Major Additions - vB.Sponsors - Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads with Statistics

vB.Sponsors
Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads with Statistics

Add sponsor's ads or Google AdSense to forums & categories

INTRO:
This extension will allow you to add sponsors to you forums and categories or use Google AdSense. You can also track the hits to each sponsor by date as well. See below for more features and demo sites.

For vBulletin 3.5.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103327

For vBulletin 3.7.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=183335

FEATURES:
-Enable sponsorship on forums and categories
-Ability to use Google AdSense code
-Use a banner or a text link
-Supports large banners for the top of the sponsored forum and small banners for the forum listing
-Tracks hits for each sponsor
-Statistics viewable inside Admin CP
-Ability to alter the "Forum sponsored by:" text
-Easy to use and install

INSTALLATION:
Documentation is located here.
I've found it's easier to maintain an online version rather than files included in the download.

THANKS:
...to vBulletin.org and its members.
...to the people who have installed this mod, suggested improvements and found bugs.

FEEDBACK:
Feedback Forums: http://www.DigitalDeviation.com/forums/
Feedback is always welcomed! Good or bad. Post all feedback and feature requests in this thread or in the forums above. Trust me, I'll be reading it even if I don't respond to every post.

SUPPORT:
Support Forums: http://www.DigitalDeviation.com/forums/
Should you need any assistance with this, you can reach me via the link above or by posting in this thread.

In either case, please post as much detail as possible with any code or screenshots pertaining to the issue. MySQL, PHP and web server software versions are helpful. You can obtain these from the Admin CP in vBulletin.

DONATE:
If you like this product, a donation would be appreciated. But of course its not required.


VERSION HISTORY:
2.0.6 - BugFix
-Changed maxversion attribute to enable vBulletin 3.7 installs
2.0.5 - Feature Add / BugFix
-Added version checking
-Added support for Google Adsense (template code has been updated)
-Fixed the table layout in the AdminCP
-Options are now controlled via vBulletin options

2.0.0 - Initial Release

DEMO SITES: If you'd like your forum added here, PM me.
Sites listed at http://www.digitaldeviation.com/proj...referencesites

---FEATURE REQUEST LIST---
-Integration: phpAdsNew integration
-Reporting: Sponsors able to view statistics from User CP
-Reporting: Export reports in PDF (or other) format
-Rights: Ability to hide sponsors based on a user's group
-Option: Rotating banner support
-Option: Multiple sponsors per forum/category
-Option: Remove the branding copyright
-Option: Ability to not show sponsor's banner in the main forum listing, but show when the forum is displayed.
-Option: Display ads in individual threads
-Option: Email the sponsor daily/weekly/monthly hit statistics

---KNOWN BUGS---
-NONE

Don't forget to click the install link below if you use it.

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by madkeen

Thanks for that.
Does anyone know how to get the banner/s to appear on all pages for each forum?
What code to insert and where to insert it?

Not sure I follow you? Do your banners not appear on the forums you have specified them? Once you make the template changes, it will appear on teh forum listing and within the sponsored forum (at the top by default).

Originally Posted by MARKETPROFITS

Hey, those banners are custom made.

You have to figure out which banners will work for you.

Take a look at my banner placement with this.

http://www.puremarketprofits.com/forums

^ There's your answer zincpony. You will need to play with the banner sizes yourself to see what works with your forums.
Do you like it so far MarketProfits?

The next release will hopefully be a little easier to add to existing templates. I don't like having to paste a gob of code into a template.

[madkeen]

Hi

The banner appears on the top of the main page (index) for the forum that I specify but does not appear on any other pages in the forum. E.G. Once you click on a thread in that forum the banner does not appear above the thread page/s.

Hope that makes it clearer

Thanks

[madkeen]

I am using Openads Adserver software to run my ads. Does anyone know how I can get the ads from Openads to show up?

Can the code be inserted into the Adsense section, and if so how, what code option, etc?

[stinger2]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=149665" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=149665</a>

can this be interesting ?

since your hack can track clicks on the spnser....can you take a look at this request please??

[bada_bing]

It was brought to my attention by one of my mods that only when using IE browser this happens but not Firefox. When viewing the forums in forumdisplay mode I am getting an empty box where it thinks there is suppose to be a banner but I have no banner specified. Again this only happens in IE, while in Firefox it shows correct where only the link shows. How do I fix this issue? Please look at the attached pics

[brihan]

The banner appears on the top of the main page (index) for the forum that I specify but does not appear on any other pages in the forum. E.G. Once you click on a thread in that forum the banner does not appear above the thread page/s.

I am looking for this as well. Need to give the sponsor much more exposure.

On an OLD UBB board I ran I had the sponsor banner show up top and bottom of the forum category, top and bottom of each individual thread within that category and right above the "Submit" and/or "Reply buttons when someone posts or replies to a thread.

The old board is closed but you can still see it here:

Old Forum

I would love to have all that again but for now I would be happy with just getting the sponsors into each thread within the sponsored category.

Any chance of doing this?

Thank you for all your hard work!

[Alexvanleeuwen]

Everyting is installed and seems to work oke, but i dont see the banner??

[jonty]

I've reiinstalled the latest version, but had to re-do my 'fix' in post 91
No idea how i managed to figure it out in the first place though!

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by jonty

I've reiinstalled the latest version, but had to re-do my 'fix' in post 91
No idea how i managed to figure it out in the first place though!

Where did you add that to?

[jonty]

Originally Posted by Deviation

Where did you add that to?

Sorry.
link.php line 49
Changed from

eval(print_standard_redirect(''));

to

eval(exec_header_redirect($vbulletin->url));