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.

[ESADCG]

I am getting this error with VB 3.8.7 pl2

Invalid Redirect URL

[GrantHorizons]

Originally Posted by ESADCG

I am getting this error with VB 3.8.7 pl2

Invalid Redirect URL

I'm getting a similar error on 3.8.7 pl2 when clicking on the ad at the top of the forum threads listing.

"Could not find phrase 'invalid_redirect_url_x'."

thanks for help!

[MySaltyreef]

any idea when this will be available for 4 ?

[GrantHorizons]

I think this is now abandonware by the author - too bad, it was very good. Now I need a replacement - any ideas anyone?

[mlotziii]

Another person hoping this gets updated for 4.x.x

This is an awesome mod!

[Deviation]

Hey. I'm still around.

Between work & life, I haven't had much time to code (anything). The other thing is that for some reason I seldom get emails from this site when people reply to my threads or PMs.

Anyhow, I plan to revisit this after the first of the year when things calm down some. Grant, I'll send you an email shortly.

[GrantHorizons]

Thanks! I look froward to hearing - let's see if this gets through to you - it should - perhaps your spam filter is wound too tight? vB forum emails can be worded kinda spammy. We had to tweak many of ours.
Grant

[speedracer68]

I hope it gets updated.

Does anyone know of a way to tweak it for 4.1.8? I was running it on 4.0.7 and it worked great. Now it all works except the links. When you click on a banner you get the error below

Invalid Redirect URL

It just shows my forum and Invalid Redirect URL then the url it was supposed to go to.

[duketxboy]

Originally Posted by speedracer68

I hope it gets updated.

Does anyone know of a way to tweak it for 4.1.8? I was running it on 4.0.7 and it worked great. Now it all works except the links. When you click on a banner you get the error below

Invalid Redirect URL

It just shows my forum and Invalid Redirect URL then the url it was supposed to go to.

yeah that's how mine is as well

[Deviation]

I've found the cause and I can reproduce the issue. I'll work on getting a patch out shortly.