Ads in phpBB forums...?

[pisanggoreng]

I wonder how Google ads are inserted in phpBB forums as done below here... i.e. how to get a "post" of ads at the end of every page. brbrThank you. br

[andrew247]

You need to make an adjustment to viewtopic_body.tpl - the exact method is different for most forum templates.

[pisanggoreng]

Thanks, but that much I had almost figured out myself... I am using the very common SubSilver template. Does anyone know a little bit more specifically how this is done?

[andrew247]

OK, I had a bash at the SubSilver template. It could be touched up a bit more, but it works (add this code after "END postrow"):

	<tr> 
		<td width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="{postrow.ROW_CLASS}"><span class="name"><a 

name="{postrow.U_POST_ID}"></a>Google</span>
<span class="postdetails">{postrow.POSTER_RANK}
{postrow.RANK_IMAGE}{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}

{postrow.POSTER_JOINED}
{postrow.POSTER_POSTS}
{postrow.POSTER_FROM}</span>
<>
		<td class="{postrow.ROW_CLASS}" width="100%" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" 

cellpadding="0">
			<tr>
				<td width="100%">[img]{postrow.MINI_POST_IMG}[/img]<span class="postdetails"><span 

class="gen"></span> Subject: Advertisements</span><>

			<>
			<tr> 
				<td colspan="2"><hr /><>
			<>
			<tr>
				<td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">

*Adsense ads here*

{postrow.SIGNATURE}</span><span class="gensmall">{postrow.EDITED_MESSAGE}</span><>
			<>
		</table><>
	<>
	<tr> 
		<td class="{postrow.ROW_CLASS}" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav">{L_BACK_TO_TOP}</span><>
		<td class="{postrow.ROW_CLASS}" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><table cellspacing="0" 

cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18" width="18">
			<tr> 
				<td valign="middle" nowrap="nowrap">{postrow.PROFILE_IMG} {postrow.PM_IMG} {postrow.EMAIL_IMG} 

{postrow.WWW_IMG} {postrow.AIM_IMG} {postrow.YIM_IMG} {postrow.MSN_IMG}<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- 

	if ( navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('mozilla') != -1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('5.') == -1 && 

navigator.userAgent.indexOf('6.') == -1 )
		document.write(' {postrow.ICQ_IMG}');
	else
		document.write('<><td><><td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="position:relative"><div 

style="position:absolute">{postrow.ICQ_IMG}</div><div style="position:absolute;left:3px;top:-1px">{postrow.ICQ_STATUS_IMG}</div></div>');
				
				//--></script><noscript>{postrow.ICQ_IMG}</noscript><>
			<>
		</table><>
	<>
	<tr> 
		<td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1">[img]templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif[/img]<>
	<>

You could probably take out the useless bits which aren't relevent, but they don't show anyway.

[pisanggoreng]

OK, thanks a lot! I'll try this out tomorrow!

[mertero]

Andres,

It actually works great.

I wonder what kind of ads are best for these kind of placement? GoogleCommunity has a rather large (in height) type of ad, I think it is not so good. I prefer the banner type (468X60). I don't want to irriate people too much.

Thanks!

[pisanggoreng]

I settled for a 728 x 90 ad there, which I believe is not too annoying. brbrBTW, it works great- thanks again Andrew!br

[devang]

I run the template "Alexis Organge". Where may I place this code?

[andrew247]

Originally Posted by devang

I run the template "Alexis Organge". Where may I place this code?

The code will be different for each template, so this code might not be directly transferable. You could try, but it probably won't work. Insert it in the same place; after "END postrow".

[cruocitae]

I'll try it too.. I'm planning to start a forum, but my hosting admin did not activate my cPanel yet, and my old apache doesn't start.. maybe 2day I'll try it again.. But I honestly mean that forums don't really get serious clicks..