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Rotating Banner System · **Released**: 08-15-2008

With the Rotating Banner System software, you may publish literally anywhere standard banners and advertising, with no restriction but your imagination. Unlike many other products, it allows to show an unlimited amount of banners and advertising, which are randomly shown at the places you choose, and you may refer generically to an Ad by using specific placeholders.

Also the management is straight-forward and simple to use. Forum administrators with maintenance rights may add, edit and delete records from the Administration Control Panel (ACP), one of each representing a banner. After saving the new banner settings, they are immediately visible at your board.

Compatibility: from vBulletin 3.6.5 onwards

By the way, I do also install the hack on your boards, but since I am very, very busy, it may take some time (weeks) until it gets done.

Tutorials:

How-to create my first banner (Flash).

Updates:

2.0.1: Simple click tracker added, HTML help included.
2.0.3: Small bug fixes; additional banner list, navigation bar, E-Mail field for banner event notifications and automatic save on scroll setting; absolute URL to rbs_banner.php in order to allow click tracking on non-standard pages; supported languages: English, Italian; Help file clean-up.
2.0.5: Small bug fixes; additional details in banner list; email notification for epired banners.
2.0.6: vbCMS compatibility bug fix; additional banner lists.
2.0.7: Usergroups filter: now it is possible to define a list of usergroups which may show a banner; additional vbCMS compatibility bug fix.
2.0.8: Various fixes and most of all, inclusion of the right files: admin_rbs.php, cpnav_rbs.xml
2.0.9: Extra comma fix in new record creation.
2.1.0: Fix for an occasional banner type selection bug, when the sample banners have been deleted or disabled.
2.2.0 (Major upgrade): Up to 10 different banner locations. Requires changes to your existing placeholders in your templates, since a more generic format has been chosen. If you don't need more than 2 different locations, you don't need to upgrade. Changed files: rbs_banner.php, admin_rbs.php
2.2.1: Minor bug fix in files: admin_rbs_h_banner_list.php, admin_rbs_v_banner_list.php
2.2.1: Hotfix for Max Clicks saving bug.
2.2.2: More listings and less files. PDF Help. Separate Italian add-ons and help. Duplicate button.
2.2.3: Minor bug fixes. Changed files: product-rbs.xml
2.2.4: Flash Banner support (beta). Changed files: product-rbs.xml, rbs_wrapper.swf, admin_rbs.php, English Help.
2.2.5: Hotfix for vBulletin 4.0.2 compatibility bug.
2.2.6: Checking for installed Flash Wrapper rbs_wrapper.swf; A few English FAQ; Help files. Changed files: product-rbs.xml
2.3.0 (Major upgrade): New modules: Delete Expired Banners, Disable Expired Banners; Detail Banner Statistics with unique access key for your customers; Updated help; Changed files: all.
2.3.1: Hotfix for missing field in rbs_hist table. Changed files: none, just update product.
2.3.2: Added: Unsupported option for setting any number of available positions between 1 and big bang. Fixed: Small bug and speed issues. Removed: Italian translation. Italians may now request support at www.vbulletin.it. Changed files: admin_rbs.php.
2.3.3: Fix: Copy selected forum ID's during banner duplication. Changed: start and end hours for new banners are set to 0:00 and 23:59 respectively. Changed files: admin_rbs.php.
2.3.4: Option: Send Mail Before. This option allows to schedule expiring banners differently. New variables for emails: $rbs_enddate: This variable holds the formatted banner ending date and time based on the standard formats for date and time in vBulletin settings; $rbs_name: This variable holds the banner name. EMail Notifications option description: Added direct links to the email phrases for quick changes. Changed files: rbs_mail_cron.php.
2.4.0 (Major upgrade): Removed: Option to enable or disable mailing. Banners with email addresses to notify are handled. Setting to reset mailing in single banners. Now, if mailing should be repeated, you will have to edit the banner from phpMyAdmin. Added: Order links in lists. The initial state is ordered by ID, as before. By clicking the titles, the other voices can be ordered. Clicking twice inverts the order. This works in all lists. Options to prevent counting and reducing thus a tiny bit of load. A new bunch of demo banners for new installations. Demo banners are locked into database in order to avoid 30% of the questions because of the 'experts' deleting them before trying the product. They can be disabled and modified though. The true experts can delete them after all testing from the database by using phpMyAdmin without side effects. Changes: Phrase for emailing about expiring banners, now also with direct links to the phrases. Demo banners. Our old publisher ID is replaced with the new ones, and old demo banners are updated with the new ones, if found. The functions have been exported to includes/functions_rbs.php. This makes the product code smaller and easier to maintain, and runs faster on sites where caching/acceleration is enabled. Changed Files: all *.php
2.4.1: Option Likelihood. This new option adds a weight to banners and allows thus to show one banner more often than another. The default weight is 100%. We also make sure that the final date of the default banners falls into a valid range. Changed files: includes/functions_rbs.php and rbs_stats.php.
2.4.2: Workaround for update sequence problems.

Hacks and unsupported add-ons:

y2ksw · #**2062** 10-22-2012, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nook_Neformat

In opera, when i the first time click on swf banner with link, it shows me the banner itself on new page, and only after second click it follows link, any ideas how to fix?

also, in Explorer, if swf banner under the search menu in navbar, banner become on top of search menu.

If you use the wrapper, all the problems should be solved. If not, you may try to insert the full banner (HTML <object>) code into the "text" field.

In any case, if you can run the banner from a clean HTML page the desired way, you can do it also from inside the RBS software.

leoyeh1 · #**2063** 10-22-2012, 04:21 PM

thank you

now is fine

Quote:

Originally Posted by y2ksw

Could you please try the (here) attached XML instead the one of the package? Is this working for you?

kodbg · #**2064** 10-24-2012, 02:12 PM

Huh!!
Rotating Banner System has stopped working on my forum. Maybe today, maybe before 1-2 days.
I have not changed the configuration of the forum, nothing more've installed.
Gives no error, just does not show the code: (
Any suggestions?

And... I see strange code

Manage Products - Edit:
Version 2.4.0 - Install code:

Code:

$SQL = array();

$SQL[] = "ALTER TABLE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` CHANGE `width` `width` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'";
$SQL[] = "ALTER TABLE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` CHANGE `height` `height` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'";
$SQL[] = "ALTER TABLE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` CHANGE `maximpressions` `maximpressions` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'";
$SQL[] = "UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` 
    SET `text`='<script type=\"text/javascript\">
<!--
google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4756434467422936\";
/* RBS Text */
google_ad_slot = \"5636861293\";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//-->
</script>
<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\"></script>'
    WHERE `text` LIKE '%pub-8477879996596626%'
        AND `text` LIKE '%468x60_as%'";
$SQL[] = "UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` 
    SET `text`='<script type=\"text/javascript\">
<!--
google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4756434467422936\";
/* RBS Image */
google_ad_slot = \"8194031811\";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//-->
</script>
<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\"></script>'
    WHERE `text` LIKE '%pub-8477879996596626%'
        AND `text` LIKE '%8172517593%'";
$SQL[] = "UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` 
    SET `text`=REPLACE(`text`, 'pub-8477879996596626', 'ca-pub-4756434467422936')";
$SQL[] = "UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "rbs_banners` 
    SET `md5key`=MD5(`name`)
    WHERE `md5key`='' 
        AND `text` LIKE '%ca-pub-4756434467422936%'";

run_sqls($SQL);

Whta is this - this is not my adsense - ca-pub-4756434467422936?
Hack?

y2ksw · #**2065** 10-24-2012, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kodbg

Huh!!
Rotating Banner System has stopped working on my forum. Maybe today, maybe before 1-2 days.
I have not changed the configuration of the forum, nothing more've installed.
Gives no error, just does not show the code: (
Any suggestions?

And... I see strange code

Manage Products - Edit:
Version 2.4.0 - Install code:

Whta is this - this is not my adsense - ca-pub-4756434467422936?
Hack?

This is the adsense for the inbuilt test banners. your code isn't touched.

If your banners stopped, check the dates. This is the most probable reason if you haven't changed anythings else.

kodbg · #**2066** 10-24-2012, 04:01 PM

No, dates are OK - 2022 Year...
Impressions is OK too.
Maybe like a Windows OS - uninstall / fresh install?

y2ksw · #**2067** 10-24-2012, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kodbg

No, dates are OK - 2022 Year...
Impressions is OK too.
Maybe like a Windows OS - uninstall / fresh install?

if the impressions grow, it is at 99% a browser problem. banner impressions grow only when the banners are actually shown on page.

kodbg · #**2068** 10-24-2012, 07:05 PM

mm, with "Impressions is OK too." i mean thаt i have set:
Max. Impressions
With this value you may limit how often banners are shown on your pages. to 4294967295 - so the problem is not there.

Videx · #**2069** 10-25-2012, 12:36 AM

One of the first things you should do when troubleshooting is put up a static graphic and give us the link so we can at least tell you if we can see it.

Hiding your site or trying to use complex scripts like adsense just makes a solution that much more difficult.

kodbg · #**2070** 10-25-2012, 03:50 AM

I tried it with text ...
I have deleted adsense code from several positions and put text "ZZZZ"
ZZZZ does not appear ...
It is not a browser problem.

y2ksw · #**2071** 10-25-2012, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kodbg

mm, with "Impressions is OK too." i mean thаt i have set:
Max. Impressions
With this value you may limit how often banners are shown on your pages. to 4294967295 - so the problem is not there.

If you keep max impressions to 0, it is not considered (as many other options).

Quote:

Originally Posted by kodbg

I tried it with text ...
I have deleted adsense code from several positions and put text "ZZZZ"
ZZZZ does not appear ...
It is not a browser problem.

If you have changed the styles and forgot to insert the placeholders, that would be another reason (but you said you have not changed anything).

So if you have these settings and really nothing changed between then and now:

Attachment 141978 (any position will do, if you have the placeholder)

Attachment 141979

Attachment 141980 (no forums selected)

banners must show.

Do you have maybe another plugin which hides or shows content and that is expired? For example the inbuilt advertising system?

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