Integration with vBulletin - vB Google Adsense for Search plus Integration

I've done an overhaul on this and you will need to resetup your adsense for search account for this to work. If you aren't happy with that, please use the 3.6 version of this, which works fine for 3.7 from what I've been told.

Step 1:
You may have to resetup your adsense. If you do, you will get a new pub ID - this one includes your previous pub and tacks on your GALT (which is set up when you resetup your adsense account). I used www.christianboards.org and www.google.com (so it would search my site and the web - you can choose only your site, or any location that is web-accessible for results)

Example: partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

If your partner-pub ID does not look like the example, you will see an error.

Also, keep in mind, all sites you put into the box for the adsense (one per line) will be integrated into the search and the search results.

Step 2:
Edit your searchresults.php file.
Find:

chdir('/path/to/your/forums/');

Put your correct value.

Example: chdir('/var/www/vhosts/yoursite.com/forums/');

Step 3:
Upload this file your forum's root. An example of your forum's root is below.

Example: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php

Step 4:
Install the product
Go to Admincp => Plugins & Products => Manage Products => [Add/Import Product] => Browse for product-davidw_vb_google_search.xml => Import

Step 5:
Configure your Admincp options
Go to Admincp => vBullitin Options => vBulletin Options => Find vB Google Search (Adsense) then click [Edit Settings]
Edit your new Partner-pub ID (the one you just had reset up - see example in red above), Google box width, iframe widthfor your results (I use 800 in the screenshot, but you can change this based on your needs), and the full URL to your searchresults.php.

NOTE! If you do not enter these in, you will see errors.

Step 6: Optional
Edit 1 template:
Admincp => Styles & Templates => Style Manager => Edit Templates (on your style) => Search Templates => search_forums => under $navbar, add $google_siteadsearch

Step 7: Optional (for vBAdvanced 3.x only)
vBa CMPS => Default Settings => Main Options => Portal Output Global Variables

Add these variables:
template_hook
google_navadsearch
homeurl

=> Save

vBa CMPS => Edit Modules => Search Forums => Select Action => Copy Module

Main Options
Module Title Google Search site / Forums
Template To Include search_google

Module Wrapper Template Options
Form Code Replace default code with

<form action="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php" type="hidden" name="search" target="_blank">

Click Save
Edit locations where you want to set this active to.

[digicom]

Thanks installed:up:

[Basit]

Installed, but getting following error message.

Google     Error    Bad Request

 Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.

For more detail see following page

http://www.hallagulla.com/urdu/searc...u+poetry&sa=Go

use to search term "urdu poetry"

Any idea what's wrong ?

[davidw]

If you don't do this:

When you resetup your adsense, you will get a new pub ID - this one includes your previous pub and tacks on your GALT (which is set up when you resetup your adsense account).

Example: partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

And put that in your admincp, you will get that error

[Basit]

Originally Posted by davidw

If you don't do this:



And put that in your admincp, you will get that error

I was following instructions from AdminCP>vBulletin Options.



Thank you very much very helpful.

[davidw]

I will update instructions to make it easier for others to understand

[Arkidas]

Is it not possible to make the width 750 or so? Google only allows 795

[davidw]

Did you edit the width in the admincp options? If it is unchangeable in the admincp, then it may only be changeable when you resetup your adsense account information.

[ahayat]

thanks i installed and it works when we search but still gives an error

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/rootname/public_html/searchresults.php on line 8

i did follow everything any idea where i went wrong?

[nirvana43]

Originally Posted by ahayat

thanks i installed and it works when we search but still gives an error

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/rootname/public_html/searchresults.php on line 8

i did follow everything any idea where i went wrong?

same problem i'm facing!! plz help man!!

[davidw]

Did you edit searchresults.php as in Step 1: Edit chdir('/path/to/your/forums/'); in searchresults.php That would give this error if it was not edited or if the path was incorrect.