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Innovative Ads After First Post

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I decided to make this while creating another modification as I have seen this requested many times, I Google'd it finding details on what template to edit plus I searched here on vbulletin.org and only found old "modifications" which were actually just tutorials and none were actual products that did most of the work for you .

Description:

Ad after first post on very page or as some describe it, Ad after first post in a thread - This modification places two ads in a post like container below the first post on every page in a thread. Fully customizable to allow all sorts of ad codes such as Google Adsense, OpenX Ads, and various others along with the possibility for the user to design his own images and link them to the appropriate content. Users can also customize CSS or remove the DIV codes to use show only one ad or any sort of advertisement and display any form of content other than ads!

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

• Please see post #'s 6 & 7 for codes to display this after a certain post on each page not simply after the first post!
• More information on vB4 Conditionals can be found here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231525 Special thanks should go to BBR-APBT for taking the time to write that article.

Features:

• Enable or Disable via Settings in vBulletin Options.
• Fully Customizable.
• Auto-template.

Required Changes:
(Manual i.e. "To Do")

• Edit the new template postbit_legacy_ads_after_firstpost and simply add in your scripts or codes to show them which is very simple as I included commented out code to show you exactly where to place it. *This shows in Postbit AND Postbit_Legacy depending on what you have enabled.

(Optional i.e. If you need to adjust the css to make it match your style better if using a custom Fixed width etc.)

• Edit the new template adsafterfirstpost.css and adjust the css as desired!

(Automatic)

• Templates to add: 2 ('postbit_legacy_ads_after_firstpost','adsafterfir stpost.css')
• Phrases to add: 3

Difficulty:
Easy, Time to install: Around 1 Minute - Installer is included simply import the product;
AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > *Now click the [ADD/IMPORT PRODUCT] link to import from your computer (download below). Adding in your own codes and customizing if you see fit takes a few more minutes.

History:
8.24.2010: Version 1.0 Created

IMPORTANT:
In the postbit_legacy_ads_after_firstpost template please find:

<div id="innovativeadleft">
<vb:comment> Left Ad Code Below this Commented out line </vb:comment>
Left Ad Image/Code 1 needs to be placed here, no larger than 260 pixels in height.
<vb:comment> Left Ad Code Above this Commented out line </vb:comment>
</div>
<div id="innovativeadright">
<vb:comment> Right Ad Code Below this Commented out line </vb:comment>
Right Ad Image/Code 2 needs to be placed here, no larger than 260 pixels in height.
<vb:comment> Right Ad Code Above this Commented out line </vb:comment>
</div>

As you can see I have added in commented code to let you know where your custom ads codes need to be placed, very simple.

*Remember to enable the mod after installing otherwise it won't show!
AdminCP > Settings > Options > Innovative Ads After First Post and set to Yes.
*Attention- Please view the first page as the 2nd and 3rd (Added: Post #'s 6 & 7 also contain info on how to customize!) posts were reserved and contain additional information to help you customize this in various ways.

What can you expect in the next version?

• No template edits, Ads codes will be entered into the admin control panel area where the mod is currently enabled/disabled. If you have a custom style CSS changes will still be required if you notice any position issues etc.

TheLastSuperman
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com

[ninadbe]

Is it possible to show customized PHP code in AD box instead of ADS?
I mean I want to show related images extracted from remote server in a box.

below are some lines of my code

$dbh=mysql_connect("remote_server_ip:3306", "username", "password") or die
('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());

mysql_select_db ("db_name", $dbh);

--php code here for extracting and displaying images--

[karlm]

I second the above post... I returned to this thread as I've got another forum I'm setting up and wish to use this (or similar) to extract data either from a text-file or a database..

Once I can do that, I'll be implementing this product on my new site.

[Breakpoint]

Great product, hope you can implement the mod to integrate more into the Admin CP

[mdreamer]

Hi,

First of all thank you for this nice mod its really simple and helpful

just one question:

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

Well in that case you could simply add in a <vb:elseif condition= to accommodate, remember with the mod you released that's template edits similar to this for vB3, elseif was not available but in vB4 it is .

can you help my out with the elseif condition? i would like it to appear before the last post of each thread if it has 2 posts or couple of tens of posts spared in couple of pages

Thanks again.

Maayan

[el-Turki]

What would be the code to have several banners (with different links) rotating?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by mdreamer

Hi,

First of all thank you for this nice mod its really simple and helpful

just one question:



can you help my out with the elseif condition? i would like it to appear before the last post of each thread if it has 2 posts or couple of tens of posts spared in couple of pages

Thanks again.

Maayan

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231525

Scroll to the very bottom and reference the elseif, then adjust using the conditionals we have been discussing in this thread and in the description .

Originally Posted by el-Turki

What would be the code to have several banners (with different links) rotating?

You could use something along the lines of:

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
      showbanner = new Array(3);

showbanner[0] = "<a href='http://www.yoursite.com/index.php'><img src="images/banner1.png" alt="My text here"/></a>";

showbanner[1] = "<a href='http://www.yoursite.com/index.php'><img src="images/banner1.png" alt="My text here"/></a>";

showbanner[2] = "<vb:if condition="$show['guest']"><a href='register.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl}'>Become a member &amp; get full access, additional privileges, and more</a><vb:else /><a href='http://www.yoursite.com/index.php'><img src="images/banner1.png" alt="My text here"/></a></vb:if>";

index = Math.floor(Math.random() * showbanner.length);
document.write(showbanner[index]);
      //End
      // --></script>

And as you can see conditionals work fine as well, used in the last one.

[mdreamer]

thanks

[maryx]

Can anyone suggest how to make a widget show up in this ad space in the forum? I have tried this -

1) putting the widget title in the space for the ad in the postbit_legacy_ads_after_firstpost template. The widget title shows up on the correct area of the page, but not the widget itself.

2) I put in the widget code in the right spot, but it doesn't show up at all.

Would love to be able to do this! Thanks!

[bderen]

how about vb 3.8.2?

[twista46]

4.1.11 not kompatibel. (Kompatibel ab 4.0.0 Beta 3