[Michael Morris]

Originally Posted by baze22

I'm trying to get adsense integrated into my forum. I only want the ads showing in showthread displays and forumdisplays and I want to exclude certain (non-public) forums. I've used the following:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' || THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay'">
<if condition="(f <> 6) && (f <> 7)">
ad here
</if>
</if>

It restricts it to the page but still shows for all forums. I'm not sure of the right variable name to use for the forumid (I have tried forumid). Is there a list somewhere listing variables available to use in the conditional statements.

thanks,

basil

Try this. In PHPINCLUDE_START place this in by itself

PHP Code:

$display_ad = false;

if ($foruminfo['forumid']) // This determines if we are in a forum at all.
                                //  If we're not in a forum this evaluates false.
     {
           if ($foruminfo['forumid']<>'6' AND $foruminfo['forumid']<>'7')
             {$display_ad = true;}
     } 


Later on you can add forums to the list of adless forums by adding to the second conditional.

Meanwhile, back in whatever template is getting this ad simply put

<if conditional="$display_ad">ad</if>

Footnote, the f=# you see on the top bar isn't a variable, but it is contained in one; $_GET. You shouldn't go calling $_GET inside your templates though - it might leave your setup vulnerable to certain hacks.