Add-On Releases - Advertisement System V2.6 Aka Ad Management

Many forums are using the Ad management system, however the coder has stopped supporting the script. Therefore I have decided to release this modification. I will give support to those who need it and continue to make updates to the system.

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The Advertisement System was designed with the intent that anyone with any level of experience could use the system. It is easy to install and once installed, the templates are easy to use on a site. The advertisement system has several features that sites will enjoy such as it can be used on versions 3.6.x as well as 3.7.x. The ads can be placed in the following areas: header , footer , below whats going on, below the navbar , postbit , postbit legacy, pms, announcement, archive, left & right column in forum home , left column in member info and full page , threadbit , as well as forumbit. Also, the ability to not display advertisement on certain pages such as login, registration & the search page. This system allows you to personalize the system to better suit their needs such as setting permissions like ads after first post on a page, ads after last post on a page, ads after X post on a page, and ads every X posts on a thread. You may also display ads by forum ID, as well as customize the full page for your site. The system comes with a feature for auto refresh ads as well as Google analytics. Besides the features,there is constant support given to those who need it and of course, updates are made to the system in order to better serve the sites using the system.

10/15/2008 version 2.6

** ability to tun on /off the autorefresh : check the screen below

Yes : will enable the autorefresh
No : will enable a simple rotation
** fixed 2 bugs in [left & right column ]
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Features :
* works for v3.7.x and also v3.6.x
*advertisement in header , footer , below whats going on ? , below the navbar , postbit , postbit_legacy , pms , announcement , archive , left & right column in forumhome , left column in memberinfo and full page , threadbit , forumbit
* flash rotation
* do not display advertisement on certain pages Such as login , register & search
* google analytics
* permissions by area : display advertisement or not for usergroup x in :
... area 1 : header , footer
... area 2 : navbar , left & right column
... area 3 : forumbit & threadbit
... area 4 : postbit,postbit legacy , pms & announcement
* for postbit & postbit_legacy you have the ability to set more permissions like :
.... ad after first post on a page
.... ad after last post on a page
.... ad after X post on a page
.... ad every X posts on a thread
.... Minimum thread postcount
.... Maximum user postcount
..... Display Advertisements as User
*** Full Page
****Auto refresh ads

Please remember to click Mark as Installed if you use this modification.
Support questions from members who have not marked this as installed will be considered low priority.

[z0diac]

Also are there any manual edits I have to do that I might have missed?? (which of course I won't bother installing if it's required - dont' want to perm change my templates from what they are now - at least nothing that an 'uninstall plugin' won't undo.)

[Simon Lloyd]

I had no trouble with it, and you are right there are 4 additions the first one having the on off in it

[pein87]

Where do we make the edits i tried looking in the header but there was no such code in there.Is this for the new ones the come with the product install?If someone who`s installed this and could tell me which templates to edit I`d really appreciate it.

[Simon Lloyd]

look in Styles & Templates>Whichever style you are working with>Edit Templates>Ad Location Templates, in here you will see some new additions like ad_leftcolumn_code drop your ad code in here etc.

[pein87]

I appreciate this you answered by question.

[pein87]

There not showing up I was meaning the code in the x-file provided by the coder where do i add the edits that i talks about at? I`m putting them in the ad_forumbit_end ad template and I`m using adsense by google

[Simon Lloyd]

I'm using Adsense and entered the code provided by google in the template i mentioned in my previous post with no problems.

[pein87]

really? What version of VB do you have installed? Where do we put the x file includes? Sorry so many questions vb is better then i thought I`m a free-ware user LOL. I like this mod so the site pays for its self with the ads if I can get it to work.

[Simon Lloyd]

ver 3.7.3 PL1, if your version is lower than 3.6.x then it won't work. Did you not import the xml as product from your admincp? if you have a folder called xfiles and its in the includes folder then the whole file (xfiles) should be dropped in the includes folder, if the xfiles folder exists in the includes folder then copy the contents of your xfile to that one.

[Simon Lloyd]

ver 3.7.3 already has ad locations preset as a template.