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]

Glad you like it

[DawnsWebDesigns]

I'm not sure if it's this mod & this mod alone but my site's been acting a bit strange. I can't create custom bbcode modules in my vbadvanced...not in FF...I can in IE.

But I noticed while I had this mod going it pushed that side column over to the left thereby pushing the other 2 over as well & made my page look strange. It was even worse in IE then it was in FF. I also noticed my drop down menus quit working. The search drop down still don't work for guests...but it does for members? The other 2 drop downs work?

Perhaps the search drop down don't work for guests because on my site guests have to do the human verification thingy. The link does work bringing up an entire search page for various things where they can also do the human verification thingy. Maybe that's it?

But when I turned your mod off my table/page straightened out & the other 2 drop down menus kicked back on. And yes sir I even put those variables in the vbadvanced global output blah blah. I just thought you should know.

[davidw]

My first thought - if it works in one browser but not another, it might be a cookie, or a cache issue (I've had both affect me on multiple occasions in both IE and FF).

- Column size issue
However, if you've tried deleting both cookies and cache and your module is moving over, one thing it could be is the way the browser renders the width of the search box. In your admincp, one of the options is the width of your Google search box, this is a global setting for your drop-down, the CMPS portal search, and for the search page. Try tweaking this variable smaller than what you have as IE and FF might render these different sizes.

- Drop down not working
One thing this will not do on a default board is disable javascript. That isn't to say that this modification will or will not have issues with another modification. If the drop down does not work for guests but does for members, this makes me think back to a cookie/cache issue.

So, ultimately, I would have to either say A) its either a cookie/cache issue with one or more browsers or B) an issue with a mod conflicting with this one - or a very slim chance that it is both, but unlikely

Hope that helps.

[djilou]

Originally Posted by davidw

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

I don't see where can I get this code : :lnucfbm5dtp?

my code is look like

<input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-0123456789012345"></input>
<input type="hidden" name="forid" value="1"></input>
<input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1"></input>
<input type="hidden" name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1"></input>
<input type="hidden" name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1"></input>
<input type="hidden" name="hl" value="fr"></input>

[davidw]

That's weird as I've gone through the setup 2-3 times and they both ended up with a full new code (which looks very different than this).

When you reset your adsense account, did you go to https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_US/ and it did it ask you to set up a new username/password combination by chance?

[djilou]

Yes I did set up a new username/password and it's work now
Thanks!

[davidw]

Great news

[andrewc_11890]

How do you exactly resetup your adsense account?

[davidw]

Use the link in post #35 - if you haven't set it up in a while, when you log in and want to set up your adsense it will prompt you to set up a change, if not, you can go on through and redo your adsense.

[ahayat]

one question pls.

after adding this on my vbadvanced the size of search box has become big a bit. what should i do?