Usergroup Specific Adverts

[high]Installation Instructions[/high]

Step 1: Upload the .xml file to the Product Manager
Step 2: Edit the [high]global_advert[/high] template to add your advert code, i.e. Google Adsense code
Step 3: Add the variable [high]$advert[/high] to any of the following templates: [high]header, navbar, footer[/high] - I placed mine at the top of the navbar template to make it show like it does in the screenshots
Step 4: Alter the plugin code to reflect your premium members/staff usergroups so that they do not see the ads (if you don't want them to)

To do so, edit:

PHP Code:

if (!in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))) { 


replacing, obviously, [high]5, 6, 7[/high] with whatever usergroups you need
Step 5: Click [high]INSTALL[/high]

To see what it looks like (yes I used a hideous h1 tag and red font to make the point out) take a look at the screenshots...

[high]Updates[/high]
Version 1.0.1: Simple update to make this work globally - This will show up in every page - To upgrade, remove the forumhome_advert template, delete the existing plugin and follow the installation instructions above

Chris

[Martin]

If there weren't laws against me procreating I would name my firstborn child after you.

beautiful!

[Chris M]

ROFL

Thanks Martin

Satan

[Michael2]

Anyone get this to work on beta 3? I've tried 2 plugins now and neither seem to work.

[Chris M]

Works for me on Beta 3 :ermm:

Satan

[Chris M]

[high]Update[/high]
Beta 3: Update to confirm that this plugin works with vBulletin 3.5.0 Beta 3

Satan

[Chris M]

[high]Update[/high]
Beta 4: Update to confirm that this plugin works with vBulletin 3.5.0 Beta 4

Satan

[Gio]

How and where do you create the new template? And where do you add the variale to place the advert?

[Chris M]

You create the new template in the Style Manager in your AdminCP, and add your "ad" content to it

You place the $advert variable in a position within your navbar, header or footer templates to make it show up on every page

Satan

[Gio]

Sorry I am a noob but I dont have a clue where to add the $advert variable within those templates. Can it go anywhere within the templete code?

[Michael2]

I'm curious too, what happens if you have one set of ads that runs at the top and one at the bottom, what is the easiest way to install this multiple times?