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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[Milez]

Very sorry. I had an issue with PAN.

This script works fantabulous and I have been waiting for some time for it. Until recently I was only able to get ads to appear with the Javascript invoking method which slows most busy VB boards to a crawl. Hopefully by invoking with PHP this is MUCH faster.

Thumbs up to the new plugin system in VB3.5 and thanks to the author of this mod. I suggest anyone using PAN & VB check this out.

[Corriewf]

Too bad there is a bug in the newest version of php which prevents logging into this.....

[LincolnForums]

i keep getting this error.

Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /includes/lib-xmlrpc.inc.php on line 571

I copied both the lib- files to my includes directory

[The M.I.P.]

Originally Posted by LincolnForums

i keep getting this error.

Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /includes/lib-xmlrpc.inc.php on line 571

Did you add global $xmlrpc_valid_parents; to line 76 of lib-xmlrpc.inc.php as told in the "NOTES" section of my first post?

[tamborinegal]

Originally Posted by The M.I.P.

You can use the <ad ... /> tags anywhere in your templates. When using multiple <ad ... /> tags on a page, you should define an own zone for each ad in phpAdsNew - see the phpAdsNew user guide for more infos.

Thanks, will definately be trying this out in the next couple of days. Looks great. Will let you know how it goes.

Cheers

[Milez]

Too bad there is a bug in the newest version of php which prevents logging into this.....

Referring to PAN I assume. I found this to be true on Windows boxes but not *nix.

[The M.I.P.]

There's a preliminary phpAdsNew 2.0.7 version as a workaround for the PHP 4.4.1 bug.

[lsgworldl]

this is how I have it set up, cant get it to work

Header

PHP Code:

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
    <td align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
    <td align="$stylevar[right]">
        <ad what="zone:1" />
    </td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output 


path to adsnew

/home/lsgworld/public_html/adsnew

code from adsnew

PHP Code:

<?php
    if (@include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'/adsnew/phpadsnew.inc.php')) {
        if (!isset($phpAds_context)) $phpAds_context = array();
        $phpAds_raw = view_raw ('zone:1', 0, '', '', '0', $phpAds_context);
        echo $phpAds_raw['html'];
    }
?>

[The M.I.P.]

Originally Posted by lsgworldl

path to adsnew

/home/lsgworld/public_html/adsnew

How did you specify the path to phpAdsNew in vBulletin's Server Settings and Optimization Options?
The correct setting seems to be /adsnew in your case.

Please also make sure that phpAdsNew is set up correctly and working smoothly to be able to narrow down the origin of possible problems.

[lsgworldl]

How did you specify the path to phpAdsNew in vBulletin's Server Settings and Optimization Options?
The correct setting seems to be /adsnew in your case.

Location of phpAdsNew = /home/lsgworld/public_html/adsnew :bunny:

If your local phpAdsNew installation is outside the DOCUMENT_ROOT of vBulletin forum, see point e) from the NOTES section of my first post.

I dont knolw what that means??? what is the DOCUMENT_ROOT??? :alien:

Please also make sure that phpAdsNew is set up correctly and working smoothly to be able to narrow down the origin of possible problems

phpAdsNew was set up ising fantastico, so yes it is set up correct :banana: