Integration with vBulletin - vB Google Adsense for Search plus Integration

I've done an overhaul on this and you will need to resetup your adsense for search account for this to work. If you aren't happy with that, please use the 3.6 version of this, which works fine for 3.7 from what I've been told.

Step 1:
You may have to resetup your adsense. If you do, you will get a new pub ID - this one includes your previous pub and tacks on your GALT (which is set up when you resetup your adsense account). I used www.christianboards.org and www.google.com (so it would search my site and the web - you can choose only your site, or any location that is web-accessible for results)

Example: partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

If your partner-pub ID does not look like the example, you will see an error.

Also, keep in mind, all sites you put into the box for the adsense (one per line) will be integrated into the search and the search results.

Step 2:
Edit your searchresults.php file.
Find:

chdir('/path/to/your/forums/');

Put your correct value.

Example: chdir('/var/www/vhosts/yoursite.com/forums/');

Step 3:
Upload this file your forum's root. An example of your forum's root is below.

Example: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php

Step 4:
Install the product
Go to Admincp => Plugins & Products => Manage Products => [Add/Import Product] => Browse for product-davidw_vb_google_search.xml => Import

Step 5:
Configure your Admincp options
Go to Admincp => vBullitin Options => vBulletin Options => Find vB Google Search (Adsense) then click [Edit Settings]
Edit your new Partner-pub ID (the one you just had reset up - see example in red above), Google box width, iframe widthfor your results (I use 800 in the screenshot, but you can change this based on your needs), and the full URL to your searchresults.php.

NOTE! If you do not enter these in, you will see errors.

Step 6: Optional
Edit 1 template:
Admincp => Styles & Templates => Style Manager => Edit Templates (on your style) => Search Templates => search_forums => under $navbar, add $google_siteadsearch

Step 7: Optional (for vBAdvanced 3.x only)
vBa CMPS => Default Settings => Main Options => Portal Output Global Variables

Add these variables:
template_hook
google_navadsearch
homeurl

=> Save

vBa CMPS => Edit Modules => Search Forums => Select Action => Copy Module

Main Options
Module Title Google Search site / Forums
Template To Include search_google

Module Wrapper Template Options
Form Code Replace default code with

<form action="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php" type="hidden" name="search" target="_blank">

Click Save
Edit locations where you want to set this active to.

[jlew24asu]

Originally Posted by davidw

You never have to edit the search.php page - its the searchresults.php page. That page has a line that says chdir('/path/to/your/forums/'); - this should be edited to match yours - such as /home/www/site/forums/ (whatever yours is).

right, thats what I meant, searchresults.php.

I'm getting confused by the example here..

Step 1:
Edit chdir('/path/to/your/forums/'); in searchresults.php - put the correct value then upload to your forum's root.

Example: http://www.yoursite.com/searchresults.php


I entered the full UNIX path in chdir. do I add the site like your example? (http://www.chicagophotoshop.com/foru...rchresults.php) ?

[LAJAURIA]

Originally Posted by davidw

If you are seeing something like this: partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

that's ok.!!

Originally Posted by davidw

Please ensure you have set up the chdir in the searchresults.php file and that the admincp options point directly to that file (you can usually open the searchresults.php page and then copy and paste the URL into the admincp options).

in the searchresults.php file, i seted up the chdir:

./search/

and in the admincp:

./search/



the file is in the folder: www.mysite.com/search



but i get the FORBIDDEN ERROR.

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /search/ on this server.

[davidw]

Originally Posted by jlew24asu

right, thats what I meant, searchresults.php.

I'm getting confused by the example here..

Step 1:
Edit chdir('/path/to/your/forums/'); in searchresults.php - put the correct value then upload to your forum's root.

Example: http://www.yoursite.com/searchresults.php


I entered the full UNIX path in chdir. do I add the site like your example? (http://www.chicagophotoshop.com/foru...rchresults.php) ?

That would explain a bit.
It needs to be more like /your/server/www/forums/

The forums root example is where to upload the file to.

Originally Posted by LAJAURIA

that's ok.!!


in the searchresults.php file, i seted up the chdir:

./search/

and in the admincp:

./search/



the file is in the folder: www.mysite.com/search



but i get the FORBIDDEN ERROR.

The chdir in the searchresults.php file should be the path as in the above response to jlew24asu
The admincp path should be http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php (something like that).

[LAJAURIA]

not working yet.

searchresults.php is in www.mysite.com/gsearch/searchresults.php


in the file chmod, i put www.buforo.com/gsearch/


in the admincp: http://www.buforo.com/gsearch/searchresults.php



not working!! please help.

[davidw]

The location of where you put the searchresults.php file is not a problem and the admincp location is good too. However, the chdir in the searchresults.php file should be something like

/usr/var/home/www/

not

www.buforo.com/gsearch/

You may need to ask your site host for this information. When you get that info, it should work fine.

[LAJAURIA]

I still couldn't solve the problem:

this is the error:

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /www/buforo.com/htdocs/gsearch/searchresults.php on line 8

Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/buforo.com/htdocs/gsearch/searchresults.php on line 19

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='./:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /www/buforo.com/htdocs/gsearch/searchresults.php on line 19

this is the searchresult.php file:

<?php
// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'searchresults');
chdir('./htdocs/gsearch/');

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'google_navadsearch',
'google_siteadsearch',
'google_searchresults'
);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Search Results';
$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('google_searchresults') . '");');

this is the admincp config:





where am I failing??

[LAJAURIA]

I think I fixed some problems. I found the path.

Now my searchresults.php file seems like this:

<?php
// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'searchresults');
chdir('/www/buforo.com/htdocs/gsearch/');

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
'google_navadsearch',
'google_siteadsearch',
'google_searchresults'
);

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Search Results';
$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('google_searchresults') . '");');

but, the error now is the following:

Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/buforo.com/htdocs/gsearch/searchresults.php on line 19

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='./:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /www/buforo.com/htdocs/gsearch/searchresults.php on line 19

[davidw]

the chdir is to your forums, not to your search (that way you can use your vbulletin's functions).
Try using this: chdir('/www/buforo.com/htdocs/');

[jlew24asu]

Originally Posted by davidw

That would explain a bit.
It needs to be more like /your/server/www/forums/

The forums root example is where to upload the file to.



The chdir in the searchresults.php file should be the path as in the above response to jlew24asu
The admincp path should be http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php (something like that).

gotcha. but I did that. I entered in my full unix path and still no dice.

this is the entire line...

chdir(/editforprivacy/www/misc/chicagophotoshop/public_html/forums/)

am I missing something in between the (...) ??

[LAJAURIA]

Originally Posted by davidw

the chdir is to your forums, not to your search (that way you can use your vbulletin's functions).
Try using this: chdir('/www/buforo.com/htdocs/');

yes!!!

now it works..!!


thanks a lot for your help....


now I'm proud of clicking on INSTALLED..





a $$$ question: what about AdSense?? does this hack work showing payed advertisments of Google???

I've made some searchings, and it never shows "Sponsored Links" ...