Major Additions - vB Ad Management 4

vB Ad Management 4

Check the FAQ before requesting support!

What does it do?

Features include global settings, advertisements allowing template conditionals, ad sharing and ad revenue sharing, timed advertisements, preset popular ad locations and functions such as sponsors, additional custom ad locations, random and static advertisements and its all very easy to use. You can use it for ordinary ads like adsense, banner rotations, or any content at all as well as using it to manage ads outside your forum too.

You can read in more detail about these and other features in the manual, which also contains some helpful notes and instructions, as well as the installation and upgrade instructions



If you are using autoinsertion and were using vB Ad Management before version 4.00, you will need to remove your old template edits or advertisements will appear multiple times. Just reverse the old instructions below.

* Find <!-- post $post[postid] popup menu --> and paste $postbit_advertisement above it in your postbit & postbit_legacy templates.
* Paste $forumbit_advertisement at the bottom of your forumhome_forumbit_level1_post and forumhome_forumbit_level2_post templates.
* Paste $threadbit_advertisement at the bottom of your threadbit template.
* Paste $footer_advertisement at the top of your footer template.
* Find $spacer_close in your footer template and below it paste $rightcolumn_advertisement.
* Find &nbsp; in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.
* Find $spacer_open in your header template and below it paste $leftcolumn_advertisement.

[geckofrog]

Wow, I want the old version back, this is way to buggy!

[pnd]

I searched but I can't find a solution that I was hoping some users might know the answer to:

Problem #1
I have alignment issues when using just plain text in the left column advertisement and right column advertisement. As you descend the forum, from main page ...to thread, there are table misalignments and generally large gaps between the left column ad and the main vBulletin table that lists the forums/threads, etc.

Anyone have a solution to this? I've been mucking with the leftcolumn_advertisement template to no avail. This is for adManagement v3.14 w/ vBulletin 3.6.8

Problem #2
Ad's dont seem to be refreshing at times - I get blank banners at times.
NOT AN AD MANAGEMENT PROBLEM. AD SENSE PERMITS ONLY 3 ADS PER PAGE. IF YOU GO OVER THE LIMIT, THEY BLANK ADS I leave this comment here for others who may run into the same problem so they know the solution instead of finding NO ANSWERS like most of these posts contain- problems w/ no answers.

I tried 4.1 but the vbAd Management did not show up properly in the adminCP so I reverted back for the time being. I will play with 4.1 after I solve this table alignment issue.

P.S. Some of you need to try a little harder on working on your problems instead of begging the poor author to look at your code/site when most of your problems can be solved with a little searching on this forum.

[nanaimobar]

Originally Posted by Vman

How do I remove the "Remove Advertisement" statement/link which is under the banner?

This is just ticking me off, and when you click it, it sends you to a screen saying "You are already registered as (Blank) user. if you lost your pass word, click here, etc. etc.

Help..

Thanks

You can replace the link if you wish it to point somewhere else. In your Admin panel, Languages and Phrases, select Phrase Manager, and look for adintegrate_remove_ads in the list. Edit this phrase to suit your purpose.

On my board I have the link pointing to advertising information and I changed the text to read Member Advertisements.

[jnrdavo]

ok, so now I'm stuck!

I tried 4.1 (?), but no luck. It added in the new menus to the admin cp, but nothing was in them (seems the same as sombody else on this forum a few posts ago).

OK, so lets roll back to 314 so I can get the ads back on my website.

I uninstalled 4.1 and reinstalled 3.14. All looks ok (apart from the 4.1 menus are still in the admin cp, still with no content), but I can't get my ads to work anymore. Nothing comes up on the web site anymore.

Is there something I'm missing?

[pnd]

jnrdavo
How did you go about uninstalling 4.1? Did you remove the files you uploaded to the system as well? Go back to adminCP --> vBulletin Options --> vB Ad Management options and make sure you have your ad code in there.

[ang2el]

Originally Posted by ntloc

There's the manual on top of the page, just above the hack files link.

I didn't get it .............. could you help me please

[pnd]

Originally Posted by ang2el

I didn't get it .............. could you help me please

Not sure what you don't understand. Here's the MANUAL for this product. Read it here: http://redtyger.co.uk/manual.php?pro...ement#features

[ChefTalk]

How do you remove the "Remove Advertisement" link under the ads?

Thanks.

[class101]

what do you think for 4.0 version near the 3.14 improvments, is it a must have version ? because I'm still using 3.14 and a bit afraid to update due to all complaints and the non-existent support for upgrading 3.14 to 4

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by protoolers

on install i have this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:

				INSERT INTO setting
					(varname, grouptitle, value, defaultvalue, datatype, optioncode, displayorder, advanced, volatile, validationcode, blacklist, product)
				VALUES
					(
					'adintegrate_onoff',
					'',
					'1',
					'1',
					'boolean',
					'yesno',
					0,
					0,
					1,
					'',
					0,
					'adintegrate_rt'
	),
	(
					'adintegrate_delimiter',
					'',
					'|',
					'|',
					'free',
					'',
					0,
					0,
					1,
					'',
					0,
					'adintegrate_rt'
	),
	(
					'adintegrate_usergroupids_on',
					'',
					'6',
					'6',
					'free',
					'',
					0,
					0,
					1,
					'',
					0,
					'adintegrate_rt'
	),
	(
					'adintegrate_usergroupids_off',
					'',
					'',
					'',
					'free',
					'',
					0,
					0,
					1,
					'',
					0,
					'adintegrate_rt'
	),
	(
					'adintegrate_forumids_on',
					'',
					'',
					'',
					'free',
					'',
					0,
					0,
					1,
					'',
					0,
					'adintegrate_rt'
	),
	(
					'adintegrate_forumids_off',
					'',
					'',
					'',
					'free',
					'',
					0,
					0,
					1,
					'',
					0,
					'adintegrate_rt'
	),
	(
					'adintegrate_this_script_off',
					'',
					'',
					'',
					'free',
					'textarea',
					0,
					0,
					1,
					'',
					0,
					'adintegrate_rt'
	),
	(
					'adintegrate_refresh_onoff',
					'',
					'0',
					'0',
					'boolean',
					'yesno',
					0,
					0,
					1,
					'',
					0,
					'adintegrate_rt'
	),
	(
					-----omissis----


MySQL Error  : Duplicate entry 'adintegrate_sharing_chanceoflastposter' for key 1
Error Number : 1062
Date         : Thursday, December 6th 2007 @ 11:28:02 AM
Script       : http://www.xxxxxxx/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer     : http://www.xxxxxxx/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address   : xxxxxxxx
Username     : xxxxxxxx
Classname    : xxxxxx

Could you PM me an AdminCP login please, I really need to see this problem in action.

Originally Posted by heroia

Automatic insertion of $x_advertisement seems to not work on my forum.

Any idea ?

More specifics please? What are your related settings?

Originally Posted by pablo

I am having problems getting the admin panel part to show. i.e. I don't see anything !! I used the english version

You have not uploaded the uploads/includes/xml file.

Originally Posted by jnrdavo

ok, so now I'm stuck!

I tried 4.1 (?), but no luck. It added in the new menus to the admin cp, but nothing was in them (seems the same as sombody else on this forum a few posts ago).

OK, so lets roll back to 314 so I can get the ads back on my
I uninstalled 4.1 and reinstalled 3.14. All looks ok (apart from the 4.1 menus are still in the admin cp, still with no content), but I can't get my ads to work anymore. Nothing comes up on the web site anymore.

Is there something I'm missing?

As far as the 4.xx issue goes, it sounds like you are not uploading all the files. Check them carefully. Regrading back to 3.xx is not something I'd suggest, I don't know how well it works.

Originally Posted by ChefTalk

How do you remove the "Remove Advertisement" link under the ads?

Thanks.

Use the phrase manager to translate the phrase adintegrate_remove_ads to a single space.

Originally Posted by class101

what do you think for 4.0 version near the 3.14 improvments, is it a must have version ? because I'm still using 3.14 and a bit afraid to update due to all complaints and the non-existent support for upgrading 3.14 to 4

If you want to upgrade I would wait until 4.02 which should be out in a couple of days, which fixes all bugs that have been reported to me.

Aside from that, it depends what you would consider "must have" I suppose. Different people want different things.