Banner Rotator (Definitive Mod)

Hi you there. I was looking for a really nice Banner Rotator Mod, but i couldn't find one that had what i need. So i decided to code one. Finished it right now and i'll share with you.

So, what does this hack do?
- This mod allows you to add lots of forum banners.
- The banners will be automatically randomized everytime you reload your forums.

How can i work with it?
- It's all controlable through AdminCP.
- NOT NEEDED ftp access to upload banners.
- You CAN upload banners (jpg, gif & png) through AdminCP.
- You can set a description for individual banners.
- You can edit the description easily and individually.
- You can delete the banners through AdminCP (this function delete the banner from the ftp)
- You can activate/deactivate you banners.
- Deactivated banners remains in the ftp, but will not be shown on forum home.

How can i install? (Time to install: 1 minute if you are fast enough )
- Upload all the files contained in the "upload" folder inside the zip to your forum root directory and CHMOD 77 the folder "/image/banners"
- Install product-brotator.
- Go to your AdminCP > Style Manager > YOUR SKIN > Edit HEADER template and find:

<img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" />

Replace with:

<center>$banner</center>

You can change banner width and height editing the plugin called "Banner Rotator Generator" and changing the values:

width=879 height=160

for your own values.

I really hope you enjoy this hack and, please, if you find any kind of bug, report it to me as soon as possible.
And if you have any suggestions, post here.

Thanks you all!

[Hornstar]

i got this error message when adding a banner

Warning: move_uploaded_file(): Unable to move '/tmp/php7Ct55R' to '/home/gamerzne/public_html/forum/images/banners/gamerzneeds45ok.jpg' in /admincp/banner_rotator.php on line 56
vBulletin Message





vBulletin Message


You banner has been uploaded


If you are not automatically redirected, please click here.

Processing Complete - Proceed








I then get this error message deleting a banner


Warning: unlink(/home/gamerzne/public_html/forum/images/banners/gamerzneeds45ok.jpg): No such file or directory in /admincp/banner_rotator.php on line 157
vBulletin Message





vBulletin Message


You banner was deleted successfully


If you are not automatically redirected, please click here.

Processing Complete - Proceed




However everything still works when doing the above. I'm still not getting any of the banners on the forum to show, i only get the description to show, and when i right click the description and view properties, it shows me the link of the pic, when i copy that and pasted that in the address bar, the pic comes up, so its not a problem with that.

any ideas. My site is http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums and i am doing this on the default skin.

Thanks

[JsnakeJ]

Horntail, follow the directions in this post. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=23

Also if you want it to work with 468x60 images without enlarging them heavilly I suggest going into your plugin manager and following the bit about that in the first post.

[Hornstar]

Originally Posted by JsnakeJ

Horntail, follow the directions in this post. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=23

Also if you want it to work with 468x60 images without enlarging them heavilly I suggest going into your plugin manager and following the bit about that in the first post.

Id click the thanks button if there was one ^^

I thought i read through all the pages but as you refered me i only started at page 2 lol.

I think someone mentioned above about a tracking code to see how many times the banner appears and if its a linked banner how many times its clicked. Will that be getting implemented?

[JsnakeJ]

Theres another hack that someone made for that.

[passionboss]

I've installed this to my forum, everything seems to be ok, but the banners dont display. Theres a position box there, but with the little red crossed box dispalying.

Any ideas?

http://www.theemporiumuk.com/forums/index.php

[andrefedalto]

Originally Posted by passionboss

I've installed this to my forum, everything seems to be ok, but the banners dont display. Theres a position box there, but with the little red crossed box dispalying.

Any ideas?

http://www.theemporiumuk.com/forums/index.php

have you changed "forum" to "forums" in product-brotator.xml before install it?

[passionboss]

Originally Posted by andrefedalto

have you changed "forum" to "forums" in product-brotator.xml before install it?

Yeah I picked up on that when I installed it from this thread. Changed all forum to forums in the xml file and the admincp php file.

[redspider]

can this work with flash banners?

[DarKNull]

PHP Code:

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<div id="vbwrapper">
<div id="logostrip"><center><div style="background: url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/desihotty3eb.gif) no-repeat;width:100%;height: 158px"></div></div>
<div id="submenu"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/submenu_search.gif" alt="desi" /></a><a href="memberlist.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/submenu_members.gif" alt="desi" /></a><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/submenu_calendar.gif" alt="desi" /></a><a href="faq.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/submenu_faq.gif" alt="desi" /></a></div></center>
<div id="vbwrapper2">
<div id="vbwrapper3">
<div id="bordertop"><div id="bordertopleft"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/border_top_l.gif" alt="desi" /></div><div id="bordertopright"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/border_top_r.gif" alt="desi" /></div></div>
<div id="vbwrapper4">
$spacer_open
<!-- content table -->

$_phpinclude_output 


I have installed this hack but now how do i replace the $banner code please help

[inspiration100]

installed this and works a treat, but when a banner is clicked it puts my board url before the url of the banners site url....e.g http://www.site1.com/http://www.site2.com.

Any help appreciated.