Integration with vBulletin - vB Google Adsense for Search plus Integration

I've done an overhaul on this and you will need to resetup your adsense for search account for this to work. If you aren't happy with that, please use the 3.6 version of this, which works fine for 3.7 from what I've been told.

Step 1:
You may have to resetup your adsense. If you do, you will get a new pub ID - this one includes your previous pub and tacks on your GALT (which is set up when you resetup your adsense account). I used www.christianboards.org and www.google.com (so it would search my site and the web - you can choose only your site, or any location that is web-accessible for results)

Example: partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

If your partner-pub ID does not look like the example, you will see an error.

Also, keep in mind, all sites you put into the box for the adsense (one per line) will be integrated into the search and the search results.

Step 2:
Edit your searchresults.php file.
Find:

chdir('/path/to/your/forums/');

Put your correct value.

Example: chdir('/var/www/vhosts/yoursite.com/forums/');

Step 3:
Upload this file your forum's root. An example of your forum's root is below.

Example: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php

Step 4:
Install the product
Go to Admincp => Plugins & Products => Manage Products => [Add/Import Product] => Browse for product-davidw_vb_google_search.xml => Import

Step 5:
Configure your Admincp options
Go to Admincp => vBullitin Options => vBulletin Options => Find vB Google Search (Adsense) then click [Edit Settings]
Edit your new Partner-pub ID (the one you just had reset up - see example in red above), Google box width, iframe widthfor your results (I use 800 in the screenshot, but you can change this based on your needs), and the full URL to your searchresults.php.

NOTE! If you do not enter these in, you will see errors.

Step 6: Optional
Edit 1 template:
Admincp => Styles & Templates => Style Manager => Edit Templates (on your style) => Search Templates => search_forums => under $navbar, add $google_siteadsearch

Step 7: Optional (for vBAdvanced 3.x only)
vBa CMPS => Default Settings => Main Options => Portal Output Global Variables

Add these variables:
template_hook
google_navadsearch
homeurl

=> Save

vBa CMPS => Edit Modules => Search Forums => Select Action => Copy Module

Main Options
Module Title Google Search site / Forums
Template To Include search_google

Module Wrapper Template Options
Form Code Replace default code with

<form action="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php" type="hidden" name="search" target="_blank">

Click Save
Edit locations where you want to set this active to.

[GavM]

Can someone help me here? I'm not sure how to resetup my account to get the extra bit of code on the end?

Step by step instructions would be greatly appreciated !!!

[davidw]

Go to http://www.google.com/adsense/ and login
Click on the Adsense Setup tab
Click on AdSense for Search Improved! link
Fill this out how you want and at the end you will get your new code.

[davidw]

Did that help?

[smirkley]

One heck ofa hack! kudos!

And thanks.

Two questions,...

1 - is there a way to make the google search result popup in a new window when you click on one of the results in the listing? I am just trying to keep my members with my site still there, and not redirected away, know what I mean?

2 - and this may be a bug or install issue. But concerning step 4 and integrating the google search on the advanced search page. The google box shows up, but without the google custom search watermark inside the search box. Also, I noticed that I get a mouseover from an alt text in the whole google search block, that says nohilite.
Step 4 looked easy enough to do, but I fear I musta missed something somewhere as these items are anomolies from your images you posted in this topic here.

Thanks in advance.

[davidw]

1 - The page stays within your site (that's the reason for the iframe) - if for some reason you are being taken to google's site, show me where this is happening and I will help you fix this.

2 - Some people can get the Google Custom Search image to show up while others don't. On my site, it shows up on some styles while other styles won't show it. I believe this has to do with other code running as it has no issues on my site with the default style. However, I am not 100% certain on this, just a guess. I'll look into the nohilite issues.

[smirkley]

Thank for your reply.

1 - I need to clarify,.. The search feature and results page of google links DO IN FACT show up embedded within my site. I was basically wondering if there was a way to make a clicked-on result link on that page, pop up into a new browser window. Or is that a function of the google result page code? Right now, when one clicks on a google result link that is in fact inside my site page, the user is taken to the clicked on links site, as expected, but it loads in the same browser window and not in its own pop up browser. This may in fact be normal operation, and may not be alterable.

2 - Thanks for looking into it. I may try some fiddling on my install to see if I can find a way to make the watermark in the search box work properly too. Hopefully we can find a way. I am currently testing on VB default style, and as of today, on 3.7.3, but I do have some other modifications I am testing concurrently on the same site.

Regardless, the mod works great overall.

[davidw]

Ahh, it might be possible to do such but my code was based on theirs and how it functioned. This is something I can look into as a javascript popup of a page shouldn't be that hard to code - call vs popup isn't that much difference. However, after tonight it will probably be next week before I can look into this as I will be out of pocket.

I am glad you appreciate this mod. I am looking into the idea of other adsense ideas in the future.

[Idlehearts]

Google Error

Bad Request

Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.

how to rectify this

[davidw]

Originally Posted by Instructions

When you resetup your adsense, you will get a new pub ID - this one includes your previous pub and tacks on your GALT (which is set up when you resetup your adsense account).

Example: partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

You will need this for step 3. If you do not have this, you will see an error.

You have seen this error. Google is looking for your information.

[luket79]

Is the idea to have it search just your site or the whole web? The title of the search box suggests both, what should I do? Also, my template doesnt have the search dropdown box, how do I enable that?