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OpenAds / phpAdsNew Integration 1.0.4 for vBulletin 3.[56].x
2006-06-08 by mip

Integrates the OpenAds / phpAdsNew ads system by introducing a new template tag <ad ... />.
You can even deliver your Adsense stuff via phpAdsNew using HTML banners.

The features of phpAdsNew combined with the power of vBulletin's templating system gives you the possibility to place ads for specific user groups, forums, and keywords.

PREREQUISITES:
This plugin requires a working installation (local or remote) of a recent version ofOpenAds / phpAdsNew (free software released under the GPL).
When using OpenAds, replace phpAdsNew in this documentation with OpenAds (phpAdsNew is just the predecessor of OpenAds).

INSTALLATION:
When having a previous version of this product installed, see section UPGRADE instead.

Install product "phpadsnew-1.0.4.xml".
Set phpAdsNew path in Server Settings and Optimization Options to point to either your local phpAdsNew installation or a remote server (using XML-RPC).
It is strongly recommended to set $phpAds_config['compatibility_mode'] = true; in phpAdsNew config file, to prevent problems when phpAdsNew uses a database different from the one used by your vBulletin board.

When using XML-RPC, make sure to have lib-xmlrpc-class.inc.php and lib-xmlrpc.inc.php copied from phpAdsNew misc/samples/xmlrpc/php/ to your forum's includes/ directory (not necessary when using a local phpAdsNew installation).

Read the NOTES section below.

Click INSTALL in this thread to mark product as "installed" and receive notifications when a new version comes out.

UPGRADE:

1.0.3 --> 1.0.4
1. Import product as usual, with "Allow Overwrite" set to Yes.
1.0.2 --> 1.0.3
Upgrading is recommended, as this is a bugfix release.
1. Import product as usual, with "Allow Overwrite" set to Yes.
2. Recompile any templates where you experienced problems with the <ad .../> tag (notably those where this tag is used repeatedly on a line).
1.0.1 --> 1.0.2
1. Import product as usual, with "Allow Overwrite" set to Yes.
2. Set $phpAds_config['compatibility_mode'] = true; in phpAdsNew config file.
1.0 --> 1.0.1
There's basically no need to upgrade, as the changes don't affect a working installation, but I recommend to do so, to ease possible upgrades in the future.
1. Import product as usual, with "Allow Overwrite" set to Yes.
2. Alter the path to phpAdsNew in vBulletin Server Settings and Optimization Options to point to your phpAdsNew installation.
  As opposed to version 1.0 of this product, a local path is not relative to the DOCUMENT_ROOT.

USAGE:
Use the newly introduced <ad ... /> tag in your templates.
The syntax is similar to phpAdsNew's view_raw() function call - the tag understands what, clientid, target, source, and withtext as arguments.

Please make yourself familiar with phpAdsNew prior to using this product. You can't expect this product to work, if you didn't check if your phpAdsNew is delivering your banners cleanly.

Examples:

Get banner using keywords:
<ad what="foo|bar" />
Get banner for guest usergroup (in this case, "ug1" must be set as a keyword in phpADsNew, see 2nd screenshot):
<ad what="ug$bbuserinfo['usergroupid']" />
(same technique can be applied to deliver forum-specific ads)
Similar invocation using template conditionals:
<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid']==1"><ad what="" /></if>

NOTES:

Always use the latest stable version of phpAdsNew.
Old versions had bugs and some even had severe security issues - I'll give no support for installations with an outdated phpAdsNew.
At the time of writing, latest version is 2.0.8.
Templates which make use of the ad-tag might need to get recompiled after product change.
Recommendations for heavy-duty servers: Move the plugin code to files; try to avoid using xml-rpc or cache xml-rpc requests (e.g. with memcache).
Have an eye on current phpAdsNew security issues
This product comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Support is provided at will.
Don't expect help if you haven't read instructions or phpAdsNew manual, if you're using non-standard vBulletin software or if your problem descriptions are useless.

PS:
This plugin is donationware - it helps you to make some money, so please be fair and honor my work with an adequate pecuniary donation.
Donate via Paypal

Pulsorock · #**212** 02-06-2006, 06:50 PM

Just in case anyone using MaxMediaManager is interested. I tried to use this plugin with MaxMediaManager 0.1.x (based mostly on phpAdsNew). It didn't work, but at least I got no error message.

I installed the plugin and edited the path in the settings. I created a zone in MMM and in the invocation code was:

PHP Code:


			
<?php
    if (@include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'/maxmediamanager/phpadsnew.inc.php')) {
        if (!isset($phpAds_context)) $phpAds_context = array();
        $phpAds_raw = view_local ('', 21, 0, 0, '_blank', '', '0', $phpAds_context);
        echo $phpAds_raw['html'];
    }
?>

Then on one of my templates I added the following code:

Code:

<ad what="zone:21" />

Where 21 was the zoneid of this new zone I created.

When I go to the page, this is what I see:

Anf if I look at the resulting HTML code, this is what I see:

Code:

<!-- BEGIN ad 1685741398 -->http://www.pulsorock.com/banners/mediumrectangle_hrc_corporate_youknow.jpg?8a4481c4dc<!-- END ad 1685741398 -->

So in conclusion, at the moment the plugin does not work on MMM...

I think I'll continue using the JS invocation. If anyone has any other idea, feel welcome to share it.

cmiller1014 · #**213** 02-11-2006, 05:23 AM

Same problem as these guys.... is there a fix?

Quote:

Originally Posted by shunx91

Hi Guys,

I got this message when I tried to modify my templates:

Warning: view_ad(/home/web/clubwrx.net/public_html/forums/includes/lib-xmlrpc-class.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /includes/init.php(292) : eval()'d code on line 68

Can someone please help me out? I tried to upload those two files in the directory but I got a "permission denied" message.

Exernon · #**214** 02-11-2006, 12:16 PM

Installed and rated it 5 star!

Absolutely a great hack!

Pulsorock · #**215** 02-11-2006, 01:26 PM

It would be possible to make a similar hack like this that works correctly with MaxMediaManager 0.1.x?

Thanks!

ianskate · #**216** 02-12-2006, 09:46 PM

I just tried it on 3.5.3, and had no luck. I get a blank page when trying to save the template, but it never actually saves it. I tried a few times with other options enabled and disabled. I tried changing the path to both the absolute path and path with my hostname as a URL instead.

When I tried the hostname and URL, I got the error above, that the others have been describing. When I use local, I get no error, but I am spit to a blank page with no data, and the template is obviously not saved. (Viewing history and page source)

Could that be a possible problem that I'm using 3.5.3? Is it supposed to be supported, or will it be soon?

DannyITR · #**217** 02-13-2006, 02:13 PM

I have a question not immedaitely related to this hack but I cannot track clicks with a flash banner and phpadsnew even if I select the option to check for hard-coded links inside the Flash file. I get skewed results and something like 1/10th of the clicks are actually recorded. Is this related to the banner code itself?

dutchbb · #**218** 02-13-2006, 10:18 PM

I have discovered a problem. The ads show but the target URL directs to: "http://forum.mydomain.com/adscript"

instead of "http://www.mydomain.com/adscript" where it should go.

Any way to fix this problem?

nexus851 · #**219** 02-14-2006, 02:48 AM

How do you uninstall this? because there is no uninstall code in the product manager section...

Im moving my server and this hack is what is causing problems with my server move, so anyone know how to uninstall this without causing any vb errors?

nexus851 · #**220** 02-14-2006, 08:40 AM

How the hell do u uninstall this???????? crashed by board with a FATAL ERROR when you uninstall this... anyone, please help..

PHP Code:


			
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: view_ad() in /home/lendinge/public_html/forum/global.php(528) : eval()'d code on line 6

Pulsorock · #**221** 02-14-2006, 01:34 PM

I think you can uninstall it in the same place you installed it. Control Panel > Plugin System > Manage Products. There you can delete it.

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