A Simple PHP Banner Rotator?

[Tammy05]

Originally Posted by acidburn0520

It will work on any version of vBulletin that supports the Plugin System. At the moment, anything 3.5.x and up.

thast odd because i did everyting correctly however the header area showed up empty.

[Kirk Y]

I'm using it on my 3.6.2 forum, so I can assure you that it works. Recheck all the steps and be sure you didn't miss something.

[bada_bing]

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[Shazz]

Thats the most easiest plugin and cleanest to install
If there was reputation stats I would add one to you acidburn0520
/me props*

[Kirk Y]

lol, thanks Shazz. Happy to help.

[Criticize]

My banners are not rotating, I have 5 that are currently setup but two of the same banners keep showing. Please help me.

www.club246.com is the site

Thank you!

[Kirk Y]

It's all random, each banner has a 1/5 chance of being displayed... assuming you've installed it right, you'll eventually see them all. Post up the Plugin code you're using just be sure, though.

[double_d]

Originally Posted by Kirk Y

Okay, let me see if I can explain it better:

Add a New Plugin using Hook Location "global_start".

$random_number = rand(1, 5);

$random_banner[1] = '<a href="http://www.link1.com/"><img src="path/to/banner1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';
$random_banner[2] = '<a href="http://www.link2.com/"><img src="path/to/banner2.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';
$random_banner[3] = '<a href="http://www.link3.com/"><img src="path/to/banner3.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';
$random_banner[4] = '<a href="http://www.link4.com/"><img src="path/to/banner4.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';
$random_banner[5] = '<a href="http://www.link5.com/"><img src="path/to/banner5.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';

Remember to change all the Image Paths to the location of the banners you want to display.

Then edit whatever template you'd like to display the random banner in and stick this code wherever you'd like it to show:

$random_banner[$random_number]

what does this mean
i would like this
do i have to write a php script and call it global_start ???
only new at this
please help me

daniel d

[MoT3rror]

Hook Location: global_start (Makes it available on anypage)
Title: Random Banner (You can make your own name)
Execution Order: 1
PHP Code:

$random_number = rand(1, 5);

$random_banner[1] = '<a href="http://www.link1.com/"><img src="path/to/banner1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';
$random_banner[2] = '<a href="http://www.link2.com/"><img src="path/to/banner2.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';
$random_banner[3] = '<a href="http://www.link3.com/"><img src="path/to/banner3.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';
$random_banner[4] = '<a href="http://www.link4.com/"><img src="path/to/banner4.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';
$random_banner[5] = '<a href="http://www.link5.com/"><img src="path/to/banner5.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>';

Plugin is Active: Yes

Then you put

$random_banner[$random_number]

in a template.

[Kirk Y]

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