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VB multi ads problem

Discussion in 'Co-op Advertising Network' started by Fishing Forum, Oct 6, 2004.

  1. #1
    Well got the five ads running pressed Auto Validate Now

    Got

    Site failed automatic validation as of 2004-10-06 (make sure URL and site type is correct - if everything is correct, it may require manual validation). Auto Validate Now

    Any ideas - as I have not changed anything bar what was asked

    Plus down to 62 :eek:
     
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  2. nadlay

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    I also have problems.

    Have the following three problems.

    1. When I did auto-validate, my weight dropped by over 50%

    2. Main Forum only shows a single ad.

    3. Archive pages give the following errors:-

    Warning: main(../ad_network.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/stratoss/public_html/forum/archive/index.php on line 281

    Warning: main(): Failed opening '../ad_network.php' for inclusion (include_path='/usr/local/lib/php:.') in /home/stratoss/public_html/forum/archive/index.php on line 281
     
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  3. Fishing Forum

    Fishing Forum Active Member

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    #3
    Had the same problem but had forgton to

    Might be an idea to check it again - i.e prop 777

    Plus did you repeat the include script

    As for the archive have the same problem still trying to get theat one working

    Luck me about - 95%

    But Im sure shawn will help
     
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  4. nadlay

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    I had forgot to add the extra includes in PHPINCLUDE_START. (Thanks Fishing Forum)

    Now that I've done that:-

    1. My weight went down more.

    2. I now show 5 ads on the forum.

    3. I still have the errors in the archive.

    4. Account now claims that it fails auto-validation (as per Fishing Forum)

    Look forward to Shawn's input.
     
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  5. nadlay

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    Just thought I would have another go at auto-validate, and it say that ads are working on my site, and my weight has gone up again - it's now above what I originally had before I started adding the multiple ads.

    Fishing Forum - maybe you should just try auto-validating again.

    Still have problem in Archive though.
     
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  6. Fishing Forum

    Fishing Forum Active Member

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    Yep just tried and getting the same

    Account not not yet activated. | Site failed automatic validation as of 2004-10-06 (make sure URL and site type is correct - if everything is correct, it may require manual validation). Auto Validate Now

    But change my url address and it went up just above what I had before

    Do not understand wy I should alter my org url
    was www .xxx. com/forum.php changed it to www. xxx. com and it worked a bit better

    Think I will wait for shawn

    Oh archieve still no joy
     
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  7. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #7
    For fishing forum, set your base URL to http://www.fishing-forum.info/, rather than http://www.fishing-forum.info/forum.php because forum.php isn't in the URL of all your forum pages.

    For the archive, I figured it out... it didn't like specifying the path (I guess vBulletin does it internally already). So if you change this:

    include ('../ad_network.php');
    PHP:
    to this
    include ('ad_network.php');
    PHP:
    it should be fine.
     
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  8. nadlay

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    Thanks, Shawn, that sorts my archive out.

    I now have 5 ads on the forum and 5 ads on the archive. Do I need to revalidate somehow?
     
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  9. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #9
    What's your site URL?
     
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  10. nadlay

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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #11
    It already was validated... The main reason the weight isn't "super high" is Google has not picked up much of the forum yet:

    http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl:www.stratossupersite.com/forum/+site:www.stratossupersite.com

    That's one of the reasons (there are a few other reasons too) that I'm switching how the vBulletin way works. The network originally was for vB forums only, but as things progressed, the way that all other site types were assigned a weight is more accurate. All the vBulletin 3.x forums are going to be forced to move over to the new system to keep it fair for everyone.
     
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  12. nadlay

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    I was actually thinking about that earlier today, because, effectively, I am only getting credit for the forum directory downwards, and I have a lot of indexed pages on the main site where I would also place the ads.

    By that do you mean that VB sites will move to be like "any site that supports PHP"?

    So I would place ads on all the other pages, and then change the type to "any site that supports PHP"?

    It's only a hobby site, but maybe I should consider using some of my weight to get it some more links.
     
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  13. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #13
    Yep... you can do that... since the forum is within your URL, you would want to leave those ads, but you could change your base URL to be the root of the domain, change the site type to "Other", put the ads on the rest of the site and you would get credit for both the site and the forum (since it's within the site).
     
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  14. Fishing Forum

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    Thanks Shaun

    Did changes and now have good figure

    Still getting this message though

    Account not not yet activated. | Site failed automatic validation as of 2004-10-06 (make sure URL and site type is correct - if everything is correct, it may require manual validation). Auto Validate Now

    If I close my eyes and count to 100 hopefully it will go away
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #15
    It doesn't look like you are running ads on the main page: http://www.fishing-forum.info/

    I don't know anything about the hack you are running to do it though, but it shouldn't be too difficult to add.
     
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    All sorted thanks again shawn - ow you another beer :rolleyes:
     
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    Fishing Forum, I noticed your view single post mode is giving an error message now. Maybe check out that SHOWTHREAD_SHOWPOST template.
     
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  18. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    What did you put in the single post view mode?
     
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    Cheers guys

    I did not put it in there its from when I had it set up for the old system on vb

    left the code in there
     
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    Sorted thanks guys

    Remember to remove old code from templete :rolleyes:
     
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