Banner Rotation Add-on / Plugin for vBulletin

Guys and gals,

I'm using this option on my vBulletin forum sites: vbBannerRotator - vBulletin.org Forum

Does anyone know how I can turn this into a mod with unlimited (or at least make it a higher number than 10 rotating banners) spaces for ads?

 

I just thought of something.....couldn't I use the OpenAds program for this?

OpenX. Build your business here. | OpenX

Anyone have experience with OpenAds?

 

I have this one installed, but not yet in use.

Cyb - Flash-Image Banner Rotator - vBulletin.org Forum

It's supposed to be quite good. I'm not able to offer anymore input then that though.

 

I started reading a bit, but didn't see if there was a limit to the number of banners able to be rotated or not.

I'll keep reading, but anyone know off hand?

 

Couldn't you just manually place some javascript to rotate some banners? This code allows for unlimited banners to be placed into rotation:

Code:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--

/*
Random Image Link Script- By JavaScript Kit(http://www.javascriptkit.com) 
Over 200+ free JavaScripts here!
Updated: 00/04/25
*/

function random_imglink(){
var myimages=new Array()
//specify random images below. You can have as many as you wish
myimages[1]="image1.gif"
myimages[2]="image2.gif"
myimages[3]="image3.gif"
myimages[4]="image4.gif"
myimages[5]="image5.gif"
myimages[6]="image6.gif"

//specify corresponding links below
var imagelinks=new Array()
imagelinks[1]="http://www.javascriptkit.com"
imagelinks[2]="http://www.netscape.com"
imagelinks[3]="http://www.microsoft.com"
imagelinks[4]="http://www.dynamicdrive.com"
imagelinks[5]="http://www.freewarejava.com"
imagelinks[6]="http://www.cnn.com"

var ry=Math.floor(Math.random()*myimages.length)
if (ry==0)
ry=1
document.write('<a href='+'"'+imagelinks[ry]+'"'+'><img src="'+myimages[ry]+'" border=0></a>')
}
random_imglink()
//-->
</script>

<p align="center"><font face="arial" size="-2">This free script provided by</font><br>
<font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2"><a href="http://javascriptkit.com">JavaScript
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From: Cut & Paste Random Image Link

 

Cleanest random rotation thingy made by me, works like a charm. Requires one vBulletin plugin to be made and one new PHP file to be made.

Plugin:
Hook: global_start
Execution order: 6
Code:

PHP:

ob_start();
include('/PATH/TO/ROTATIONBANNER.PHP');
$rotationbanner = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();


ROTATIONBANNER.PHP:

PHP:

<?
$num = Rand (1,3);
//Edit the 3 above for the number of cases below
switch ($num)
{
case 1:
echo "First banner";
break;
case 2:
echo "Second banner";
break;
case 3:
echo "Third banner";
}
?>


After that, add $rotationbanner to your template.

 

Yeah the reason I picked this one was that it had no limit on the number of banners. Also, you implement the banner via another menu within vB from forumhome, Quick Links tab. Meaning it has its own interface.

It only has 1 issue imo, but may not matter to you, the only access to that gui is if an account is set as Super User, which is ONLY done in config.php. This comes into play if you desire others to implement banners.

Hope that helps. I also like those other methods Nick and Demo provided.

 

Made an even WAY better one; one plugin, no external file. Didn't expect it to be so easy :doh:

Hook: global_start
Code:

PHP:

$banner[1] = "Cats";
$banner[2] = "Dogs";
$banner[3] = "Godzilla";

$rotator = rand(1, 3);

$bannerrotator = $banner[$rotator];


Then placing $bannerrotator in a template.

 

Demo, that seems like it's very easy!

Nothing in "code" for the plugin? And, I just put the URL of the banner between the quotations? Would I also put the code for an affiliate code there? Then, I assume that I'd simply change the number from 3 to the number of banners that I'm looking to have rotate, right?

 

If you want to maintain full control of the images (height, width, alt, links, etc. per banner), you'd best put the full image codes into the plugin. It requires some slashes because of the quotation though. Something like:

PHP:

$banner[1] = "<a href\"http://www.affliate1.com\" target\"_blank\"><img src=\"http://www.mywebsite.org/aflliates/affliate1.jpg\" alt\"Click for more information\" style\"border:0; height: 60px; width:480px\" /></a>";

Yes, the 3 is associated with that

PHP:

$banner[1] = "Cats";
$banner[2] = "Dogs";
$banner[3] = "Godzilla";
$banner[4] = "Ants";
$banner[5] = "Bears";
$banner[6] = "Whales";
$banner[7] = "Mice";
$banner[8] = "Birds";
$banner[9] = "Fish";
$banner[10] = "Beetles";
$banner[11] = "Dinosaurs";
$banner[12] = "Aliens";

$rotator = rand(1, 12);

$bannerrotator = $banner[$rotator]; 


Oh, you need to fill in all fields in order not to get any empty results back into your template