$forumid variable in $Globals for postbit,forumdisplay,forumhome,headerinclude,navba r

[cellow]

Hi,

our forum get monthly new subforums. and at the moment we define where and to who we will show our ads (which are located in postbit_legacy, forumhome, forumdisplay, showthread, header, headerinclude, footer, navbar templates) by template conditionals.

but everytime a new subforum created we have to update the array $GLOBALS['forumid'] all conditionals with the new forumid.

1.
to save time, we are thinking of adding a "$show_ads_forumid_variable" to somewhere and use it the conditionals, so we dont need always to update all conditionals with the new forumid.

2.
we put in the forum-options (forum-manager) a field like "show ads (yes/no)", so all templates in this forum will not show the ads if no-> selected....

i will be happy, when somebody could help me with this issue out, i am also will to pay for it...

thank for you...

[kh99]

You could create a plugin using hook location parse_templates and code something like this:

global $show, $forumid;
if (isset($forumid) AND in_array($forumid, array(1, 2, 3)))
{
   $show['ads_forumid_variable'] = 1;
}

then change all your template conditions to be:

<if condition="$show['ads_forumid_variable']">

if you wanted to get fancy you could make the forum list a field in the settings, or you could even make it an option when creating a forum.

[cellow]

Thank you Kevin.

a) work this plugin also with conditions in postbit_legacy template?
b) in forums with the forumid 1, 2, 3, the ad will shown or not shown, if i use <if condition="$show['ads_forumid_variable']"> in the postbit_legacy template

[kh99]

Originally Posted by cellow

Thank you Kevin.

a) work this plugin also with conditions in postbit_legacy template?

I haven't tried it, but I thought it would. Are you asking because it doesn't work in postbit_legacy?

b) in forums with the forumid 1, 2, 3, the ad will shown or not shown, if i use <if condition="$show['ads_forumid_variable']"> in the postbit_legacy template

It should show the ads in forumid 1, 2, 3.

[cellow]

ah ok, so if i wouldnt like to show, i should use

PHP Code:

global $show, $forumid;
if (isset($forumid) AND !in_array($forumid, array(1, 2, 3)))
{
   $show['ads_forumid_variable'] = 1;
} 


so the ad will not shown in forumids 1,2,3 ....

curiously the ads also not shown in forumhome ... although i just give some forumids in the plugin...

postbit_legacy doesnt work

[kh99]

I think froumhome does not have an associated forumid, so if you want them to show in forumhome, maybe try this:

global $show, $forumid;
if (!isset($forumid) OR !in_array($forumid, array(1, 2, 3)))
{
   $show['ads_forumid_variable'] = 1;
}

I'm not sure why it wouldn't work in postbit_legacy. What did you have in that template before?

[cellow]

my aim is the set the forumids in the plugin where i dont want to show the ads... so how my final plugin code should look like, if i use <if condition="$show['ads_forumid_variable']"></if> in the templates...


in postbit_legacy it worked before only if i used just 1 forumid like "$forumid != 3" but with arrays never worked for me ...
i tried:
$thread['forumid']
$GLOBALS['forumid']
$foruminfo['forumid']
$forum['forumid']

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[kh99]

I think you should be able to use the same condition (checking $show[''ads_forumid_variable']) in all places, if the plugin code is correct. It seems like it should work even in postbit_legacy.

I tested this: using hook parse_templates and this code:

global $show, $forumid;
if (!isset($forumid) OR !in_array($forumid, array(1, 3, 4)))
{
   $show['ads_forumid_variable'] = 1;
}

Then in postbit_legacy template I have:

<if condition="$show['ads_forumid_variable']">
Show Ads!!!
</if>

and I find that the "Show Ads!" appears in forum 2 but not in others.

[cellow]

thanks kevin for ur support so far!

it works with all other templates beside postbit_legacy...

i have this condition:
<if condition="(($post[postcount] % $vboptions[maxposts] == 1)) AND ($show['member']) AND $show['ads_forumid_variable']">

usually it should show for members who are not visiting the forum (ids in plugin) in the first post an ad.
but it doesnt...

i allready disabled and flushed all caching stuff (xcache,etc..)

maybe there is a correlation within other plugins? i select "1" as "order" for your plugin ... but it doesnt help...

i used andreas, template modification system which hooks starts at "template_compile" ... maybe this makes the problem?

is there any other location where i can hook your plugin?

[Simon Lloyd]

I've created this https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=286403 which may help, really simple and does the job (pretty much)