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.

[davidw]

You can have it search whatever you want. When you set it up, you get the choice to search whatever you put in the box
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
et al.

I set mine up as
my site
Google.com

But what you do is totally your choice. Which template doesn't have the search dropdown box? Navbar?

[Idlehearts]

Google Error

Bad Request

Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.


how to rectify this

Any help

[davidw]

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[dtv100]

any way to move google search on top of forum search ?
also those ads that show in page result are ours of someone else?

thanks for this addon .

[Idlehearts]

I dint get what do you mean by that sentence

what google is looking out,

i entered the correct and new pub id as you're example over there

thanks

Originally Posted by davidw

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

[luket79]

Originally Posted by davidw

You can have it search whatever you want. When you set it up, you get the choice to search whatever you put in the box
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
et al.

I set mine up as
my site
Google.com

But what you do is totally your choice. Which template doesn't have the search dropdown box? Navbar?

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't even think of putting google.com in the list of sites.

My url is dnlodge. The Navbar holds the search button. I've looked in the manual but it seems to have all of the necessary js called.

Thanks for any help.

[davidw]

Sorry for the delay everyone, I've been sick - still am sick.

Originally Posted by dtv100

any way to move google search on top of forum search ?
also those ads that show in page result are ours of someone else?

thanks for this addon .

I'm using the hook, but I can probably make a manual template. Those ads are from google - they are part of the adsense as I don't have a way to disable them.

Originally Posted by Idlehearts

I dint get what do you mean by that sentence

what google is looking out,

i entered the correct and new pub id as you're example over there

thanks

You entered the correct and new pub id and are still having a bad request? Can you PM me where this is happening?

Originally Posted by luket79

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't even think of putting google.com in the list of sites.

My url is dnlodge. The Navbar holds the search button. I've looked in the manual but it seems to have all of the necessary js called.

Thanks for any help.

Ahh, your site's Search drop down box has been altered. What you can do is create a new default style and copy the contents of the navbar to your normal style and then make whatever changes you need to. This will give you your Search drop-down. (or even easier - click revert on the navbar template - and then go back and make necessary changes).

[luket79]

Is there a way to change the "Search Google / Search Forums Using Google" text to something else? I see it in the xml file but do I have to re-install to change that?

[davidw]

Reuploading the product is the cleanest way to do it, but is not the only way to do it. You can also edit your google_siteadsearch template and change it there. Until I have everything phrased, these are the two ways to do it. If you change it in the template, you will have to revert the template if there are major changes to the template, which doesn't occur often.

[luket79]

Thanks! Great MOD!