phpAdsNew Banner Ads integration (advertisements, classified ads, Adsense, etc.)

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:

1. 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.
2. Templates which make use of the ad-tag might need to get recompiled after product change.
3. 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).
4. Have an eye on current phpAdsNew security issues
5. This product comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
6. 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.
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[The Realist]

Cant get anything to show in my header template using the supplied code.

Laters

[dutchbb]

I imported the plugin 1.0.3 and now my whole board and admin cp show this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: view_ad() in /home/xch1295/domains/domain.com/public_html/forum/global.php(512) : eval()'d code on line 23

Can someone help please?

[dutchbb]

Originally Posted by Triple_T

I imported the plugin 1.0.3 and now my whole board and admin cp show this error:



Can someone help please?

Ok solved...

Bad code in the database caused by a server timeout.

[bonjurkes]

i installed the phpadsnew

i installed it to mysiteaddress.com/phpadsnew

my forum is at mysiteaddress.com/forum

what must i write to that Location of phpAdsNew ??

also there is lib-xmlrpc.inc.php file and lib-xmlrpcs.inc.php in libraries folder.

I couldnt find ib-xmlrpc-class.inc.php file.

at phpadsnew there is a section like Allowed invocation types

Do i need to click Allow Remote Invocation and Allow Remote Invocation using XML-RPC from settings?

[The Realist]

Path /phpadsnew

The lib files are in /misc/samples/xmlrpc/php files are in this php folder.

Could try ticking the settings M8, can always untick them later on.

Laters

Originally Posted by bonjurkes

i installed the phpadsnew

i installed it to mysiteaddress.com/phpadsnew

my forum is at mysiteaddress.com/forum

what must i write to that Location of phpAdsNew ??

also there is lib-xmlrpc.inc.php file and lib-xmlrpcs.inc.php in libraries folder.

I couldnt find ib-xmlrpc-class.inc.php file.

at phpadsnew there is a section like Allowed invocation types

Do i need to click Allow Remote Invocation and Allow Remote Invocation using XML-RPC from settings?

[bonjurkes]

i made a test advertisement for my forum

i open header and add the code

<ad what="zone:1" />

when i click save i got an db error :

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.3:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT title, styleid
FROM template
WHERE templateid = 455;

MySQL Error : Table '*_phpadsnew.template' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Date : Thursday, March 2nd 2006 @ 04:55:07 PM
Script : http://www.*.com/testvb/admincp/template.php
Referrer : http://www.*.com/testvb/admincp/temp...g=&expandset=1
IP Address : *
Username : bonjurkes
Classname : vb_database


I installed phpadsnew to a different db (i create a new one for it) where can i set it to use proper db? Because i think it tries to find proper tables under forum's database...

[Floris]

Why is this not a .zip file attached to the first post?
Why do I need to enter phpbb is nice, rediculous to ask this from customers of vb!

This totally doesn't work on my 3.5.4 installation, spend an hour on this.

[bonjurkes]

Originally Posted by Floris

Why is this not a .zip file attached to the first post?
Why do I need to enter phpbb is nice, rediculous to ask this from customers of vb!

This totally doesn't work on my 3.5.4 installation, spend an hour on this.

i installed it and the only problem i am having is phpadsnew trying to connect its db from my forum's db, if i can make it connect to its own db everything will be fine i think...

[markbolyard]

I have nothing to do with this plugin, but I can vouch that I have sucessfully installed this for several people in this thread without 1 of the above mentioned problems (VB 3.5.3). It was harder installing and configuring phpadsnew itself than to install and get this plugin to work... I'm going to upgrade to 3.5.4.......I'll let you know if there are any problems...

Great product M.I.P, thank you!

[stefaandk]

I've upgraded 3.5.3 to 3.5.4 today and all my banners are still working OK.