Major Additions - vB.Sponsors - Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads with Statistics

vB.Sponsors
Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads with Statistics

Add sponsor's ads or Google AdSense to forums & categories

INTRO:
This extension will allow you to add sponsors to you forums and categories or use Google AdSense. You can also track the hits to each sponsor by date as well. See below for more features and demo sites.

For vBulletin 3.5.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103327

For vBulletin 3.7.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=183335

FEATURES:
-Enable sponsorship on forums and categories
-Ability to use Google AdSense code
-Use a banner or a text link
-Supports large banners for the top of the sponsored forum and small banners for the forum listing
-Tracks hits for each sponsor
-Statistics viewable inside Admin CP
-Ability to alter the "Forum sponsored by:" text
-Easy to use and install

INSTALLATION:
Documentation is located here.
I've found it's easier to maintain an online version rather than files included in the download.

THANKS:
...to vBulletin.org and its members.
...to the people who have installed this mod, suggested improvements and found bugs.

FEEDBACK:
Feedback Forums: http://www.DigitalDeviation.com/forums/
Feedback is always welcomed! Good or bad. Post all feedback and feature requests in this thread or in the forums above. Trust me, I'll be reading it even if I don't respond to every post.

SUPPORT:
Support Forums: http://www.DigitalDeviation.com/forums/
Should you need any assistance with this, you can reach me via the link above or by posting in this thread.

In either case, please post as much detail as possible with any code or screenshots pertaining to the issue. MySQL, PHP and web server software versions are helpful. You can obtain these from the Admin CP in vBulletin.

DONATE:
If you like this product, a donation would be appreciated. But of course its not required.


VERSION HISTORY:
2.0.6 - BugFix
-Changed maxversion attribute to enable vBulletin 3.7 installs
2.0.5 - Feature Add / BugFix
-Added version checking
-Added support for Google Adsense (template code has been updated)
-Fixed the table layout in the AdminCP
-Options are now controlled via vBulletin options

2.0.0 - Initial Release

DEMO SITES: If you'd like your forum added here, PM me.
Sites listed at http://www.digitaldeviation.com/proj...referencesites

---FEATURE REQUEST LIST---
-Integration: phpAdsNew integration
-Reporting: Sponsors able to view statistics from User CP
-Reporting: Export reports in PDF (or other) format
-Rights: Ability to hide sponsors based on a user's group
-Option: Rotating banner support
-Option: Multiple sponsors per forum/category
-Option: Remove the branding copyright
-Option: Ability to not show sponsor's banner in the main forum listing, but show when the forum is displayed.
-Option: Display ads in individual threads
-Option: Email the sponsor daily/weekly/monthly hit statistics

---KNOWN BUGS---
-NONE

Don't forget to click the install link below if you use it.

[ArnyVee]

Originally Posted by Pessimist

Thanks!
Works fine for me too on 3.7.1.

ArnyVee, you schould xml edit.
Line 27: maxversion="3.7.2"

Are you serious? Is that it?!

I'll try it out when I upgrade in the next few days. Thanks for the help!

[ArnyVee]

Originally Posted by Veccy 150

Which bit are you struggling with?

Was that the same fix (see post above yours) that you used Veccy?

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

Was that the same fix (see post above yours) that you used Veccy?

Almost, this is what i changed mine to:

minversion="3.6.0" maxversion="3.7.99" />

[wickedstangs]

wow that was to easy.. Nice Job..

[Pessimist]

ArnyVee, have you hack installed? Then you don't need upgrade hack, only forum.

[PossumX]

Upgraded to 3.7.1 this evening, and ALL IS GOOD. Mod is working perfectly after the upgrade.

[Deviation]

Yep. There's not much to change to get it to install on 3.7.x. Just that value in the XML file. I have it installed my forums as well.

New version soon... I promise.

[wickedstangs]

can't wait really appreciate it..

[forumrunt]

hmm I must have done something wrong because that did not fix it for me

[madkeen]

Originally Posted by dougeetx

Is there a way to make this for each thread instead of each forum?

I made a change to my templates so that it shows for the forum as well as each thread in the forum. IF this is what you mean, see my previous post.

It has increased my ad revenue substantially as the ads are now being displayed many more times than before.