vB.Sponsors - Forum and Category Sponsorship with Statistics

vB.Sponsors
Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads with Statistics

Add sponsor's ads to forums & categories

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

FEATURES:
-Enable sponsorship on forums and categories
-Use a banner or a text link
-Supports large banners for the top of the sponsored forum, large banners at the top of the thread and small banners for the forum listing
-Tracks hits for each sponsor
-Statistics viewable inside Admin CP
-Easy to use and install

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.



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

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

VERSION HISTORY:
1.1.0 - Code Cleanup/Bugfix/Feature Added
Big banner display now works
Added the ability to change the Forum Sponsored By text
Updated example template code (added SHOWTHREAD template code)
Cleaned up code (XML, vBSponsors.php, link.php)
Code now more closely matches the vBulletin 3.6.x version (here)
Updated the documentation
1.0.5 - Feature Added/Bug Fix/Code Cleanup
Added a large banner option for the forum that's sponsored by the sponsor
Added FORUMDISPLAY template code
Cleaned up code (link.php, vBSponsors.php)
1.0.4 - Bug Fix
Corrected statistics database error.
Template code updated.
1.0.3 - Bug Fix
Corrected issue with settings. Now saves settings.
Fixed parser error.
1.0.2 - Features Added
Added Admin CP block
Stats are now viewable in the Admin CP by administrators
Minor template changes (please verify your code if upgrading)`
1.0.1 - Bug Fix
Corrected issue with vBSponsors table. Now correctly adds statstics.
1.0.0 - Initial Release

---FEATURE REQUEST LIST---
-Stats viewable by the sponsors in the User CP of their account
-Option to use Adsense code instead of link
-Ability to change the "Forum Sponsored By" text on a per forum basis
-Ability to hide sponsors based on user groups
-Multiple sponsors per forum/category
-Option to remove the branding copyright

---KNOWN BUGS---
-NONE

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

[MTVSlick]

I keep getting this error, can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/guelphsf/public_html/GFV2/forum/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 29

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/guelphsf/public_html/GFV2/forum/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 31

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/guelphsf/public_html/GFV2/forum/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 31

Mark,

[BigJimTheLug]

You have to edit a file path in the "link.php" file.


Open it with notepad and look for where it tells you that you have to edit it.


Once you find it, enter your forum's parth.

Pretty easy.

I had the same problem as well, but fixed it.

Cheers.

Here is my demo

http://forums.puremarketprofits.com/...t-plans-hyips/

Look for "forum sponsored by: Happyshares.com

[bryandailey]

Anyone know how to make just the small text that says "Sponsored By:" show up bold but not the rest of the forum description?

I tried book-ending $vboptions[sponsor_global_default_text] wiht a <strong></stong> tag but no luck. It seems that whatever the form description text size is, the "Sponsored by" text is the same.

[sidewinder1965]

Is there a way to put the sponsor ad's between the forum catagories,instead of the bar's,and in the subforum forum?
I just want 1-3 banners in between forum catagories,like the picture of the big one at the top but in the main forums

[Deviation]

Just wanted to post up the link to the documentation (lost my site the other day): http://www.digitaldeviation.com/docu...ion/vbsponsors

My license has expired for vbulletin. At some point I hope to renew it and add some updates.

[Deviation]

Just got my new license. If there's still interest in a 3.5.x version, I'll see what I can do to get some features out.

[bluegum]

Originally Posted by sidewinder1965

Is there a way to put the sponsor ad's between the forum catagories,instead of the bar's,and in the subforum forum?
I just want 1-3 banners in between forum catagories,like the picture of the big one at the top but in the main forums

I would like to see them dropped under the forum name not to the right how can this be accomplished?

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by bluegum

I would like to see them dropped under the forum name not to the right how can this be accomplished?

Placement of the "Forum sponsored by" text is at your control. Wherever you place the template changes is where the text will appear.

You could simply add a line break (<br/>) prior to the phrase. For example your forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template change is:

PHP Code:

<!-- vBSponsors -->
<if condition="$forum[sponsor_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship] == 1">
$vbphrase[sponsored_by] <a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f=$forum[forumid]" title="$forum[sponsor_name]" target="_blank">
<if condition="$forum[sponsor_banner_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_banners] == 1">
<img src="$forum[sponsor_banner]" alt="$forum[sponsor_name]" border="0" />
<else />
$forum[sponsor_name]
</if></a>
</if> 


You could change that to:

PHP Code:

<!-- vBSponsors -->
<if condition="$forum[sponsor_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship] == 1">
<br/>
$vbphrase[sponsored_by] <a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f=$forum[forumid]" title="$forum[sponsor_name]" target="_blank">
<if condition="$forum[sponsor_banner_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_banners] == 1">
<img src="$forum[sponsor_banner]" alt="$forum[sponsor_name]" border="0" />
<else />
$forum[sponsor_name]
</if></a>
</if> 


Note the line break after the first <if>. You really have a good bit of freedom with the template changes. The code above has to be in place, but you can add alignment & formatting as you choose. The example above was just on one bit of the template code to show you how you can modify it.

[bluegum]

Originally Posted by Deviation

Placement of the "Forum sponsored by" text is at your control. Wherever you place the template changes is where the text will appear.

You could simply add a line break (<br/>) prior to the phrase. For example your forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template change is:

PHP Code:

<!-- vBSponsors -->
<if condition="$forum[sponsor_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship] == 1">
$vbphrase[sponsored_by] <a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f=$forum[forumid]" title="$forum[sponsor_name]" target="_blank">
<if condition="$forum[sponsor_banner_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_banners] == 1">
<img src="$forum[sponsor_banner]" alt="$forum[sponsor_name]" border="0" />
<else />
$forum[sponsor_name]
</if></a>
</if> 


You could change that to:

PHP Code:

<!-- vBSponsors -->
<if condition="$forum[sponsor_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship] == 1">
<br/>
$vbphrase[sponsored_by] <a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f=$forum[forumid]" title="$forum[sponsor_name]" target="_blank">
<if condition="$forum[sponsor_banner_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_banners] == 1">
<img src="$forum[sponsor_banner]" alt="$forum[sponsor_name]" border="0" />
<else />
$forum[sponsor_name]
</if></a>
</if> 


Note the line break after the first <if>. You really have a good bit of freedom with the template changes. The code above has to be in place, but you can add alignment & formatting as you choose. The example above was just on one bit of the template code to show you how you can modify it.

so what edits have to be made just to that one template?

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by bluegum

so what edits have to be made just to that one template?

In your case, I think you'd be looking for the forumhome_forumbit_level1_post & forumhome_forumbit_level2_post.
In those templates you would make the change in between the for <if> and the <div> tags.

PHP Code:

<!-- vBSponsors -->
<if condition="$forum[sponsor_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship] == 1">
<div style="float:$stylevar[right]"> 


I'm at work right now so I can't verify that. I'm just going by what I have on the docs. You may also want to change the <div> to float:$stylevar[left] to align it left.