Major Additions - vB Ad Management 4

vB Ad Management 4

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What does it do?

Features include global settings, advertisements allowing template conditionals, ad sharing and ad revenue sharing, timed advertisements, preset popular ad locations and functions such as sponsors, additional custom ad locations, random and static advertisements and its all very easy to use. You can use it for ordinary ads like adsense, banner rotations, or any content at all as well as using it to manage ads outside your forum too.

You can read in more detail about these and other features in the manual, which also contains some helpful notes and instructions, as well as the installation and upgrade instructions



If you are using autoinsertion and were using vB Ad Management before version 4.00, you will need to remove your old template edits or advertisements will appear multiple times. Just reverse the old instructions below.

* Find <!-- post $post[postid] popup menu --> and paste $postbit_advertisement above it in your postbit & postbit_legacy templates.
* Paste $forumbit_advertisement at the bottom of your forumhome_forumbit_level1_post and forumhome_forumbit_level2_post templates.
* Paste $threadbit_advertisement at the bottom of your threadbit template.
* Paste $footer_advertisement at the top of your footer template.
* Find $spacer_close in your footer template and below it paste $rightcolumn_advertisement.
* Find &nbsp; in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.
* Find $spacer_open in your header template and below it paste $leftcolumn_advertisement.

[giovannicosta]

Originally Posted by 4newbies

Where exactly do I "Click Install" ? I did all the following:

Instructions

* Upload the product using the Product Manager.
* Go to Style Manager > Edit Templates and...
* Find <!-- post $post[postid] popup menu --> and paste $postbit_advertisement above it in your postbit & postbit_legacy templates.
* Paste $forumbit_advertisement at the bottom of your forumhome_forumbit_level1_post and forumhome_forumbit_level2_post templates.
* Paste $threadbit_advertisement at the bottom of your threadbit template.
* Paste $footer_advertisement at the top of your footer template.
* Find $spacer_close in your footer template and below it paste $rightcolumn_advertisement.
* Find in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.
* Find $spacer_open in your header template and below it paste $leftcolumn_advertisement.

There is nothing about "Installing" anything. I just uploaded the vb_ad_management_313.xml file through the product manager and the mod shows up in the admin panel but when I go back to the forum, it's just shows a blank page. If I disable the mod in vB Ad Management Global Settings, the forum goes back to normal. It might be something stupidly simple but I am a bit new to the vB Mods. Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

Click install at the top of this page.

I have my own question:
My header templarte has this:

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<!-- main table --><table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" class="maintable">
<tr>
	<td><!-- content table --><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="header-row"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="header-table" width="100%">
	<tr>
		<td align="$stylevar[right]" width="9"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/logo_left.gif" width="9" height="92" border="0" alt="" /></td>
		<td align="$stylevar[left]" class="header-table-row"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" height="92" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
		<td align="$stylevar[right]" valign="bottom" width="100%" style="padding: 5px" nowrap="nowrap" class="header-table-row">

		<if condition="$show['member']">
		<div class="smallfont">
			<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</phrase></strong><br />
			<phrase 1="$pmbox[lastvisitdate]" 2="$pmbox[lastvisittime]">$vbphrase[last_visited_x_at_y]</phrase>
			<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><br /><phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase></if>
			<if condition="$show['pmwarning']"><br /><strong><phrase 1="$vbphrase[pmpercent_nav_compiled]">$vbphrase[your_pm_box_is_x_full]</phrase></strong></if>
		</div>
		<else />
		<!-- login form -->
		<form action="login.php?do=login" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, $show[nopasswordempty])">
		<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
		<tr>
			<td class="smallfont"><label for="navbar_username">$vbphrase[username]</label></td>
			<td><input type="text" class="bginput" style="font-size: 11px" name="vb_login_username" id="navbar_username" size="10" accesskey="u" tabindex="101" value="$vbphrase[username]" onfocus="if (this.value == '$vbphrase[username]') this.value = '';" /></td>
			<td class="smallfont" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" value="1" tabindex="103" id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accesskey="c" />$vbphrase[remember_me]</label></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td class="smallfont"><label for="navbar_password">$vbphrase[password]</label></td>
			<td><input type="password" class="bginput" style="font-size: 11px" name="vb_login_password" id="navbar_password" size="10" tabindex="102" /></td>
			<td><input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[log_in]" tabindex="104" title="$vbphrase[enter_username_to_login_or_register]" accesskey="s" /></td>
		</tr>
		</table>
		<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
		<input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />		
		<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
		<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />
		</form>
		<!-- / login form -->
		</if>	

		</td>
		<td width="9" align="$stylevar[right]" class="header-table-row"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/logo_right.gif" width="9" height="92" border="0" alt="" /></td>
	</tr>
	</table></td>
</tr>
<!-- /logo -->

<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function log_out()
{
	ht = document.getElementsByTagName("html");
	ht[0].style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(grayscale=1)";
	if (confirm('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]'))
	{
		return true;
	}
	else
	{
		ht[0].style.filter = "";
		return false;
	}
}
//-->
</script>

<tr>
	<td style="border: none; padding: 0;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
	<tr>
		<td width="9" align="right" valign="bottom"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_top_left.gif" width="9" height="2" border="0" alt="" /></td>
		<td width="100%" class="navbar-top-row"><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" width="1" height="2" border="0" alt="" /></td>
		<td width="9" align="left" valign="bottom"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_top_right.gif" width="9" height="2" border="0" alt="" /></td>
	</tr>
	</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="navbar-row" align="center"><table cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" class="navbar-row-table">
	<tr align="center" class="vbmenu_dark">
		<td width="9" align="right" style="padding: 0;"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_left.gif" width="9" height="21" border="0" alt="" /></td>
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a></td>
		</if>
		<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[register]</a></td>
		</if>
		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5">$vbphrase[faq]</a></td>
		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="memberlist.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[members_list]</a></td>
		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
		<if condition="$show['popups']">		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
				<td id="navbar_search" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search]</a> <if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search"); </script></if></td>
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td id="usercptools" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools">$vbphrase[quick_links]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools"); </script></td>		
			</if>
		<else />		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[search]</a></td>
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
			</if>
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>
			<if condition="$show['member']">			
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td>			
			</if>			
		</if>
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out()">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
		</if>
		<td width="9" align="left" style="padding: 0;"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_right.gif" width="9" height="21" border="0" alt="" /></td>
	</tr>
	</table></td>
</tr>

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output

There is no: &nbsp to replace with $header_advertisement, where should i put it?

[vincetan]

Hi milsirhc,

i got the problem that you face too. whereby if guest were browsing the thread, the ads will keep showing admin/site owner's ad code. it doesnt rotate with the thread starters code.

however if you login, the ad will be rotated properly.

so just wondering how you manage to solve it?

and RedTyger, thank you for the excellent mod. appreciate all your effort

regards,
Vince

[4newbies]

Originally Posted by giovannicosta

Click install at the top of this page.

I've already clicked the link that says "Mark as installed" at the top of this page and still have the same problem. The entire forum is a blank white page when the mod is enabled... Any other suggestions?

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by mattonline

hello, i'm having trouble integrating it with vbadvanced, www.EntrepreneurForum.co.uk - i want it unde the left side, under the search forums. I've searched this thread and couldn't find anything other than making it $global[header_advertisement] which didn't work it just messed up the forum. Do you know how to get it under the search forms part, the best i've done is get it to run along side the site navigation.

also

Find &nbsp; in your header template and replace it with $header_advertisement.

i can't find &nbsp; so wasn't able to insert $header_advertisement.

It must be $GLOBALS not $globals.

Originally Posted by 4newbies

I've already clicked the link that says "Mark as installed" at the top of this page and still have the same problem. The entire forum is a blank white page when the mod is enabled... Any other suggestions?

If you have other modifications installed, try disabling them and seeing if that makes a difference. You're the first to report a blank white page as far as I can remember...

Originally Posted by vincetan

Hi milsirhc,

i got the problem that you face too. whereby if guest were browsing the thread, the ads will keep showing admin/site owner's ad code. it doesnt rotate with the thread starters code.

however if you login, the ad will be rotated properly.

so just wondering how you manage to solve it?

and RedTyger, thank you for the excellent mod. appreciate all your effort

regards,
Vince

Are you using vBSEO? If so, ensure you're using the latest version of the modification, I put this issue down to a conflict with that modification. Possibly incorrectly.

[vincetan]

hi RedTyger,

I installed the mod today which i downloaded about maybe 12 hours ago. so it should be the latest copy.

milsirhc told me to remove the id from "Enable Ad Sharing for Usergroups:"
and in actual fact i removed everything from that field since the very beginning.

but i still get the same issue.

as for vbseo, i just installed it an hour ago
and the problem still persist.

and my vb is pretty clean. your mod was the first that i installed.

any idea?

[4newbies]

Originally Posted by RedTyger

If you have other modifications installed, try disabling them and seeing if that makes a difference. You're the first to report a blank white page as far as I can remember...

This is the first and only mod I have installed on my forum. Maybe there is something you might be able to see in the source code that is out of place perhaps?

http://www.4newbiesforum.com/

Any other suggestion to try?

[Capper5016]

I have swf and gif files, how can I add them to the ad rotation? How do I add links to them?

[esck]

I guess I did something very wrong, but I swear I followed the installation instructions very carefully.

When I turn on the ad management, my site cannot be accesed, could it be something related to vbadvanced?

[4newbies]

Originally Posted by esck

I guess I did something very wrong, but I swear I followed the installation instructions very carefully.

When I turn on the ad management, my site cannot be accesed, could it be something related to vbadvanced?

Does yours show a plain white screen like my site does when I have this mod enabled?

[nanaimobar]

Originally Posted by nanaimobar

This is partial code from my header template indicating where $ad is placed. I have no ad showing. Tested ads in other parts of forum and everything works ok. Just a problem with the header. Tried selecting Yes for Header, tried for Footer, tried for static and tried for random. Zip.

Code: blah, blah, blah.

<td align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]">
$header_advertisement;
</td>

blah, blah, and more blah.

Is "$header_advertisement;" in wrong place?

Thanks in advance.
PS: Just one little ad button on right, as I'm still experimenting with Openads coding and look of site with advertising.

*******
Removed the semi-colon after $header_advertisement in my header code. Copied code from the right-side ad that is working and pasted it into static content section of your header management.

It worked fine.

So the problem wasn't in your product but the coding I'm using from openads invocation.

Thanks.