Add ads before last post

[peppe]

Hi.

I've seen this topic (click here) and here we can see the way to put the ads after the first post. But i'd want, if it's possible, to put it before last post of all discussion page.

How can i do it? Please help me.

Thanks for all your opinion,
best regards

[Kays]

Hi, that won't be that easy as the first message is identified. But the last message isn't.

Also where would it go if there's no replies?

[peppe]

Hi, that won't be that easy as the first message is identified. But the last message isn't.

Also where would it go if there's no replies?

It can go before the first message, if there's no replies. But if it's difficult it's a big problem, because a lot of people read the last post, more than people that read the first.

[Kays]

Sounds like a logical reason.

It looks like it's not that difficult to identify the very last post in a topic.

In Display.php look for:

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'counter' => $counter,


and add after it:

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'is_last' => $context['num_replies'] == $counter,


Then in display.template.php, after:

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while ($message = $context['get_message']())
{


You can add something like this to show the ad:

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if($message['is_last'])
echo '
<tr><td>Ad code goes here</td></tr>';


That is for the 1.1.x default theme. So you'll probably need to change the html to suite your theme. This should work for 2.0 also.

[agent47]

Theres a Mod that can help you with that.
You can place advertisements at various places using this mod. I use it with my forum aswell. Works pretty well

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=255

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Sounds like a logical reason.

It looks like it's not that difficult to identify the very last post in a topic.

In Display.php look for:

Code Select Expand


'counter' => $counter,


and add after it:

Code Select Expand


'is_last' => $context['num_replies'] == $counter,


Then in display.template.php, after:

Code Select Expand


while ($message = $context['get_message']())
{


You can add something like this to show the ad:

Code Select Expand


if($message['is_last'])
echo '
<tr><td>Ad code goes here</td></tr>';


That is for the 1.1.x default theme. So you'll probably need to change the html to suite your theme. This should work for 2.0 also.

Thank you very much for the solution Kays. It was asked before and no one seems to have a solution for it. Thanks again.