Major Additions - vB Ad Management 4

vB Ad Management 4

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What does it do?

Features include global settings, advertisements allowing template conditionals, ad sharing and ad revenue sharing, timed advertisements, preset popular ad locations and functions such as sponsors, additional custom ad locations, random and static advertisements and its all very easy to use. You can use it for ordinary ads like adsense, banner rotations, or any content at all as well as using it to manage ads outside your forum too.

You can read in more detail about these and other features in the manual, which also contains some helpful notes and instructions, as well as the installation and upgrade instructions



If you are using autoinsertion and were using vB Ad Management before version 4.00, you will need to remove your old template edits or advertisements will appear multiple times. Just reverse the old instructions below.

* Find <!-- post $post[postid] popup menu --> and paste $postbit_advertisement above it in your postbit & postbit_legacy templates.
* Paste $forumbit_advertisement at the bottom of your forumhome_forumbit_level1_post and forumhome_forumbit_level2_post templates.
* Paste $threadbit_advertisement at the bottom of your threadbit template.
* Paste $footer_advertisement at the top of your footer template.
* Find $spacer_close in your footer template and below it paste $rightcolumn_advertisement.
* Find &nbsp; in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.
* Find $spacer_open in your header template and below it paste $leftcolumn_advertisement.

[The Librarian]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

If you look at the bottom of the modification post that appears at the top of every page, there is a guide about how to add your own custom adcode blocks. It's very quick and easy to do.

Oh, my goodness - WHAT AN IDIOT!! Where's the DUH smilie??? I guess this one will do:

I didn't read that bit because I thought it was about ad sharing. I'm sorry to have bothered you.

Thanks for being nice about it.

[MustangLisa]

This looks very cool and I just installed it. Thanks for all your work! I do have one question: I want to add a BUNCH of banners to rotate in both the header and footer areas. How would I enter that into the html fields in those areas? I would want the banner to change at each page refresh. Thanks!

[The Librarian]

Originally Posted by MustangLisa

This looks very cool and I just installed it. Thanks for all your work! I do have one question: I want to add a BUNCH of banners to rotate in both the header and footer areas. How would I enter that into the html fields in those areas? I would want the banner to change at each page refresh. Thanks!

I can answer this one for you. Go to your vBulletin Options and look for the Ad Management Header/Footer options. That page is where you'll find the spaces for random banners. Separate each banner ad code with a comma or whatever you told it to use in your global settings. (I use a comma.)

[The Librarian]

Originally Posted by The Librarian

Oh, my goodness - WHAT AN IDIOT!! Where's the DUH smilie??? I guess this one will do:

I didn't read that bit because I thought it was about ad sharing. I'm sorry to have bothered you.

Thanks for being nice about it.

Of course I spoke too soon. I've followed the directions - replacing every instance of custom with navbar and I've got a couple of problems.

I'm attaching images to show you what's up.

I've got three places for adcode. Header, footer, and I'd like to add one inside the navbar. The header and footer ones are currently working properly.

Image #1 shows where I want the navbar ad to appear. I need to know where in the Navbar Template I put $navbar_advertisement to get it to show up there.

Image #2 shows what happens right now when I put $navbar_advertisement at the bottom of the navbar code. You can see that I've circled an image and words that shouldn't be there. I could live with the ads being below the navbar, although I'd prefer them inside, but of course I'd rather it look right.

Image #3 shows the bottom of the Ad Management Header/Footer page in my AdminCP. As you can see it says nothing in the blue areas. This isn't really a problem if everything else works properly, but I wanted to go ahead and ask about it because I'd assumed it would say "Navbar Advertisement."

I'm sure I've made some silly mistake, but I'd really appreciate it if you could help me fix it.

Thanks!

[MustangLisa]

Originally Posted by The Librarian

I can answer this one for you. Go to your vBulletin Options and look for the Ad Management Header/Footer options. That page is where you'll find the spaces for random banners. Separate each banner ad code with a comma or whatever you told it to use in your global settings. (I use a comma.)

Oh that's easy. I was thinking I needed to actually code in the javascript to make them rotate or something. Wow, I am going to go try this now. Thanks!

[Yvgeniy]

Hey uhm... could you please PM me on how to remove your branding from the bottom of my forum (www.sakstudios.net/forums)? It isn't that I want to completely remove it, but it's that at this point it appears on there 3 times in a row. My guess is this happened as a result of multiple product updates. So basically I just want to remove the two useless copies of it and leave the original.

[Collectors]

In my footer I see:

vB Ad Management by =RedTyger=

Where can I edit this line? Now it's not aligned with my other text.

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by MustangLisa

Oh that's easy. I was thinking I needed to actually code in the javascript to make them rotate or something. Wow, I am going to go try this now. Thanks!

Javascript rotators are not really a terribly good alternative to this method as they rely on the viewer allowing javascript in their browser. Most do, some don't. Mobile devices don't have javascript at all as far as I know. This will work for everyone!

Originally Posted by Yvgeniy

Hey uhm... could you please PM me on how to remove your branding from the bottom of my forum (www.sakstudios.net/forums)? It isn't that I want to completely remove it, but it's that at this point it appears on there 3 times in a row. My guess is this happened as a result of multiple product updates. So basically I just want to remove the two useless copies of it and leave the original.

This is a problem that occasionally crops up, it seems to have something to do with interference from another installed modification. It would be very helpful if you could try disabling some of your other installed products and seeing if that makes a difference.

Originally Posted by Collectors

In my footer I see:

vB Ad Management by =RedTyger=

Where can I edit this line? Now it's not aligned with my other text.

In global_start.php

FIND:
text-align:center

REPLACE WITH:
text-align:left/right (just pick one!)

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by The Librarian

Of course I spoke too soon. I've followed the directions - replacing every instance of custom with navbar and I've got a couple of problems.

I'm attaching images to show you what's up.

I've got three places for adcode. Header, footer, and I'd like to add one inside the navbar. The header and footer ones are currently working properly.

Image #1 shows where I want the navbar ad to appear. I need to know where in the Navbar Template I put $navbar_advertisement to get it to show up there.

Image #2 shows what happens right now when I put $navbar_advertisement at the bottom of the navbar code. You can see that I've circled an image and words that shouldn't be there. I could live with the ads being below the navbar, although I'd prefer them inside, but of course I'd rather it look right.

Image #3 shows the bottom of the Ad Management Header/Footer page in my AdminCP. As you can see it says nothing in the blue areas. This isn't really a problem if everything else works properly, but I wanted to go ahead and ask about it because I'd assumed it would say "Navbar Advertisement."

I'm sure I've made some silly mistake, but I'd really appreciate it if you could help me fix it.

Thanks!

If you're prepared to wait a little I'll make the changes for you and upload them to a post here.

[The Librarian]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

If you're prepared to wait a little I'll make the changes for you and upload them to a post here.

Sure, I can wait. Thanks!