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.

[csavern]

no i have not
not sure how to edit the .htaccess

[csavern]

it there something i can add in the .htaccess to make it work

[PnL]

Is it possible to have the sponsor's banners show up at the thread level instead of the forum level? I'd like the banner to be the last thing the viewer sees when they read the posts in a thread and have the banner be specific to the forum the viewer is reading.

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by PnL

Is it possible to have the sponsor's banners show up at the thread level instead of the forum level? I'd like the banner to be the last thing the viewer sees when they read the posts in a thread and have the banner be specific to the forum the viewer is reading.

Not yet.

[PnL]

Originally Posted by Deviation

Not yet.

Does that mean we will see a version that will do this soon?

Please?

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by PnL

Does that mean we will see a version that will do this soon?

Please?

Could be. Soon is a relative term though.....

[bada_bing]

Deviation

I was wondering if you got the link to my site via PM?

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Deviation

I was wondering if you got the link to my site via PM?

Yep. You have a reply.

[nnjj.net]

does this work for 3.6.8?

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by nnjj.net

does this work for 3.6.8?

Originally Posted by wickedstangs

Yes

According to some users it does....

I haven't tested it, but there's no reason it wouldn't.