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DHC Banner Ads Hack

This script allows you to manage the banner advertisments on your vBulletin board from within the Admin Control Panel. Currently not integrated with PayPal, NoChex so payment will have to remain seperate, although this is set for later releases.

Features

? Display Banner Ads on every page
? Limit display of ads to so many clicks or views
? Turn off display of ads for certain usergroups
? Count clicks and views through Admin CP
? Keep banner ads in database but dont include them in rotation (ie: If maximum views has been reached)
? Auto deactivate when maximum clicks/views are reached
? Displays stats of ads in specified users control panel
? End date and time for banners (Limit or Unlimited)
? Multiple banners per page, using a locations script

Please don't forget to hit the Install button if you use this hack - It helps me judge how popular this hack is and how far to carry on supporting it



*UPDATE* [17th Apr 05] v1.4 Released! Download new ZIP file and either do fresh install or upgrade from previous version!

v1.2.1 - All queries now include TABLE_PREFIX for boards that use this function
Steps have also been taken to prevent SQL Injection

[tp214]

apparently you can only have banners that are 468 by 60 pixels, fix please...

[Xenatino]

tp214: Thank you for the updates and I will add these to the release tonight.

Also, I will allow for multiple sizes to be entered in the Admin CP determining the size of the banner.

Future releases are set to include:

Multiple banners per page
Checking of secondary usergroups
Specifying which forums certain banners will be shown in
Limit by time/days
Paypal integration for automatic setup (with admin moderation of banners)
Setup of packages, ie: 1000 views for $5 preset etc... (Custom packages)

Next release due: 13th April

[The Realist]

Does this hack rotate banners?

[The Realist]

Nice ideas but we have nochex as well for us mortals that dont use Paypal. And instead of multiple banners per page, what about banner rotation as well, or even a choice of multiple or rotation.

Originally Posted by Xenatino

tp214: Thank you for the updates and I will add these to the release tonight.

Also, I will allow for multiple sizes to be entered in the Admin CP determining the size of the banner.

Future releases are set to include:

Multiple banners per page
Checking of secondary usergroups
Specifying which forums certain banners will be shown in
Limit by time/days
Paypal integration for automatic setup (with admin moderation of banners)
Setup of packages, ie: 1000 views for $5 preset etc... (Custom packages)

Next release due: 13th April

[Xenatino]

Currently the script selects a random banner from the list on each refresh or page change. Everytime the header script is loaded a random banner will be chosen.

Also, NoChex will be integrated with this script, I thought I had mentioned that but looking back i forgot to.

[The Realist]

I just installed it and added 2 banners, but only the 1st one in the list is showing, they are not rotating?

Laters

[vulture]

Can it display the amazon <Iframe> based banners?

[Xenatino]

Originally Posted by The Realist

I just installed it and added 2 banners, but only the 1st one in the list is showing, they are not rotating?

Laters

Make sure that the other banner is set to active in the Admin CP

Can it display the amazon <Iframe> based banners?

Not yet, no. Only images can be used as banners.

Again, next release is due 13th April so watch out for the features in that

[Xenatino]

The Realist: After a few debugging minutes I found out the error in the script that does not allow one of the banners to be shown.

In /includes/functions_bannerads.php find

PHP Code:

$random = rand(0,$max); 


and change it to

PHP Code:

$random = rand(0,($max+1)); 


Or alternativley you can just re-download the zip file and get the updated functions_bannerads.php

[The Realist]

I'll download it now M8 and give it a test.