Ad Management mod

[weightman]

Can I use javascript with this mod?

Thanks

[Ed2]

Installed and removed it 4 times..can't get it to work in my SMF 1.1.8


Would really be handy to have if I could get it working!


BTW: It says that it was "installed successfully"...but no configuration options are listed..obviously a lot of people are having the same problem?

[bdsur]

i am install successfully add management mods but i did not see opition my smf version is 1.1.8 help me.

[gibsongk55]

Hi,

I installed this mod on SMF 1.1.8 and selected "show ad below menu on every page" .  I don't see anything appearing. Can someone help?

Thanks.

Gibs

[JamesD01]

Guys, try asking for help at the mod authors website. Link can be found in the first post of this topic.

Though it would be better if the author himself comes here and sorts the problems, if not the topic might aswell be closed as no point in it if he ain't offering support for the mod he created in the topic he created for support questions.

I've been told by the author there is a new version of the mod for RC1 but no idea nor is there any news about it!

[Ed2]

NOTE: Got up this morning and re-intalled it and it LOADS!! I did nothing to change my forum from before..don't know why...but it now LOADS!

I have two 1.1.8 boards...Ad Mod wouldn't load on either until this morning. FYI: The Colorize Forum mod wouldn't install yesterday either..today it loads & works! Have a feeling the problem is (was) within 1.1.8

LOAD IT WHILE IT WORKS

FYI: The Good News..I can now load it! Bad News: It doesn't work within Classic YaBB SE Theme.  Ad Management Mod was designed to work with the "default" 1.1.8 theme. (switch themes and see for yourself).  So it is useless to me. Went to the authors website for help...and got a headache bouncing all over the boards for answers.

The Mod is a great concept that only works with a limited number of themes..Unless you know how to edit themes of course....which I don't.

Ad Management mod is one that folks are willing to pay for IF IT WORKED.....Keeping my fingers crossed....

[DavidWFF]

It work's just fine for me on 2.0 rc1...David

[vristang]

Some things to check for guys having issues...
- Did it install in the language files correctly?
- Are you running one of the languages it installs automatically to?

seems like that could be part of the problem if the options aren't displaying the way they should...

(I'm no expert, but this has tripped me up with mods before...)

[Jump1979man]

the mod author isnt updating and maintaining this mod....questions to his site go unanswered.

http://www.smfads.com/forums/index.php?topic=2101.0


I know Bigguy was helping him but Bigguy has his own things going on and this mod is a great mod that needs to be ever evolving to truly be GREAT! 

This mod needs updated to work properly and also needs a supporting staff to fix bugs....maybe someone could take it over and keep it up???   or maybe someone else should create a different AD Mod???

[Ed2]

Use this MOD..works great...just use html code to center your post, ad or image!

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=351

Global Headers and Footers Mod!

BASIC...BUT...WORKS WITH "ALL" THEMES!

[BlindShooter]

This mod is awesome. I used it to get my wordpress header into my forum - so much easier, so much faster... thanks!

[oludimuni]

How can i add the ad management mod to my forum

[oludimuni]

What version on Ad Management Mod is suitable when i install smf with webinstall

[oludimuni]

Use this MOD..works great...just use html code to center your post, ad or image!

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=351

Global Headers and Footers Mod!

BASIC...BUT...WORKS WITH "ALL" THEMES!

How were you able to use this mod with the 1.1.8 version please give me a step by step guide into this please


I need to resolve this urgently.

[Ed2]

Send me a PM with contact info and I'll walk you through it.

[ross85]

I installed this mod, but whenever I create an ad it makes 2 of them. So when it displays it shows 2 ads, one over the other. Whats going on? www.rotorheadforums.com

[GazOutEast]

DOHHHHH !!!!

After hours of trying to get this mod to work on SMF 2.0 RC1 and weeks of reading this forum and the author's site looking for an answer, I realise now ....

.... the latest download file is called ad_mod_v2-3-4_SMF_vbeta4.zip

Note that file name ... it is v2.3.4 for SMF 2.0 Beta 4

It is NOT for RC1

However, despite that, I will post my issues just in case it helps the mod authors to bring the mod up to speed for RC1 any faster.

I have it installed all fine, and superficially working fine, on SMF 2.0 RC1 - all the menus and everything else are visible in admin and working.  For now I have set all user groups (including guests) to see all ads.

Now here's the issue - when setting up ads based on boards - example - board A covers topic A and there is an advert specifically for subject A, then to me this is an "ad match" and Ad A should be targeted at Board A.  With me so far?

OK - in Admin - Configuration - Ad Management - Add Ads ... there are three suitable options after choosing the board number for where to display this ad -

Display ads on board index
Display ads on message index
Display ads on the post page

The help buttons describe where these positions are (rather badly in my opinion) but it is important to read the following to understand the problem I am getting with bugs in my install of Ad Management v2.3.4
How the help buttons describe the locations is -

- Board Index - on the main board area. This section is typically the root of the forum.
- Message Index - on the message index page. These pages are found within the boards, but are not the posts
- Post Page -  on the message page itself.

OK that's how the help buttons describe them, and in my opinion, they are completely wrong -

- Forum Index - This is the home page of the forum (i.e. /smf/index.php ) and the forum root - it displays the forum categories and the first level boards in those categories.
- Board Index - This is the BOARD or CHILD-BOARD LIST (not the forum root) and it displays (in a vanilla install) first the child-boards list/index, then the topics posted list/index for topics posted directly to the board number XXX, which is the current board being viewed.
- Message Index - is the list of topics in the current board XXX - whether that board is first or fortieth level down the heirarchy - the message index is displayed for every board on each and every board level, (at every heirarchy level), whether it has topics or not.  It is the second list, which follows the Board Index, on any board level page - the child-boards' Board Index being the first part of the page.
- - The combined Board Index and Message Index is the LEVEL Index / Board Page at any particular layer of the board and message heirarchy - it should be referred to as the Board Page.
- Message Page - is the TOPIC DISPLAY PAGE - where readers can read the messages that have so far been posted into an individual topic (note - in SMF they are referred to as "topics" - more commonly in other software, they are referred to as "threads").
- Post Page - by its very name can only ever have ONE post and by definition within the software, that means this is the page where you write and post your post.

Therefore the correct heirarchical naming convention should be -

- Forum Index - page containing the categories list
- - Category Index - page containing the first level boards (topics cannot be assigned to categories - only to boards)
- - - Board PAGE - page containing the Child-Board Index & current board-level topics
- - - Board Index - the child-board list that is part of the Board Page
- - - Message Index - the list of Topics that are posted into the current level board (whether it is first level or a child-board) - it is part of the Board Page (unless this board has NO child-boards, then the Message Index becomes the whole Board Page by default).
- - - - Topic Page - the page that displays all the posts within a topic/thread, whether it is only the OP, or whether it has many replies.
- - - - - Post Page - is the page where a user writes their post.

Note in the above heirarchy - an individual list of boards or topics is an "Index",
but a page containing multiple indexes, or a single topic's content, is a "Page".

Finally, here's my problem -

As I said at the top, everything is working fine except the following -

- Ads selected to display on the "message index" are displaying on the "topic page" (i.e. the page for reading a topic's posts and replies) - not the index list of topics claimed by the mod authors.
- Ads selected to display on the post page (i.e. the posts and replies within the topic according to the mod's author) NEVER display anywhere - not even on the post writing page.
- Ads selected to display on the Board Index NEVER appear anywhere, at any level of the heirarchy.

These errors, and my structural comments above, indicate there is a severe naming mismatch between the conventions used up to SMF 2.0 vBeta4, and the naming in use within SMF 2.0 RC1, for the different levels of the forum heirarchy, from top home index, down through boards and child-boards, to individual topics and posts. 

This I believe is why Ad Management v2.3.4 does not work fully with SMF 2.0 RC1 - not the mod author's fault at a code level (because they state v2.3.4 is for up to Beta4 only), but in terms of the help pop-ups, they also have some rewriting to do (feel free to copy from what I've typed above if it helps and saves you time).

Gaz
 

[GinjaNinja]

Hey

I'm running SMF 1.1.8 with a custom theme...

Im trying to install Ad Management manually but I'm having some trouble...

I parsed it and replaced all the code and added the files to the correct directories but how do I install it? what do I do with the install.php file?


thanks!

Greg

[wolverine09]

I was able to get Ad Management 2.3 to work by uninstalling the initial install and re-installing.

That said, how do I get the google ads to show for non-registered users? They currently only show for forum members. It would seem the ads would work best for people looking for an exit who aren't interesting in posting.

[Bigguy]

Check guest permissions.