footer_start
(1)ad_header_end
(1)ad_header_logo
(1)ad_navbar_below
(1)bbcode_code_printable
(1)footer
(1)gobutton
(1)header
(1)headinclude
(6)option
(1)post_thanks_navbar_search
(1)printthread
(9)printthreadbit
(1)spacer_close
(1)spacer_open

Phrase Groups Available:

global
postbit
showthread

Included Files:

./printthread.php
./global.php
./includes/init.php
./includes/class_core.php
./includes/config.php
./includes/functions.php
./includes/class_hook.php
./includes/modsystem_functions.php
./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php
./includes/class_bbcode.php
./includes/functions_bigthree.php

Hooks Called:

init_startup
init_startup_session_setup_start
init_startup_session_setup_complete
cache_permissions
fetch_threadinfo_query
fetch_threadinfo
fetch_foruminfo
style_fetch
cache_templates
global_start
parse_templates
global_setup_complete
printthread_start
bbcode_fetch_tags
bbcode_create
bbcode_parse_start
bbcode_parse_complete_precache
bbcode_parse_complete
printthread_post
printthread_complete

Messages:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01174 seconds Memory Usage 1,726KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)bbcode_code_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (9)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages: