Major Additions - vB.Sponsors - Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads (and AdSense) 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.

For vBulletin 3.7.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1557085.

For vBulletin 3.6.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1116730

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

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.

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

FEEDBACK:
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. You can also reach me at DigitalDeviation.com or on Twitter @JustinDoles.

SUPPORT:
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, feel free to buy me a cup of coffee.


VERSION HISTORY:
2.0.7 - Bugfix / Feature Add
-Added support for vBulletin 3.8.x.
-Added vbulletin-style.xml file to easily import template modifications for vBulletin 3.8.x.
-Previous versions must manually edit the templates.
-Added a verification for the forum path in link.php.

---KNOWN BUGS---
-Invalid Redirect
--You will need to add each sponsor URL (FULL URL) to the "Redirect Domain Whitelist" in the vBulletin Options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details section. See screenshot below.

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

[SVTCobraLTD]

Originally Posted by Deviation

Check the path you specified in vB.Sponsors/link.php (line 32).

Must of missed that in the instructions. Working now. Thank you.

[Gadget_Guy]

<!-- vBSponsors --> <if condition="$foruminfo[sponsor_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship] == 1"> <if condition="!empty($foruminfo[sponsor_adsense])"> $foruminfo[sponsor_adsense] <else /> $vboptions[sponsor_global_default_text] <a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f=$foruminfo[forumid]" title="$foruminfo[sponsor_name]" target="_blank"> <if condition="$foruminfo[sponsor_banner_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_banners] == 1"> <if condition="!empty($foruminfo[sponsor_banner_big])"> <if condition="$vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_big_banners] == 1"> <img src="$foruminfo[sponsor_banner_big]" alt="$foruminfo[sponsor_name]" border="0" /> <else /> <img src="$foruminfo[sponsor_banner]" alt="$foruminfo[sponsor_name]" border="0" /> </if> <else /> $foruminfo[sponsor_name] </if> </if></a> </if> </if> <!-- / vBSponsors -->

[Deviation]

Looks like you're missing the alignment piece. Give this a try:

PHP Code:

        <!-- vBSponsors -->
        <if condition="$foruminfo[sponsor_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_sponsorship] == 1">
            <div style="text-align:center">
            <if condition="!empty($foruminfo[sponsor_adsense])">
                $foruminfo[sponsor_adsense]
            <else />
                $vboptions[sponsor_global_default_text] <a href="vB.Sponsors/link.php?f=$foruminfo[forumid]" title="$foruminfo[sponsor_name]" target="_blank">
                  <if condition="$foruminfo[sponsor_banner_enabled] == 1 AND $vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_banners] == 1">
                    <if condition="$vboptions[sponsor_global_enable_big_banners] == 1 AND !empty($foruminfo[sponsor_banner_big])">
                        <img src="$foruminfo[sponsor_banner_big]" alt="$foruminfo[sponsor_name]" border="0" />
                    <else />
                        <if condition="!empty($foruminfo[sponsor_banner])">
                            <img src="$foruminfo[sponsor_banner]" alt="$foruminfo[sponsor_name]" border="0" />
                        </if>
                    </if>
                <else />
                    $foruminfo[sponsor_name]
                  </if></a>            
            </if>
            </div>
        </if>
        <!-- / vBSponsors --> 


[Gadget_Guy]

YOU ROCK!

Thanks!

D.

[zepcom]

Originally Posted by Deviation

Looks like you're missing the alignment piece. Give this a try:

Awesome! This product worked fine for forum graphical ads, but I had been struggling with getting text-only ads to display on FORUMDISPLAY and had tried just about everything I was capable of. For text ads, it would only display "Sponsored by" and then no link, no text, no nothing.

Your fix posted two above this did the trick and resolved all issues. Thanks so much for posting this!!

[dgparent]

Anyway to get more spots for ads ? right now ads are only displayed up top and in the main forum listing ?

[Gadget_Guy]

Is there a way to remove the "Sponsored By:" text next to the banners?

D.

[MagicThemeParks]

Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy

Is there a way to remove the "Sponsored By:" text next to the banners?

D.

I don't have this version installed, but in the last version it used to be where you would go to vBulletin Options >> vB.Sponsor.settings and then remove the info from the "Sponsor Text" field.

[mp3u]

Originally Posted by Deviation

Check the path you specified in vB.Sponsors/link.php (line 32).

Any chance of a screen shot of what line 32 is supposed to be? Line 32 in my editor is totally blank... (32 lines down from the top of the page in wordpad)

[MagicThemeParks]

Originally Posted by mp3u

Any chance of a screen shot of what line 32 is supposed to be? Line 32 in my editor is totally blank... (32 lines down from the top of the page in wordpad)

It's step 3 here: http://digitaldeviation.com/document...tion-guide/20x