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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:

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.
Templates which make use of the ad-tag might need to get recompiled after product change.
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).
Have an eye on current phpAdsNew security issues
This product comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
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.
Donate via Paypal

chrisarmstrong · #**512** 10-02-2007, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MediaHound

When I go to edit my template, I cannot get the header template to save the code:

Code:

<ad what="zone:1" />

I click save and it takes me to a page that merely reads "Style Manager" and that's basically all there is on the page. If I change the ad code a bit and remove a lessthan or a greaterthan symbol to break the tag, it will save! This is really odd, it seems as if the saving utility is parsing the text and it breaks if it does not like it.

Just fought with the same issue. Make sure you have no trailing / on the end of your "Location of phpAdsNew" setting.

So it needs to be:

/var/www/vhosts/yoursite.com/httpdocs/phpads

MediaHound · #**513** 10-06-2007, 01:20 PM

Thanks Chris, that fixed my problem. I corrected the path to my installation and the style manager was able to save the page and reload to the style manager properly.

Anne Lise · #**514** 10-07-2007, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quasan

ok ok

already got it

my fault^^

I killed my right column template *blush*

My right column is there, but the ads are disespeared with 3.6.8
I'm using phpadsnew 2,0,8. I use the link <ad what="zone:11" />

Paradise-Bodies · #**515** 10-08-2007, 11:27 AM

How to set it up to show ads in forums and on "no forum" sides?

For forums i use

PHP Code:


			
<if condition="$foruminfo['forumid']==22"><ad what="zone:forummanipedi" /><else />

<if condition="$foruminfo['forumid']==33"><ad what="zone:forummanipedi" /><else />

<if condition="$foruminfo['forumid']==34"><ad what="zone:forummanipedi" /><else />

<if condition="$foruminfo['forumid']==35"><ad what="zone:forummanipedi" /><else />

<if condition="$foruminfo['forumid']==36"><ad what="zone:forummanipedi" /><else />

<if condition="$foruminfo['forumid']==37"><ad what="zone:forummanipedi" /><else />

<if condition="$foruminfo['forumid']==38"><ad what="zone:forummanipedi" /><else />



</if>

</if>

</if>

</if>

</if>

</if>

</if>

But how to set up a default zone that shows on the startpage and the rest?

obmob · #**516** 10-24-2007, 03:52 PM

This is a nice integration, will see if it still works in 3.6.8

Kooldino · #**517** 10-26-2007, 06:53 PM

I cant get phpadsnew or openads website (http://www.openads.org/) to save my life. I've been trying for days and they just won't load. Am I alone here?

hdraye · #**518** 10-26-2007, 07:05 PM

it works here

Kooldino · #**519** 10-29-2007, 06:52 PM

I'm pretty thoroughly confused by this entire thing.

I installed OpenAds, and I installed this plugin.

I pointed the product to the full http: url of the openads installation.

I edited my header template and tried to add in an <ad ... /> tag, and when I tried to save it, it spat out:

Quote:

Warning: view_ad(/home/.cedarsprings/kooldino/evoxforums.com/forums/includes/lib-xmlrpc-class.inc.php) [function.view-ad]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /includes/init.php(329) : eval()'d code on line 88

I searched through my directories, and there is no file named "lib-xmlrpc-class.inc.php" anywhere.

Now, I'm not sure how to tell if OpenAds is setup correctly, so I made a stupid little html page with the javascript code generation...

http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/openads/www/wtf.html

Help?

Kooldino · #**520** 11-01-2007, 06:21 PM

Anyone? Bueller?

Kooldino · #**521** 11-06-2007, 08:25 PM

I could really use some help here...where am I supposed to find lib-xmlrpc-class.inc.php?

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