Miscellaneous Hacks - Simple Ad Management

Removed

[WoodiE]

Originally Posted by Kerry-Anne

again this is already in 3.7 by default and is just a modification for modifications sake

I love how someone people just walk into threads, post random junk as seen above without explaining how this is "default". I've been a long time owner of vBulletin, not once have I seen any kind of built in ad management nor did I see this new feature in the 3.7 release thread.

[ragtek]

Originally Posted by WoodiE

I love how someone people just walk into threads, post random junk as seen above without explaining how this is "default". I've been a long time owner of vBulletin, not once have I seen any kind of built in ad management nor did I see this new feature in the 3.7 release thread.

in 3.7 you have "ad-templates"
check: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...=ad_footer_end for more info

[WoodiE]

Great, least someone can post helpful info. Thanks!

[glorify]

Another question--can I make a template called google, for example, then call it with $google in one of the settings?

[energetic]

installed. very good

[Slingblade61]

Originally Posted by WoodiE

I love how someone people just walk into threads, post random junk as seen above without explaining how this is "default". I've been a long time owner of vBulletin, not once have I seen any kind of built in ad management nor did I see this new feature in the 3.7 release thread.

Indeed.

Without details of some sort we are forced to continue looking for a needle in a stack of needles.

[Zaiaku]

For everyone just saying this mod is already built in to 3.7, the author states that in the original post. This mod allows you to edit all the ad templates at 1 time, instad of having to go to each one. It just makes things faster for people.

[Red Spider]

Thanks

[Skipsoutdoors]

Originally Posted by Kerry-Anne

again this is already in 3.7 by default and is just a modification for modifications sake

I hate to +++++ but, the only reason I knew there were ad templates in vBulletin 3.7 is because I was looking at the source code for a displayed page trying to adjust a template. This sort of menu should be somewhere in the admincp under the heading "Ad Management" It should have been included in the package and shouldn't have been needed. I'm glad this guy wrote this.

A couple of suggestions for a good central ad manager:

1. It needs a rotator similar to Red Tyger's

2. It should have a couple custom fields to handle ads in a vBA CMPS module.

I used to run Red Tyger's but when I upgraded, I tried the new version of his, and he's went off the deep end. Simple is better. I don't have any use for something that gives users a place to put ads and earn money off my website. I mean seriously.

I like this, it's straight and to the point.

I haven't installed it yet, but I will and plan to tinker with it and see if I can figure out how to rotate banners with it.

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[cygy2k]

Another idea might be to have a place to exclude usergroups. I agree that this would be a great way to have a front-end to the newly built-in templates. Having a place to change the ads and exclude usergroups, along with rotating is all I and a lot of people are needing/looking for.