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.

[michaelsilvia]

The main problem I have with this is there is a virus like program built into the system. Take a look at the botom of my forum and you will see that a link to the creators web-pub replicates every few days.
http://www.sportstradercentral.com/forums.php

I know have 7 link in my footer and have to continuously delete these. I love the system, but and considering removing it based on this bug.

[RedTyger]

There's nothing viruus-like built into the program. How are you deleting the extra links?

[tanyeri24]

hi can you tell me the direct links to the configurations. the shortcuts are not anymore listed in my admincp options list...

[tanyeri24]

because a shitty plugin is my vb ad management administration config links deleted.. I cant access like admincp/options.php?do=options&dogroup=adintegrate_global But the plugins works anyway fine!
How can I fix this problem?

[HMBeaty]

Originally Posted by tanyeri24

because a shitty plugin is my vb ad management administration config links deleted.. I cant access like admincp/options.php?do=options&dogroup=adintegrate_global But the plugins works anyway fine!
How can I fix this problem?

Ever thought of REIMPORTING the XML? So hard to do!!!! WOW!!!

Also, I want to see PROOF that my product "deleted" your options

[tanyeri24]

Originally Posted by Redlinemotorsports

Ever thought of REIMPORTING the XML? So hard to do!!!! WOW!!!

Also, I want to see PROOF that my product "deleted" your options

No I installed your corrupted plugin again on an other forum and IT DOESNT WORK AGAIN. That means in some days my admincp will be deleted again.

here the proof:
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9650/seeeeeegd9.gif

[michaelsilvia]

There's nothing viruus-like built into the program. How are you deleting the extra links?

Not trying to be a pain, but just look at my site and you will see how there are 7+ and they increase daily.

[Tourmeister]

Hmmm... works fine for me...

My only question is this. Say I want to use the randomizing feature of the Left/Right column code, but I don't actually want to display the images in the Left/Right columns and instead wish to place the images anywhere else on the page, how would I get access to the variable/code/whatever that I would place in the html for the desired location? Basically, I want to have it include the code from the random block. Is this possible?

For example,

<table>
<tr>
<td>variable to display random Left image adcode with Alt text/hyperlink</td>
<td>variable to display random Right image adcode with Alt text/hyperlink</td>
</tr>
<table>

I tried experimenting with using the $header_advertisement variable and placing it in different locations, didn't work.

I've already figured out how to ad more adcode blocks to the existing setup as you described to get the extra images... Very nice!

Is that making sense?

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by tanyeri24

because a shitty plugin is my vb ad management administration config links deleted.. I cant access like admincp/options.php?do=options&dogroup=adintegrate_global But the plugins works anyway fine!
How can I fix this problem?

Uninstall the plugin that caused the problem? If my modification has not caused the issue then there's nothing I can do about it.

Originally Posted by michaelsilvia

Not trying to be a pain, but just look at my site and you will see how there are 7+ and they increase daily.

I know and it's been noted elsewhere. That's why I'm asking, so I can look into it and fix it because it's annoying people. If it's increasing daily that suggests to me that a scheduled task not included with the default vBulletin is somehow affecting it. There's certainly nothing virus-like about the modification.

If you have any scheduled tasks from custom modifications running it would be helpful if you could list them here. And I would also like to know how you're deleting them as it might help me understand how they're appearing in the first place.

Originally Posted by Tourmeister

Hmmm... works fine for me...

My only question is this. Say I want to use the randomizing feature of the Left/Right column code, but I don't actually want to display the images in the Left/Right columns and instead wish to place the images anywhere else on the page, how would I get access to the variable/code/whatever that I would place in the html for the desired location? Basically, I want to have it include the code from the random block. Is this possible?

For example,

<table>
<tr>
<td>variable to display random Left image adcode with Alt text/hyperlink</td>
<td>variable to display random Right image adcode with Alt text/hyperlink</td>
</tr>
<table>

I tried experimenting with using the $header_advertisement variable and placing it in different locations, didn't work.

I've already figured out how to ad more adcode blocks to the existing setup as you described to get the extra images... Very nice!

Is that making sense?

So...you want to have a column and just the contents of the column again, but separately elsewhere on the page? Placing $left/right_adcode in your template should do that, but it will not randomise independently, it will be exactly the same content as the column. If you want it different it will have to be another custom adcode block.

[emitton]

hi there,
i followed the installation steps named 'instuctions', not sure what else needs to be done and cant see a difference on my forum

how do i edit the add's and place them after following?

sorry i am very new to vBulletin and not programmer minded!

i cant find the following:

"Changing the settings"
The AdminCP options where you can change your settings are located in vBulletin Options after all the rest of the setting categories.

thanx