If you want to ad links to the navigation, like vbookie or arcade, edit the NAVBAR template.
For example, Find:
Code:
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
and after add:
Code:
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a ref="vbookie.php">vBookie</a></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a ref="arcade.php">Arcade</a></td>
As for optimizing your click through rate (For AdSense, etc... Here is what I use)
Install
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=119572 (Welcome Headers, Improve community registrations)
Then replace the WELCOME_HEADERS template content with:
Code:
<!-- // Start Welcome Headers // -->
<!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) -->
<if condition="$vboptions[wlhon] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'register' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'login'">
<if condition="$vboptions[wlhcookie] AND !$vbulletin->GPC['welcomeheader']">
<else />
<if condition="$vboptions[wlhguest] AND $show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<br />
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="center"> <tr> <td class="tcat" valign="middle" width="100%">
Welcome to the Hollywood News, Entertainment, Sports, and Wrestling at MonksDiner.com.
</td> </tr> </table> <table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center"> <tr>
<td class="alt1" width="50%" height="0">
<p align="center">
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-9556872839910172";
google_ad_width = 300;
google_ad_height = 250;
google_ad_format = "300x250_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
//2007-03-24: MonksDiner
google_ad_channel = "9525220802";
google_color_border = "E8E8E8";
google_color_bg = "E8E8E8";
google_color_link = "9A0A0A";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "000000";
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
</td> <td class="alt1" width="50%" height="0">
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="left">
<a style="color: #506173" href="http://www.monksdiner.com/register.php">
<font color="#ff0000"><strong>Register For Free and
get Full Access!</strong></font></a></p>
<p align="left">Already a Member? <strong>
<a rel="nofollow" style="color: #506173" href="http://www.monksdiner.com/login.php?do=lostpw">
Forgot Your Password?</a></strong>! </p>
<p align="left">Register to make this box go away.
</p>
<p><!-- login form -->
</p>
<form onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, 0)" method="post" style="display: inline" action="http://www.monksdiner.com/login.php?do=login">
<SCRIPT src="http://www.monksdiner.com/clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v=365" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
<table cellSpacing="6" cellPadding="0" border="0" id="table4">
<tr>
<td class="smallfont">
<label for="navbar_username" style="cursor: default">
User Name</label></td>
<td style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
<input class="bginput" id="navbar_username" onfocus="if (this.value == 'User Name') this.value = '';" accessKey="u" tabIndex="101" value="User Name" name="vb_login_username"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="smallfont">
<label for="navbar_password" style="cursor: default">
Password</label></td>
<td style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
<input class="bginput" id="navbar_password" tabIndex="102" type="password" value name="vb_login_password"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colSpan="2" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FLOAT: right">
<label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar" style="cursor: default">
<input id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accessKey="c" tabIndex="103" type="checkbox" value="1" name="cookieuser">Remember
Me?</label></span>
<input class="button" title="Enter your username and password in the boxes provided to login, or click the 'register' button to create a profile for yourself." accessKey="s" tabIndex="104" type="submit" value="Log in">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="s">
<input type="hidden" value="login" name="do">
<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password">
<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf">
</form>
<!-- / login form --></P>
</td> </tr> <tr>
<td class="alt1" width="100%" colspan="2">
<p align="center">
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-9556872839910172";
google_alternate_color = "E8E8E8";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = "728x90_as";
google_ad_type = "text";
//2007-04-24: MonksDiner.com
google_ad_channel = "9525220802";
google_color_border = "E8E8E8";
google_color_bg = "E8E8E8";
google_color_link = "9A0A0A";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "000000";
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
</td> </tr> </table>
<br />
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<else />
<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3) AND $vboptions[wlhunconfirmed]">
<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]" 2="register.php?do=requestemail" 3="sendmessage.php$session[sessionurl]" 4="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_unconfirmed]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<else />
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[posts]<1 AND $vboptions[wlhneverposetd] AND !$show['guest']">
<!-- never posted message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_neverposted]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / never posted message -->
<else />
<if condition="$wlhtime > $bbuserinfo[lastpost] AND $vboptions[wlhpostmoreoften] AND !is_member_of($bbuserinfo,6,5) AND !$show['guest']">
<!-- hasnt posted lately message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]" 3="sendmessage.php$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[welcome_postmoreoften]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / hasnt posted lately message -->
<else />
<if condition="$vboptions[wlhglobal]">
<!-- / global announcement message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]" 2="sendmessage.php$session[sessionurl]" 3="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_gannounce]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / global announcement message -->
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
<!-- // End Welcome Headers // -->
Of course, edit the above code with YOUR adsense, and own forum URLs.
If you are already using AdSense, but don't have Ads in this location, I'm sure you will see a significant boost in your click through rate. Also, although it takes up alot of room in the header, realize once the user registers and logs in, this box of ads / login info disappears. It helps increase registration rates because visitors don't want to scroll half way down a page to get to your content.
Hope that helps.
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