Add-On Releases - Adsense Revenue Sharing for 3.5.x and 3.6.x

Overview
This hack will allow you to offer Google Adsense revenue sharing to your vBulletin board users. Basic idea generated by AlexanderT, who developed the hack for previous version.

* Revenue is split between board administrator and thread starters.

* User needs to enter their Adsense Publisher ID and Channel ID (optional) in the edit profile.

* The percentage of probability is customizable by the administrator

* Number of min. post in order to show the ads is customizable by administrator.

* Works on 3.5.x and 3.6.x



Demo
http://www.spoofee.com/forums/



Background
Thanks to webmastershome for creating this and rob30uk for making it easier by creating a plugin and I suppose myself for small tweak


Instructions ( literally takes 5 minutes to install )

1. Download zip file and extract ( 3 files : adsense_admin.php, adsense_revenue_sharing.xml, cpnav_adsensesharing.xml )


2. Add Adsense Client ID and Channel ID to your user profile fields
1. Add the following following new user profile field in AdminCP:
Type: Single-Line Text Box
Title: Google AdSense Client ID
Description: If you have an AdSense account, you can enter your client ID here. You then have a 50% chance that the AdSense ads displayed are credited to your account on threads you participate in. It should be in the form of <b>pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</b>
Max length of allowed user input: 20
Display Size: 25
Field Required: No
Field Editable by User: Yes
Private Field: No
Field Searchable on Members List: No
Show on Members List: No

2. Add the following following new user profile field in AdminCP:
Type: Single-Line Text Box
Title: Google AdSense Channel ID
Description: If you choose to enter your AdSense client ID, you can specify a channel ID as well.<br /><br />It would be a good idea to have a unique channel ID for this forum (then you can track stats specifically for the forum).<br />
Max length of allowed user input: 10
Display Size: 25
Field Required: No
Field Editable by User: Yes
Private Field: No
Field Searchable on Members List: No
Show on Members List: No


3. Go back to userfield manager and get the field# of the two new fields you created. (ex : field5, field6)


4. Open adsense_revenue_sharing.xml and change the field5 to whatever your adsense field# is and field6 to whatever your channel field# is


5. Add Adsense snippet in your style
- Go to Admincp->Styles & Templates->Style Manager->Edit Templates->Post Bit (if you are using legacy style, choose to edit "Post Bit Legacy"

Add the following to the bottom of your postbit.

<if condition="$post[postcount] == 1">
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND ($post[postid] == $GLOBALS['qrfirstpostid'])">
<if condition="$show['spacer']">$spacer_open<div style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px"></if>

<table cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" bordercolor=white width="100%" align="center">
<tr><td class="alt1" style="padding:0px">
<div class="smallfont" align="center">
                <script type="text/javascript"><!--
                google_ad_client = "$post[ad_client_id]";
                google_ad_width = 728;
                google_ad_height = 90;
                google_ad_format = "728x90_as";
                google_ad_channel ="$post[ad_channel]";
                google_color_border = "FFFFFF";
                google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
                google_color_link = "000000";
                google_color_url = "666666";
                google_color_text = "333333";
                //--></script>
                <script type="text/javascript"
               src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
                </script>
</div></td></tr></table>

<if condition="$show['spacer']"></div>$spacer_close</if>
</if>
</if>

6. Import adsense_revenue_sharing.xml plugin


7. Upload cpnav_adsensesharing.xml to forums/includes/xml/


8. Upload adsense_admin.php to forums/admincp/


9. Configure
- Go to admincp, now you will see "Adsense Share Settings" where you can configure how much revenue you want to share!

10. Click here to mark it as INSTALLED!

[Conti]

I am trying to get the ads to appear between the second last and the last post (as that is where the money is I am told.)

I have changed

<if condition="$post[postcount] == 1">

to

<if condition="$post[postcount] % $vboptions[maxposts] == $vboptions[maxposts] - 1">

but no ads show.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

[Conti]

I keep getting a null in the google clientID field when it should be showing the default. (as a standard installation in the postbit template)

Does anyone have it working with 3.6.5?

[SoftDux]

Originally Posted by stormy_

i installed it but not sure if it's showing the ads with members ID. i even set it on 100% sharing but still showing with admin ID.

secondly has anyone noticed that it's showing adsense ID in profile of user?

like: http://www.yourforum.com/member.php?u=5

I saw this too, and adjusted both User Profile Fields to be private:

Admin > User Profile Fields > User Profile Field Manager > Edit Google AdSense Client ID > Private Field = Yes

Do the same for Google AdSense Channel ID as well

[SoftDux]

Originally Posted by Profusehost

you are probably viewing the profile as admin. I am sure as a member or guest, you will not see the publisher ID.

I had the same problem when view the board, logged out, and ended up making both profile fields private. I Don't know if this will cause problems though

[nahhh3075]

Originally Posted by Conti

I keep getting a null in the google clientID field when it should be showing the default. (as a standard installation in the postbit template)

Does anyone have it working with 3.6.5?

Same here, though I did same as the instruction, when I see the source code, it's like
google_ad_client = "";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = "728x90_as";
google_ad_channel ="";
*I'm using the latest version of VB

*Nevermind, I figured out XD. I'm using firefox and i couldn't see the Adsense Pluging settings in the left side of AdminCP lol

[Icyeb]

i installed this mod, it shows in the admincp but when i go to the manage plugin it doesnt show up there, so i tried to upload it once again and it shows me an error that the plugin is already installed.. so how can i remove this plugin and start over again

[exes_slayer]

any chance of getting this mod upgraded for vB 3.6.7?

[nahhh3075]

Originally Posted by exes_slayer

any chance of getting this mod upgraded for vB 3.6.7?

I'm using the latest version of VBulletin and this is working fine with it

[Icyeb]

Originally Posted by nahhh3075

I'm using the latest version of VBulletin and this is working fine with it

did you have to make any changes for this mod to work on your site ?

[Monyet]

Originally Posted by vietfancy

confirmation:

This is NOT working with v3.6.4.

really? how about 3.6.7?