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.

[esck]

Originally Posted by 4newbies

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

I'm on a mac, using safari, and this is what I get

Safari can?t open the page ?http://foro.esk.com.mx/?. The error was: ?bad server response? (NSURLErrorDomain:-1011) Please choose Report Bug to Apple from the Safari menu, note the error number, and describe what you did before you saw this message.

[Capper5016]

Originally Posted by Capper5016

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

bump

[nanaimobar]

I used the remote invocation code generated by openads but removed all references to zones in the invocation code. I used both WordPad and Notepad for changing the code, not MSWord, and they both worked fine.

Removed: document.write ("&amp;what=zone:4");
from around the middle of invocation code.

Also removed: what=zone:4
from last line of invocation code.

Your zone numbers will be different than mine.

I copied and pasted changed invocation code into the rotating ad section of the header/footer part of vB Ad Management. I separated the code so that a regular banner and a leaderboard would rotate.

I also used <center> and </center> at top and bottom of invocation code on the banners. I might change this to left later instead of center.

You can see them working here.

Thanks RedTyger. You sure made my life much easier. Two thumbs and two big toes up.

[giovannicosta]

Originally Posted by giovannicosta

0

I have my own question:
My header template 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?

Bumparoonie

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by 4newbies

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?

Are you sure the files have been uploaded to the right location? Now I think I do remember someone with this problem and it was the cause. For you, they should be at http://www.4newbiesforum.com/include...ent/(file).php.

Originally Posted by giovannicosta

Bumparoonie

Well it's a custom theme so I don't know where it should go. It can go anywhere so the worst you'll have to do is move it if you don't like where it shows up. Just give it a go.

[IsMaR]

Suggestion: feature geographically limit showing the ads, for example, only show to US, there is no reason to show ads to someone in Canada if they cant do it...

[Neal-UK]

An excellent hack. Is there anyway I can edit the footer advertisement from "vB Ad Management by =RedTyger=" to just "Ad Management by =RedTyger="?

Many thanks.

[cajunboy2208]

What is up with the footer? Sometimes it is one link, sometimes 2. But right now, it is displaying it 6 times!

[cajunboy2208]

Originally Posted by Neal-UK

An excellent hack. Is there anyway I can edit the footer advertisement from "vB Ad Management by =RedTyger=" to just "Ad Management by =RedTyger="?

Many thanks.

Do you really want to take off the Vb? Or are you looking for the directions in how to take it off completely? hahaha. Nice try. Either way, I highly doubt you will get the info.

[morrow]

I apologize if this has already been asked, I did search the thread before asking but couldn't find it...

2 things actually...

First, what is this used for exactly? "To name a custom adcode block"...etc... I don't get it.

Second, This looks like an all or nothing type of modification. For example... Say I have a forum for sporting goods with forums setup such as:

baseball
football
basketball

and I want to have google ads for baseball target the baseball forum, football to the football forum, etc... This mod appears that baseball adsense ads would also appear in the football and basketball forums.

I'd like to be able to target certain adsense channels to their cooresponding sports so I don't have baseball ad's showing up in the basketball forums.

Hope I explained that the right way.

Thanks for the hard work. I will surely donate once I get the mod working the way I like.

THanks again