Major Additions - vB Ad Management 4

vB Ad Management 4

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What does it do?

Features include global settings, advertisements allowing template conditionals, ad sharing and ad revenue sharing, timed advertisements, preset popular ad locations and functions such as sponsors, additional custom ad locations, random and static advertisements and its all very easy to use. You can use it for ordinary ads like adsense, banner rotations, or any content at all as well as using it to manage ads outside your forum too.

You can read in more detail about these and other features in the manual, which also contains some helpful notes and instructions, as well as the installation and upgrade instructions



If you are using autoinsertion and were using vB Ad Management before version 4.00, you will need to remove your old template edits or advertisements will appear multiple times. Just reverse the old instructions below.

* Find <!-- post $post[postid] popup menu --> and paste $postbit_advertisement above it in your postbit & postbit_legacy templates.
* Paste $forumbit_advertisement at the bottom of your forumhome_forumbit_level1_post and forumhome_forumbit_level2_post templates.
* Paste $threadbit_advertisement at the bottom of your threadbit template.
* Paste $footer_advertisement at the top of your footer template.
* Find $spacer_close in your footer template and below it paste $rightcolumn_advertisement.
* Find &nbsp; in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.
* Find $spacer_open in your header template and below it paste $leftcolumn_advertisement.

[John W Smith]

In the left side I placed Adsense code for a 120x600 ad. When I place additional code for an Adsense 120x 240 "download firefox with Googlebar" button below it it displays fine in Firefox, as a 120x840 column with a border. In IE 6 and 7 the border is displaced to the right around empty space i.e. the 2 ad units are displayed as a column with an approx 50x840 empty space to the right.

I used collapsing ads for when Adsense does not display an ad. For a 120 x 600 ad on the right the space does not completely collapse but appears to collapse about half way in width. The ad itself collapses to a small (but visible) box but the vB collumns do not move all the way to the right to fill the void as they do when I turn off ads on the right side.

I have V2.0 installed

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by dbdbdbdb

After installing V3.0 the following errors did occur in forumdisplay.php:

Warnung: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /forumdisplay.php(907) : eval()'d code (Zeile 116)

Warnung: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /forumdisplay.php(907) : eval()'d code (Zeile 116)

Warnung: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /forumdisplay.php(907) : eval()'d code (Zeile 116)

Warnung: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /forumdisplay.php(907) : eval()'d code (Zeile 116)

Warnung: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /forumdisplay.php(907) : eval()'d code (Zeile 116)

Warnung: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /forumdisplay.php(907) : eval()'d code (Zeile 116)

Warnung: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /forumdisplay.php(907) : eval()'d code (Zeile 116)

Warnung: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in /forumdisplay.php(907) : eval()'d code (Zeile 116)

and:

Die Cookies konnten nicht gesetzt werden, da der Header schon an den Browser geschickt wurde.
Datei: /is/htdocs/xxxx/www/xxxxx/forum/includes/class_core.php
Zeile: 3036

I could do with a few more details than that. All the Adcode you're using and any relevant settings.

Originally Posted by John W Smith

In the left side I placed Adsense code for a 120x600 ad. When I place additional code for an Adsense 120x 240 "download firefox with Googlebar" button below it it displays fine in Firefox, as a 120x840 column with a border. In IE 6 and 7 the border is displaced to the right around empty space i.e. the 2 ad units are displayed as a column with an approx 50x840 empty space to the right.

I used collapsing ads for when Adsense does not display an ad. For a 120 x 600 ad on the right the space does not completely collapse but appears to collapse about half way in width. The ad itself collapses to a small (but visible) box but the vB collumns do not move all the way to the right to fill the void as they do when I turn off ads on the right side.

I have V2.0 installed

With your first problem it sounds like a browser issue with the Adcode itself, something I can't do anything about. The code might need changing to be compatible with Internet Explorer browsers or it might not be possible to make it compatible at all if it's third party code.

The second problem could be different, can you post or PM me the Adcode you're using.

Generally speaking, if the problem occurs with the Adcode itself it's very unlikely to be an issue with the modification. If the problem is outside the Adcode you're using, the opposite applies.

[RedTyger]

Oops, forgot to add. For those of you who are subscribed to new post notifications but have not clicked install to receive update notifications (it's to the right of the first post's title, you don't want all the cool kids laughing at you, do you? Click it.) here are the update details.

vB Ad Management 3.0 BETA is now released for testers. See the 2nd post of the thread for details. (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....80&postcount=2)

Changelog:
Full Ad Sharing functionality!
Threadbit Ad miscalculated positions fixed (they were off by 1).
Global UserID and ThreadID inclusion/exclusion has been removed, this must be done with template conditionals now.
Setting to exclude Advertisements by minimum postcount has been removed, this should be set by Usergroups now.
Sizable optimisation and bugfixes, when the BETA goes to final release version everyone should upgrade even if they won't use the Ad Sharing features.

Important Notes for 3.0 BETA and all future versions:
Make a note of your Usergroup settings, they will be removed upon upgrading.
All _advertisement templates must be reverted.
All separation was previously done using commas (,). Now all separation is done using vertical lines (|) so you must replace all separation commas in your Adcode/Ad Settings.

[ninjamaster]

thanks nice work

[tony]

Looks like a very nice setup! A couple question before i install though.

Does this keep track of cpm? And how would you say this compares to the other ad managments out there?

Oh and if I do end up using your product I will be making a donation. I mean after all we are making money with this.

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by tony

Does this keep track of cpm?

It does not. Next version maybe, if there ever is one.

Originally Posted by tony

And how would you say this compares to the other ad managments out there?

Oh, MUCH better.

I don't know. I'm sure there are much better Ad Management softwares out there and even the other modifications you can download here are all fine products I'm sure. I haven't looked at other Ad products and I don't even use advertisements myself so I really can't say. I just read the feedback and developed it based on that, it was never meant to be anything more than a small time-saver so it's already much more than I intended.

If it does what you want, what else is there to say? Up to you. I won't twist your arm but it's easy enough to just give it a try. I'd like to think it's quite extensively flexible. If it doesn't do what you want, best to look elsewhere. It's free with a link and if that's not enough, you can have a link-free version for a small donation.

Originally Posted by tony

Oh and if I do end up using your product I will be making a donation. I mean after all we are making money with this.

That would be nice. Just be sure to read the couple of notes about donating on my site before doing so, link's in the instructions.

[dbdbdbdb]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

I could do with a few more details than that. All the Adcode you're using and any relevant settings.

I don?t use an adcode yet.- Which settings do you need to know. Sorry for beeing brief. It maybe because it lacks the words. Hope you will help. Your Version 2.0 worked very good. Now since 3.0 the adsensecode between the posts does not appear anymore.

[fxs158]

I searched the thread, did not read all 24 pages, how do I add this after the first and last post of a thread?

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by fxs158

I searched the thread, did not read all 24 pages, how do I add this after the first and last post of a thread?

AdminCP > vBulletin Options > vB Ad Management (postbit) > Display after first post on a page (Yes) and Display after last post on a page (Yes).

Originally Posted by dbdbdbdb

I don’t use an adcode yet.- Which settings do you need to know. Sorry for beeing brief. It maybe because it lacks the words. Hope you will help. Your Version 2.0 worked very good. Now since 3.0 the adsensecode between the posts does not appear anymore.

Ok no problem, in that case could you PM me with an Admin username and password and I'll take a look myself see if I can't see what's wrong.

[farooqaaa]

Any new Updates for Vb Ad Management ?

Like "Track Banner clicks,Banner Added on (date),Statistics for users (only those that advertises) etc????

Will be really appreciated if the above features are added ..

This is still a great MOD, though.