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 shavedaccord

Ok, downloaded the latest, re-uploaded all the files and now when I click on "View Statistics" I get this below..check the screen shot.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...vbsponsors.jpg

That's really strange. I'll look into this one some more. I haven't seen any other issues when moving from 3.6.7 to 3.6.8.

[madkeen]

Can not get it to work. Even tried the popup one that you said worked for you. No popup blocker and still not working

Can you give me the exact steps/setup you did to get it to work.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Deviation

Something is wrong with the banner image you gave. http://www.ausfish.com.au/adserver/a...amp;n=a7291408 is a 1x1 transparent GIF. You won't see that on your forum since its so small and transparent.

[Krawlerz]

Nice mod!

I like it, and I was successful in getting it to work the first time around!

The only question I have:

How do I get that jeepfreek banner to display at the far left? Right it is far right, and I would rather have it right UNDER the "Jeepfreek Adventure Magazine" topic title

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you
Paul
ps: screenshot attached

[madkeen]

Can not get it to work. Even tried the popup one that you said worked for you. No popup blocker and still not working

Can you give me the exact steps/setup you did to get it to work.

Thanks

[thompson]

is there a german lanuage supported ?

will this work with 2.6.8 ?

[OctaneGirls]

i guess im confused. does this only allow banners assigned to each forum separately? or is there a way to make it appear/rotate at the top of EVERY page? or would i have to go in and setup each page individually, just make all the settings the same?

[madkeen]

You need to make all the settings the same for each category/board.

[yoyoyoyo]

Here are all of the template edits in TMS (Template Modification System) XML format, for those that have TMS installed.

[madkeen]

Originally Posted by Deviation

This works fine for me. It shows a popup. Make sure your popup blocker is off.

Can not get it to work. Even tried the popup one that you said worked for you, as above. No popup blocker and still not working

Can you give me the exact steps/setup you did to get it to work.

Thanks

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by madkeen

Can not get it to work. Even tried the popup one that you said worked for you. No popup blocker and still not working

Can you give me the exact steps/setup you did to get it to work.

Thanks

I didn't do anything special. I just used the popup code you provided earlier and placed that in the Google AdSense section. Leave all the other fields blank.

I apologize if it seemed like I was ignoring your PMs. I'm working on buying a new house and haven't had much free time lately...

Originally Posted by Krawlerz

How do I get that jeepfreek banner to display at the far left? Right it is far right, and I would rather have it right UNDER the "Jeepfreek Adventure Magazine" topic title

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you
Paul
ps: screenshot attached

Alter your FORUMDISPLAY template with this should do the trick. Note the additional <DIV> tag (<div align="left">).

<!-- vBSponsors -->
<if condition="$foruminfo[sponsor_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship] == 1">
<div align="left">
<if condition="!empty($foruminfo[sponsor_adsense])">
$foruminfo[sponsor_adsense]
<else />
$vboptions[sponsor_global_default_text] <a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f=$foruminfo[forumid]" title="$foruminfo[sponsor_name]" target="_blank">
<if condition="$foruminfo[sponsor_banner_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_banners] == 1">
<if condition="!empty($foruminfo[sponsor_banner_big])">
<if condition="$vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_big_banners] == 1">
<img src="$foruminfo[sponsor_banner_big]" alt="$foruminfo[sponsor_name]" border="0" />
<else />
<img src="$foruminfo[sponsor_banner]" alt="$foruminfo[sponsor_name]" border="0" />
</if>
<else />
$foruminfo[sponsor_name]
</if>
</if></a>
</if>
</div>
</if>
<!-- / vBSponsors -->

Originally Posted by OctaneGirls

i guess im confused. does this only allow banners assigned to each forum separately? or is there a way to make it appear/rotate at the top of EVERY page? or would i have to go in and setup each page individually, just make all the settings the same?

This is a per forum/category sponsorship. At the present time, you can't rotate banners (you can use animated GIFs though).