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.

[Tony_FPM]

Hey all ,

I had this mod working on my default forum style but today i installed the redbar style and i cant get the header advertising working. Well i get it working but i want it on the right upper conner in the red section. The header template is totally different and i dont know where i have to put the $header_advertisement variabel to het it how i want.

See here how my header template is...Please help me!!!!!

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td><a href="index.php"><img src="redbar/elements/logo.jpg" border="0"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="redbar/elements/catsub.jpg" height="24" class="menu">
<a href="http://www.freakpyromaniacs.com">Main</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.freakpyromaniacs.com/album/">Photos</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.freakpyromaniacs.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=133">Movies</a>
&nbsp; &nbsp;
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<!-- /logo -->
<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open
$_phpinclude_output

[Tourmeister]

Just curious if anyone has thoughts about server load issues using this Mod? I have mine setup so that there are two header images and two footer images, ALL randomizing independent of each other. (just copied the code and changed the variable names). So I am wondering if that might have a significant effect on the server load?

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by Tony_FPM

Hey all ,

I had this mod working on my default forum style but today i installed the redbar style and i cant get the header advertising working. Well i get it working but i want it on the right upper conner in the red section. The header template is totally different and i dont know where i have to put the $header_advertisement variabel to het it how i want.

See here how my header template is...Please help me!!!!!

You can put it wherever you like. If it doesn't look right, just move it again.

Originally Posted by Tourmeister

Just curious if anyone has thoughts about server load issues using this Mod? I have mine setup so that there are two header images and two footer images, ALL randomizing independent of each other. (just copied the code and changed the variable names). So I am wondering if that might have a significant effect on the server load?

There are some quite sizable forums using the modification and it's gradually been made more efficient over the versions. There's not really much I can do to improve it by this point. I think it's quite effectively done. Certainly it should not have a significant effect and I'd be surprised if it had even a small effect to be honest.

[cormee]

Hi

I have this installed on my site and it appears to be working when I use simple html or plain text, but then I try used php AdsNew javascript it doesn't display the ads.

For an example of what I mean see http://www.newtotown.ie/forum/feedba...-site-401.html

here is the code I used:

<img src="http://www.newtotown.ie/gif/chauffeur.jpg

(This is the static image of the chauffeur which is displaying fine in that link)

<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src='http://www.xxxxxx.xxx/adx.js'></script>
<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>
<!--
if (!document.phpAds_used) document.phpAds_used = ',';
phpAds_random = new String (Math.random()); phpAds_random = phpAds_random.substring(2,11);

document.write ("<" + "script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src='");
document.write ("http://www.xxxxxxxx.xx/adjs.php?n=" + phpAds_random);
document.write ("&amp;what=zone:1&amp;blockcampaign=1");
document.write ("&amp;exclude=" + document.phpAds_used);
if (document.referrer)
document.write ("&amp;referer=" + escape(document.referrer));
document.write ("'><" + "/script>");
//-->
</script>
<noscript>
<a href='http://www.xxx.xxx/adclick.php?n=ac7e96a4'><img src='http://www.xx.xxx/adview.php?what=zone:1&amp;n=ac7e96a4' alt='' border='0' class="imgborder"></a>
<br />
</noscript>

(This is the code that isnt working)

Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Thanks

[ru55ian]

i am missing something here, i have installed it, and it should be working, because "sponsored" table shows up in the postbit legacy as a second post as well as the last post, but no actual advertisement shows up inside that table, i am using Google adsense, and if i click refresh several times, then add will actually show up at random, but only on the last post, never shows up on the second post... is there a bug i am not aware of?

help needed.

[RedTyger]

That would be a problem at Google's end.

[Tony_FPM]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

You can put it wherever you like. If it doesn't look right, just move it again.

Well i did that but we dont seem to get it where we want.
Somebody help me please!!!!!

[ru55ian]

thanks

[cormee]

Hi Redtyger

Do you know of anything that may be killing the php Adsnew javascript in my installation?

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by Tony_FPM

Well i did that but we dont seem to get it where we want.
Somebody help me please!!!!!

Well, keep moving it! It's difficult to help with a customised forum. Not least because you haven't actually said where you want it.

Originally Posted by cormee

Hi Redtyger

Do you know of anything that may be killing the php Adsnew javascript in my installation?

I recall that someone else had the problem but I can't remember how they solved it. Try searching the thread and/or hoping that someone else will post back with the answer.