[The Geek]

Hey Kafi - I only fixed a couple of install errors in this update... however:

Progress Update

I have just spent most of my weekend recoding this thing from scratch and although I was hoping to have it done tonight - it really shouldnt take more than another day (maybe two) for the final release. All I have left to do is finish the admincp and create a new installer.

This new version is coded using oop so that writing the vb3.5 version is little more than changing a couple variables and tweaking the installer. That also means users can rest assured that when using this on 3.07, an upgrade to 3.5 is a snap.

I also finally mastered the ability to have it spit out flash ads, static ads, rotating ads and/or text ads (ie adsense). You can also have multiple types on a page (i.e. a rotating banner at the top and adsense at the bottom). You can have as many ads as you want on a page, in any combination (although right now you cant have a flash AND a rotating banner on the same page). You could even use the new system to display popup adverts pretty easily if you wanted to.

Its far more customizable and more powerful than the previous version.

The new version uses the same type of impression/click stat recording/displaying system as GAL does meaning that the GUSH system wont be too hard to create (for thoseof you that havent followed development - GUSH is the system that will snap on to this and/or Geek Autolinker to allow you to sell ads and/or keywords and have users manage it all by themselves).

All in all Im pretty damn chuffed with myself - although banner scripts are not fundamentally difficult to create - it has been a serious challange to make this as flexible as possible for as many people as possible. Whether you are someone who only wants a simple banner on certain pages for certain usergroups or someone who wants to bombard users with 50 different custom types of adverts - this baby does it and more.

Stay tuned.