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.

[dendrob]

I have a photopost gallery installed and I have some google ads there. I also offer paid subscriptions, where if you pay and support the forum you don't get google ads. Problem is that the ads still show up in the photopost. Is it possible to have it where paid members don't see the ads in photopost? I could really use that functionality, so any help would be greatly appreciated

[RedTyger]

You can exclude those paid-for Usergroups in Global Settings, yes. That will affect all adverts displayed anywhere.

[Collectors]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

In global_start.php

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Thanks! :up:

[dendrob]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

You can exclude those paid-for Usergroups in Global Settings, yes. That will affect all adverts displayed anywhere.

I guess I need to specify the custom ad code, say.. $photopost_adcode and insert it into the photopost template, right?

btw, will I need to edit all the files and create a new custom ad code again after an upgrade to a later version of the mod?

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by dendrob

I guess I need to specify the custom ad code, say.. $photopost_adcode and insert it into the photopost template, right?

btw, will I need to edit all the files and create a new custom ad code again after an upgrade to a later version of the mod?

1) No, but if you should use $GLOBALS['thissection_adcode'] for areas external to the vBulletin forum. This works fine for vB Advanced I assume it would be the same for Photopost.

2) You will, yes.

[RedTyger]

The Librarian, files are attached. Untested, but it should work.

[Jaiixx]

Is there a way to only allow a certain user group to enter there sponsor code.

i,e only allow moderators to input there code and to all other groups hide the input field or disallow them to input their code somehow.

thanks in advance,

[RedTyger]

I'll look into that, I do not know of any way to restrict custom profile fields by usergroup. But you can restrict adsharing by usergroup which has the same result. It just means they'll be able to enter a number even if it doesn't work.

[Jaiixx]

Okay thanks for your quick reply, i'll give it a shot. See I was under the impression restricting the adsharing by group just stopped those usergroups from seeing the ads not actually stopping them from having their code displayed. correct me if i am wrong, and if i am im sure i can make a work around for it based on this.

thanks,

[RedTyger]

There are two usergroup restrictions available. The first restricts usergroups from seeing ads entirely. The second restricts usergroups from participating in adcode sharing meaning their personal code will not be used, but they will still see ads and still see ads from users who are allowed to share adcode.