Adsense as a poster on your forums

So I've been playing around a bit with my new vb board, and figured out how to make it appear as if the "advertiser" has the second post on every page.

You can play around with the code some more to change some of the messages from the ones I have on there (i.e. posts: location:, etc)

For kicks, I have the "online" icon set to say "Google is online", so change this tag if you want it to say something else.

This was designed for "legacy". I do not know if it works for the new forum layout

You can also ad a custom ad "Avatar" as well. Just replace the "<!-- IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THE AD AN AVATAR, BUT IT HERE -->" with the code for the avatar.

Add this code to the END of your postbit_legacy template

PHP Code:

<if condition="$post[postcount] % $vboptions[maxposts] == 1">

$spacer_open
<div style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">


<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
    <td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal" align="left">        
            <!-- status icon and date -->
                         Sponsored Ads            
        </td>
        <td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal" align="right">
            &nbsp;
            #<a><strong>1.5</strong></a>
        </td>
        
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
    <td class="alt2" width="175">
            
            <div>

                <a class="bigusername" href="">Advertisement</a>
            </div>
            
                        <div class="smallfont"><div class="smallfont">Sponsored posting</div></div>
            <div class="smallfont">
                    &nbsp;<br />
                    <!-- IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THE AD AN AVATAR, BUT IT HERE -->
            </div>
                        
            <div class="smallfont">
                &nbsp;<br />
                <if condition="$post['joindate']"><div>$vbphrase[join_date]: the beginning</div></if>
                <if condition="$post['field2']"><div>$vbphrase[location_perm]: everywhere</div></if>
                <if condition="$post['age']"><div>$vbphrase[age]: really old</div></if>
                <div>
                    $vbphrase[posts]: lots
                </div>
            </div>                                    
        
    </td>
    <td class="alt1">
    

            <!-- icon and title -->
            <div class="smallfont">
                <if condition="$post['title']"><strong>Sponsored...</strong></if>
            </div>
            <hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
            <!-- / icon and title -->
        
        <!-- message -->
        <div align="center">
                         <!--PUT YOUR ADSENSE CODE HERE -->
                         </div>
        <!-- / message -->
            
    
    </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="alt2">
        <img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusiconrunes/user_online.gif" alt="Google is online" border="0" />
        &nbsp;
    </td>
    <td class="alt1" align="right">
    
        <!-- controls -->
        <!-- / controls -->
    </td>    
</tr>
</table>

</div>
$spacer_close

</if> 


[Smiry Kin's]

thanks for saving me the work! i see this someone where was gonna make it :P very nice dude!

[neutek]

thanks! does this have support for horizontal user info view also?

[influence]

wasn't this created long time ago? I have seen few sites with it before

[AshokForums.com]

looks great mate..

[kall]

Originally Posted by Keyser520

Thanks.

I replaced it with "Sponsored posting" but you could make it whatever you want.

Not true.

Originally Posted by adsense Program Policies

Incentives

Web pages may not include incentives of any kind for users to click on ads. This includes encouraging users to click on the ads or to visit the advertisers' sites as well as drawing any undue attention to the ads. For example, your site cannot contain phrases such as "click here," "support us," "visit these links," or other similar language that could apply to any ad, regardless of content. These activities are strictly prohibited in order to avoid potential inflation of advertiser costs. In addition, publishers may not bring unnatural attention to sites displaying ads or referral buttons through unsolicited mass emails or unwanted advertisements on third-party websites. Publishers are also not permitted to use deceptive or unnatural means to draw attention to or incite clicks on referral buttons.

[yinyang]

nice research kall. ahhhhh... the fine print. the fine print always bites you in the arse.

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by yinyang

nice research kall. ahhhhh... the fine print. the fine print always bites you in the arse.

lol yes they do

[Smiry Kin's]

can you make it show like this one?? say if you got a big thread, make it show more then once?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=106596

[Keyser520]

I'm confused. What fine print does this violate?

Smirky, the same if conditionals that Moparx used will work in the one I did as well. The real difference between the two is that mine is designed to LOOk like an actual post, where his is more of an inserted banner. It's just a matter of which style you want to use.

[thedvs]

thank you nice hack