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.

[popowich]

Sounds like you need to edit that line and make it the real path to your forum root on the server.

-Raymond

[davidw]

Originally Posted by Instructions

Step 1:
Edit chdir('/path/to/your/forums/'); in searchresults.php - put the correct value then upload to your forum's root.

Hope that helps

[The Realist]

Thanks.

The original post should make this point clear and in my case my path was: chdir('/home/xxxxx/public_html/');

Regards

[mholtum]

Just installed and works perfectly.. Now I am just waiting for the money to start rolling in! Thanks

[davidw]

Awesome! Glad it's working for you.

[Goomzee]

i did every thing step by step but it's show error see the attachment
by the way my child path is

chdir('/home/xxxx/pub_html/forums/');

or should i write

www.mknexusonline.com

[davidw]

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[Goomzee]

i did everything but it still not working and by the way reset my Pub Id and if i reset my pub ID my all earning is also reset and start again with Zero/0

[mholtum]

Originally Posted by Goomzee

i did everything but it still not working and by the way reset my Pub Id and if i reset my pub ID my all earning is also reset and start again with Zero/0

It didnt for me. Simply set up the search, not the main.

[2dub]

Originally Posted by q8manar

I have installed it but when i ded a test
the resualt page came epmty with this error :"

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


could some body till me how i can fix it ?

I had the same issue...


Update...
I just deleted that entire line and it now works fine.