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.

[symptome]

Hi
Nice mod ... but

I just downloaded, installed and get to run. But in the configuration of the Google PUB ID still stays the text "starting with pub-" which isn't correct, as you already mentioned here in the thread.
Perhaps you want to correct it.

But the main thing:
I get 99% of my revenue from google.
If I would be banned because something of
http://www.google.com/coop/docs/cse/...ml?gl=CH&hl=de
wouldn't be correct, it would be a catastrophy.

First, I wanted to ask, if you did notice all the rules of google. But then I saw, that you didn't. The search field in the advanced search doesn't show the google picture which is absolutely needed, as I think.

There are possibly other things. It would be great, if you could check this.
And last: users of this google search box have to write something in their board rules (privacy). You could note that too.



Marcel

[davidw]

On your statement about the rules, your link points to rules for Google Custom Search. This modification is for Google Adsense for Search. Google Custom Search is a different type of search, of which I do not use (although another member has created a modification for: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=162072 ).

Secondly, javascript images displayed (if any) within the search boxes come from Google, not supplied in this modification.

To add to that, all images displayed within boxes will show up depending on the javascript you have running on your site. Certain styles will prevent the image from displaying as well as certain javascript running on websites - this has already previously been addressed.

In order to use this modification, you MUST use the full

partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

number. If you do not have it, then either
A) you are using the wrong pub number
1) the pub number you are using is outdated
2) the pub number you are using is for a different Google search/application
B) you need to set up/reset your pub number by going to http://www.google.com/adsense

On your last statement - it is assumed that anything that you type in through this modification has the same level of privacy as if you went directly to Google.

[davidw]

Originally Posted by symptome

still stays the text "starting with pub-" which isn't correct, as you already mentioned here in the thread.

If you can point out which post states that, I will correct it.

[symptome]

Originally Posted by davidw

If you can point out which post states that, I will correct it.

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[symptome]

On your statement about the rules, your link points to rules for Google Custom Search. This modification is for Google Adsense for Search.

When I setup adsense I have to accept exactly those rules. (???)

Also: I see the google-image (custom search) in the navbar search. But there is no google-image in the advanced search.
Everything is running fine, so it can't be something with my browser ...

[davidw]

Originally Posted by symptome

--> 48/49

Readme.txt file fixed

Originally Posted by symptome

When I setup adsense I have to accept exactly those rules. (???)

Also: I see the google-image (custom search) in the navbar search. But there is no google-image in the advanced search.
Everything is running fine, so it can't be something with my browser ...

I read the rules when I set up adsense to make sure this [modification] would be allowed under ToS and nothing stated against it. When I looked up Custom Search (to make a modification for that) I decided against it.

For the image:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=144
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=145

[symptome]

Originally Posted by davidw

Readme.txt file fixed

check the configuration area too:
Found on https://www.google.com/adsense/account-settings under Property Information. starts with pub-
(you must start it with pub- and then your number).


Besides:
I had to change the templates like google_navadsearch to insert the following:
<input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />

Without it, some words with swiss special characters couldn't be searched. Perhaps you want to make this choosable too.

[davidw]

Wierd - see my attached image (partner-pub)

[davidw]

Originally Posted by symptome

I had to change the templates like google_navadsearch to insert the following:
<input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />

I originally had something like this in a previous beta build - but it wasn't universal, so I had to drop this - at least until I got it working for everyone.

[symptome]

I can absolutely understand
At this point you have a posting at least, that informs about that

I don't understand what you mean with post 198 ...