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Randomly positioned ad in between postbits in showthread · **Released**: 10-09-2005

Inspired by this hack.

The ad is positioned randomly after one of the postbits. We use this for positioning adsense ads on visordown.com.

Install the attached plugin then add the following code to your postbit or postbit_legacy template:

HTML Code:

<if condition="$GLOBALS['adsense_position'] == $post['postcount'] && $GLOBALS['adsense_position'] > 0">
$spacer_open 
<div style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px"> 

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center"> 
<tr> 
	<td class="thead" align="left">Sponsored Links</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
	<td class="alt1" align="center">

<!-- ad code goes here -->

	</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 

</div> 
$spacer_close 
</if>

Changelog

v1.01
Bug fix: The ad code shouldn't appear on PMs any more (template change)

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DeeperImage · #47 10-11-2005, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gottcha

ok...this is all new to me but i added the code and i see the bar that says sponsored ads but i dont see any ads???

www.fragtraders.com/forums

This may be a stupid question but did you replace the  with your google adsense or Yahoo code?

Gottcha · #48 10-11-2005, 10:34 PM

good question and i did replace the code with my adsense code.

i also checked another forum from a member on here and didnt see the ads there either

this is the other site....again i see the bar but no ads under it

http://www.atvpros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8

DeeperImage · #49 10-11-2005, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gottcha

good question and i did replace the code with my adsense code.

i also checked another forum from a member on here and didnt see the ads there either

Some things that I did wrong you want or may have already done.

- Make sure the forums threaded and Display options under VBULLETIN OPTIONS is turned off.
- Make sure you uploaded the pluging through the browse option and not manually.
- Place the code in Postbit at the bottom, or try the Postbit_legacy
- Try logging in with a test account set to normal user. Maybe because you are an admin or mod you can't see the ads.
- Double check your adsense code since the pluging seems to be working.

Whats a link to your site I'll look around see if I have any luck.

DeeperImage · #50 10-11-2005, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gottcha

good question and i did replace the code with my adsense code.

i also checked another forum from a member on here and didnt see the ads there either

this is the other site....again i see the bar but no ads under it

http://www.atvpros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8

I am seeing the banners and bar so maybe you have some kind of AD blocker or remover.

EDIT: I just went to your site and I can see the ads just fine.

http://www.fragtraders.com/forums/sh...=3097#post3097

Gottcha · #51 10-11-2005, 10:40 PM

<a href="http://www.fragtraders.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44" target="_blank">http://www.fragtraders.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44</a>

this is my site

DeeperImage · #52 10-11-2005, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gottcha

http://www.fragtraders.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44

this is my site

I can see the ads. See my previous post..

Gottcha · #53 10-11-2005, 10:56 PM

just checked a friends computer and all is well...great hack.... now to find out why i cant see the ads

UK Jimbo · #54 10-11-2005, 11:22 PM

I don't think that it's the same problem but worth me mentioning it here.

When I tested this yesterday on visordown.com I noticed on some pages that the adsense ad won't appear when there's already a Google ad on the page and they don't have sufficient information about the page that the ad's on. The issue is covered in the Google Adsense FAQ here

Quote:

The multiple ad units system detects the number of ad units that are on your page, and automatically serves unique ads to each ad unit. The system is optimised for pages that have highly targeted ads available - as a result, you may sometimes see that only the first ad unit contains ads. As our ad inventory changes, or if your page content changes, you may start seeing more ads on your page.

When only one ad unit is displaying ads, any additional ad units will display as transparent boxes, or will display the alternate ad or colour that is defined in their ad code. Please note that each instance of ad code must have the alternate URL or colour specified in order to display alternate content.

I'd recommend that you put alternate ads or ad/collapsing in place in case no ad or PSAs get served.

On a totally different note the CTR has significantly increased since we moved from the old system of fixed position after the third ad to using this hack on.

Doc Great · #55 10-12-2005, 06:19 AM

I think you have a "&" too much in you first line

Quote:

UK Jimbo · #56 10-12-2005, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doc Great

I think you have a "&" too much in you first line

I've got just the right amount of "&"s in my first line

&& is the same as writing AND and is a logical AND
& is a bitwise operator

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language...rs.logical.php
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language...rs.bitwise.php

Doc Great · #57 10-12-2005, 07:49 AM

Thats very strage, i get a parse error when i use your version, but with one it works perfectly....

UK Jimbo · #58 10-12-2005, 07:59 AM

Copy/paste your template code please.

Doc Great · #59 10-12-2005, 08:19 AM

Code:

<!-- post #$post[postid] -->
<if condition="$show['spacer']">
	$spacer_open
	<div id="edit$post[postid]" style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">
	<if condition="!$post['islastshown']"><!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --></if>	
</if>


<table class="tborder" id="post$post[postid]" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="thead" $post[scrolltothis]>
		<div class="normal" style="float:$stylevar[right]">
			&nbsp;
			<if condition="$show['postcount']">#<a href="showpost.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]&amp;postcount=$post[postcount]" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount$post[postid]" name="$post[postcount]"><strong>$post[postcount]</strong></a> &nbsp;</if>
			<if condition="$show['reputationlink']"><a href="#" onclick="reputation($post[postid]); return false;"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reputation.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_to_xs_reputation]</phrase>" border="0" /></a> &nbsp;</if>
			<if condition="$show['reportlink']"><a href="report.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/report.gif" alt="$vbphrase[report_bad_post]" border="0" /></a> &nbsp;</if>
			$post[iplogged]
			<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
			<input type="checkbox" name="plist[$postid]" id="plist_$postid" style="vertical-align:middle; padding:0px; margin:0px 0px 0px 5px" value="$post[checkbox_value]" onclick="inlineMod.toggle(this)" />
			</if>
		</div>
		
		<div class="normal">
			<!-- status icon and date -->
			<a name="post$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" /></a>
			<if condition="!$show['announcement']">
				$post[postdate]<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">, $post[posttime]</if>
			<else />
				<phrase 1="$post[startdate]" 2="$post[enddate]">$vbphrase[x_until_y]</phrase>
			</if>
			$post[firstnewinsert]
			<!-- / status icon and date -->
		</div>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="alt2" style="padding:0px">
		<!-- user info -->
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellpadding]" border="0" width="100%">
		<tr>
			<if condition="$show['avatar']"><td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></td></if>
			<td nowrap="nowrap">
			
				<div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
					<if condition="$show['profile']">
					<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
					$post[onlinestatus]
					<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
					<else />
					$post[musername]
					</if>
				</div>
				
				<if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="smallfont">$post[usertitle]</div></if>
				<if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>
				
<if condition="$thread[postuserid] == $post[userid] and $post[postcount] > '1'"><div class="smallfont"> Themenstarter <img src="/images/misc/threadstarter.gif" alt="Threadstarter" /></div></if>


			</td>
			<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>
			<td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
				<div class="nzbpostbit">
      				<div class="smallfont">
					<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div>$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>
					<if condition="$post['field2']"><div>$vbphrase[location_perm]: $post[field2]</div></if>
					<if condition="$post['age']"><div>$vbphrase[age]: $post[age]</div></if>
					<div>
						$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]

					</div>
					<if condition="$show['reputation']"><if condition="$show['reppower']">$vbphrase[reppower]: $post[reppower] </if><div>$post[reputationdisplay]</div></if>
					<div><if condition="$post[icqicon] or $post[aimicon] or $post[msnicon] or $post[yahooicon]">&nbsp; $post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon]
</if></div>
				</div></div>
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		</table>
		<!-- / user info -->
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]">
	<!-- message, attachments, sig -->
	
		<if condition="$show['messageicon'] OR $post['title']">
			<!-- icon and title -->
			<div class="smallfont">
				<if condition="$show['messageicon']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$post[iconpath]" alt="$post[icontitle]" border="0" /></if>
				<if condition="$post['title']"><strong>$post[title]</strong></if>
			</div>
			<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
			<!-- / icon and title -->
		</if>
		
		<!-- message -->
		<div id="post_message_$post[postid]">$post[message]</div>
		<!-- / message -->
	
		<if condition="$show['attachments']">
		<!-- attachments -->
			<div style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
			
			<if condition="$show['thumbnailattachment']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attached_thumbnails]</legend>
					<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
					$post[thumbnailattachments]
					</div>
				</fieldset>
			</if>
		
			<if condition="$show['imageattachment']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
					<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
					$post[imageattachments]
					</div>
				</fieldset>
			</if>
			
			<if condition="$show['imageattachmentlink']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
					<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
					$post[imageattachmentlinks]
					</table>
					</fieldset>
			</if>
			
			<if condition="$show['otherattachment']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attached_files]</legend>
					<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
					$post[otherattachments]
					</table>
				</fieldset>
			</if>
			
			<if condition="$show['moderatedattachment']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attachments_pending_approval]</legend>
					<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
					$post[moderatedattachments]
					</table>
				</fieldset>		
			</if>
			
			</div>
		<!-- / attachments -->
		</if>
		
		<if condition="$post['signature']">
		<!-- sig -->
			<div>
				__________________<br />
				$post[signature]
			</div>
		<!-- / sig -->
		</if>
		
		<if condition="$show['postedited']">
		<!-- edit note -->
			<div class="smallfont">			<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
				<em>
				<phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]">$vbphrase[last_edited_by_x_on_y_at_z]</phrase>.
				<if condition="$post['edit_reason']">$vbphrase[reason]: $post[edit_reason]</if>
				</em>
			</div>
		<!-- / edit note -->
		</if>
	
		<div align="$stylevar[right]">
			<!-- controls -->

			<if condition="$post['editlink']">
				<a href="$post[editlink]" name="vB::QuickEdit::$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/edit.gif" alt="$vbphrase[edit_delete_message]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>
			<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">
				<a href="$post[forwardlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/forward.gif" alt="$vbphrase[forward_message]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>
			<if condition="$post['replylink']">
				<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>
			</if><a href="#top" onclick="self.scrollTo(0, 0); return false;"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/up.gif" alt="nach oben" border="0" /></a>
			<if condition="$show['quickreply'] AND !$show['threadedmode']">
				<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" id="qr_$post[postid]" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/quickreply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[quick_reply_to_this_message]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['moderated']">
				<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/moderated.gif" alt="$vbphrase[moderated_post]" border="0" />
			</if>
<if condition="$post['replylink'] AND $show['multiquote']">
   	<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/mq_img_off.gif" alt="$vbphrase[multiquote]" border="0" width="21" height="15" name="multiquote_$post[postid]" id="multiquote_$post[postid]" onclick="toggleMultiQuote($post[postid], this)" style="cursor:pointer" />
   </if>
			<!-- / controls -->
		</div>
		
	<!-- message, attachments, sig -->
	
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

<!-- post $post[postid] popup menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_$post[postid]_menu" style="display:none">
	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
	<tr>
		<td class="thead">$post[username]</td>
	</tr>
	<if condition="$show['profile']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$vbphrase[view_public_profile]</a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['pmlink']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm&amp;u=$post[userid]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_private_message_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['emaillink']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mailmember&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_email_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['homepage']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="$post[homepage]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[visit_xs_homepage]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['search']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=finduser&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[find_all_posts_by_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$post['userid'] AND $show['member']">
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addlist&amp;userlist=buddy&amp;u=$post[userid]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_x_to_buddy_list]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	</table>
</div>
<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->




<if condition="$show['spacer']">
	</div>
	$spacer_close
</if>
<!-- / post #$post[postid] -->


<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], array(1))">
<if condition="$GLOBALS['adsense_position'] == $post['postcount'] & $GLOBALS['adsense_position'] > 0">
$spacer_open 
<div style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px"> 

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center"> 
<tr> 
	<td class="thead" align="left">Sponsored Links</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
	<td class="alt1" align="center">

<!-- Werbung Start -->

<!-- Werbung Ende -->


	</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 

</div> 
$spacer_close 
</if></if>

UK Jimbo · #60 10-12-2005, 08:42 AM

Hi DG,

It might be a plan to remove the vBulletin code from that post above.

Copy/pasted that template from above and it works fine for me with the &&.

I don't why there should/would be an error, it's low level fundamental PHP.

You might be better off replacing the && with AND on your system.

James, puzzled

Doc Great · #61 10-12-2005, 08:51 AM

Hi Jimbo,

ok now i'm gettn crazy

i tested AND --> works perfectly - then thought bout testing && again --> also works

why ....

I'm shure i tested it before several times with getting parse errors.

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