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Promote your board by becoming part of a vB Ring. Adds a button to the bottom of your site that, if clicked, opens a new window with a random link to any other forum in the vB Ring.

Your site will be randomly linked to from all the other forums in the list.

To be added to the list, you need to :
a) Add your boards name below (to prove it is legal)
b) Install this hack, so you are participating in the ring

Optionally email me to get your site on the list, after posting it here. Just in case I miss it on this thread.

1 template mod :

Admin CP > Style Manager > Edit Templates > FOOTER

Find :

PHP Code:


			
<div align="center">

    <div class="smallfont" align="center">

    <!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->

    $vbphrase[powered_by_vbulletin]

    <!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->

    </div>

Before it, add :

PHP Code:


			
<center>

<p>

<a href="http://www.davespikey.net/random/rand_link.pl" target="_blank">

<img src="http://www.davespikey.net/random/vbring.jpg" width="200" height="27" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.davespikey.net/random/vbring.htm"><img src="http://www.davespikey.net/random/more.jpg" width="35" height="27" border="0">

</a> 

</p>

<p>

</p>

</center>

Save.... and you're done!

Of course, the JPG images can point to whatever images you like.

Demo here

Enjoy!!!

If sites remove the banner, then they will be removed from the list, to make it fair

MarkyLeonard · #**182** 03-13-2006, 10:00 PM

Definitely works, certainly for the small to mid-sized forums who rely on an influx of noobs. Please ensure you keep the link on your site, it's only fair! Also please report any site not linking!

As ever, the current list is available at :

http://www.davespikey.net/random/links.txt

Treak · #**183** 03-14-2006, 01:03 PM

<a href="http://www.lokiart.com/forums/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.lokiart.com/forums/index.php</a>

installed!

Borgs8472 · #**184** 03-18-2006, 05:48 PM

I've added the buttons. Actually I made some different sized ones you might want to add to your first post.

Please add my site:

www.torrentforge.com

Brandon Sheley · #**185** 03-18-2006, 07:51 PM

just wondering has anyone seen any positive traffic from this ? i had it for a month or 2 and never had a new sign up from it.. just seems like it's giving the owner of the main site more traffic then anything ?
just my thoughts

Treak · #**186** 03-18-2006, 08:22 PM

i think you might be right.. i have clicked around to look at other forums.. sign up on a feew.. but that was about it..

Borgs8472 · #**187** 04-15-2006, 11:40 AM

I checked my referal stats, this system didn't even compete with signiture links. I'm opting out of the system and removing my links. Remove me from the ring when you can.

RichieBoy67 · #**188** 04-16-2006, 02:58 AM

<a href="http://www.talkandmore.net" target="_blank">www.talkandmore.net</a>

tonym · #**189** 04-16-2006, 03:16 AM

Hows the traffic since installing the hack?:banana:

Hemanth · #**190** 04-16-2006, 04:14 AM

Great Hack.
Count me ...
I've added it in my forums.

http://www.techtalkz.com

Thank you

nufc fan · #**191** 04-17-2006, 09:44 AM

its a great hack heres my forum

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