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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[blindman4556]

umm how do you install this? what do i do with the location of the phpnewads text field ?

[VViper]

hi members,

i cannot get local mode in the drop down box in the invocation listing, although it is ticked under settings.

can ne1 help?

please

[Boots]

for those on 3.6.4+ who can't save, you have to make sure you have the path right to the OpenAds!

[bryanb]

Open Ads has released 2.3.35-beta. Has anyone installed this with phpAdsNew Integration yet??

[bryanb]

By the way, I just tried to upgrade this product (I was running 1.0.1) and I encountered this database error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM phrase WHERE product = 'mip_phpadsnew' AND languageid = -1;


MySQL Error : Incorrect key file for table './xdatabasename/phrase.MYI'; try to repair it
Error Number : 126

And now I go to the Admin panel and "phpAdsNew Integration" is missing. But the ads are still being served.

I recently upgraded to MYSQL 5.0.45 - would this have anything to do with it?

[bryanb]

I've had to uninstall this mod since it was causing conflicts somehow. It dissappeared from the "Manage Products" section - but the ads were still running. I tried to install another product (I forgot about this little problem) Forum Search Stats 2.0, and the entire system crashed. I had nothing but a blank page. I restored the board and now all the ads are gone. So there was something up with this. I'm just going to use the script from php_ads from here on out. Bummer.

[ruhrpottforum]

How do I place a Skyscraper on the left of the Postbits or Threadlistings (but not on all other parts of the forum) for guests only?

I can not find the right place at the right template to do that (I have a fixed width style).

any idea?

[FROGGYJ]

well moved to a new server and this plugin is causing me to receive blank white pages with the following:

Fatal error: call to undefined function view_ad() in .....\global.php(512): eval()'d code on line 140

vb 3.5.4

any idea how to disable this thing at least temporarily? I can't get into my admincp either so I need a manual solution. I get the admin login screen, but as soon as I log in I get a blank page as well.

[FROGGYJ]

oh and yes I triple checked compatibility mode is set to true. Anyone? the adserver is working fine, but I can't access my forums whatsoever.

[obetyance]

after downloading it, where do you we go? how do we install it. sorry, i'm new to vBulletin. thansk!