Ad after first post, DigitalPoint forum style - How?

[Kaustubh]

vBulletin community folks are very slow in responding. Posting on vBSEO forum for some quick response


There's a predefined ad location hook in vBulletin. I'd like to add advertisements after every first post on my forum the way DigitalPoint Forums have; that is, surrounded by a box.

Also, I'd like the ad to be centered.

How to do that?

[Brian Cummiskey]

You can iuse this in the post bit template

<if condition="$post[postcount] % $vboptions[maxposts] == 1">
AD HERE
</if>

note, if on vb4, you need to use the <vb:if style instead of just <if

[Kaustubh]

You're a rockstar Brian! I'm just loving vBSEO more than ever before now

Addendum: Where exactly in the postbit template? (I'm editing postbit_legacy)

[Kaustubh]

I'm using vb4. The Ad isn't centered and there's no box there yet.

[Brian Cummiskey]

Actually, vb already has an ad location for this. No need to edit the post bit template anymore.

Now you can simply use something like:

<li class="postbitlegacy postbitim postcontainer">
<div class="postdetails" style="text-align: center;">
AD CODE HERE 
</div>
</li>

in the AdLocaiton template: ad_showthread_firstpost

[Kaustubh]

Thanks a LOT! This works exactly the way I want!

[StarBuG]

That currently creates a simple box between posts.
I want it to look like a post and not "simply" slap a banner between 1st and 2nd post.

Like it is on my forum right now: Demo
The CTR is much higher this way.

Did anyone do this and doesn't mind to share?
Anyone willing to help?

[Brian Cummiskey]

If you look at the postbit template, you can find the div's inside the list to make 2 columns like the postbit does.

[aVirulence]

Is it possible to do this on the forum homepage as well? I'd like to show an ad after the first forum. I don't think there's a template hook for that, right?

[Kaustubh]

Is it possible to do this on the forum homepage as well? I'd like to show an ad after the first forum. I don't think there's a template hook for that, right?

That would be great!

+1!

[Brian Cummiskey]

forumhomebit_level2_post


find

</vb:if>
    <vb:if condition="$childforumbits">
        <ul class="childsubforum">
            {vb:raw childforumbits}

        </ul>
    </vb:if>
</li>

replace with:

<vb:if condition="$forumid == 2">
<div class="forumrow table">
<div class="foruminfo td">            
            <div class="forumdata">
                <div class="datacontainer">
                    <div class="titleline">
ad
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</vb:if>
    <vb:if condition="$childforumbits">
        <ul class="childsubforum">
            {vb:raw childforumbits}

        </ul>
    </vb:if>
</li>

where foumrid 2 is the forum Id you wish the ad to follow. In this example, Main Forum is ID2

[VIP.Racing]

Brian,

sorry to bump this thread as i came across it on google.
can i ask how the code would look to be able to ad ads to forumhome
for vb3.8 please?

also, does anyone know what ads mod digitalpoint.com is using in there post bit please?
it seems to rotate.

thanks

[Brian Cummiskey]

Theres an adlocation template for this in 3.8. Just copy the tr td and the alt1 class for the left and alt2 class for the right side.

[VIP.Racing]

thanks Brian.

no luck in the way digitalpoint.com disply there ads in postbit please?

my code in my post bit is just:

<if condition="(($post[postcount] % $vboptions[maxposts] == 1))">
google ads here
<br>
</if>

that only displays in 1 spot.
is there anything i can do to make my 468 ads move up and down in random spots on refesh.
thanks.

[Brian Cummiskey]

I'm not a member there, so i have no idea what you are referring to moving ads. Anything that moves on page needs some sort of javascript, and well, at that point, you should view-source their page and steal/hack their code to copy it.