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vb.sponsors edit for vb4 · **Released**: 08-19-2010

Hi all i have editied the vb.sponsors so that i can use it with VB4 this is the vb.sponsors Mod and i can not take the credit for the actual mod only the edit

hope it helps

for demo of this please goto my site

Dont forget to mark as installed

Product Installation

1.Extract the contents of vB.Sponsors.vb4.zip to your computer

2.Open upload/vB.Sponsors/link.php in notepad, wordpad or similar editor.

3.On line 32, enter the path to your forum. This is the physical path not the URL. If your forum is located in /usr/com/userid/forums/, the path would be /usr/com/userid/forums/. You can find the physical path to your forum directory by uploading the settings-check.php file that is located in the do not upload/vB.Sponsors directory. Upload this to the vB.Sponsors directory on your web site. To run it, simply browse to http://www.EXAMPLE.com/vB.Sponsors/settings-check.php in your browser. Please delete this file when you are done.

4.Upload the files in the upload directory to the corresponding directory on the web server under the forum directory.

5.Open the Admin CP of your board. On the left hand side scroll down to Plugins & Products.

6.Click on Manage Products.

7.Click on Add/Import Product.

8.Click on Browse... and choose the product-vB.Sponsors.xml file.

9.Click Import.

10.template mod

GOTO
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forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

FIND:

PHP Code:


			
class="viewing">({vb:raw forum.browsers} {vb:rawphrase viewing})</span></vb:if>

 </div>

ADD, AFTER:

PHP Code:


			
<!-- barne77 -->

<!-- vBSponsors -->

 <vb:if condition="$forum['sponsor_enabled'] == 1 AND $vboptions ['sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship'] == 1">

<div style="float:$stylevar[right]">

{vb:raw vboptions.sponsor_global_default_text}

<a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f={vb:raw forum.forumid}" title="{vb:raw forum.sponsor_name}" target="_blank">

<vb:if condition="$forum['sponsor_banner_enabled'] == 1 AND $vboptions['sponsor_global_enable_banners'] == 1"> 

<img src="{vb:raw forum.sponsor_banner}" border="0" />

<vb:else /> 

{vb:raw forum.sponsor_name}

</vb:if>

</div>

</a>

</vb:if>

<!-- / vBSponsors -->

<!-- barne77 -->

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goto FORUMDISPLAY

FIND:

PHP Code:


			
<div class="threadpagenav">

        {vb:raw pagenav}

        <div id="threadpagestats" class="threadpagestats">{vb:rawphrase showing_threads_x_to_y_of_z, {vb:raw limitlower}, {vb:raw limitupper}, {vb:raw totalthreads}}</div>

    </div>

    </vb:if>

</div>

ADD, AFETR:

PHP Code:


			
<!-- barne77 -->

<!-- vBSponsors --> 

<vb:if condition="$foruminfo['sponsor_enabled'] == 1 AND $vboptions['sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship'] == 1"> 

{vb:raw vboptions.sponsor_global_default_text} 

<a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f={vb:raw foruminfo.forumid}" title="{vb:raw foruminfo.sponsor_name}" target="_blank"> 

<vb:if condition="$foruminfo['sponsor_banner_enabled'] == 1 AND $vboptions['sponsor_global_enable_banners'] == 1"> 

<vb:if condition="!empty($foruminfo['sponsor_banner_big'])"> 

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['sponsor_global_enable_big_banners'] == 1"> 

<img src="{vb:raw foruminfo.sponsor_banner_big}" border="0" /> 

<vb:else /> 

<img src="{vb:raw foruminfo.sponsor_banner}" border="0" /> 

</vb:if> 

<vb:else /> 

{vb:raw foruminfo.sponsor_name} 

</vb:if> </vb:if> </a> </vb:if> 

<!-- / vBSponsors -->

<!-- barne77 -->

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GOTO
forumhome_forumbit_level1_post

FIND:

PHP Code:


			
<ol class="subforumlist commalist">

                                        {vb:raw forum.subforums}

                                    </ol>

                                </div>

                            </vb:if>

AFTER, ADD:

PHP Code:


			
<!-- barne77 -->

<!-- vBSponsors -->

<vb:if condition="$forum['sponsor_enabled'] == 1 AND $vboptions ['sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship'] == 1">

<div style="float:$stylevar[right]">

{vb:raw vboptions.sponsor_global_default_text}

<a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f={vb:raw forum.forumid}" title="{vb:raw forum.sponsor_name}" target="_blank">

<vb:if condition="$forum['sponsor_banner_enabled'] == 1 AND $vboptions['sponsor_global_enable_banners'] == 1"> 

<img src="{vb:raw forum.sponsor_banner}" border="0" />

<vb:else /> 

{vb:raw forum.sponsor_name}

</vb:if>

</div>

</a>

</vb:if>

<!-- / vBSponsors -->

<!-- barne77 -->

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GOTO
forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost

FIND:

PHP Code:


			
<ol class="subforumlist commalist">

                    {vb:raw forum.subforums}

                </ol>

            </div>

            </vb:if>

        </div>

        </vb:if>

</div>

AFTER, ADD:

PHP Code:


			
<!-- barne77 -->

<!-- vBSponsors -->

<vb:if condition="$forum['sponsor_enabled'] == 1 AND $vboptions ['sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship'] == 1">

<div style="float:$stylevar[right]">

{vb:raw vboptions.sponsor_global_default_text}

<a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f={vb:raw forum.forumid}" title="{vb:raw forum.sponsor_name}" target="_blank">

<vb:if condition="$forum['sponsor_banner_enabled'] == 1 AND $vboptions['sponsor_global_enable_banners'] == 1"> 

<img src="{vb:raw forum.sponsor_banner}" border="0" />

<vb:else /> 

{vb:raw forum.sponsor_name}

</vb:if>

</div>

</a>

</vb:if>

<!-- / vBSponsors -->

<!-- barne77 -->

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wickedstangs · #32 01-15-2012, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne@R32oc

Anyone getting "Invalid Redirect Errors" since updating? All of the banner links are now coming up with this error

Rather than tracking the stats id be happy to just have them static links if anyone can show me how?

To fix it.. Go to Settings > Options > Disable Redirect Domain Checking > Yes

Quote:

Originally Posted by pecky

To get the banners to align right in 4.1.8 and probably other versions

change

to

Only thing I found that made it work.

Thank You Works great...

Mike Bucy · #33 01-27-2012, 04:14 AM

I'm currently in the process of upgrading my site from 3.6.4 to 4.x.

I've used the VB3 version of VBSponsors for quite some time now and love it.

It there a way to upgrade keeping the old VBSponsors in tact?

Thanks

wickedstangs · #34 01-27-2012, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Bucy

I'm currently in the process of upgrading my site from 3.6.4 to 4.x.

I've used the VB3 version of VBSponsors for quite some time now and love it.

It there a way to upgrade keeping the old VBSponsors in tact?

Thanks

Works the same I think..

brihan · #35 02-22-2012, 07:53 AM

Before I can upgrade from 3.8.7 to 4.x I need to be able to get my big sponsor banners to appear at the top and bottom of each individual thread as well as by the submit button(s) when posting a new thread or reply.

I have it that way on my current board and need to keep it that way because all the sponsors are promised that much exposure.

On my current board I thought that all I did was take the vBSponsors code for the big banners and place it in the correct locations for where I wanted the banners to appear. I have tried this on my 4.x test board and no banner appears.

You can see all my banner placements here:
http://www.inspectionnews.net/home_inspection

Has anyone figured out how to do this with 4.x?

Thank you,

Brian

brihan · #36 02-23-2012, 06:27 AM

Just checking back. The above post is really important to me.

Thanks,

Brian

brihan · #37 03-01-2012, 09:11 PM

Anyone?

I can't believe that I was able to get the VB.Sponsors to show up in all desired areas of my VB 3.8.7 (I'm not that good at this stuff) and no one can figure out how to do it in VB 4.X.

It is so important to have the sponsors throughout all the threads and post/reply sections. Someone with the brains has to be able to figure this out.

I know where to put the code but there must be some small change to the code to make it work in the threads & post/reply sections.

This is holding me up from going live with my new board. Got to keep the advertisers happy.

If anyone has any suggestions I would be forever grateful.

Thank you,

Brian

brihan · #38 03-07-2012, 12:19 AM

Has everyone moved away from vBulletin and/or vb.sponsors? If so, where did you go and what are you using for your sponsorship/advertising?

Hard to believe no one is using/supporting this anymore.

Seems a shame as all I need is just a little more functionality to get the sponsors banners in the threads and new post/reply areas like I currently have it with my 3.6.5 board.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Brian

Mike Bucy · #39 03-07-2012, 03:36 AM

I have upgraded to 4.1.11 and it works great. No problems here.

Just reconfigure the images and away you go.

Sample: www.v8buick.com

Hostboard · #40 03-07-2012, 12:21 PM

Well this is a "re-write" of the original authors work to work in VB4 and is noted as being unsupported. There is no mention that I have seen (did not read all the threads) that he had permission to re-release this. However if you look at the last supported release by the original author he does show a link to Twitter noting (end of Feb) that he is going to release a VB4 version.

YMMV

I am now actualy in need of something like this too...

brihan · #41 03-07-2012, 05:23 PM

Hi guys,

Thank you very much for your replies. It was getting lonely in here replying to myself.

Mike, I took a look at your site (very nice by the way) and I do see your sponsored ads.

I was able to get that far as well but what I need to figure out is how to get the ads on the thread pages and post/reply pages. This gives the sponsors MUCH more bang for their buck and they do pay more.

Here is an example (comparison) between one of your sponsored threads and one on my current board.

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.ph...8-core-support

http://www.inspectionnews.net/home_i...c-framing.html

You can see that the Atlantic City Inspection Conference banner is at the top and bottom of the thread page. This is what I need to have on my 4.x board as well.

I have done the exact same thing on my 4.x as I have on my 3.6.5 but I'm not getting the banners to show.

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