conditional ad after 5th, 15th post

[Dave-ahfb]

I have it working fine after 5 posts with
[code]<vb:if condition="$post['postcount'] % $vboptions['maxposts'] == 5">;/code]

and it puts the 2nd ad under 15 if I change the 5 to 15.

It also places ads under 30 and so on (for those with extended posts per page)

Is there a way to combine the conditional statement to include the ad spots I want like 5, 15, 25, 35 rather than right a new conditional which seems to have less control?

[kh99]

You should be able to do this:

<vb:if condition="in_array($post['postcount'], array(5, 15, 25, 35))">

but then you have to list all positions instead of having them repeat due to the '%'.

[Dave-ahfb]

That works but not as hoped for.

Lets say I want it after every 10th post regardless of page or post per page count?

[Sal Collaziano]

I'm curious about this also. I'd like to place an ad after the 3rd post on every page. Is there a solution to do this?

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Sal Collaziano

I'm curious about this also. I'd like to place an ad after the 3rd post on every page. Is there a solution to do this?

Create a plugin hooked at "postbit_display_complete" with the following code:

PHP Code:

global $ids;

if ($post['postid'] == $ids[2])
{
    $template_hook['postbit_end'] .= 'Ad goes here...';
} 


Replace 'Ad goes here...' with your ad HTML.

[Sal Collaziano]

Thank you, Mark. Is there a way to get this to work with conditionals? I get:

syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting end of file on line 4 in /home/site/whatever/includes/class_postbit.php(345) : eval()'d code
#0 /home/buickfor/public_html/forums/showthread.php(1096): vB_Postbit->construct_postbit(Array)
#1 {main}

P.S. How was IRMA for you up there?

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Sal Collaziano

Thank you, Mark. Is there a way to get this to work with conditionals? I get:

syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting end of file on line 4 in /home/site/whatever/includes/class_postbit.php(345) : eval()'d code
#0 /home/buickfor/public_html/forums/showthread.php(1096): vB_Postbit->construct_postbit(Array)
#1 {main}

What code did you use in your plugin?

Originally Posted by Sal Collaziano

P.S. How was IRMA for you up there?

We got a long of wind, but not a lot of rain in my neck of the woods. How did you guys fare?

[Sal Collaziano]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

What code did you use in your plugin?



We got a long of wind, but not a lot of rain in my neck of the woods. How did you guys fare?

I'm trying to use something like this:

<vb:if condition="!is_member_of($bbuserinfo, #,#,#)>
<li class="firstpost_advert_container">
<div class="firstpost_advert">
AD CODE HERE
</div>
</li>
</vb:if>

With Irma, we got a lot of strong wind. Lots of trees blown down. But very luckily, no flooding. None. That was great. I also never lost power. But lost internet for a few days...

[MarkFL]

The conditional you are using is valid within a template only, however you can exclude usergroups within the plugin PHP code. For example:

PHP Code:

global $ids;

$excluded = array(5, 6, 7);

if (!is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, $excluded) AND $post['postid'] == $ids[2])
{
    $template_hook['postbit_end'] .= 'Ad goes here...';
} 


Make sure the HTML you add is within the single quotes...it needs to be a data string.

I prefer using plugins rather than hacking templates, if at all possible.

[Sal Collaziano]

This is my first time using plugins, so please bear with me.

Here's what my plugin looks like now:

----- ----- -----
global $ids;

$excluded = array(199, 299, 399);

if (!is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, $excluded) AND $post['postid'] == $ids[2])
{
$template_hook['postbit_end'] .= '<li class="firstpost_advert_container"><div class="firstpost_advert">
<div class="firstpost_advert">
<center>
AD CODE HERE
</center>
</div>';
}
----- ----- -----

I'm still doing something wrong with my added code. What sticks out to you? I'm not in any of those user group IDs. Let me know what you think. Thank you very much!

Originally Posted by MarkFL

The conditional you are using is valid within a template only, however you can exclude usergroups within the plugin PHP code. For example:

PHP Code:

global $ids;

$excluded = array(5, 6, 7);

if (!is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, $excluded) AND $post['postid'] == $ids[2])
{
    $template_hook['postbit_end'] .= 'Ad goes here...';
} 


Make sure the HTML you add is within the single quotes...it needs to be a data string.

I prefer using plugins rather than hacking templates, if at all possible.