Miscellaneous Hacks - vbBannerRotator

This is the first vbulletin Banner Rotator written in PHP that works with none Errors.
You can add Adsense, Adbrite, Banners or what you want.

- 2 Banner Rotator Sets added in product-bannerrotator-two.xml
- 1 Banner Rotator Set added in product-bannerrotator.xml

Version: 1.1.0
- No Template needs to create
- Second Set of Banners added (max 5 Banners)
- Import max 10 Banner Codes (vBulletin options)
- Enable or Disable vbBannerRotator & Banners (vBulletin options)

Version: 1.0.1
- Uncached templates fixed
Installation:

1. Download and Install this Product
1a. Click here to Install
2. Open your Header, Footer or what you want
3. Add $GLOBALS[bannerads] for Set 1 (max 10 Banners)
3a. Add $GLOBALS[banneradstwo] for Set 2 (max 5 Banners)
4. Go to vbBannerRotator in vBulletin Settings and insert your Codes
5. And Finish

Update: (since v.1.0.0 & 1.0.1)

1. Backup your Bannercodes from template: bannerbns
2. Restore (Delete) Template: bannerbns
3. Overwrite Old Product Version with New
4. Open your Header, Footer or what you want
5. Add $bannerads
6. Go to vbBannerRotator in vBulletin Settings and insert your Codes
7. And Finish

Demo:

Click Install

[Code Monkey]

Does this track clicks to different banners?

[d1150488]

For those wanting to reference this variable in the postbit template you need to use...

$GLOBALS[bannerads]

Rather than

$bannerads

This has been driving me mad. Its to do with the scope of these variables in the postbit template....

[rezapci]

thanks for great hack, but I have a problem, when people click on hacks, the page well go like this http://www.domain.com/forum/adsurl error 404!

I am using this code

<a href="www.islamicbookstore.org.uk" target="_blank" class="banner"><img src="http://www.absocs.com/advert.jpg" width=136 height=37 border=2></a>

what should I do?

[Iamjine]

I'm new to vBulletin.

I've downloaded the XML files but I don't know how to get them installed.

Would someone please show me ?

Thanks

[Luggruff]

Originally Posted by Iamjine

I'm new to vBulletin.

I've downloaded the XML files but I don't know how to get them installed.

Would someone please show me ?

Thanks

go to http://www.yousite.com/admincp -> log in -> Plugins and products -> Products -> add new plugin (on the bottom of the page) -> browse -> submit.

THEN you go to the template manager in adminCP unde styles and templates and in the template drop-down you select "edit templates", then you doubbleclick the template you want to add the banners to and you write $bannerads or $banneradstwo at the location in the code that you want the banners to show up.

[redlabour]

Hi, please add $GLOBALS[bannerads] to the Installinstructions.

With that it is working everywhere and still at navbar, footer etc. !

(Postbit, vBadvanced, Arcade etc.)

[redlabour]

Anybody out there ?

[sunnycher]

Ok, If I want this banner to be to the RIGHT side of the forum, on top of ALL pages, how do I do this?
If you go to www.lgpphotographers.com/forum
I want the banner to rotate right above the convention banner.

Any ideas?

THANK YOU FOR THIS!

[Luggruff]

AdminCP -> Styles and templates -> Template Manager (or whatever, top link in that menu) -> << >> OR the top choice in the drop-down, does not matter, it's the HEADER template you want and that just happens to be in both places.

Take this:

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 <tr>
  <td width="27"><img src="images/LGP/q1.jpg" border="0" width="27" height="182" alt="" /></td>
  <td width="100%" background="images/LGP/q3.jpg">
   <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
    <tr>
      <td width="100%"><img src="images/LGP/header3.jpg" border="0" width="234" height="182" alt="ProPs - ProPhotogs.com" /></td>
     <td align="center"><ad what="zone:1" /><p><a href="http://www.lgpphotographers.com/convention/convention.htm"><img src="./images/convention.jpg" align="center" border="0"></a></p></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
  </td>

  <td width="28"><img src="images/LGP/q2.jpg" border="0" width="28" height="182" alt="" /></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27" background="images/LGP/q4.jpg"></td>
  <td width="100%">
<!-- /logo -->

And change to something like this:

 <!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 <tr>
  <td width="27"><img src="images/LGP/q1.jpg" border="0" width="27" height="182" alt="" /></td>
  <td width="100%" background="images/LGP/q3.jpg">
   <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
    <tr>
      <td width="100%"><img src="images/LGP/header3.jpg" border="0" width="234" height="182" alt="ProPs - ProPhotogs.com" /></td>
     <td align="center">$GLOBALS[bannerads]<br><ad what="zone:1" /><p><a href="http://www.lgpphotographers.com/convention/convention.htm"><img src="./images/convention.jpg" align="center" border="0"></a></p></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
  </td>

  <td width="28"><img src="images/LGP/q2.jpg" border="0" width="28" height="182" alt="" /></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27" background="images/LGP/q4.jpg"></td>
  <td width="100%">
<!-- /logo -->

[FPR]

Awesome code.

How do I add the banner below the nav bar?

Cheers
FPR