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Innovative Ads After First Post

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I decided to make this while creating another modification as I have seen this requested many times, I Google'd it finding details on what template to edit plus I searched here on vbulletin.org and only found old "modifications" which were actually just tutorials and none were actual products that did most of the work for you .

Description:

Ad after first post on very page or as some describe it, Ad after first post in a thread - This modification places two ads in a post like container below the first post on every page in a thread. Fully customizable to allow all sorts of ad codes such as Google Adsense, OpenX Ads, and various others along with the possibility for the user to design his own images and link them to the appropriate content. Users can also customize CSS or remove the DIV codes to use show only one ad or any sort of advertisement and display any form of content other than ads!

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

• Please see post #'s 6 & 7 for codes to display this after a certain post on each page not simply after the first post!
• More information on vB4 Conditionals can be found here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231525 Special thanks should go to BBR-APBT for taking the time to write that article.

Features:

• Enable or Disable via Settings in vBulletin Options.
• Fully Customizable.
• Auto-template.

Required Changes:
(Manual i.e. "To Do")

• Edit the new template postbit_legacy_ads_after_firstpost and simply add in your scripts or codes to show them which is very simple as I included commented out code to show you exactly where to place it. *This shows in Postbit AND Postbit_Legacy depending on what you have enabled.

(Optional i.e. If you need to adjust the css to make it match your style better if using a custom Fixed width etc.)

• Edit the new template adsafterfirstpost.css and adjust the css as desired!

(Automatic)

• Templates to add: 2 ('postbit_legacy_ads_after_firstpost','adsafterfir stpost.css')
• Phrases to add: 3

Difficulty:
Easy, Time to install: Around 1 Minute - Installer is included simply import the product;
AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > *Now click the [ADD/IMPORT PRODUCT] link to import from your computer (download below). Adding in your own codes and customizing if you see fit takes a few more minutes.

History:
8.24.2010: Version 1.0 Created

IMPORTANT:
In the postbit_legacy_ads_after_firstpost template please find:

<div id="innovativeadleft">
<vb:comment> Left Ad Code Below this Commented out line </vb:comment>
Left Ad Image/Code 1 needs to be placed here, no larger than 260 pixels in height.
<vb:comment> Left Ad Code Above this Commented out line </vb:comment>
</div>
<div id="innovativeadright">
<vb:comment> Right Ad Code Below this Commented out line </vb:comment>
Right Ad Image/Code 2 needs to be placed here, no larger than 260 pixels in height.
<vb:comment> Right Ad Code Above this Commented out line </vb:comment>
</div>

As you can see I have added in commented code to let you know where your custom ads codes need to be placed, very simple.

*Remember to enable the mod after installing otherwise it won't show!
AdminCP > Settings > Options > Innovative Ads After First Post and set to Yes.
*Attention- Please view the first page as the 2nd and 3rd (Added: Post #'s 6 & 7 also contain info on how to customize!) posts were reserved and contain additional information to help you customize this in various ways.

What can you expect in the next version?

• No template edits, Ads codes will be entered into the admin control panel area where the mod is currently enabled/disabled. If you have a custom style CSS changes will still be required if you notice any position issues etc.

TheLastSuperman
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com

[michaelbang]

Does this work in 4.1.11?

Thanks.

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

And done! Anyone using 4.1+ download the v2 .xml, it is not currentl compatible with 4.2 i.e. it's maxed out currently at 4.1.9 however once 4.2 comes out I'll update it then.

Sincerely,

Mike

Originally Posted by bderen

how about vb 3.8.2?

Unfortunately no however you can do a simple template edit in 3.8.x and also use conditional to achieve the same thing .

Originally Posted by twista46

4.1.11 not kompatibel. (Kompatibel ab 4.0.0 Beta 3

Minimum required version is 4.0.0 Beta 3 but max was topped at 4.1.9 why? Because this was supposed to be default long ago there was no need to have some installing something if it was fixed/default in a newer version.

Originally Posted by michaelbang

Does this work in 4.1.11?

Thanks.

It does now please download and try the file product-innovative_ads_after_firstpost-v3.xml for use on any version past 4.1.9!

[michaelbang]

Can I combine this mod with a mod/script that will allow me to have banners rotating? Besides Google Adsense of course. I want to run my own ads on my site.

But right now, with the standard mod, I can only have two banners at a time. One left and one right. I want maybe 10 different banners rotating in the two places after the first post.

BTW - great mod! Thanks.

[michaelbang]

I'm using a solution for my ads called SimpleAds, but when I paste my ad-codes in your mod, nothing shows up. Can you tell from this code, if anything's wrong with my ad-code? Maybe it's not compatible? Or I'm using a wrong type of code?

I've tried different advertisers just to check, and they work just fine. E.g. Google Adsense. So it must be the code below.

<?php /* PMC 2012 */  chdir("/home/www/mysite.com/mysimpleads"); include_once("/home/www/mysite.com/mysimpleads/mysimpleads.php");show_ad(1); ?>

Thanks a million!

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by michaelbang

Can I combine this mod with a mod/script that will allow me to have banners rotating? Besides Google Adsense of course. I want to run my own ads on my site.

But right now, with the standard mod, I can only have two banners at a time. One left and one right. I want maybe 10 different banners rotating in the two places after the first post.

BTW - great mod! Thanks.

I've used this with it before, works rather well - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=188328 although two on the same page could produce missiong images every so often so perhaps find another similar style script and use one on one side, one on the other .

Originally Posted by michaelbang

I'm using a solution for my ads called SimpleAds, but when I paste my ad-codes in your mod, nothing shows up. Can you tell from this code, if anything's wrong with my ad-code? Maybe it's not compatible? Or I'm using a wrong type of code?

I've tried different advertisers just to check, and they work just fine. E.g. Google Adsense. So it must be the code below.

<?php /* PMC 2012 */  chdir("/home/www/mysite.com/mysimpleads"); include_once("/home/www/mysite.com/mysimpleads/mysimpleads.php");show_ad(1); ?>

Thanks a million!

Yes it's the code, see the <?php beginning and end? vBulletin itself will not even let you paste that into a template so in other words you'll have to whip something custom up to accommodate or see if they have some alternative version (javascript or other) that will easily show when pasted into the template .

[RedPoint]

I use idevSpot-TextAds 3.0 for my textads.
The code for ads is a PHP but the "support team" from idevSpot not offer support for own clients - be my last buy from this company

The code show this:

PHP Code:

<?php $boxid=1; ?><?php include "/var/www/vhosts/domain/httpdocs/advertiser/adbox/adbox.php" ; ?>

Give a update for your addon to can use this realy dumb idev-textad?

[datoneer]

Great mod! Installed and nominated!

[datoneer]

I want to know one thing. I've notice when adblock plugin is enabled the ads area is still there(just without ads)
example: http://www.imspot.org/content-creati....html#post7501

It looks bad, can i do something to disappear totally?

[datoneer]

Amazing Mod! Rated, installed, +++++++

[princesspepper]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

It does now please download and try the file product-innovative_ads_after_firstpost-v3.xml for use on any version past 4.1.9!

I am running V4.2 PL2 and V3 will not install for me... it says it's not compatible. Is this just a case of the version number in the product file needs editing, or is it really not compatible?