EZ Archive Plugin - Ads in your vBulletin Archive 3.6x

[Joeychgo]

This plugin gives you alot of control over your archive, and also gives you that control via the Admin CP. Noppid and I saw a need for this hack, We hope its helpful for you.

For vBulletin 3.6x


This plugin allows you to:

Easily place your forum Banner
Place Google Adsense, YPN or almost any other kind of ad system in your archive;
Allows you to turn ads on and off via the Admin CP;
Allows you to have ads on the Top, Bottom, Left or Right of the archive;
Ads H1 Tags to your archive (for Better SEO);
Allows easy input of Digital Point Free Coop Ads (http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/?s=492);No Code Changes, Just a Product!

EXAMPLE: vBulletin FAQ Archive (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/archive/index.php/)


Why Should you Enhance your Archive?

Its a good idea to have your archive active because search engines seem to more readily index the vBulletin archive then the regular threads. This helps bring visitors to your forum and some of them will become members.

This hack allows you to easily add your website banner to the plain archive as well as ads. This makes your archive look a little nicer and more attractive to users.

Placing adsense ads in the archive can be quite profitable as well. I have earned as much as $100 in a month just form the adsense ads in my archive.


Installation Instructions:

Download the product
In your Admin CP, go to Plugin System > Manage Products > Add/Import Product
Import the productThats it!


Using the EZ Archive Ads System

You will find the control panel for the EZ Archive Ads System in your Admin CP under vBulletin Options.

There are several settings in the control panel. You can turn each ad on or off, center, left or right justify them, and add whatever HTML code you like.

http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/joey/acp1.jpg
http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/joey/acp2.jpg
http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/joey/acp3.jpg


Our Recommendations


Place a small banner in the Top Banner position. Such as a 468x60 banner. This should be for your site. I strongly recommend you use a small image (in bytes). You can also choose Right, Left or Center Justify for this banner, depending on your needs and preferences.

The code you would use should look like this:


<a href="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com"><img src="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/images/vbulletin.jpg" alt="vBulletin" border="0"></a>

This is what it looks like:

http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/joey/top-banner.JPG


Notice the ALT tag. in my example it is alt="vBulletin" You want to use a word or phrase that is pertinant to your forum. If you have a forum about the Ford Mustang, then you might put in FORD MUSTANG FORUM, or something like that.

You can also add text in here if you like. Just ad <br /> after the image code and then put your text after that. Something like this might be appropriate:


Thank you for visiting. This is our website archive. Please visit our main website by clicking the banner above.


Placing your Adsense or other ads

Now, the 4 ad choices that follow.

Header Ad
Left Ad
Right Ad
Footer Ad

These all work basically the same as above. Just copy your adsense code for size ad you wish to use and paste it in the corresponding box. For the left and right ads you can manually change the width of ads if you need to. Default is set at 120.



Finally, if you use the Digital Point Free COOP (http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/?s=492) (recommended) - Put your coop code in the appropriate box. It should look something like: ad_network_201.php


You must be registered member to download this free plugin. Register Here (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/register.php)

If you need custom coding of this hack, or any other, contact Noppid (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/member.php?u=3). For a small fee he can custom code just about anything you need.

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[Cky47]

Very nice hack... Thanks!

[Chris]

I would like to do this but I cannot see the file to download. Anyone help me here. Thanks

[Joeychgo]

I would like to do this but I cannot see the file to download. Anyone help me here. Thanks



Ooops - there it is.

[Chris]

Got it going and it does a GREAT job. Thanks for this.

[WoodiE55]

Ooops - there it is.

There is is where? I've even clicked on the Install button - still no link to download it.




-Michael

[Joeychgo]

Its there now michael.....

[NickT'sGTP]

I'm going to be installing this as soon as google activates my adsense account.

[WoodiE55]

Aww there it is :D


Thanks Joey!

[NickT'sGTP]

How long does it usually take for the ads to start to show up?

[Joeychgo]

Do you have the right adsense code? Those ads shouldnt be PSAs for this long.

[NickT'sGTP]

PSAs? I installed this hack this morning, and placed the adsense code in it at about the same time. And still nothing is showing up. On their site it says it might take it 48 hours for it to show up?

How long has it taken everyone else?

[Joeychgo]

PSAs = Public Service Ads - its what Google uses when it doesnt know what ad to place.

Doesnt take me any time at all.

[NickT'sGTP]

ok...I'm using "PSAs" and nothing is showing up....

[Joeychgo]

IM seeing ads now...

[NickT'sGTP]

On my forum? :confused:

Usually when I put the code into the Ez archive system is should show PSA's right away....right?

[NickT'sGTP]

Nothing is working for me. Not even the top banner. I have everything copied correctly for the html code, and I'm not seeing anything.

[Joeychgo]

Is the top banner set to ON?

I saw the top banner before, now I only see the bottom banner - but you do have ads and not PSAs

[NickT'sGTP]

Why can't I see them then? Can you do me a favor and do a screenshot of it for me?

[NickT'sGTP]

No one else can see them either...I've asked several people on the forum. They run IE7, opera, firefox, and they all can't see them.

[Peggy]

I see them on the bottom, Nick

[masterkiller323]

good job!

greets from germany

[NickT'sGTP]

You do see them? I dont' understand why I can't?

[Joeychgo]

Look now........

[NickT'sGTP]

I see them.

Is there a hack to get them on the forum home page also?

[Joeychgo]

Just place the adsense code in the appropriate template -- right below $navbar

[puertoblack2003]

wow didn't think this was upgraded to .6 ..i love this hack..thanks will install:)

[Dimitri]

Seems that hack so nice , but I couldn't download the plugin :no:

where's the link ?

[Joeychgo]

You have to click the install button before you can download.

[Dimitri]

thanks a lot Joey :)

I should try it soon :cool:

[scarecrow]

hmmm.....really loooks good, just cant figure out from where to download it......
still says i need to register

[scarecrow]

hmmm.....really loooks good, just cant figure out from where to download it......
still says i need to register

lol.........done it, clicked install! :)
thanx a lot

[nvngoc]

Good job, thanks man.

[CaaNN]

Hi thanks for hack but i have a question:

I enable top banner and i insert my code then click ok.When i look my archive the banner showing on the bottom:D why this did?

I apologize for my english because i'm a turk:D

edit: if you wanna learn my site's url look my profile

[WhaLberg]

Hi thanks for hack but i have a question:

I enable top banner and i insert my code then click ok.When i look my archive the banner showing on the bottom:D why this did?

I apologize for my english because i'm a turk:D

edit: if you wanna learn my site's url look my profile

I see you are a Turk, I am a Turk, either.

Maybe the code you use has alignements.

Can you show us your code?

[CaaNN]

abi türksen türkçe konuş:D neyse here is my code:D


<a href="http://www.forumpaylas.org"><img src="http://www.forumpaylas.org/images/misc/banner.gif" alt="ForumPaylas" border="0"></a>
<br />
<center><b>Arşivimize Hoşgeldiniz!Yukardaki resime tıklayarak anasayfamıza gidebilirsiniz.</b></center>

[WhaLberg]

I have tried that and there is no problem. :)

[CaaNN]

:D but on my site its showing on the bottom why??

[WhaLberg]

I have checked that. Did you change anything?

[Joeychgo]

You have to have put the code in the wrong box....

[CaaNN]

i put the cods "EZ Archive Banner Code" box its on the top in the settings

[CaaNN]

can anyone help me??

[WhaLberg]

Did you change anything in your archive pages? Because normally, it appears at top.

[Peggy]

Sorry CaaNN, but I've never had a problem with this hack, so I really don't know what the problem could be.

[CaaNN]

thanks for your help;)

[Joeychgo]

How about a link?

[CaaNN]

How about a link?

my site?? its in my profile;)

[kenfuzed]

Can the archive be made to display threads in reverse order? In other words, starting from newest to oldest rather than oldest to newest. I have forums whose archive pages are 5-10 deep so I thought of placing the newest threads on the first page rather than the last.

[Joeychgo]

i put the cods "EZ Archive Banner Code" box its on the top in the settings

You need to go back to the first post, redo everything and make sure you follow all the instructions. The hack works fine for everyone else, so you must have not done something correctly.


Can the archive be made to display threads in reverse order? In other words, starting from newest to oldest rather than oldest to newest. I have forums whose archive pages are 5-10 deep so I thought of placing the newest threads on the first page rather than the last.

Im sure it can be done, but it has nothing to do with this hack.

[kenfuzed]

Thanks, I'll try posting that question over on vbulletin.org instead.

[Noppid]

I just looked at the archive on your site and it looks to have a working banner and a working top ad.

Are you all fixed up now? Care to share what went wrong at first? Feedback helps development.

Thanks

[Airwolf]

Excellent work
Thanks

[haxen]

I like this product, but when I view source of archive page, it still shows vbulletin adsense code in there along with my adsense code. It did not remove the vbulletin adsense blocks. Any idea how to permanently remove the vbulletin adsense blocks?

[Joeychgo]

what vBulletin Adsense Blocks???


Link me to your archive

[haxen]

My apologies, your product is very good. The other adsense were coming in from another adsense mod that i had installed and not updated the adsense pub id. I disabled that mod and now there is no conflict. many thanks, great product.

[Joeychgo]

Glad its working correctly for you.

[Airwolf]

Hi
Can you please add complete examples for all ads
please.
Thank you

[Joeychgo]

What examples do you want?

You place the ads yourself, so I cant exactly give you examples. There are too many possible sizes and configurations. Best thing is to put ads in and see how you like it - make changes as necessary.

[Peggy]

Hi
Can you please add complete examples for all ads
please.
Thank you
You can look at the archives on one of my clients' sites here - dealthief.com (http://dealthief.com/archive/index.php/), my test forums' archives - ThemesbyDesign (http://www.themesbydesign.net/forums/archive/index.php/) - and our archives here - vbFAQ (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/archive/index.php/)... lots of examples :)

[Airwolf]

You can look at the archives on one of my clients' sites here - dealthief.com (http://dealthief.com/archive/index.php/), my test forums' archives - ThemesbyDesign (http://www.themesbydesign.net/forums/archive/index.php/) - and our archives here - vbFAQ (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/archive/index.php/)... lots of examples :)

thank you Peggy
if you notice there are 5 boxes to add ads and joeychgo added only one example with code [[ <a href="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com"><img src="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/images/vbulletin.jpg" alt="vBulletin" border="0"></a> ]]

If you please can give codes example to every box
I will be gratefull with you
Thanks again
Note: which software you used to make the dealthief.com logo

[Joeychgo]

You have to get your own ad codes -- I cant get those for you. Have you signed up for adsense yet? CLICK HERE (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/adsense.php)

[Peggy]

thank you Peggy
if you notice there are 5 boxes to add ads and joeychgo added only one example with code [[ <a href="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com"><img src="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/images/vbulletin.jpg" alt="vBulletin" border="0"></a> ]]

If you please can give codes example to every box
I will be gratefull with you
Thanks again
Note: which software you used to make the dealthief.com logoI use Paint Shop Pro 7

[Airwolf]

You have to get your own ad codes -- I cant get those for you. Have you signed up for adsense yet? CLICK HERE (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/adsense.php)

I have my legal vbulletin license , but when i registered here i didnt know there all same staff of vbulletin.com so i registered by diferent email and name :)
and i am waiting 30 days to steve reopen my option to change email .
i thought by signing by another email and name protecting my legal license of vbulletin , thats all , sorry
about adsense , i am not winning any cent from that , just it is private forum and u can see i dont have there any advertise to any one
any way if you like to help me with (examples) it is fine , if not , it is your script and it is your work and you know how to deal .
thanks for your patient

[Airwolf]

I use Paint Shop Pro 7

Thank you peggy

[Joeychgo]

I have my legal vbulletin license , but when i registered here i didnt know there all same staff of vbulletin.com so i registered by diferent email and name :)
and i am waiting 30 days to steve reopen my option to change email .
i thought by signing by another email and name protecting my legal license of vbulletin , thats all , sorry
about adsense , i am not winning any cent from that , just it is private forum and u can see i dont have there any advertise to any one
any way if you like to help me with (examples) it is fine , if not , it is your script and it is your work and you know how to deal .
thanks for your patient

What ive been trying to say is that im not sure what you mean by "examples" --- To place ad code - you have to have an ad -- which you dont have as far as I can tell. SO, I sent you to sign up for adsense, which will give you ads and adcode in a variety of different sizes.

If you just wan some code to test - try this



<A HREF=http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/>
<IMG SRC="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/images/banners/banner2.jpg"></A>



And no, we're not the same as vb.com.

[Airwolf]

Thank you
I added the example to EZ , but i didnt see it in my forum , i enabled sytem etc..
and what is ? ad_network.php

[Peggy]

It's not in the forum darlin'. It's in the archives.

[Airwolf]

Some thing wrong i am doing
I uploaded the archive to products manager , then i enabled it from vbulletin options and i added the HTML code <A HREF=http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/>
<IMG SRC="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/images/banners/banner2.jpg"></A>, i used same thing on my forum and on http://localhost/vb/admincp , and no one is showing me the banner.
what i am missing please

[Joeychgo]

we cant see your localhost.

[Airwolf]

HI Joey
but my forum site is www.lebroom.com/vb
I added it to my forum and to my localhost to see if it work in any of the 2 parts

[Peggy]

I see vbFAQ's banner just fine at the top of your archives.

[Joeychgo]

http://www.lebroom.com/vb/archive/index.php/


See here?? Thats your archive - which is the only part of the forum this hack serves.

[Airwolf]

http://www.lebroom.com/vb/archive/index.php/


See here?? Thats your archive - which is the only part of the forum this hack serves.

:) nice
How i can make it http://www.lebroom.com/vb ?
please

[Amour]

very nice hack thanks

[blaten²]

I don't realy get how you can get money out of ads in your archive ?

[Joeychgo]

I don't realy get how you can get money out of ads in your archive ?

Because sometimes search engines send people to the archive. If you ahve ads there, you can make money.



:) nice
How i can make it http://www.lebroom.com/vb ?
please


You cant without changing alot of coding. That also has nothing to do with this hack.

[zaalouni]

please give me download link for EZ Archive Plugin

[Fireproof]

If you use Zoints SEO, it has a feature to do this automatically for you. FYI.

[Mike54]

please give me download link for EZ Archive Plugin
See the very first post in this thread.

On the right, there is an Install button that will allow you to download the plug-in.

[Black Dove]

Very nice hack... Thanks!
but i cant download the plugin !!!!
it tells me that im not reg.

[NHSOutdoors]

On my forum it doesnt seem to work

http://www.nhsoutdoors.com/forum/

[Joeychgo]

On my forum it doesnt seem to work

http://www.nhsoutdoors.com/forum/



Thats because your looking at the forum, not the archive ---

It works on your archive only -- see: http://www.nhsoutdoors.com/forum/archive/index.php/

[NHSOutdoors]

i cant get mine to work....

http://www.nhsoutdoors.com/forum/

[NHSOutdoors]

Where do you get the things for the forum then, I want to be able to display ads on the forum

[Joeychgo]

that depends on what you want to do in the forum. There are many methods depending on what you want to do.

[debug]

Thank you very much. I'll try it.

[Ozark]

WOW!! What a great plugin!!

I never knew my archives had so much traffic. I installed this plugin and made an extra $3 in the last 36 hours.

This is a must have plugin if you operate a small informational forum with a few thousand threads.

[kiranch2008]

hey joey, Do i view the ads in the forum home page? I'm pasting adbrite ads in my forum.
installed and pasted ads,,,but still cant' see the ads anywhere on my forum home...followed all instructions correctly. Help me out joey

[Peggy]

kiranch, this hack is for use in the archive, not your forumhome. It won't work there.

[kiranch2008]

ok. could you just give me a little info about the archive.just brief it. any link to explaination...thankx

[Ozark]

Here's a link the will explain how to setup the archives:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/vboptions_group_archive

[Joeychgo]

Your archive should be here: http://www.theclickable.com/forum/archive/index.php

I cant verify because you have a db error and the site isnt working.

[VuDo0]

Thanks!

[billnick]

Very nice hack.

[alhamzeei]

Very nice hack... Thanks!

[fajrnet]

thanks mr.

[Damas]

Hello,

Thanks for this hack.

I am registered member, But why i got this note ?

"You must be registered member to download this free plugin. Register Here"

Thank you again

[Peggy]

hmmmm no idea, please try again.

[phambird]

it isn't work ! help me
http://chinhno.net

[Noppid]

it isn't work ! help me


Try this. http://www.cpurigs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2715

There were updates.

[phambird]

thanks for your helping ! noppid