[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by AFemaleProdigy

Hey RedTyger! I have seen other people asking for this throughout this site, but no one has been answered or no one knows an answer.

I have created my custom field that will allow the user to insert just their Google Id. I have set up the usergroups that I want to have access to it in vB Ad control panel. However, what I really need to do is set that custom field to only be accessable by certain usergroups. I know that you can disable the ad sharing through the admin cp, but the custom field will still be displayed while nonfunctional... thus confusing members who see it and don't why it isn't working for them.

I am thinking there would be some way to set up some sort of conditional statement to make that custom field viewable by certain usergroups, but I don't know how to write that stuff or where to put it. Any ideas?

That ability is missing from vBulletin. Originally I wrote an FAQ entry about ad sharing for ad sharing forums using the modification, but I can't use conditionals and it would be unfair to advertise adsharing on forums that have disabled it, so I never included it. A suggestion for Jelsoft I guess, although I think it's already been asked for.

I'd suggest just explaining in the custom field description. Even if conditionals were used, inevitably someone will ask on the forum about it and much the same explanation will have to be put forward anyway for everyone else. It's a comparatively sizable job for a very small change, not something I want to do I'm afraid.

Originally Posted by AFemaleProdigy

Also, I used your instructions to create a new custom block (displayed with the header/footer admin section) and it worked, but one small issue. Everything is functional with this new block, but there is no text showing up telling you what you are looking at in the admin area. The text areas and checkboxes are there, but no labels or descriptions. Did I miss something? Thanks!

Oops, it's been missing from the instructions all this time and nobody ever said! Sorry.

In vb_ad_management_314.xml
FIND:

<phrase name="setting_adintegrate_footer_adcode_rand_desc"><![CDATA[If you want to use random rotations, enter your Adcodes here separated by your delimiter. You can put each set of code on a new line to organise them better as long as each line (except the last!) has a | at the end.]]></phrase>

ADD BELOW:

		<phrase name="setting_adintegrate_custom_onoff_title"><![CDATA[Enable custom advertisements in main forum?]]></phrase>
		<phrase name="setting_adintegrate_custom_onoff_desc"><![CDATA[Choose Yes to enable custom advertisements in your main forum]]></phrase>
		<phrase name="setting_adintegrate_custom_archives_onoff_title"><![CDATA[Enable custom advertisements in the archives?]]></phrase>
		<phrase name="setting_adintegrate_custom_archives_onoff_desc"><![CDATA[Choose Yes to enable custom advertisements in your archives.]]></phrase>
		<phrase name="setting_adintegrate_custom_adcode_title"><![CDATA[custom static advertisement code]]></phrase>
		<phrase name="setting_adintegrate_custom_adcode_desc"><![CDATA[Paste the code for your advertisement here. If you wish to use random code you must leave this blank, you cannot mix the two.]]></phrase>
		<phrase name="setting_adintegrate_custom_adcode_rand_title"><![CDATA[custom random advertisement code]]></phrase>
		<phrase name="setting_adintegrate_custom_adcode_rand_desc"><![CDATA[If you want to use random rotations, enter your Adcodes here separated by your delimiter. You can put each set of code on a new line to organise them better as long as each line (except the last!) has a | at the end.]]></phrase>

Originally Posted by AFemaleProdigy

Hmm... I hate to say this, and maybe I am just missing something, but I think part of the description of this mod is a little misleading. You explain how ad sharing can be enabled/disabled per usergroup, but I think the wording is confusing. The way I read it, I assumed this meant that by disabling certain usergroups, you were preventing that group from inserting their own ad code. However, what actually happens when you enter a usergroup to be disabled, it completely turns off the option for that group to view the shared ads. This is a big problem for me and for others, I am sure.

I want ALL usergroups to be able to view the shared ads at all times. But, I want to only allow my "Ad Sharing" usergroup to enter and display their ad code. So if I try to enter only my "Ad Sharing" group in the "enable ad sharing" section of the cp, then only that group is able to view the shared ads. It blocks every other group from viewing the shared ads. So, then I ad the other groups to the "enable ad sharing" section of the cp and now they can all see the ads, but also anyone will be able to insert their own ad code which is a whole new problem.

This is what's happening....

Scenario 1:

IF ONLY "Ad Sharing" usergroup enabled = all access (viewing and inserting code)
THEN All other usergroups disabled = cannot insert code OR VIEW (need to be able to view)

Scenario 2:

IF ALL usergroups enabled = all access (viewing AND inserting code)

So this is the desired result which I can't seem to get...

"Ad Sharing" usergroup enabled = all access (viewing and inserting code)
All other usergroups = only access to viewing (no option to insert code)

I hope I explained that ok. Forgive me if I just completely missed something that would eliminate this problem. This is why I believe it would be a really good solution to figure out how to make the custom user fields viewable only by set usergroups.

Can anyone else confirm this? Originally that is how I mistakenly wrote it to work, but I thought that this fix in the changelog changed it to function properly: v3.1 Fixed usergroup and userid banning for shared adcode, again now they actually work. What should be happening is that users banned from sharing will see the admin's default code at all times. If that's what's not happening, that's what will happen when I've fixed it.