Forum Display Enhancements - Add a banner image to each forum (vb3.6)

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[HowTo] Add a banner option image to each forum w/ Link V.1.7
Tested on vBulletin: 3.6.4

Zachariah - http://www.gzhq.net

This is an update of my previous hack:
*** Add a banner image to each forum (VB 3.5x)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=94119

DEMO
- banner for an on-line game clan/guild.

*** Info:

• This modification will Add an image banner w/ link Or paste in your own HTML code option per forum.
• These files can be any image. (png, jpg, gif, ect).
• This will be located after the $navbar on FORMDISPLAY and SHOWTREAD.
• This images can be located on the localhost or on a remote server.

Changelog:
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1.7
- str_replace used to place hack at $navbar in FORUMDISPLAY, SHOWTHREAD.
- choice to show in thread per forum.
- Place $add_banner in template if str_replace fails to work.
- add_banner template added


1.6
Banner shows up on each thread
adds: 1 more template edit to the install
Requested by: - Ryan McBain

** Note: 1.5 - 1.6 needs only to edit SHOWTHREAD not Reinstall the XML files

1.5
Added HTML option
Added 3.x to VB 3.5 upgrade XML file.

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[hoatran]

Thanks for your Add, however it is now does not work with V4.0.X . It even causing problems while we click in to any category...

[Zachariah]

Originally Posted by hoatran

Thanks for your Add, however it is now does not work with V4.0.X . It even causing problems while we click in to any category...

Updated to VB4.x
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=243176

[RedBaron9112]

OK, I know this is a really stupid question, but...

A few years ago I set up random banners on a forum, top and bottom of all pages. Here it is:

http://www.horseshoes.com/forums

There are 15 banners in that rotation.

For the life of me I can't recall where I got that plug-in, and in searching, discovered yours.

(I've read every post in this thread!)

Regarding random banners, you posted this code:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function banner() {
};

banner = new banner();
number = 0;

// bannerArray
banner[number++] = "<a href='http://www.yoursite1.com' target='_blank'><img src='/banners/image1.jpg' alt='' border='0' /></a>"
banner[number++] = "<a href='http://www.yoursite2.com' target='_blank'><img src='/banners/image2.jpg' alt='' border='0' /></a>"
banner[number++] = "<a href='http://www.yoursite3.com' target='_blank'><img src='/banners/image3.jpg' alt='' border='0' /></a>"

// keep adding items above here...

increment = Math.floor(Math.random() * number);
document.write(banner[increment]);

//-->
</script>

When you posted this code, you said it could be pasted in the HTML area of any forum template page. Ummmm.... what does that mean? How do I know where the HTML area is? (Lord, I feel stupid.....)

Where would I put this code to achieve the same top and bottom placement I have in the forums referenced above? (I'm using version 3.6)

To demonstrtae I'm not a total idiot, here's what the current banner plug-in looks like in the Control Panel:

Thank you.

[RedBaron9112]

It's been so long since I did that original banner placement...

OK, I finally figured out how to access the Header template (which shows you how unfamiliar I am with doing this type of stuff), and below is a screen shot of what I did. You'll see that the line:

<if condition="$ad_location['ad_header_logo']">$ad_location[ad_header_logo]<else />$random_banner[$random_number]</if>

has the $random_banner[$random_number] code in it, so I guess that's where I inserted it, and it calls on the PHP code in the parse_templates, shown in the previous post.

So... where do I put the random banner code you posted, in this header code? Would you please advise as to the exact location? It will be appreciated.

Thanks again.