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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[imported_infitech]

This stretches my page

[Niall Fernie]

Now that I have this up and running, can anyone tell me how to modify the first line condition to check for user rank, ie I would also like my Junior members to be able to see the ads. I already have it checking for forums and usergroups. Junior members (less than 30 posts) dont contribute as much content to the site as more senior members so they may as well see the ads.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[The Chief]

Does this work on postbit template, doesn't seem to work on mine, it creates the first post normal, then every post after that just decreases in size, lol..

the last post is super small..??

[AzzidReign]

Sweet! I've been looking for this! Thanks a lot!

I had some troubles, but once I put the code in both postbit and legacy, then the ads started showing up! Brilliant mod! Thanks very much!

[UK Jimbo]

Originally Posted by imported_infitech

This stretches my page

Nice forum style - doesn't look very standard to me though.

You probably need to change the HTML accordingly

[UK Jimbo]

Originally Posted by The Chief

Does this work on postbit template, doesn't seem to work on mine, it creates the first post normal, then every post after that just decreases in size, lol..

the last post is super small..??

Is your postbit standard? Are you sure you pasted the code in correctly.

Without more info it's impossible to speculate what might be wrong.

[UK Jimbo]

Originally Posted by arossphoto

I've installed and it's working very well. Will the code above display the ads after the first post and before the last? Would you mind showing me what the whole code for the post bit would look like, and is it possible to show the ads to certain usergroups?

Cheers.

The postbit code should remain the same.

If you look back through the thread you'll see information on how to restrict the ad to appear/hide for given user groups.

Shout if you get stuck.

[UK Jimbo]

Originally Posted by sandrodz

installed, works like charm... only concern is if I can set it to display at the end of the last post only? or after the first post only? cause I believe this kind of random placing isn't efficient in my case... thank you!

Trawl back through the thread. Pretty sure this has been done too

[imported_infitech]

Thnks UK Jimbo. Already have.

[UK Jimbo]

Originally Posted by imported_infitech

Thnks UK Jimbo. Already have.

You should click install then