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.
Donate via Paypal

[drgonzo120]

MySQL Error : Table 'ads.template' doesn't exist

the tables are in the database ADS but they have "phpads_" how can i make the script find the databases? just setting the compatibility to true ??? will that solve the "phpads_" problem too ???:

phpads_acls 1 MyISAM 3,1 KB
phpads_adclicks 0 MyISAM 1,0 KB
phpads_adstats 1.438 MyISAM 76,1 KB
phpads_adviews 0 MyISAM 1,0 KB
phpads_affiliates 1 MyISAM 2,1 KB
phpads_banners 5 MyISAM 9,4 KB
phpads_cache 5 MyISAM 7,2 KB
phpads_clients 8 MyISAM 2,8 KB
phpads_config 1 MyISAM 2,2 KB
phpads_images 5 MyISAM 353,4 KB
phpads_session 3 MyISAM 6,8 KB
phpads_targetstats 0 MyISAM 1,0 KB
phpads_userlog 2 MyISAM 2,5 KB
phpads_zones 1 MyISAM 4,1

and if i put the url of the ads directly : http://myserver.com/ads in the settings i get this error:

Warning: view_ad(/home/virtual/site3/fst/var/www/html/forum/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

thanks

[thenewuser]

I am a bit lost here. I installed Ads sense in mysite.com/forums/adserv. in the server setttings menu I put http://www.mysite.com/forums/adserv & I tried just /adserv.

When I just add /adserv, then set up my little test banner for zone one, then I add <ad what="zone:1" /> to footer template and when I click on save it does nothing, it attempts to saves but doesn't fully save it and comes up with a blank screen.

What am I doing wrong?

[thenewuser]

Fixed! /install.

[drgonzo120]

Originally Posted by thenewuser

Fixed! /install.

i have the same problem, what did you do ????



the screen remained blank .... and said nothing, o please answer !!!:bunny:

did you copy the 2 php files in the root of the forum???

[drgonzo120]

<font size="3">i seem to have totally ++++ed up my phpqdsnew installation without even touching it:banana: </font>

[Sarthek]

What is the point in installing this plugin?

I just put phpads banner code to header template. That's it.

[JazzleBug]

I love the ad tags and the installation was a breeze. Awesome plugin - thanks!

[drgonzo120]

Originally Posted by JazzleBug

I love the ad tags and the installation was a breeze. Awesome plugin - thanks!

hello,

can you explain what steps you followed please ???


thanks

[puregraf]

hey im getting this error when i go to import style xml file called :

lib-xmlrpc-class.inc.php

i get this error:

XML Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity at Line 1

[drgonzo120]

almost there, local it works !!!! great

but on my website it makes my forumpage go blank ???

i don't seem to be able to put it in another style either, ...

help me please, i depend on the income,

will give money if succeeds