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.

[Volvoholic]

Hi,

The online documentation is not found ! Tried clicking the link but it simply not there anymore

V

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by Volvoholic

Hi,

The online documentation is not found ! Tried clicking the link but it simply not there anymore

V

My apologies. I lost my site last night. Also, I need to renew my subscription to vBulletin so I can't update the mod at all.

All the documentation for the vB.Sponsors mod can be found at: http://www.digitaldeviation.com/taxonomy/term/4 for now.

[Volvoholic]

I keep getting this message dispite following the setup instructins.

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Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/x/c/e/userid/html/Vbulletin/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/content/x/c/e/userid/html/Vbulletin/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32
----------------------

Note: userid is replaces my real userid based on the settings-check.php file.

I copied and pasted the path generated by the php file into the link.php file in line 30.

Line 30 looks like this

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chdir('/home/content/x/c/e/userid/html');

require_once('./global.php');
----------------------

Cheers
V

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by Volvoholic

Line 30 looks like this

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chdir('/home/content/x/c/e/userid/html');

require_once('./global.php');

Add the trailing slash:
chdir('/home/content/x/c/e/userid/html/');

[Volvoholic]

Hi Deviation,


I still get the same error

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/x/c/e/userid/html/Vbulletin/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/content/x/c/e/userid/html/Vbulletin/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32

I copied the first few lines of link.php

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'link');

$phrasegroups = array();
$globaltemplates = array('GENERIC_SHELL');
$actiontemplates = array();
$specialtemplates = array();

/********************
* Modify this to reflect the path to you forums*/
chdir('/home/content/x/c/e/userid/html/');

require_once('./global.php');

$f_clean = $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('g', 'f', TYPE_INT);


It is a good mod but I just need to get this to work and it would be perfect !

Cheers
V

[Deviation]

I should've re-read the post.

Line 32 needs to be the path to your forums directory. So in your case it should be something like this:
chdir('/home/content/x/c/e/userid/html/Vbulletin/');

[Volvoholic]

Hi Deviation,

Thanks. That got rid of the errors. This is a great mod. Good work and it is appreciated.

Cheers
V

[Zilvia]

Is there a way to enable the index page to have a Text link, and then inside the forum it will then display the Big banner? I tried this ever such way and it will always change the index page to a bad image.

Or... I cant use Text links on both the Forum Index and Within the forum. No matter what I do it will either display the Link on the index page perfectly, then will only show the Forum Sponsored by: within the forum, with no link.

I would like to have both pages show a text link.

Thanks!!

[joker2040]

Great mod but how can I disable the banners for one specific user group?

[Masiello]

It works good for vB 3.6.5 with no standart skin/template?