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.

[DementedMindz]

well I would like to use a older one the one before this until a fix is made Im going to make a post on his thread but for now do you have the one before this?

[RedTyger]

You're going to at least double your database queries by going back to an older version, you do understand that? You'll be worse off than even if the template really is uncached.

[DementedMindz]

yeah thats fine for now until I get a fix. I only really use the postbit one since the archive one really don't suite me since I cant use different codes for my archive and the main site footer.

[RedTyger]

....

[DementedMindz]

RedTyger thank you once again.

[nokiacep]

Hi RedTyger
I wanna ask a question about it.

You say

IN FILE includes/vb_ad_management/global_start.php,FIND:

PHP Code:

<setting varname="adintegrate_footer_adcode_rand" displayorder="45">
    <datatype>free</datatype>
    <optioncode>textarea</optioncode>
</setting> 


ADD BELOW:

PHP Code:

<setting varname="adintegrate_custom_onoff" displayorder="991">
    <datatype>boolean</datatype>
    <optioncode>yesno</optioncode>
    <defaultvalue>0</defaultvalue>
</setting>
<setting varname="adintegrate_custom_adcode" displayorder="992">
    <datatype>free</datatype>
    <optioncode>textarea</optioncode>
</setting>
<setting varname="adintegrate_custom_adcode_rand" displayorder="993">
    <datatype>free</datatype>
    <optioncode>textarea</optioncode>
</setting> 


But I couldn't find the first section in vb_ad_management/global_start.php

PHP Code:

<setting varname="adintegrate_footer_adcode_rand" displayorder="45">
    <datatype>free</datatype>
    <optioncode>textarea</optioncode>
</setting> 


I suppose I'm making a mistake but where

[principino1984]

sweet.. thanks for the update.

Marco

[racerhub]

I would love a way to target ads to particular forums. I.E. Ad #1 goes to Forum #1 only, and Ad #2 only goes to Forum #2.

Thanks,

[tehPARADOX]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

It was in the update, titled "Instructions"

Just to let you know, the current archive right now, doesn't include those instructions. Just comes with the Includes folder and the product.

And also for the postbit ads, displayed as user. Is there a way to change it back to legacy (vertical) rather then the horizontal way?

[milsirhc]

thanks for the update.

I'm still alittle confused regarding upgrading this plugin.

I copied the files into includes and import the plugin as upgrade.. is that all? Do I have to remove all my previous ' * Upload the product using the Product Manager.
* Go to Style Manager > Edit Templates and...
* 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." that I have done?

And also do I need to change the .xml file as you have mentioned now? *lost*

One more question is does this version resolve the ad sharing bug in the previous version??

Thanks again Redtyger!!!!!!!