Major Additions - vB Ad Management 4

vB Ad Management 4

Check the FAQ before requesting support!

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.

[Dave-M]

Hi,

Thanks for this

When I have the plugin enabled, my forums disappear, and I get this error on a white screen.

PHP Code:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /mysite.com/forums/includes/vb_ad_management/global_start.php on line 331 


Would you have any idea what I might have done wrong?

I have re-uploaded everything, but to no avail.

Only issues when installing the template hacks were that I'm using a custom skin, so didnt have the

PHP Code:

  


in my header, so I put it above $spacer_open.

Any help would be greatly aprreciated

Thanks.

Dave.

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by saintcjh

Hello,

I've installed this mod, however its not showing any adverts at all.

Can you please advise me what to do? I've done everything as susgested in other threads of the forum, but with no luck whatsoever.

Kind Regards
Charlie

It must be set up incorrectly somehow, check your settings, template edit, change the advertisment code to plain text to check it.

Originally Posted by razvans

The mod works very good with old versions of adsense codes. not it works very good. if i am switching back to the new type of adsense code the ads are not showing
Thank you for your reply

I tried the new adsense code and while no advertisements appear, a blank space appears of the size where the advertisement should be. I can't tell you what the issue is I'm sorry to say, but the modification is working correctly.

Originally Posted by Dave-M

Hi,

Thanks for this

When I have the plugin enabled, my forums disappear, and I get this error on a white screen.

PHP Code:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /mysite.com/forums/includes/vb_ad_management/global_start.php on line 331 


Would you have any idea what I might have done wrong?

I have re-uploaded everything, but to no avail.

Only issues when installing the template hacks were that I'm using a custom skin, so didnt have the

PHP Code:

  


in my header, so I put it above $spacer_open.

Any help would be greatly aprreciated

Thanks.

Dave.

Have you redownloaded the files from here, then overwritten? It sounds like global_start.php has been edited somehow.

[conimus]

When I visit my board as a guest, I can not see any banner or ad. But as soon as I log in as a registered user, I see all the banners.

How can I change this so that every visitor can see the banners?

[RedTyger]

Guests are usergroup 1, add this to your usergroup settings in Global Settings.

[conimus]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

Guests are usergroup 1, add this to your usergroup settings in Global Settings.

Sorry, but I don't understand...

[Dave-M]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

Have you redownloaded the files from here, then overwritten? It sounds like global_start.php has been edited somehow.

I downloaded the files from here, did the edit of the files in wordpad (that ok?), upped the files to the server in "auto" mode (could this be it?).

I will redownload and start a fresh and see what happens

[RedTyger]

Oh, you edited the file? There's your problem then. Your editing is incorrect.

[Dave-M]

Yes, sorry, have I misunderstood the instructions?

Wasn't there any need to follow the "How to add your own custom adcode blocks in 3 minutes" part?

Should I just reupload the unedited files then?

Thanks for your patience

Edit 1: fixed, all my fault

Edit 2: can I ask a noob question while I'm here as well please?

If I am using adsense javascript ads, and the are aligning left, what would be the correct way of centering the ads without murdering my skin's layout. If I use

PHP Code:

<div align="center"> 


before the

PHP Code:

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- 


part of the adsense code, it looks fine in firefox, but it sends my custom skin all out of line in IE.

Any pointers would be great

[class101]

I'd like to see on the futur version this type of random ads box build in a iframe/flash look, like on this forum on the top:

http://www.psicofxp.com/forums/

The visitors dont have to refresh that they have already seen tons of ads , I'd like to see this as an optional box like you made for static and random codes /per refresh, that would be so much kickass.

[DAdiguzeL]

It's really good but i can't do banner rotation to left and right side of the forum without coloumns. I did with coloumns and that was not looking so good. Will anyone help me please?