Major Additions - vB Ad Management 4

vB Ad Management 4

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What does it do?

Features include global settings, advertisements allowing template conditionals, ad sharing and ad revenue sharing, timed advertisements, preset popular ad locations and functions such as sponsors, additional custom ad locations, random and static advertisements and its all very easy to use. You can use it for ordinary ads like adsense, banner rotations, or any content at all as well as using it to manage ads outside your forum too.

You can read in more detail about these and other features in the manual, which also contains some helpful notes and instructions, as well as the installation and upgrade instructions



If you are using autoinsertion and were using vB Ad Management before version 4.00, you will need to remove your old template edits or advertisements will appear multiple times. Just reverse the old instructions below.

* Find <!-- post $post[postid] popup menu --> and paste $postbit_advertisement above it in your postbit & postbit_legacy templates.
* Paste $forumbit_advertisement at the bottom of your forumhome_forumbit_level1_post and forumhome_forumbit_level2_post templates.
* Paste $threadbit_advertisement at the bottom of your threadbit template.
* Paste $footer_advertisement at the top of your footer template.
* Find $spacer_close in your footer template and below it paste $rightcolumn_advertisement.
* Find &nbsp; in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.
* Find $spacer_open in your header template and below it paste $leftcolumn_advertisement.

[msolano]

I was looking for something like this and i have to thank you for your effort.

Easy to install, simple to use and more important: it works!!!

[powerful_rogue]

Hi,

Im wondering if someone can help

Using The Static code section

If I put to 468x60 adsense banners next to each other, they both show up under the first post, but come the next post - only one of them is showing.

However If I put adsense banner then my own banner next to each other, they show up correctly all the way through. Ive attatched some pics as examples.

Also,

How would it be possible to have two 468X60 banners next to each other, but both being random. I want to use a mixture of adsense and also my own banners. From what I can gather, its only possible to have one banner being shown thats random, but is there an easy way to have two showing at the same time but both random.

Hope all that makes sense!

[Sandy-XXX]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

Is anyone interested in Ad Sharing for vBulletin blogs?

Yes please.

Originally Posted by iogames

I don't sleep I practically live on this thread waiting for the new updated version!

Me the same...

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by powerful_rogue

Hi,

Im wondering if someone can help

Using The Static code section

If I put to 468x60 adsense banners next to each other, they both show up under the first post, but come the next post - only one of them is showing.

However If I put adsense banner then my own banner next to each other, they show up correctly all the way through. Ive attatched some pics as examples.

There is a limit on how many Adsense advertisements show up on a page, I believe the limit is 3. You can check this by viewing the source code and seeing if the code for the advertisement is included 4 times but only showing 3 ads.

Originally Posted by powerful_rogue

Also,

How would it be possible to have two 468X60 banners next to each other, but both being random. I want to use a mixture of adsense and also my own banners. From what I can gather, its only possible to have one banner being shown thats random, but is there an easy way to have two showing at the same time but both random.

Hope all that makes sense!

Next version, coming out very very very soon.

Originally Posted by Sandy-XXX

Me the same...

I know, sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry. ETAs are not my strong point. But it will be very clear why it has taken so long.

[powerful_rogue]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

Yes you can use any code you like. Just separate them with the delimiter, like so.

<img src="1.jpg" /> |
<img src="2.jpg" />

How would I go about making the banners clickable? Im currently using:

<a href="http://www.doverlocals.co.uk"><img src="images/banner/doverlocals.gif" alt="Dover Locals" border="0" /></a>

However I get a darkblue box around the banner that lights up when you put your mouse over it.

Edit - Thanks for the reply in the post above this Is there anyway to change the limit, or is this something set by google?

Looking forward to the next release! Any idea how soon?

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by powerful_rogue

How would I go about making the banners clickable? Im currently using:

However I get a darkblue box around the banner that lights up when you put your mouse over it.

AdminCP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Choose 'Main CSS' from the theme dropdown menu. Scroll to the bottom where it says "Additional CSS Defintions" and in that box underneath what's there, paste:

img {
border:0;
}

That removes all borders from all images unless otherwise specified.

Originally Posted by powerful_rogue

Edit - Thanks for the reply in the post above this Is there anyway to change the limit, or is this something set by google?

It's Google set.

Originally Posted by powerful_rogue

Looking forward to the next release! Any idea how soon?

I think I should learn from my mistakes and stop saying. It's pretty much finished.

[eJM]

RedTyger,

I've set this mod up a while back on another forum I manage. It works just fine. I have recently decided I would like to install it on my own flooring forum, but have held back for the last week or so in anticipation for the the next version.

Can you tell me if there will be any code editing involved if I go ahead and install this version now and then upgrade when you post the new version? I don't want to rush you and think there is value in this version. But if it's going to entail much editing and configuring when the new version is released, I can wait for a while longer.

Thanks,

Jim

[RedTyger]

I would wait. The next version will unfortunately require removing a current installation, as it is not compatible with earlier versions.

[dutchbb]

Is it possible to add a flashbanner?

Like:

<script language="javascript">
	if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) {
		alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js.");
	} else {
		AC_FL_RunContent(
			'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0',
			'width', '468',
			'height', '60',
			'src', '3',
			'quality', 'high',
			'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
			'align', 'middle',
			'play', 'true',
			'loop', 'true',
			'scale', 'showall',
			'wmode', 'window',
			'devicefont', 'false',
			'id', '3',
			'bgcolor', '#ffffff',
			'name', '3',
			'menu', 'true',
			'allowFullScreen', 'false',
			'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
			'movie', '3',
			'salign', ''
			); //end AC code
	}
</script>
<noscript>
	<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="468" height="60" id="3" align="middle">
	<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
	<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
	<param name="movie" value="3.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />	<embed src="3.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="468" height="60" name="3" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
	</object>

</noscript>

[RedTyger]

Yes.