Integration with vBulletin - vB Google Adsense for Search plus Integration

I've done an overhaul on this and you will need to resetup your adsense for search account for this to work. If you aren't happy with that, please use the 3.6 version of this, which works fine for 3.7 from what I've been told.

Step 1:
You may have to resetup your adsense. If you do, you will get a new pub ID - this one includes your previous pub and tacks on your GALT (which is set up when you resetup your adsense account). I used www.christianboards.org and www.google.com (so it would search my site and the web - you can choose only your site, or any location that is web-accessible for results)

Example: partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

If your partner-pub ID does not look like the example, you will see an error.

Also, keep in mind, all sites you put into the box for the adsense (one per line) will be integrated into the search and the search results.

Step 2:
Edit your searchresults.php file.
Find:

chdir('/path/to/your/forums/');

Put your correct value.

Example: chdir('/var/www/vhosts/yoursite.com/forums/');

Step 3:
Upload this file your forum's root. An example of your forum's root is below.

Example: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php

Step 4:
Install the product
Go to Admincp => Plugins & Products => Manage Products => [Add/Import Product] => Browse for product-davidw_vb_google_search.xml => Import

Step 5:
Configure your Admincp options
Go to Admincp => vBullitin Options => vBulletin Options => Find vB Google Search (Adsense) then click [Edit Settings]
Edit your new Partner-pub ID (the one you just had reset up - see example in red above), Google box width, iframe widthfor your results (I use 800 in the screenshot, but you can change this based on your needs), and the full URL to your searchresults.php.

NOTE! If you do not enter these in, you will see errors.

Step 6: Optional
Edit 1 template:
Admincp => Styles & Templates => Style Manager => Edit Templates (on your style) => Search Templates => search_forums => under $navbar, add $google_siteadsearch

Step 7: Optional (for vBAdvanced 3.x only)
vBa CMPS => Default Settings => Main Options => Portal Output Global Variables

Add these variables:
template_hook
google_navadsearch
homeurl

=> Save

vBa CMPS => Edit Modules => Search Forums => Select Action => Copy Module

Main Options
Module Title Google Search site / Forums
Template To Include search_google

Module Wrapper Template Options
Form Code Replace default code with

<form action="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/searchresults.php" type="hidden" name="search" target="_blank">

Click Save
Edit locations where you want to set this active to.

[gwerzal]

Sorry if its a stupid question but how do you resetup your adsense for search?

Do you mean set up another acount?

Will you get in trouble with google if you have 2 acounts?

Cheers

Ben

[Videx]

Originally Posted by gwerzal

Sorry if its a stupid question but how do you resetup your adsense for search?

Do you mean set up another acount?

No. Just log in to adsense and go to Adsense Setup>Adsense for Search. Presumably you could set up a thousand of these if you wanted.

[davidw]

Exactly - it will prompt you for new user information only if you are on the old account setup, but just like Videx said.

[scoles15]

Installed and working great:up::up: Thanks. I am using vBa 3.01 and I decided to integrate searchresults.php. No joy. Basically, I get about 3 warning messages that say the 3 array_merges in vba_cmps_include_template.php $phasegroups, $specialtemplates, and $globaltemplates are not valid arrays. Of course they are and the integration seems to work for any other page I have used. Any ideas??

BTW, I did add the three variables mentioned in the instructions.

Thanks

[davidw]

Do you have a test account I can use with a location to where this is occurring? When do you see the warning (at what point - after you click Go?)

[scoles15]

It is after you press Go and when it goes to searchresults.php Just in case, I wasn't clear. It works fine, except admincp->vBa CMPS->Integration. I just put it back that way so you can see the failure. I am not using vBa Module for the search form.

www.ncwoodworker.net I'll send account info in a few minutes via PM. I'll make you an Admin so you play with the vBa CMPS settings and/or plugin settings

[zelnik]

Hi hoping you can help me, Have installed the addon and everything is setup in the admincp

When i click search or if i try and access searchresults.php by itself I get the following error:

Content Encoding Error


The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.

The page you are trying to view cannot be

shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.


* Please contact the web site owners to inform them of this problem

I have tried uploading a fresh unedited file to see if at least that error would stop but I get the same..

Please help!

[davidw]

Part of the reason is the unedited file. The file must be edited.

Step 1:
Edit chdir('/path/to/your/forums/'); in searchresults.php - put the correct value then upload to your forum's root.

If you have to, check with other applications or with your server to find out what the correct value should be - an error message will sometimes show you the correct value.

Also, make sure your adsense partner code looks like this partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

If you want, PM me the site where this is happening and a test login for looking at it.

[zelnik]

Thank you David everything working just great now.

You were correct it was a path issue and had to ask my host for the full path as when you ftp in it doesn't show you!

Thanks once again!

[davidw]

Your welcome - glad I could help