DHC Banner Ads - Upgrade [1.4]

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DHC Banner Ads Hack

This script allows you to manage the banner advertisments on your vBulletin board from within the Admin Control Panel. Currently not integrated with PayPal, NoChex so payment will have to remain seperate, although this is set for later releases.

Features

? Display Banner Ads on every page
? Limit display of ads to so many clicks or views
? Turn off display of ads for certain usergroups
? Count clicks and views through Admin CP
? Keep banner ads in database but dont include them in rotation (ie: If maximum views has been reached)
? Auto deactivate when maximum clicks/views are reached
? Displays stats of ads in specified users control panel
? End date and time for banners (Limit or Unlimited)
? Multiple banners per page, using a locations script

Please don't forget to hit the Install button if you use this hack - It helps me judge how popular this hack is and how far to carry on supporting it



*UPDATE* [17th Apr 05] v1.4 Released! Download new ZIP file and either do fresh install or upgrade from previous version!

v1.2.1 - All queries now include TABLE_PREFIX for boards that use this function
Steps have also been taken to prevent SQL Injection

[beansbaxter]

i am running 3.0.7 and i cannot get this to work.

[beansbaxter]

ok so this morning, for testing purposes, i did a reinstall of vbulletin fresh on a clean new database. i figure i can test the mod out, so if it works then i can take it to my live site.

i went through the install instructions, verbatim, and not one hitch.

i go into admin cp, and the dhc banner system heading is there, but when i click on it, there are no links underneath it, just 3 little small blue boxes that are about 2 pixels high. the top little box does nothing, the bottom two do link to something, not sure what since i cant read anything.

That's ok, I can look in the code, and for whatever reason it did not make things work, but I see the link (example dhcbannerads.php?do=view) and I can make my own 3 links from there to view, add, and do settings so I'm ok with this bug.

So I deleted the default banner, and added a new banner. Everything seems to work so far up to this point. Now I just want to insert the banner into the header by adding the appropiate code. I just used the install instructions to copy and replace the code in the header template.

Keep in mind when I setup the banner, I selected ALL to make sure it was in all banner slots.

I load my forum and the banner is not there, dont know what is going on?????

[beansbaxter]

update, i got it to work. for some reason, once the banner has been saved, u have to go back and manually choose the banner slot and the dimensions again, cause they dont save on the initial load.

[beansbaxter]

and last update. i fixed the admincp issue, all you have to do is search in phrases for one of the banner phrases, i did banner_view and made no changes and saved it, it forced the phrases to rebuild themselves and now it all works perfect.

[Aeolian_X]

LOL! You fixed it yourself, by doing everything I was gonna tell you to do. Glad to see it.

[carloshax]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

no no trust me it does.....and as for the phrases i had to twik the index in adminc instead of making it look for the phrases (for some reason it doesnt) i put up the word myself here's what i did and it works fine :

//Banner
construct_nav_option("Banner View", 'dhcbannerads.php?do=view', '<br />');
construct_nav_option("Banner Add", 'dhcbannerads.php?do=add', '<br />');
construct_nav_option("Banner Settings", 'dhcbannerads.php?do=settings', '<br />');
construct_nav_group("DHC Banner System", '<hr />');
//Banner

thx very much worked perfectly, this was the only problem i was having

[erratic assasin]

Hi I just installed no probs but I would like to display ad under my banner in the centre anyone help me out please?

[cynix2]

Ok ummm I really need some help on this. Advertising is the only thing that keeps my site going and ever since I switched to vb I havnt been able to have a good advertisment.

I have followed every step of every page and I do not see or get the banners on my page.

I dont have any errors. I put in the phasing for admincp. I have vbadvanced but I dont care if its on that page. I downloaded it a few days ago. NO images show up ANYwhere.

Please help. My site is at your coding mercy.

[BOWZONE]

No problems here....Works great...

*installed*

[John Smiley]

The first edit takes my site down. Do I need to close my site while I add this?
Will it work, once everything is complete?

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/global.php (1 Change)
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FIND

eval('$headinclude = "' . fetch_template('headinclude') . '";');
eval('$header = "' . fetch_template('header') . '";');
eval('$footer = "' . fetch_template('footer') . '";');

ADD ABOVE

// <DHC>
require_once('./includes/functions_bannerads.php');
$TotalSlots = get_banner_slots();
for ($x=1; $x < ($TotalSlots+1); $x++)
{
$banner_ad[$x] = print_random_banner($x);
}
// </DHC>
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