Randomly positioned ad in between postbits in showthread

Inspired by this hack.

The ad is positioned randomly after one of the postbits. We use this for positioning adsense ads on visordown.com.

Install the attached plugin then add the following code to your postbit or postbit_legacy template:

<if condition="$GLOBALS['adsense_position'] == $post['postcount'] && $GLOBALS['adsense_position'] > 0">
$spacer_open 
<div style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px"> 

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center"> 
<tr> 
	<td class="thead" align="left">Sponsored Links</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
	<td class="alt1" align="center">

<!-- ad code goes here -->

	</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 

</div> 
$spacer_close 
</if>

Changelog

v1.01
Bug fix: The ad code shouldn't appear on PMs any more (template change)

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[dssart]

just re-installed under 3.6, using the tips from above..good work. click *install*

Is it possible to have the ads displayed when viewing the forum index, or when viewing the thread topics within a group as opposed to having the ads displayed when one views the messages within a thread as this does now?

Would also like to know if I could have two rows of ads appear instead of one..

[webgroup]

Originally Posted by UK Jimbo

Sorry - I won't have a chance to till v3.6 is stable and I've installed it on visordown.com

Any new of the new version?
works in 3.6.0 but the table with the ads is not squeared with the post tables anymore.

[Smoothie]

Originally Posted by webgroup

Any new of the new version?
works in 3.6.0 but the table with the ads is not squeared with the post tables anymore.

Works with 3.6, you just need to remove the space_open and spacer_closed.

Use this:

<div style="padding:6px 0px 0px 0px">

[webgroup]

Originally Posted by Smoothie

Works with 3.6, you just need to remove the space_open and spacer_closed.

Use this:

<div style="padding:6px 0px 0px 0px">

thanks.

should I add that code or replace the spacer_closed and space_open with the code?

[Smoothie]

Originally Posted by webgroup

thanks.

should I add that code or replace the spacer_closed and space_open with the code?

Here's what I use:

<if condition="$GLOBALS['adsense_position'] == $post['postcount'] && $GLOBALS['adsense_position'] > 0">
<div style="padding:6px 0px 0px 0px">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center"> 
<tr> 
	<td class="thead" align="left">Sponsored Links</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
	<td class="alt1" align="center">

<!-- ad code goes here -->

	</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 
</div> 
</if>

[almukmin]

Please read my previous post a page ago.

[jklimczak]

can some one help me fix my code I keep geting No post after i add this

if condition="$GLOBALS['adsense_position'] == $post['postcount'] && $GLOBALS['adsense_position'] > 0">
<div style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="thead" align="left">Sponsored Links</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" align="center">

<!-- BEGIN ADVERTPRO CODE BLOCK -->

<SCRIPT language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
document.write('<SCR'+'IPT src="http://216.27.135.253:8080/advertpro/servlet/view/banner/javascript/zone?zid=7&pid=4&random='+Math.floor(89999999*Math .random()+10000000)+'&millis=' +new Date().getTime()+'" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></SCR'+'IPT>');
</SCRIPT>
<NOSCRIPT>
<A href="http://216.27.135.253:8080/advertpro/servlet/click/zone?zid=7&pid=4&lookup=true&position=1" target="_top">
<IMG src="http://216.27.135.253:8080/advertpro/servlet/view/banner/image/zone?zid=7&pid=4&position=1" height="60" width="468" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Click Here!">
</A>
</NOSCRIPT>

<!-- END ADVERTPRO CODE BLOCK -->

</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</if>

[curriertech]

Installed and working on 3.6.2! I made one small change, being that it only shows the random ads for guests.

[andewy3k]

works great, thanks

just had to remove the spacer stuff for 3.6 and add the new div tag.

thanks again...

*installed*

[Domenico]

Removing spacer_closed and space_open and changing the div to <div style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px 0px 0px"> or <div style="padding:6px 0px 0px 0px"> doesn't work for me.

See -> http://www.webhostingtalk.nl/webhost...ders-bots.html

Any ideas?

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by Andreas

What about:
Show Adsense in (or under, above) first unread Post of a Thread.
I think this is the place that would get the most user attention?

That's a nice idea. I also tried to find a solution for that. For what variable should I search for?

[UK Jimbo]

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

That's a nice idea. I also tried to find a solution for that. For what variable should I search for?

We tried this but after a week of research putting it there and a week of placing it randomly between the postbits we found that we got a better CTR from the randomly positioned one.

I'd urge you to do some similar research on your site to see if the same's true.

Putting the adsense after the first post would just require a template change.

[jw00dy]

Thanks, for this. Install was a snap

Installed.

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by UK Jimbo

We tried this but after a week of research putting it there and a week of placing it randomly between the postbits we found that we got a better CTR from the randomly positioned one.

I'd urge you to do some similar research on your site to see if the same's true.

Putting the adsense after the first post would just require a template change.

I'd think that your research would be very interesting for so much people here, I would be glad to hear more about what you tried and what you think is more successfull. Do you also put adsense for registered users on showthread? How do your link units work out? I was f.e. never sure, if my link units hurt my forum more than they earn money.

Installed.

[ThorstenA]

After playing some days, for me placement after #1 posts works better for me than random placements.