Miscellaneous Hacks - Add Banner Rotator Widget To CMS

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First if you plan on using this hack you must download & install y2Ksw's Banner Rotator hack found here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=188328. This little mod is only for use with that hack.

CLICK INSTALLED TO GET SUPPORT FOR THIS ADD-ON. IF YOU DO NOT CLICK INSTALLED I CANNOT HELP YOU.

Here is a simple way to add your banners in a CMS widget.

You will need to create a PHP Execution by doing the following:

Step 1:

1. In the admincp go to vBulletin CMS>Widgets
2. Click on "Create New Widget" at the bottom.
3. Choose "PHP Direct Execution" in the Widget Type drop down at the top.
4. Give your widget a title - do not make it too long as your box will be whatever size you have in your CMS.
5. Now click the "Save" button.

Step 2:

1. Go to vBulletin CMS>Widgets and select the widget you just made.
2. Click on the "Configure" link all the way to the right.
3. Delete all the test inside the box when it pops up.
4. Place this code in the box:

$templater = vB_Template::create('banner_sidebar');
$output = $templater->render();

5. Now click the "Save" button.

Step 3:

1. Go to Styles & Templates>Style Manager click the drop down box on the right side and choose "Add New Template".
2. In the "Title" box put "banner_sidebar" without the quotes.
3. Now in the large box below place your code for your banners like you would any other template. For instance I put this:

vBSEO ONLY!!!

<div align="center">@vbbanners:4@</div><br />
<div align="center">@vbbanners:5@</div><br />
<div align="center">@vbbanners:6@</div><br />
<div align="center">@vbbanners:7@</div><br />
<div align="center">@vbbanners:8@</div><br />
<div align="center">@vbbanners:9@</div>

I'm using vBSEO so that is why it may look different from yours.

If you are not using vBSEO it will look like this:

NOT USING vBSEO!!!!

<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:4@--></div><br />
<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:5@--></div><br />
<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:6@--></div><br />
<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:7@--></div><br />
<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:8@--></div><br />
<div align="center"><!--@vbbanners:9@--></div>

4. Now click the "Save" button.

Step 4:

1. Enter your banner info using the positions that you put code to in your new template and save the banners.

[tacklebox joe]

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[metalguy639]

Originally Posted by tacklebox joe

www.njfishreports.com

Did you enable it for guests? I do not even see the forum block. So that tells me that you have not enabled the actual forum block in your admincp.

[Toorak Times]

Hi,

I installed this a while ago and haven't used, just going to start I'm pretty sure I have the up to date version. Is this all good to go in vB 4.2.1?

[Judith2]

Originally Posted by Toorak Times

Hi,

I installed this a while ago and haven't used, just going to start I'm pretty sure I have the up to date version. Is this all good to go in vB 4.2.1?

Yes, it work with vb 4.2.1

[d4rkm4nx99]

update the vbulletin version i dont understen this tutorial.

[metalguy639]

Originally Posted by d4rkm4nx99

update the vbulletin version i dont understen this tutorial.

Sorry I no longer have time to upgrade anything within this.

[CQ2]

im relative new at this but im not locating this
vBulletin CMS>Widgets in my acp

[The Realist]

This might sound like a stupid question but where does this software pick up the banner from?

[HM666]

Originally Posted by The Realist

This might sound like a stupid question but where does this software pick up the banner from?

You need to have the banner hack installed from the original post. The link is in the description. Then it grabs the banners from the hack once you add them.