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About Developer · **Released**: 08-28-2001

Works with vBulletin v2.2.0!

This hack will allow you to add banners to your categories row (like done on SitePointForum.com - use that as a demo

).
You can add / remove sponsors for any category that exists and also on creation (of category) time.
You can specify the name, banner url and the sponsor's site.
Currently it only supports categories from level 1, and only on forum index. -if you want more please tell and I'll see what I can do.
Umm, that's it I think. Installation is fairly easy (and the hack itself didn't take too much time

), so you shouldn't have any problems.

Feedback from any kind is very appreciated!

First of all, run the following query

Code:

ALTER TABLE forum ADD sponsorname VARCHAR(100) not null AFTER cancontainthreads, ADD sponsorimg VARCHAR(100) not null AFTER sponsorname, ADD sponsorurl VARCHAR(255) not null AFTER sponsorimg

For more info about running queries take a look here or here.

Add a custom template, name it forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost_sponsor and put the following in it:

Code:

<tr id="cat">
	<td bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}" colspan="2"><a href="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><normalfont color="{categoryfontcolor}"><b>$forum[title]</b></normalfont></a>
	<br><smallfont color="{categoryfontcolor}">$forum[description]</smallfont></td>
	<td bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}" colspan="4"><a href="$forum[sponsorurl]" target="_blank"><img src="{imagesfolder}/$forum[sponsorimg]" border="0" alt="Proudly sponsored by $forum[sponsorname]"></a></td>
</tr>

(You can tweak this for your tables. Playing around with the colspans should be enough though. This is for the default table structure)

In forum.php (under your admin folder) add

PHP Code:


			
  maketableheader("Sponsors</b> <i>Only supported by categories</i>","",0);



  makeinputcode("Sponsor name","sponsorname");

  makeinputcode("Sponsor banner file<br>(your default images folder is added, no need in that)","sponsorimg");

  makeinputcode("Sponsor full URL","sponsorurl");

right after

PHP Code:


			
  makeyesnocode("Count posts made in this forum towards user post counts?","countposts",1);

(around line 121)

Still in forum.php, replace

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO forum

                      (forumid,styleid,title,description,active,displayorder,parentid,

                       parentlist,allowposting,cancontainthreads,daysprune,newpostemail,newthreademail,

                       moderatenew,allowhtml,allowbbcode,allowimages,allowsmilies,allowicons,

                       styleoverride,allowratings,countposts,moderateattach)

                   VALUES

                      (NULL,'$styleset','".addslashes($title)."','".addslashes($description)."','$isactive','$displayorder','$parentid',

                       '','$allowposting','$cancontainthreads','$daysprune','".addslashes($newpostemail)."','".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                       '$moderatenew','$aallowhtmlcode','$aallowbbcode','$aallowimgcode','$aallowsmilies','$aallowicons',

                       '$styleoverride','$allowratings','$countposts','$moderateattach')");

with

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO forum

                      (forumid,styleid,title,description,active,displayorder,parentid,

                       parentlist,allowposting,cancontainthreads,sponsorname,sponsorimg,

                       sponsorurl,daysprune,newpostemail,newthreademail,

                       moderatenew,allowhtml,allowbbcode,allowimages,allowsmilies,allowicons,

                       styleoverride,allowratings,countposts,moderateattach)

                   VALUES

                      (NULL,'$styleset','".addslashes($title)."','".addslashes($description)."','$isactive','$displayorder','$parentid',

                       '','$allowposting','$cancontainthreads','".addslashes($sponsorname)."','".addslashes($sponsorimg)."',

                       '".addslashes($sponsorurl)."','$daysprune','".addslashes($newpostemail)."','".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                       '$moderatenew','$aallowhtmlcode','$aallowbbcode','$aallowimgcode','$aallowsmilies','$aallowicons',

                       '$styleoverride','$allowratings','$countposts','$moderateattach')");

(around lines 136-147)

Still in forum.php, add

PHP Code:


			
  maketableheader("Sponsors</b> <i>Only supported by categories</i>","",0);



  makeinputcode("Sponsor name","sponsorname",$forum[sponsorname]);

  makeinputcode("Sponsor banner file<br>(your default images folder is added, no need in that)","sponsorimg",$forum[sponsorimg]);

  makeinputcode("Sponsor full URL","sponsorurl",$forum[sponsorurl]);

right after

PHP Code:


			
  makeyesnocode("Count posts made in this forum towards user post counts?","countposts",$forum[countposts]);

(around line 230)

Still in forum.php, replace

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE forum

                   SET

                     styleid='$styleset', title='".addslashes($title)."', description='".addslashes($description)."',

                     active='$isactive', displayorder='$displayorder', parentid='$parentid', parentlist=$parentlist,

                     allowposting='$allowposting', cancontainthreads='$cancontainthreads', daysprune='$daysprune',

                     newpostemail='".addslashes($newpostemail)."', newthreademail='".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                     moderatenew='$moderatenew', allowhtml='$aallowhtmlcode', allowbbcode='$aallowbbcode',

                     allowimages='$aallowimgcode', allowsmilies='$aallowsmilies', allowicons='$aallowicons',

                     styleoverride='$styleoverride', allowratings='$allowratings', countposts='$countposts',

                     moderateattach='$moderateattach'

                   WHERE forumid='$forumid'");

with

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE forum

                   SET

                     styleid='$styleset', title='".addslashes($title)."', description='".addslashes($description)."',

                     active='$isactive', displayorder='$displayorder', parentid='$parentid', parentlist=$parentlist,

                     allowposting='$allowposting', cancontainthreads='$cancontainthreads',

                     sponsorname='".addslashes($sponsorname)."',sponsorimg='".addslashes($sponsorimg)."',

                     sponsorurl='".addslashes($sponsorurl)."',daysprune='$daysprune',

                     newpostemail='".addslashes($newpostemail)."', newthreademail='".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                     moderatenew='$moderatenew', allowhtml='$aallowhtmlcode', allowbbcode='$aallowbbcode',

                     allowimages='$aallowimgcode', allowsmilies='$aallowsmilies', allowicons='$aallowicons',

                     styleoverride='$styleoverride', allowratings='$allowratings', countposts='$countposts',

                     moderateattach='$moderateattach'

                   WHERE forumid='$forumid'");

(around lines 261-273)
Save and upload forum.php.

In index.php (the main folder) replace this line

PHP Code:


			
        eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_forumbit_level$depth$tempext")."\";");

with this code

PHP Code:


			
        if ($forum['sponsorimg'] && $forum['cancontainthreads']==0 && $depth==1) {

          eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost_sponsor")."\";");

        } else {

          eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_forumbit_level$depth$tempext")."\";");

        }

(around line 298)
Save and upload index.php.

That's it.
If you did everything correctly (it wasn't very hard, was it?

) and I didn't do any mistakes (it's tested alright!, but I might have forgot something to post), you can start adding sponsors to your forum!

JackG · #**222** 04-14-2002, 06:48 PM

Hi, when I run this in phpMyAdmin:

ALTER TABLE forum ADD sponsorname VARCHAR(100) not null AFTER cancontainthreads, ADD sponsorimg VARCHAR(100) not null AFTER sponsorname, ADD sponsorurl VARCHAR(255) not null AFTER sponsorimg

I get this message;

Your SQL-query has been executed successfully

No tables found in database.

And it dosent create the tables.
I am doing it in the correct place and
their is a forum table thier. My vB version
is 2.2.5.

Does anyone know why this is not working?

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE:

I Have Since Manually Added These Tables.

Airwaves · #**223** 04-19-2002, 09:09 PM

http://www.sitepointforum.com/

has a nice 'proudly sponsored by' graphic which isnt tiled, when I put this image into my forum, it tiles.

I know you can fix this with CSS, but I cant remeber the code, can anyone help please.

BTW, nice hack, have it on my forum

kbusque · #**224** 05-08-2002, 05:57 PM

I installed the hack, and I think it is working (didn't break anything), where do i go to add sponsors? Sponsor img's etc? Directly in the mysql db?

RDX1 · #**225** 05-28-2002, 03:10 AM

i dont have time to read the whole thread, does this work for 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 final

Wayne2k1.com · #**226** 05-28-2002, 05:58 AM

lol

I don't have time to install this hack...will you install it for me? :tired:

Admin · #**227** 05-28-2002, 06:59 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by NerdNations
i dont have time to read the whole thread, does this work for 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 final

Palyntir · #**228** 05-29-2002, 06:54 PM

has anyone been able to make this work with flash banners?

Demetris · #**229** 05-31-2002, 05:57 PM

Fantastic

Just installed this hack and already have my first paying sponsor.
The only problem i have is that whichever forum headin i add a sponsor to i then loose the link for that forum.

Did i do something wrong

bpuetz · #**230** 06-20-2002, 11:15 PM

I just love this hack! My site (still in development) will be ad free simply because I hate banners. But this hack gives me a way to generate a few dollars for bandwidth while still being very tasteful and subdued. Thanks so much, FireFly! If you ever make it down San Antonio way, I owe you a margarita!

A question. I would like to get rid of the line between the category name cell and the sponsor cell. Anyone know a way to do this without losing the rest of the lines? What I would really like to do is colspan the entire row and left justify the category name and right justify the sponsor ad in the resulting cell. I don't suppose anyone knows any tricks to do this?

Thanks!

Bill

almightyone · #**231** 06-27-2002, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NerdNations
i dont have time to read the whole thread, does this work for 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 final

if you dont got time to read a few pages wher will you find the time to install this hack? :ermm: :tired:

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