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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[thenewuser]

Originally Posted by Devices

I am stuck now to advise what to do other than check your path to your pan installation mine is on a windows server and i have the path set to D:\Domains\mydomain.com\www\ads

The fact you are getting the code above i would say the addon is working ok its just not getting the correct info from PAN. So it either cannot find it or PAN is not returning the correct info.

Have you verified your PAN is working normally outside of VB ?

We have verified that it is not working normally. Myself and my host have combed through the settings and they all appear to be correct. Everything is up and linked. I'm not sure what else could be the problem.

[Devices]

Originally Posted by thenewuser

We have verified that it is not working normally. Myself and my host have combed through the settings and they all appear to be correct. Everything is up and linked. I'm not sure what else could be the problem.

Of course do not forget to specify the same banner size as your zone size

[Devices]

Originally Posted by dholt

Nice works great
I need a how too to create a add block for this for the right side of my vba.

can someone give me a step by step on inserting a banner on the right or left side in a block.

Thanks in advance

Its probably best to look over at VBA's site. There is information there for creating custom blocks. Personally i deactivate the VBA side blocks and create my own in the templates that display throughout the forums.

[Jealousy10312]

Does this work with 3.6.2?

[jw00dy]

yes it works on 3.6.2

[farooqaaa]

nice one, thanks alot!

[farooqaaa]

Its not working for me .. i have added the ADS but they arent showing.!

[thetradingforum]

Not working for me

Header code:

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
  <td style="background-image:url(images/c1/c1_01.jpg); background-position:right; background-repeat:repeat-y;" width="10">&nbsp;</td>
  <td style="background-color:#ffffff;"><table width="100%" style="background-image:url(images/c1/c1_04.jpg); border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
      <tr>
        <td align="$stylevar[left]" valign="top"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
        <td width="100%" style="background-image:url(images/c1/c1_03.jpg); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <ad what="zone:2" /> </td>

PAN Code:

<?php
    if (@include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'/forums/phpAdsNew/phpadsnew.inc.php')) {
        if (!isset($phpAds_context)) $phpAds_context = array();
        $phpAds_raw = view_raw ('zone:2', 0, '', '', '0', $phpAds_context);
        echo $phpAds_raw['html'];
    }
?>

I currently have PAN installation directory set to "/phpAdsNew"
PAN is installed in this directory:

ftp://ftp.thetradingforums.com/public_html/forums/phpAdsNew/

Please help, I've been searching for a solution for HOURS!

I've tested PAN outside vbulletin, and it works fine.

[echamberlain]

What is the syntax to select Wide Skyscraper banners based on one or more keywords?

For example, I want a wide skyscraper banner on the right side of my forum and I want baners selected based on the page meta keywords.

[myplacidcasual]

Will this work with vb 3.62 and the latest phpadsnew?