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]

Originally Posted by 2dub

I had the same issue...


Update...
I just deleted that entire line and it now works fine.

That will work fine unless your searchresults.php file is located is a folder other than the root.

[MPDev]

Works great. I se eyou have multiple search results templates; is there a way to give people the option of searching my site or the web and giving results based on the selection (assuming I have two ads, one with just my site listed for results and another thats for searching google?)

[davidw]

The way Google has it set up, what you search is tied to the information after your partner-pub key. The sites you search (one site or a list of sites) is tied to only one option.

The only way around that is multiple adsense accounts for one domain (which is against ToS) or to add a second option for searching the second domain/site you wish but have that second option not associated with your adsense account.

This version gave you the option of choosing your site, Google, or wherever you wanted (as many choices as you wanted) but you were also using the old account. It is possible that I could modify the older version to work with the newer version to give that option - this would incur stripping the partner-pub key of the information including and after the ":" and also the word "partner-" - if it were to work. I have not tried it, but it is a possibility.

[Goomzee]

Originally Posted by davidw

That will work fine unless your searchresults.php file is located is a folder other than the root.

it's really nor work plz help

[davidw]

PM me your site that this is occuring on so I can see this and if you want me fix this, PM me appropriate access.

[Saviour]

Working on VB 3.8, however...not without the following problems:

1. Had to remove the line in searchresults.php which wanted the path to the forums.
2. Upon performing a search for the first time (and logged in) the search results page appeared fine...except for the fact it did not show me as logged in. Logging in from the search results page and ticking the "remember me" box fixed this. However, if one clears their cache, logs into the forum and performs a search, the same thing happens.

Other than that...all appears to be fine.

"Clicks Installed"...

[davidw]

1. If your seachresults.php file is at the root, then removing that line or commenting it out will do no harm. If it is anywhere else, you will need that line in there otherwise you will have errors.
2. I have not tested this for 3.8 as I may be looking at redoing the adsense to integrate with 3.8's adsense features.

[Saviour]

I didn't register my AdSense with vBulletin, so I don't have that feature included with my version of vBulletin.

If you do upgrade this mod for 3.8, you may want to make two versions...one for those who have AdSense built into the core...and those who don't.


Thanks for a great mod...I couldn't get the gtsearch version of this to work correctly with 3.8. However I've had better luck with this one.

You should be proud...

[tansu]

Originally Posted by symptome

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.

Hi
I have the "special characters can not be searched" problem, too.
What exactly did you do to fix this?
Can you please explain it more clearly

[davidw]

If all you are doing is editing templates, open each of the google templates and find the last line of each <input type="hidden" and then insert <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" /> if your issue is similar.
For example:
<input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:9" />
would then look like
<input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:9" />
<input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />