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.

[davidw]

No problem.

[sarum]

Originally Posted by davidw

Find this in your navbar template:

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->

	<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
	<!-- header quick search form -->
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_search_menu" style="display:none" align="$stylevar[left]">
		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">

Add after:

<tr>
	<form action="{$vboptions['google_forum_path']}" id="cse-search-box" target="_top"><td class="thead">Search Site / Google</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
		<table border="0">
			<tr>
				<td nowrap="nowrap">
					<div>
						<input type="hidden" name="cx" value="{$vboptions['google_pub']}" />
						<input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:9" />
						<input type="text" name="q" size="{$vboptions['google_box_width_nav']}" />
						<input type="submit" name="sa" value="Go" />
					</div>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table>
	</td></form><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en"></script>
</tr>

Save and reload.

and uncheck:

vB Google Search - Navbar  	global_setup_complete

in manage plugins

if you dont you'll end up with two google search windows

[The Realist]

For members whom are getting search errors when it comes to this part of the instructions:

When you resetup your adsense, 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).

Example: partner-pub-0123456789012345:lnucfbm5dtp

In order to get the new adsense code as above you need to do the following within your adsense account to get hold of the new partner code.

Do the following:

1) Login to adsense
2) Click Adsense setup
3) Click "AdSense for Search" and pick what options you need and continue clicking next.
4) At the end you will get "Submit and get code"
5) Click the submit button and look at the code.

Within the code displayed you will get your new full partner adsense code that needs to be inputed within the "vB Google Search (Adsense)" under vbullletin options.

Hope this helps.

Regards.

[badheeu]

Thankx hack is great,

Demo

Best Regards
KMA FORUM

[Wizardjv]

Anyway to make this search your site? I mean it seems to be searching google and not the site it is on? Or would that stop from making anything in adsense? Just curious?

[davidw]

When you set it up, you choose where you want it to search. You can default it to Google, or you can list a set of sites (including Google). If your search terms are relevant, depending on how strong of the search terms, they will show up closer to front/top of the list - as long as your site is in the list.

[netzrate]

great, installd and it works!!

[davidw]

Thanks

[Chunky Monkey]

Is this still working for everyone? I installed it, added my new partner-pub-xxxxx:xxxx id, and verified in Google Analystics that searchresults.php is receiving traffic, but AdSense is showing no impressions or clicks...

Does it matter that none of my other adsense ads have "partner-" before the "pub"?

please help.

[Chunky Monkey]

Also, the "FORID: X" in the code AdSense tells me to add to the side is different from the "FORID: X" displayed for the search when I view the vbulletin page source. Does that matter?