Miscellaneous Hacks - Forum Keywords For AuctionAds

1.1 - If you have 1.0 installed, uninstall it and install the new improved version.

You must have an AuctionAds account for this hack.

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This hack allows you to choose different keywords for different forums, allowing you to display differen eBay ads on a forum by forum basis. SO, with this hack, every forum (and the threads in it) will display ads according to the keyword you set for that forum.


Installation:

Step 1 (Upload the Files):

• Upload the AdminCp and Includes folders to your server.

Step 2(Upload the Product):

• Go to your AdminCP.
• Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Click [Add/Import Product] -> Select the file 'product-auctionads.xml'.
• Click 'Import'.

Step 3(Adjust Settings):

• Go to your AdminCP.
• Scroll down the list until you see the 'Forum Keywords for AuctionAds' options. Click that and then click 'Keyword Options'
• Click Yes to activate the system
• Set a default keyword
• Choose a keyword(s) for each forum you chose and click the enable button for that forum. (if you dont choose a keyword, the default keyword you set earlier will be used)

Step 4(Add AuctionAds Code to Templates):

• Get your AuctionAds code for the ad size you choose.
• At the begining of that code add this line:

<if condition="$vbulletin->options['auctionads_onoff']">

• And at the end of the code add this:

</if>

• Find the line in the code: auctionads_ad_kw = "";
• Replace that line with: auctionads_ad_kw = "$auctionads_keywords";
• Now open your forumsidplay and showthread templates and insert the amended AuctionAds code wherever you want the ads to display. (one common placement is immediately after $navbar in the template code.

Your auctionAds code should look similar to this when you place it in your templates.

<if condition="$vbulletin->options['auctionads_onoff']">
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
auctionads_ad_client = "YOUR AUCTIONADS PUBLISHER ID";
auctionads_ad_campaign = "YOUR AUCTIONADS CAMPAIGN NUMBER";
auctionads_ad_width = "728";
auctionads_ad_height = "90";
auctionads_ad_kw = "$auctionads_keywords";
auctionads_color_border = "CFF8A3";
auctionads_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
auctionads_color_heading = "00A0E2";
auctionads_color_text = "000000";
auctionads_color_link = "008000";
--></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ads.auctionads.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
</if>

This hack was created by vBulletinExpert.com for vBulletin-FAQ.com. Visit the vBulletin FAQ support forum for AuctionAds.

[-=Sniper=-]

send me admin access so I can have a look.

[-=Sniper=-]

I had to add a extra plugin to make it work in the postbit template, I'll post a update after the weekend allowing you to place it in the postbit etc templates....

[nymyth]

installed and working great....thanks

[AzzidReign]

Sorry to bring up my problem from a while ago...but when you installed the postbit plugin to get it to work in the postbit, it now doesn't work with anywhere else. Do you have a fix for this?

EDIT: If you check out my site and see the ads displaying right, it's b/c I put the keywords in manually.

[joeychgo]

No fix. It it only designed to work in showthread and forumdisplay at this time.

[SuperJETT]

Originally Posted by joeychgo

No fix. It it only designed to work in showthread and forumdisplay at this time.

Ah-ha! I have mine in header and was going crazy trying to figure out why there weren't any keywords.