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.

[midirtrider]

anyone have a live demo we could veiw that is running this hack??

looks really cool.. deffinatly intrested if its running smoothly!

[Floris]

This is cool, thanks for sharing!

[adsblog]

When Users Click on sponser Text/Banner Get This Message :
Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/user/htdocs/upload/vB.Sponsors/link.phpon line 30

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/user/htdocs/upload/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32

What is problem ?

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by Floris

This is cool, thanks for sharing!

Glad to give something back. Nw if I could convince Jelsoft to give me something.

Originally Posted by adsblog

When Users Click on sponser Text/Banner Get This Message :
Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/user/htdocs/upload/vB.Sponsors/link.phpon line 30

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/user/htdocs/upload/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32


What is problem ?

Look on line 30 in vB.Sponsors/link.php. Make sure you have the correct path.

Originally Posted by midirtrider

anyone have a live demo we could veiw that is running this hack??

looks really cool.. deffinatly intrested if its running smoothly!

null7 has a site running it; www.crookedh.com.

Those of you running this on your sites, PM me your site addresses and I'll add them to top of the thread as demo sites.

[midirtrider]

awsome... looking forward to installing it later this evening.. THANK U!

[dilbert]

This looks terrific, I think I'll give it a try.
One new feature that would be terrific, let it display ads from phpAdsNew. That way we could have robust stats, the sponsor could view their own stats, and the images could rotate. The rotating images is most important to me, that way one sponsor could sponsor one forum, have multiple images that would go to different pages on their domain, or anywhere for that matter.

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by dilbert

This looks terrific, I think I'll give it a try.
One new feature that would be terrific, let it display ads from phpAdsNew. That way we could have robust stats, the sponsor could view their own stats, and the images could rotate. The rotating images is most important to me, that way one sponsor could sponsor one forum, have multiple images that would go to different pages on their domain, or anywhere for that matter.

That's was my thought this morning as I was driving to work. Strange that I received a request about it. I'll add that to the list.

[John1uk]

i don't know what i have done wrong......i am getting no errors, nothing...i have installed and setup a sponsor but no banner.

Help.

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by John1uk

i don't know what i have done wrong......i am getting no errors, nothing...i have installed and setup a sponsor but no banner.

Help.

Did you make the needed template changes the current style of your board?

[John1uk]

Originally Posted by Deviation

Did you make the needed template changes the current style of your board?

sorry mate being new to this is a little confusing.....if i add you as admin could you checkout what i aint or have done wrong plz

Template change *scratches head*

sorry i couldn't quite understand in your instructions as how to do it