Major Additions - vB.Sponsors - Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads with Statistics

vB.Sponsors
Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads with Statistics

Add sponsor's ads or Google AdSense to forums & categories

INTRO:
This extension will allow you to add sponsors to you forums and categories or use Google AdSense. You can also track the hits to each sponsor by date as well. See below for more features and demo sites.

For vBulletin 3.5.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103327

For vBulletin 3.7.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=183335

FEATURES:
-Enable sponsorship on forums and categories
-Ability to use Google AdSense code
-Use a banner or a text link
-Supports large banners for the top of the sponsored forum and small banners for the forum listing
-Tracks hits for each sponsor
-Statistics viewable inside Admin CP
-Ability to alter the "Forum sponsored by:" text
-Easy to use and install

INSTALLATION:
Documentation is located here.
I've found it's easier to maintain an online version rather than files included in the download.

THANKS:
...to vBulletin.org and its members.
...to the people who have installed this mod, suggested improvements and found bugs.

FEEDBACK:
Feedback Forums: http://www.DigitalDeviation.com/forums/
Feedback is always welcomed! Good or bad. Post all feedback and feature requests in this thread or in the forums above. Trust me, I'll be reading it even if I don't respond to every post.

SUPPORT:
Support Forums: http://www.DigitalDeviation.com/forums/
Should you need any assistance with this, you can reach me via the link above or by posting in this thread.

In either case, please post as much detail as possible with any code or screenshots pertaining to the issue. MySQL, PHP and web server software versions are helpful. You can obtain these from the Admin CP in vBulletin.

DONATE:
If you like this product, a donation would be appreciated. But of course its not required.


VERSION HISTORY:
2.0.6 - BugFix
-Changed maxversion attribute to enable vBulletin 3.7 installs
2.0.5 - Feature Add / BugFix
-Added version checking
-Added support for Google Adsense (template code has been updated)
-Fixed the table layout in the AdminCP
-Options are now controlled via vBulletin options

2.0.0 - Initial Release

DEMO SITES: If you'd like your forum added here, PM me.
Sites listed at http://www.digitaldeviation.com/proj...referencesites

---FEATURE REQUEST LIST---
-Integration: phpAdsNew integration
-Reporting: Sponsors able to view statistics from User CP
-Reporting: Export reports in PDF (or other) format
-Rights: Ability to hide sponsors based on a user's group
-Option: Rotating banner support
-Option: Multiple sponsors per forum/category
-Option: Remove the branding copyright
-Option: Ability to not show sponsor's banner in the main forum listing, but show when the forum is displayed.
-Option: Display ads in individual threads
-Option: Email the sponsor daily/weekly/monthly hit statistics

---KNOWN BUGS---
-NONE

Don't forget to click the install link below if you use it.

[dizzy100]

I see theres been an update today but no posting on what was updated.

Heres hoping for usergroup viewable permissions

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by dizzy100

I see theres been an update today but no posting on what was updated.

Heres hoping for usergroup viewable permissions

It was just the template code. Nothing else.

UGP is on its way. I just finished some changes to the 3.5 version. Now I'm working on the 3.6 version.

[grahamsmythe]

It still seems there's a problem with this version of vB.Sponsors.
I'm running vBulletin 3.6.7.
On my list of forums, the sponsorship banners appear to work OK (see attachment 1)
However, when you go into the forum itself (the banner is missing and is replaced with just text - see attachment 2). And also, the "Sponsor Large Banner" doesn't seem to work either
Any help would really be appreciated, as vB.Sponsors really seem to fit the bill for what I want it to do.
Cheers. Graham.

[Deviation]

Resolved. Check the FORUMDISPLAY template code again. I was in a bit of a rush last time. Hopefully this is it for now.

[rooney72]

Excuse my ignorance. Quite new to vBulletin. I've installed it and I can see the Cpanel vSponsors Manager.

But from where I change "This section is sponsored by" and where do I put gif of sponsor? in style?

[rooney72]

I really can't do it. I've tried to change HTML but

I need someone who can volonteer and act as a temp administrator. I will give all permissions of course. My forum is test so there are no people. I am only trying to learn. Once I see whta was done then I would be ok

ANyone please?

[Deviation]

The sponsored by text is located in the Global Settings section of the vb.Sponsors Manager. See the first screenshot posted in the original post.

You add the sponsor's banner by going to the forum manager and editing the forum you want sponsored.

Also, be sure you check out the docs located at http://www.digitaldeviation.com/docu...ion/vbsponsors. There's a user's guide and an installation guide that will walk you through everything.

[rooney72]

Great ... Managed somehow to do Sponsored by: ....

1. Where do I put the logo of sponsored company? I inserted it under images by ftp and made the relative url under yhe banner - Only a red appeared

2. I posted the url http://www. but stil directed to internal website

[rooney72]

Hi Deviane this is what I meant. Besides I don't know where to upload my static logo. Mind you I wrote the url with http://www.

Originally Posted by PhilForce

This is a great mod, thanks for doing it.

However, I, sucking at PHP and the likes, am having a problem. Whether I use just a text link or a banner image, whenever I click it I am just directed towards www.mysite.com/forums/vB.Sponsors/link.php which is a blank page. Why am I not being directed to to the link that I put as the sponsor's?

Thanks in advance!

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by rooney72

Great ... Managed somehow to do Sponsored by: ....

1. Where do I put the logo of sponsored company? I inserted it under images by ftp and made the relative url under yhe banner - Only a red appeared

2. I posted the url http://www. but stil directed to internal website

You need to place the logo somewhere that can be accessed by browsing to it. If you can browse to that URL, then it will work fine. You should not use the path that's displayed in your FTP client. This the physical path of the data and is not going to work in a browser.
Example (assuming html is the root of your site):

/home/YOURDOMAIN/html/banners/sponsor.jpg
http://www.YOURSITE.com/banners/sponsor.jpg

The first is the path you would see in your FTP client. That will not work in a browser however. The second path is what you would use.

For the second question, be sure you preface the sponsor's page with http://. Otherwise it will try to goto that URL on your domain.
Example:

http://www.SPONSOR.com

-NOT-

SPONSOR.com

Hopefully that makes some sense.