Miscellaneous Hacks - Banner Rotator (Definitive Mod) **UPDATED**

New version of https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103477 with minor bugs fixed and added some additions people requested.

So, what does this hack do?
- This mod allows you to add lots of forum banners.
- The banners will be automatically randomized everytime you reload your forums.

How can i work with it?
- It's all controlable through AdminCP.
- NOT NEEDED ftp access to upload banners.
- You CAN upload banners (jpg, gif & png) through AdminCP.
- NEW: You can upload flash (SWF) banners!
- You can set a description for individual banners.
- NEW: You can set size (width & height) for each banner individually
- You can edit the description easily and individually.
- You can delete the banners through AdminCP (this function delete the banner from the ftp)
- You can activate/deactivate you banners.
- Deactivated banners remains in the ftp, but will not be shown on forum home.

Future additions: Add URL for each banner individually, so when users click on it they will be redirected.
How can i install? (Time to install: 1 minute if you are fast enough )
- Upload all the files contained in the "upload" folder inside the zip to your forum root directory.
- Install product-brotator.
- Go to your AdminCP > Style Manager > YOUR SKIN > Edit HEADER template and find:

<img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" />

replace to:

$banner

- Refresh your admincp index and Banner Rotator menu should appear!

Please, I updated and added new features of this mod in this afternoon, so probably it still have some bugs. So, if you find one please report here.

Thanks!

NOTE: Maybe some of you will have to create folder called "banners" inside folder "images" manually, and then chmod it 0777.

SUPPORT GIVEN ONLY FOR WHO CLICKED "INSTALL"

[slosupra]

Warning: move_uploaded_file(./images/banners/test.jpg) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /totalcontrol/brotator.php on line 62

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpya3uei' to './images/banners/test.jpg' in /totalcontrol/brotator.php on line 62

any ideas

[Dannyloski]

Nice Hack! Very useful ... I'm already running a JavaScript Rotator to do this on my Forums, so dont need this, but if in the future I feel like changing I'll remember this. :up: ...

[silence88]

Hey to All people that got problems installing this, it works fine... !

PP who are looking for a banner rotator, use this... i got no errors.

[benjaminbih]

Originally Posted by valdet

Can someone hack deeper into this great mod, so once we place more than one $banner variable to our desired place it will show random banners, instead of showing the same banner within same browser session (like it does now)?

Or will I have to hardcode and "clone this" product so I can display different ads at once..?

If someone achieves that this mod will be perfect solution for advertisers.

By the way, here are the modded files for those who are having problems with placing links for their banners.

All credit to the original coder andrefedalto and warlion for the "linkage"..

Cheers,
Val

@valdet, andrefedalto, warlion
this is a good one mod,

can you make the banner rotator with the following functions ?

- the ability to set how many times a banner have to be shown before the next one is shown
- the ability to set the order number of each banner
- the ability to set banner for usergroups


regard

P.S.: and its better to add a new code in templates-> header so the original forum banner stay fix on the left side and the rotating banner rotates on the right side

so in templates header after:

	<td align="$stylevar[center]">
		&nbsp;
	</td>

add this:

<td align="$stylevar[right]">$banner</td>

maybe som one like it so

[Stefano Virgill]

The Hack posted by WarLion made a big mess on my 3.6.7

That's the error I have back:
Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO vbbanners (bid, name, width, height, link, alt, flash, active) VALUES ('', 'maxsig_3.jpg', '', '', 'http://www.adobemax2007.com/europe', 'Max Barcellon', '0', '1');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'link' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Friday, August 3rd 2007 @ 05:52:48 AM

The banner is regulary uploaded, but looks like there's no field in the DB for the link.
Anyway, link doesn't work.

I've overwrote the xml files and reinstalled the plugin already.

Thanks for the support

Steve

[Stefano Virgill]

Ok, never mind,
I fixed it from phpMyAdmin

The field created was URL instead of LINK

greetings

Steve

[bigevil]

Originally Posted by bigevil

How do I edit the php file or xml file to properly have the width of the banner at 100% all the time? Basically I need my banners to be at 100% because if they are not people with widescreens have a problem viewing the banner because it is too small over the top of the forums.

If you change it within vBulletin AdminCP under the Edit Banner options to 100% it makes the banners look shrunk down or scrunched up within the Edit and Delete banner options. I would like to fix this. Any ideas?

Just bumping this issue...

I am also wanting to have my banners made in the width 1527 for widescreen users, yet the 100% width set would still show up ok for people using 1280x1024 and so on... Please help. Thanks in advance.

[silence88]

ok 1 question. when i logged in it popped up also s that normal

[silence88]

Originally Posted by silence88

ok 1 question. when i logged in it popped up also s that normal

Sorry WRONG MOD!

[gsmlover4u]

Originally Posted by slosupra

Warning: move_uploaded_file(./images/banners/test.jpg) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /totalcontrol/brotator.php on line 62

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpya3uei' to './images/banners/test.jpg' in /totalcontrol/brotator.php on line 62

any ideas

same problam with me but no any one help me