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.

[mclark2112]

Originally Posted by nanaimobar

Do I create the phpadsnew plug manually? If not, please indicate where plugin may be downloaded as I looked in openads and here and couldn't find it.

Thanks.

You have to creat the ad in OpenAds, then generate the code for remote invocation. That code is what you put in your vB Ad block.

I would explain the whole process, but that is really complicated. You have to learn to love OpenAds....

[peril]

Installed this mod on VB 3.6.5. But no ads appearing.

Made all changes as per instructions.

I am not sure if I need to make changes given under "How to add your own custom adcode blocks in 3 minutes"

I have installed VB advanced also.

Appreciate if some can help me to debug.

Thanks

[mattonline]

hello, i'm having trouble integrating it with vbadvanced, www.EntrepreneurForum.co.uk - i want it unde the left side, under the search forums. I've searched this thread and couldn't find anything other than making it $global[header_advertisement] which didn't work it just messed up the forum. Do you know how to get it under the search forms part, the best i've done is get it to run along side the site navigation.

also

Find &nbsp; in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.

i can't find &nbsp; so wasn't able to insert $header_advertisement.

[4newbies]

From the size of this thread, I suppose this is the most popular Ad Management mod for vB or are there any other comparable alternatives?

This one seems to have most of everything I'm looking for. However, I'm also looking for some type of mod that complements this where people interested in purchasing advertising on the forum can go to a page where all available advertising sections are described with pricing and they can submit payment via e-Gold or other methods and then a notification is automatically sent to the Admin.

[peril]

Originally Posted by peril

Installed this mod on VB 3.6.5. But no ads appearing.

Made all changes as per instructions.

I am not sure if I need to make changes given under "How to add your own custom adcode blocks in 3 minutes"

I have installed VB advanced also.

Appreciate if some can help me to debug.

Thanks

Apologize. I haven't enabled plug-ins. It's working now.

[4newbies]

I thought when you installed the mod, it automatically enables plugins.

Anyone know if this mod will only work with 3.6.5 or will it also work on previous versions as well?

[nanaimobar]

This is partial code from my header template indicating where $ad is placed. I have no ad showing. Tested ads in other parts of forum and everything works ok. Just a problem with the header. Tried selecting Yes for Header, tried for Footer, tried for static and tried for random. Zip.

Code: blah, blah, blah.

<td align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]">
$header_advertisement;
</td>

blah, blah, and more blah.

Is "$header_advertisement;" in wrong place?

Thanks in advance.
PS: Just one little ad button on right, as I'm still experimenting with Openads coding and look of site with advertising.

[4newbies]

Well I tried installing this mod on my forum and when the mod is activated, the forum just displays a blank white page. Anyone else run into this problem and know how to fix it? I'm running 3.6.5.

Thanks for your help.

[elmati]

*click install

nice addon
thx redtyger!

[4newbies]

Where exactly do I "Click Install" ? I did all the following:

Instructions

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

There is nothing about "Installing" anything. I just uploaded the vb_ad_management_313.xml file through the product manager and the mod shows up in the admin panel but when I go back to the forum, it's just shows a blank page. If I disable the mod in vB Ad Management Global Settings, the forum goes back to normal. It might be something stupidly simple but I am a bit new to the vB Mods. Any help appreciated.

Thanks.