Major Additions - vB Ad Management 4

vB Ad Management 4

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What does it do?

Features include global settings, advertisements allowing template conditionals, ad sharing and ad revenue sharing, timed advertisements, preset popular ad locations and functions such as sponsors, additional custom ad locations, random and static advertisements and its all very easy to use. You can use it for ordinary ads like adsense, banner rotations, or any content at all as well as using it to manage ads outside your forum too.

You can read in more detail about these and other features in the manual, which also contains some helpful notes and instructions, as well as the installation and upgrade instructions



If you are using autoinsertion and were using vB Ad Management before version 4.00, you will need to remove your old template edits or advertisements will appear multiple times. Just reverse the old instructions below.

* Find <!-- post $post[postid] popup menu --> and paste $postbit_advertisement above it in your postbit & postbit_legacy templates.
* Paste $forumbit_advertisement at the bottom of your forumhome_forumbit_level1_post and forumhome_forumbit_level2_post templates.
* Paste $threadbit_advertisement at the bottom of your threadbit template.
* Paste $footer_advertisement at the top of your footer template.
* Find $spacer_close in your footer template and below it paste $rightcolumn_advertisement.
* Find &nbsp; in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.
* Find $spacer_open in your header template and below it paste $leftcolumn_advertisement.

[LCN2007]

Does anyone know how to make it so that the adds dont change your page?
I mean i put a add in and it squishes my page i want it to be under my title/ navebars.

Anyone help me plz

[waller99]

I have searched this mod and I still can't figure out why the banners aren't showing up in firefox 2.0.0.6. It works fine in IE 7. Maybe I am an idiot but I can't seem to find the problem.. Thanks.

[kaisellgren]

Hi!

I love your module. However, I would need this to be an automatic. Is there any way to make it so that people can buy banner space for x weeks? After PayPal payment banner would be shown and if there are multiple banners then it will become a banner rotator, in other words it takes a random banner.

[VBUsers]

upgraded and working great.

[The Librarian]

I've been using this mod with great success for quite a while now. I love it! Most of my ads work beautifully, so I keep them in the rotation.

However, I've got a handful that won't work. They throw things off when they come up. (mostly in the navbar or header, but it's a problem in the footer as well.) It's difficult to explain what happens, but they shift things around or make the entire forum link to their site or something like that.

It's just a few so I haven't worried too much about it, but if you've got the time to take a look I'd appreciate it.

Here they are:

Auralog Languages

<a target="_new" href="http://usstore.auralog.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=WTTASU&Category_Code=HMSC&Affiliate=hslibrary"><img src="http://www.thehomeschoollibrary.com/forum/images/misc/auralogbanner.gif" border="0" alt="Auralog, Innovation for Language Learning"></a>,

eBay

<a target="_new" href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751-2978-5/1?aid=5934445&pid=2248720" target="_top">
<img src="http://www.afcyhf.com/image-2248720-5934445" width="468" height="60" alt="Bid, Buy and Sell on eBay" border="0"/></a>,

netflix

<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=tcrPbMapxbs&offerid=78684.10000092&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="Netflix, Inc." border="0" src="http://cdn.netflix.com/us/affiliates/banners/0804/468060C_599.gif"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tcrPbMapxbs&bids=78684.10000092&type=4&subid=0">,

eToys

<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=tcrPbMapxbs&offerid=85913.10000125&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="etoys.com (eToys Direct, Inc.)" border="0" src="http://www.etoys.com/g/m/etholfs_468x60.gif"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tcrPbMapxbs&bids=85913.10000125&type=4&subid=0">,

overstock

<a href="http://linksynergy.overstock.com/fs-bin/click?id=tcrPbMapxbs&offerid=57189.10002621&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="Overstock.com, Inc." border="0" src="http://www.overstock.com/img/linkshare/ipod_468x60.gif"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tcrPbMapxbs&bids=57189.10002621&type=4&subid=0">,

<a href="http://linksynergy.overstock.com/fs-bin/click?id=tcrPbMapxbs&offerid=57189.10002599&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="Overstock.com, Inc." border="0" src="http://www.overstock.com/img/linkshare/movies_468x60.jpg"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tcrPbMapxbs&bids=57189.10002599&type=4&subid=0">,

<a href="http://linksynergy.overstock.com/fs-bin/click?id=tcrPbMapxbs&offerid=57189.10002595&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="Overstock.com, Inc." border="0" src="http://www.overstock.com/img/linkshare/books_468x60.jpg"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tcrPbMapxbs&bids=57189.10002595&type=4&subid=0">,

<a href="http://linksynergy.overstock.com/fs-bin/click?id=tcrPbMapxbs&offerid=57189.10002573&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="Overstock.com, Inc." border="0" src="http://www.overstock.com/img/linkshare/liqbin_468x60.gif"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tcrPbMapxbs&bids=57189.10002573&type=4&subid=0">,

MyTwinn

<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=tcrPbMapxbs&offerid=97320.10000006&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="Mytwinn.com (eToys Direct, Inc.)" border="0" src="http://www.mytwinn.com/g/m/mytwinnFreeShipping_468x60.gif "></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tcrPbMapxbs&bids=97320.10000006&type=4&subid=0">,

Snapfish

<a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-2248720-10357446" target="_blank">
<img src="http://www.awltovhc.com/image-2248720-10357446" width="468" height="60" alt="Snapfish, 20 FREE prints, 12c prints" border="0"/></a>,

Wal-Mart

<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=tcrPbMapxbs&offerid=123427.10001516&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="Wal-Mart.com USA, LLC" border="0" src="http://www.walmart.com/i/b/07/camp/april/tv_468X60_affiliate.gif"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tcrPbMapxbs&bids=123427.10001516&type=4&subid=0">,

Wal-Mart Music

<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=tcrPbMapxbs&offerid=123427.10000781&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="Wal-Mart.com USA, LLC" border="0" src="http://www.walmart.com/a/lks/musicDL_468X60.gif"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tcrPbMapxbs&bids=123427.10000781&type=4&subid=0">

[wickland]

It's a good concept but it looks bad on my website and the placements don't work very well either.

You can actually imagine my problem by looking at this vbulletin.org forum. Take a look at the two dark blue sides on each side of this forum. I thought this was where the right and left advertisements would go, but that doesn't work. My forum is designed exactly like this forum so that visitors viewing my forum on an 800X600 resolution could view my site without having to scroll from side to side like they would in a 1024X768 designed forum.

Is there any way to get advertisements into left and right sides I have just pointed out? In the screenshot, I have circled in green the two spots I would like my ads to be placed in.

Thanks

[1quick1]

I read in the earlier pages that an option to put a static and a rotation banner in the navbar will be added.

Has this been put in or did I miss it?

If I'm not making any sense here's a forum with the banner rotation setup that I'm looking for.

[The Librarian]

Here are pictures of what's happening when these are added to the rotation. (I also included one good ad so you can see what it's supposed to look like.)

As you can see they appear in the welcome block instead of in the regular navbar (except Snapfish, which seems to have a bit of a different problem), and when they do, they make the username and other info there into a hot link to the ad site.

It's a problem, and I don't know why it's happening, or how to fix it.

Thanks!

[cache]

nice mod.
I do have couple of problems:

1. The header has an extra ";" at the end, don't know how it got there.
see http://IJFG.com

2. experiemented with forumbit, however the ad did not show up, don't know why.

thanks.

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by bowdeni

Hi. I've installed the mod and configured it to my desire. It works great. Thank you very much.

I have however had an idea for the mod. It may already be do-able (if so please tell me) but I'll explain my idea. Basically I am using amazon associates for my board. The problem is that I can only really decide to use Amazon USA or UK etc etc. I've chosen Amazon USA since most of my audience is american.

What if you could configure adverts for specific usergroups. I could put all my usa users in a usa usergroup, all my uk users in a uk usergroup and so on. That way, I could configure it so that all the USA users see amazon usa adverts, and UK users see amazon uk adverts.

Any feedback on this idea?

This will be possible with the next version, unless something goes horribly wrong.

Originally Posted by LCN2007

Does anyone know how to make it so that the adds dont change your page?
I mean i put a add in and it squishes my page i want it to be under my title/ navebars.

Anyone help me plz

There's generally nothing you can do about that. Ads take up space and will rearrange the page, that's just how it works. Either use smaller ads, different placement or rearrange your forum to accommodate them.

Originally Posted by waller99

I have searched this mod and I still can't figure out why the banners aren't showing up in firefox 2.0.0.6. It works fine in IE 7. Maybe I am an idiot but I can't seem to find the problem.. Thanks.

I would assume it's an error with your advertisement code. if you post it here I might be able to help.

Originally Posted by kaisellgren

Hi!

I love your module. However, I would need this to be an automatic. Is there any way to make it so that people can buy banner space for x weeks? After PayPal payment banner would be shown and if there are multiple banners then it will become a banner rotator, in other words it takes a random banner.

Long story short: no. I've never used vBulletin's subscription so I don't know what's possible with it or even how it works by default. But if you want to expand further, there's a "suggest feature" link at the top of the first post, submit your suggestion and I'll have a look and see if anyone else has anything to add.

I agree that it's certainly something that should be included, I'm just aware of not knowing an equally aware that it's a big job.

Originally Posted by The Librarian

Here are pictures of what's happening when these are added to the rotation. (I also included one good ad so you can see what it's supposed to look like.)

As you can see they appear in the welcome block instead of in the regular navbar (except Snapfish, which seems to have a bit of a different problem), and when they do, they make the username and other info there into a hot link to the ad site.

It's a problem, and I don't know why it's happening, or how to fix it.

Thanks!

Someone has been giving your dodgy code...img tags should be closed with a slash, like this: <img stuff goes here />. You should include the space before the slash as well. & characters should be written as &amp; as well, but I can't imagine it making a difference.

Originally Posted by 1quick1

I read in the earlier pages that an option to put a static and a rotation banner in the navbar will be added.

Has this been put in or did I miss it?

If I'm not making any sense here's a forum with the banner rotation setup that I'm looking for.

You can just add a custom block using the instructions in the first post, but a navbar section is included by default in the next version since a lot of people asked for it.