Is this allowed?

Hi all,

Quick question for you all.

I recently made this template modfication to display Google ads inside the first post:

Adsense Inside the Post - vBulletin.org Forum

Now, one member says it is now allowed. He said:

It is not allowed to use float elements and Iframesfor your Google Ads.

I've seen this done on many websites -- but is this allowed? See my site for an example: What kind of weather are you having? - Tech Support Team

Regards Jason

having the ad there is ok.
using an iframe is not though. You won't get good relvent ads like that. the adsense script works in the same frame as the ad, thus, there's 0 text that it can find to contextualize anything.

see this thread for the proper method:
How do I get google adsense to right on top?

note, that is set up for guests only and contains a link to his own site. your markup will vary.

I see -- thanks!! But why do I need to put: <a href="http://www.techsupportteam.org/register.php" target="_parent"></a>..... What's my register page got to do with anything?

How does that look? -- sup guys? - Tech Support Team

Regards Jason

you don't... that's just what the other guy had in his template for that thread that I replied to as he was only showing those ads to guests.

Thanks!

One more question, how would I get ads to show down the right hand side of a thread?

Example: http://forums.techguy.org/site-comme...site-slow.html

Thanks!

Regards Jason

you'd need to modify the forumhome, forumdisplay and showthread templates to add a new table cell within a wrapper table like

HTML Code:

<table>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="99%">
CURRENT MARKUP HERE
</td>
<td valign="top" width="160">
ADS HERE
</td>
</tr>
</table>

I'm guessing I only need to modify my SHOWTHREAD template as I only want ads to show at the side of a thread, and for guests only.

CURRENT MARKUP HERE

What goes there?

Regards Jason

the main table thats in the template already gos there

Thank you!

Regards Jason

Originally Posted by briansol

you'd need to modify the forumhome, forumdisplay and showthread templates to add a new table cell within a wrapper table like

HTML Code:

<table>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="99%">
CURRENT MARKUP HERE
</td>
<td valign="top" width="160">
ADS HERE
</td>
</tr>
</table>

I got that to work just fine, but for the love of god I can not get it to show on the LEFT. Do you perhaps know how to display it on the left side instead of the right? (forumhome). Thanks in advance.