ad_network PHP File Update

This version is easier for newbies.. I like it..

 

Gotta agree with that.

 

I managed to f* it up.

The old version was working wonderfully on my HTML files -- now only the Digitalpoint ads show. Doh!

So instead of the following in htaccess...

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^(.*)\.htm [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^(.*)\.html [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) /passthru.php?file=$1
</IfModule>


I'm not a PHP guy...should I be changed the file string on the passthru?

 

This change leaves me with 5 places to change for an enhancement I am not interested in, I'd much rather we had stablity, the system was working fine.

 

Actually, no, that's not what we're talking about. The problem is the <br> tags that show up between each ad in the html so you end up with:

Ad1
Ad2
Ad3
Ad4
Ad5

I don't want that. Most people don't want that. Me, I want this:

Ad1 | Ad2 | Ad3 | Ad4 | Ad5

This is how you do it:

$ad_network = str_replace("<br>"," | ",$ad_network);
echo "<whatever formating etc.>" . $ad_network . "</whatever>";

Code (markup):

I think what's happening are some people are confusing the words "formatting" and "layout". Formatting is pretty easy with a P or a DIV or a SPAN. But changing the layout of the ads requires editing the contents of the $as_network variable.

 

Mine dropped to 0 without updating. I just decided to validate first to see and I went to zero. Lets see what happens after I update

 

first time updating since I was a newbie just months ago

Question:

keep in mind that I had to add the ads code to each of my pages manually
about 2,000 of them

Does this mean I have to do this again or I'm just changing the PHP file that hosted on my server

thanks

 

If I'm reading this all correctly, you're going to have to edit all of those pages to change it to reference $ad_network now. I'm holding off on this for the moment because of the formatting concerns people have been voicing. I have my ads displayed in an ordered list and now it sounds like it's going to use standard line breaks instead, unless you hack up the code a bit.

 

I dont see a problem with formatting.


My weight came back after upgrading - but was 14k less ---


Not to hijack the thread - are we going to drop the cap soon?

 

I just updated my coldfusion tag to work with the new changes
put it together quick so it's nothing pretty, but its working perfectly for me
however, if it melts down your server don't blame me ;p

Just stick the custom tag whever you want it, and it'll create the .txt cache file in the same directory by default

call it using something like:

<cfmodule
	template="ad_network_212.cfm"
	NumLinks = "5"
	AdType = "TextLinks"
	AdSeperator = " ">

Code (markup):

I use my own cache file layout because coldfusion can't use multi-character delimiters, so it's not going to work with anyone's pre-existing cache files and you'll have to delete it before using this

if anyone has any questions or problems with it, lets get a new thread started and talk about it there

 

thanks Cartman.

I hardly got it to work the first time I will wait for the weekend when I am less sleepy to take this all in.

make that 3,000 pages

 

Jeezus, I didn't even see that. That's what I get for having WAY too much to do! I knew I should have waited until tomorrow to do this.

 

I got the email and this looks like a pretty cool update.

I would like to request that the old code be allowed to work for a full two weeks. I leave the country tomorrow and I won't have time to update my site before I go but will be back in two weeks.

If you need to move on before then I will understand as I am just one of thousands of sites in the network. I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.

 

Absolutely one of the handiest programs ever made:

http://www.funduc.com/search_replace.htm

(no, I am not an affiliate).

I had to make the change in about 250 pages, this program took care of it in one click, then I just uploaded the changed files. You just tell it what to look for and what to replace it with, and it searches through all the files and fixes them up. I forget what I paid for it, but it has been worth every penny.

Tip: Put Shawn's new "include" code in a txt file. Name it dp.inc. Upload it to your main directory (or where the rest of the coop's code resides). Then include it on your pages with:

<?
include ('http://www.yoursitename.com/dp.inc');
?>

In the future, you'll be able to just update that one file when the coop include code changes.

I'm not a php expert, so if someone sees any unintended side effects from doing this let me know. It has worked well on my sites/server.

 

Please can some gifted version do the ASP hack of this!

 

Just updated my site with no problems and no change in weight.
Shawn
When will the the reporting function be available?
Cheers
Ian

 

That was painless. Thanks DP

 

For "Setup For .html/.htm Files Without A Footer File" version do we just add the new ad_network.php file and change the version number in passthru.php?