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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[dholt]

Have you checked the path in server options in Vbulletin. also in php adsnews have you checked the path to the banner.

Have you tried to uninstall and re install the phpadsnew 1.0.4.xml file then reset in server path to it.

1.0.4

1. Import product as usual, with "Allow Overwrite" set to Yes.

[Fred.]

Originally Posted by dholt

Have you checked the path in server options in Vbulletin. also in php adsnews have you checked the path to the banner.

Have you tried to uninstall and re install the phpadsnew 1.0.4.xml file then reset in server path to it.

1.0.4

1. Import product as usual, with "Allow Overwrite" set to Yes.

I have tried all above.
Stil the same problem.
But i use vBSEO, i think that VBSEO rewrite the url's.

[dholt]

I use vBSEO also and no problems with it. you could try a fresh install and drop the tables for it in phpmyadmin and start over.

I use a separate db for it so hopefully it will be as easy for you as it was for me as it only took me 3 min to delete and reinstall it.

sorry I could not have been more help but hopefully someone else can.

[Fred.]

Originally Posted by Fred.

I upgraded from PhpAdsNew to the lastest Openads
And now a have a problem.

The banner image don't show



When i go to properties
i get this

Look at the URL (that's the problem)



I have tried different things but stil no solution

I hope someone can help me.

Problem solved, edited the advertisement code

[zkilzz]

I just dont get this to work. This is what i get in my source. I have tried to add multiple zones but same error. Its like it doesnt get the stuff out of pan.

<!--- ANNOSNEKODE OPENADS START --->
<!-- BEGIN ad 96495895 --><!-- END ad 96495895 -->
<!-- BEGIN ad 126277454 --><!-- END ad 126277454 -->
<!-- BEGIN ad 105168249 --><!-- END ad 105168249 -->
<!-- BEGIN ad 51096572 --><!-- END ad 51096572 -->
<!--- ANNONSEKODE OPENADS SLUTT --->

[morrow]

Rather than searching through 20 pages of posts, I will ask what has probably been already asked on each page... Does this work with 3.6.x?

Thanks in advance!

[Fred.]

Originally Posted by morrow

Rather than searching through 20 pages of posts, I will ask what has probably been already asked on each page... Does this work with 3.6.x?

Thanks in advance!

Yes, i use vBulletin 3.6.5

[LWillmann]

I'm having a problem with this...

I'm running vBulletin 3.6.5, vbPortal 3.6.3, PhotoPost Pro, and Zoints Local on my site.

I installed the latest version of PAN (OpenAds now) and installed the XML file here. I set the folder for PAN in the AdminCP, and made the template edits.

The vbPortal uses it's own footer template, and that's different from vB's footer template. So I placed the <ad what="zone:1"> in both where it's supposed to go.

The ads are displaying on the portal page, but not in the message forums or the photo galleries pages.

The site is:
www.minixriders.com (works on home page)
The forums are located at www.minixriders.com/forums (there's a link on the home page, and the ads do NOT work on these pages).

I have tried a relative path (relative to the forum home path) "../sponsors", and I've tried the full physical path "/home/..........." both with and without the trailing slash and neither has worked for the forums pages.

But the portal page seems to work just fine, and I'm using the same template commands.

[eLsGn]

drar sir

i cannot remover ur hack every time i try to remove i still have Adsense Banner Settings in my setting panal

[rookiyong]

Just installed this great mod and got it working

But I have an issue here. As I am using the "resize image" mod the vBA page, my resized images are all 400pixels. When I have the banners up, they are being reized also.

Is there a way to add an "id" to the </ad> tag? I tried to do this, but it didn't work.

<ad what="zone:1" id="topbanner" />

appreciate any help here

btw, is there a way to rotate banners? I run throught the posts but it seems like many of you encountered problems.