Setup and validation problem

Discussion in 'Co-op Advertising Network' started by EJSwanny, Aug 5, 2005.

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    I'm using vBulletin 3.07 and am obviously missing something very obvious, but I can't get the ads to show. I am also not sure exactly where to put the code as referenced here:

    *****
    SHOWTHREAD_SHOWPOST, printthread and footer templates, and add the following to it (somewhere appropriate):
    *****

    I'm not all sure where appropriate is, and it made my forums offcenter.

    My site is www.sports-critics.com/forums

    Any help is appreciated, thanks.
     
    EJSwanny, Aug 5, 2005 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    I don't see any ads there.
     
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  3. EJSwanny

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    #3
    I know, that's my problem. :)

    Wow, what a fast reply btw...
     
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    #4
    "Appropriate" just means anywhere you want (that it looks good with your design). The most common place would in the footer somewhere.
     
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    Hey Swanny, feel free to PM me if you need some help. I know your setup.

    (you know me as Sports-Chat:) )
     
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  6. EJSwanny

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    Ok, thanks, I'm still clunking around vbulletin. I did place "$ad_network" in the "SHOWTHREAD_SHOWPOST, printthread and footer templates" and nothing is showing, but the forums are offline so I'm sure I placed it in the wrong place in one or all of those templates.

    Note: I CMOD'd ad_network_ads_339.txt to 666 and the filesize is showing 795 bytes already, so I'm assuming the ads are working, but I need to find the correct place in the templates? This making any sense? I'm not a coder of any sorts, so I may not be asking the right thing here...
     
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    Here's a sample of a vBulletin footer with the ad network from one of my forums.

    
<center>
Advertisement: $ad_network 
</center>
    Code (markup):
    It's the very last thing in the footer template.
     
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    Thanks bud, I'll keep poking around. When I go completely braindead I'll pm you. ;)
     
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    No prob, you know where to find me:)
     
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  10. EJSwanny

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    Ok, I'm stumped! I'm fairly certain I have it setup per the instructions at least. The filesize of my ad_network_ads_339.txt continues to grow so it's picking it up. I have the:

    <center>
    Advertisement: $ad_network
    </center>

    in the footer and "Advertisement:" shows center above the time in the footer as it should but no ads. Any ideas?

    The server it's on is running Apache 1.3.33, Php 4.3.11, if that helps. I also use the CMS Subdreamer which is integrated with vBulletin 3.07.
     
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    Got it and validated! I had my code in the phpinclude_start in a commented out section. Doh!
     
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    You have the stuff added to php_include_start (template)?
     
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    Oops... nevermind... didn't see your last post. :)
     
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    Doh! is right:D

    Glad to see you got it working. Best of luck.
     
    GuyFromChicago, Aug 6, 2005 IP