Adsense Revenue Sharing Hack 1.1 (0 queries version)

Upgrade 1.1 notice:
The upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1 is optional; it makes sure ads don't display in private messages. Thanks to venomx for the tip.

Hack Description:
This hack will allow you to offer Google Adsense revenue sharing to your vBulletin board users. Revenue sharing is a great way to reward your board members for their loyalty and adds a feeling of ownership in the board and it's success. Revenue is split between board administrator and thread starters. The percentage of probability is customizable by the administrator.

This hack is fundamentally the same like this hack; however, it adds some customization plus does not use any additional queries!

I wrote this hack a couple of months ago and didn't know there was any interest for it (you certainly don't want to spend money on something that doesn't take much time to code).

My time is *very* limited so I am not good at giving support. I hope the instruction included is self-explanatory. It is easy to expand the hack to your needs.

[Alphawolf83]

Originally Posted by oldfan

why don't i see the ads? http://members.metallifukinca.com

I guess you do have another adsense block somewhere on your site.
Same problem here. I changed it to another ad and the adsense block was shown.

But all in all a really nice hack! *clicks install*

[oldfan]

Originally Posted by Alphawolf83

I guess you do have another adsense block somewhere on your site.
Same problem here. I changed it to another ad and the adsense block was shown.

But all in all a really nice hack! *clicks install*

a second source?

[oldfan]

could you explain more Alphawolf83?
thanks

[Alphawolf83]

Originally Posted by oldfan

could you explain more Alphawolf83?
thanks

I actually didn't really know what made it this problem.
I just guessed that you're only allowed to show one adsense block every single page. It was the same problem in my forum. When I put only one adsense block on a page it was displayed, but when I had more than one adsense block displayed in the forum only the upper adsense block was shown.

Finally I put another ad (like superclix ...) in the page to be shown.
Do you have more than one adsense block on your page?

Sorry for the bad english.

[oldfan]

I understand Alphawolf83, thanks
Yes, I have my ads on a sidebar.

[Michael_Goldma]

Hello there,
I've tried to instal the hack and have these few problems currently:

1.
what are the field12 and field13?
What do you mean by that:

3. Make a note of the field names for 1. and 2. (e.g. field12 and field13)

2.
Also in 5. I can find this lines in the file, it doesn't exist there!:

5. Edit /forums/admincp/index.php

Find:
// *************************************************

$printhr = false;
if (can_administer('canadminstyles'))

3.
Where can I find a script to insert an adsense banner on top, or does this script do it?

4... Does your hack work with VN 3.5?
thanks, Michael

[venomx]

Originally Posted by Alphawolf83

I actually didn't really know what made it this problem.
I just guessed that you're only allowed to show one adsense block every single page. It was the same problem in my forum. When I put only one adsense block on a page it was displayed, but when I had more than one adsense block displayed in the forum only the upper adsense block was shown.

Finally I put another ad (like superclix ...) in the page to be shown.
Do you have more than one adsense block on your page?

Sorry for the bad english.

you can have 2 BUT if theres no ads to be shown for the "keywords" the adsense bot picks up then it will not show a second ad.

[LEAD_WEIGHT]

Originally Posted by Michael_Goldma

thanks, Michael

1. Admin CP -> User Profile Fields -> User Profile Field Manager
and check which field is 'Google AdSense Client ID' & 'Google AdSense Channel ID' named under

2. It is still their in vB3.0.x and not in vB3.5.x

3. You can place the AdSense ad in header template.

4. vB3.5.x I think some bugs needs to be work out yet.

[browsehosts]

how do you know how much each member is earning? how do they know?

[LEAD_WEIGHT]

Originally Posted by browsehosts

how do you know how much each member is earning? how do they know?

I think it works like this?
50% for you and 50% split amongst the rest
I am not sure, but it should be that you get the bigger piece of pie on your site.