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vB Ad Management 4 · **Released**: 11-08-2006

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.

Quote:

* Find  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   in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.
* Find $spacer_open in your header template and below it paste $leftcolumn_advertisement.

sigepjedi · #**1322** 07-19-2007, 12:48 PM

What needs to take place for the Usergroup: Unregistered / Not Logged In to see the ads, or any other group aside from admin for that matter?

Looking through the properties for the groups, I do not see anything specific for making ads viewable, nor in the ad settings.

Thanks in advance.

Amaresh · #**1323** 07-19-2007, 05:07 PM

Hey
i am having a problem here.
In the fluid version of the theme, there is white space to the right side of the right column ad.
Here's a screenshot.

Please tell me what can be done about it.

dssart · #**1324** 07-19-2007, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedTyger

If you look in the forumbit advertisement template, there's a colspan definition..

hmmm....here's my forumbit_advertisement:

Code:

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt2">
		<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_link.gif" border="0" alt="" />
	</td>
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]">
		<div>
			$forumbit_adcode
		</div>
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		$vboptions[adintegrate_adtitle]
	</td>
	<td class="alt1Active">
		-
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		-
	</td>
	<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
		<td class="alt1Active">
			-
		</td>
	</if>
</tr>

Sorry, I did mean threadbit. Here is my threadbit_advertisement:

Code:

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt1Active">
		<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/thread_moved.gif" border="0" alt="" />
	</td>
	<if condition="$show['threadicons']">
		<td class="alt2">
			&nbsp;
		</td>
	</if>
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]">
		<div>
			$threadbit_adcode
		</div>
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		$vboptions[adintegrate_adtitle]
	</td>
	<td class="alt1Active">
		-
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		-
	</td>
	<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
		<td class="alt1Active">
			&nbsp;
		</td>
	</if>
</tr>

No COLSPAN. Can you please tell me where to insert it? Thank You

smith2007 · #**1325** 07-20-2007, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dssart

Great add-on to VBulletin, but I'm unsure on what is permissible according to Google's TOS regarding ad placement on pages with no content. I have the header ad placement enabled, and the header ad shows up everywhere including the following:

User Control Panel
FAQ (header)
Members List
Calendar
New Posts
Advanced Search
Quick Links -> Today's Posts
Settings & Options -> Edit Signature
Settings & Options -> Edit Profile
Settings & Options -> Edit Options
Settings & Options -> Edit Avatar
Settings & Options -> Edit Profile Picture
Private Messages -> List Messages
Private Messages -> Send New Message
Private Messages -> Track Messages
Private Messages -> Edit Folders
Subscribed Threads -> List Subscriptions
Subscribed Threads -> Edit Folders
Moderation -> Deleted Threads
Moderation -> Deleted Posts
Moderation -> Moderated Threads
Moderation -> Moderated Posts
Miscellaneous -> Event Reminders
Miscellaneous -> Paid Subscriptions
Miscellaneous -> Buddy/Ignore Lists
Miscellaneous -> Attachments

I know in the vB Ad Management Global Settings there is a section "Do NOT display advertisements for scripts". Just for everyone to see without having to go find this and look for it:

"This allows you to exclude pages based on the type of content they are displaying. Enter the names of the scripts which you don't want to display advertisements, separated by your delimiter. (i.e. register#private#index)

Some advertiser's TOS requires you to exclude pages without content, such as registration pages. Ask in the vBulletin forums if you need help identifying the correct scriptnames, or you can find them yourself in the code files as described here."

My question is, what does everyone else disallow? Unless someone renames the scripts, shouldn't we all basically have the same scripts disallowed? Finally, can someone give me a list that I can copy and paste into this section of the script names that are known to be Google No-No's?

Thanks!

Hi - I have excatly the same question as dssart. It would be great to know what scripts to exclude.

Aden · #**1326** 07-20-2007, 02:22 PM

Hey redtyger..
couldnt find the following in my style templates

Quote:

# Find $spacer_close in your footer template and below it paste $rightcolumn_advertisement.
# Find   in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.
# Find $spacer_open in your header template and below it paste $leftcolumn_advertisement.

Your help would be greatly appreciated

Pocket Aces · #**1327** 07-21-2007, 09:32 AM

Is it possible to have an alternate ad if the chosen ad is excluded on certain forum/s?
Like for example, an adsense is place on the header globally except for adult category/forum. So instead of displaying adsense on that adult category, an alternate ad will be displayed (could be bidvertiser, adultfriendfinder, etc.).

RedTyger · #**1328** 07-21-2007, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sigepjedi

What needs to take place for the Usergroup: Unregistered / Not Logged In to see the ads, or any other group aside from admin for that matter?

Looking through the properties for the groups, I do not see anything specific for making ads viewable, nor in the ad settings.

Thanks in advance.

Add usergroup 1 to the usergroup permissions in vB Ad Management General Settings.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amaresh

Hey
i am having a problem here.
In the fluid version of the theme, there is white space to the right side of the right column ad.
Here's a screenshot.

Please tell me what can be done about it.

Really couldn't tell you for a custom theme I'm afraid, far too many changes to be able to pin it down to just one and it may take more than one change to fix it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dssart

hmmm....here's my forumbit_advertisement:

Code:

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt2">
		<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_link.gif" border="0" alt="" />
	</td>
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]">
		<div>
			$forumbit_adcode
		</div>
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		$vboptions[adintegrate_adtitle]
	</td>
	<td class="alt1Active">
		-
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		-
	</td>
	<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
		<td class="alt1Active">
			-
		</td>
	</if>
</tr>

Sorry, I did mean threadbit. Here is my threadbit_advertisement:

Code:

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt1Active">
		<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/thread_moved.gif" border="0" alt="" />
	</td>
	<if condition="$show['threadicons']">
		<td class="alt2">
			&nbsp;
		</td>
	</if>
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]">
		<div>
			$threadbit_adcode
		</div>
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		$vboptions[adintegrate_adtitle]
	</td>
	<td class="alt1Active">
		-
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		-
	</td>
	<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
		<td class="alt1Active">
			&nbsp;
		</td>
	</if>
</tr>

No COLSPAN. Can you please tell me where to insert it? Thank You

Oops, remembered wrongly. Try these, you might need to adjust the colspan numbers if I've guessed wrongly. The number should match the number of cells the ad spans.

Code:

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">colspan="3"<else />colspan="4"</if>>
		<div>
			$forumbit_adcode
		</div>
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		$vboptions[adintegrate_adtitle]
	</td>
</tr>

Code:

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" <if condition="$show['threadicons']">colspan="4"<else />colspan="3"</if>>
		<div>
			$threadbit_adcode
		</div>
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		$vboptions[adintegrate_adtitle]
	</td>
</tr>

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aden

Hey redtyger..
couldnt find the following in my style templates

Code:

  # 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.

Your help would be greatly appreciated

# Try putting it at the top.
# You can put it anywhere you like.
# Try putting it at the bottom.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pocket Aces

Is it possible to have an alternate ad if the chosen ad is excluded on certain forum/s?
Like for example, an adsense is place on the header globally except for adult category/forum. So instead of displaying adsense on that adult category, an alternate ad will be displayed (could be bidvertiser, adultfriendfinder, etc.).

Conditionals, really isn't it. I just happened to come across a tutorial for integrating conditionals and if it's as easy as it seems then it'll definitely be in the next version which will allow for any kind of conditional about anything and allow more or less infinite flexibility.

dssart · #**1329** 07-23-2007, 09:47 PM

O.K., this seems to work..I monkeyed around with it, tell me if you think it's O.K. as far as the structure of the code. I'm just hacking here and I'm no coder, so if it looks bizarre, it probably is:

Code:

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt2">
		<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_link.gif" border="0" alt="" />
	</td>
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[center]" colspan="2">
		<div>
			$forumbit_adcode
		</div>
	</td>
	<td class="alt1Active">
		$vboptions[adintegrate_adtitle]
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">
		-
	</td>
		</tr>

This formats the columns the way I want it, however it displays differently in Internet Explorer than it does in FireFox. In Firefox, it displays nice. The right margin fits within the browser screen. In IE, the right hand margin shoots off a few columns. Any ideas? I could post a few images if it will help.

RedTyger · #**1330** 07-24-2007, 07:01 AM

Screenshots would help, yes.

dssart · #**1331** 07-24-2007, 09:07 AM

Gotcha..both below images use the code I've attached above. The first image shows the code as displayed in Firefox. The forum table is centered neatly and nicely within the browser window. The right edge has the same number of pixels of space between the table and the edge of the browser window as the left edge. No horizontal scroll bar. The second shows the code displayed in Internet Explorer. Notice how the right edge of the table goes way off the browser screen, which in turn throws of the formatting of the entire forum table and results in the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the browser. Firefox rendition is the desirable formatting. IE is baaad.

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