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.

[spanktu]

?, I am a noob so please bear with me,
I have tried multiple times to run settings-check.php on my ftp site
but it comes up blank?
I transfered the complete VBsponsors folder over into the forums directory
and when I run settings-check.php just a blank page

any suggestions?

any other way to find the root dir.?

thanks

[ButchB]

can anybody help me with the size issue? i'm sure it's something simple. the banners are saved small (120x60), but once I enable them in the sponsor section, it doubles the size of them. what am i doing wrong?

also, the link isn't working. when you click on the banner to go to the sponsors site, you get an error page? i've read all of these pages and i know it says that problem is line 30, but i've went back and rechecked it and can't figure out where i went wrong?

please excuse my ignorance. i'm very new to this stuff and it's alot to learn. thanks in advance for any help!

www.dragbikeforums.com

[ButchB]

ok, i got the size issue figured out. I thought i had it saved in the right size but i didn't. so, if i can just get the link to the sponsors going it'll be right.

[ButchB]

I keep going in and changing line 30 of the link.php trying to figure out what i have done wrong. Now when i'm in filezilla and everytime i try to upload it, i get a message "too many retries". What can I do? Can anybody help? Please? Thanks

[freemchr]

Thanks. Looks like a great mod. Cant wait to install it!

[ButchB]

When I click on the banner, it is supposed to take me to the advertisers website. I have checked line 30 a million times, it's right. I have the link in the control panel right, http:// etc, any ideas on what i am doing wrong? i get a page with the following when i click on the ad banner:

Not Found
The requested URL /forums/vB.Sponsors/link.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

This has got to be something simple. Can anybody help me figure this out? Thanks

[LadyBeth]

Is there any way to email or PM members banner stats for each individual ads?

[d3v1L]

Nice mod but had to disable as it added link to vbsponsor at the bottom. Really cannot have that on my forum. Will wait for branding free and adsense integration.

[skorzguy]

I love this mod but how does one add flash banners. I tried using bbcode but it didn't work. Does anyone know how to add flash banners?

[Mrdby]

So I have to edit templetes?