Ads

[bulldogg]

it would be nice to see something implemented where ads change depending on what catagory was selected at creation, so the ads differ depending on what the forum is used for

[Cronos]

i arleady suggested it, and it will be available in the next beta ( if i not remember bad )


another good feature it could be to change some banner code in dependence of the skin the forum use
( if you have all the forum black you couldn't show a WHITE banner, this is HORRIBLE, and if you have a white forum, a black banner could be a very bad idea )

[Derek]

another good feature it could be to change some banner code in dependence of the skin the forum use
( if you have all the forum black you couldn't show a WHITE banner, this is HORRIBLE, and if you have a white forum, a black banner could be a very bad idea )
That would probably be too hard for me to do, because it would be pretty complex. My suggestion would be to use a ad that looks good on both skins.

Derek

[Cronos]

i don't think this could be a problem..
in the code you coud know what skin is in use.. so..

if ($ads..)
{
$sql = 'select from nbs_ads where skin = $skin';
...
if (!$adsCode)
$adsCode = $nbs->['adsStandardCode'];
}

for me it doesn't seems to be hard to do.. O_o
no?

[Derek]

I guess you would have to make a list of all skins you have uploaded to the templates folder then?

[NightStorm]

Wouldn't this complicate adding new skins to the boards? Like for example, I like to have quite a number of skins, to allow for a wider selection for my users...
On the other hand, what I *would* like to see is a header image management... I know there was a mod for it on phpBB (so board admins could change their header image through the admin panel), but I can't find it now. I suppose something like that could be hacked to allow for banner management as well...

[Derek]

Yeah thats what I was thinking as well. Also I am in the process of adding a logo changing feature to the next beta.

Derek

[Cronos]

I guess you would have to make a list of all skins you have uploaded to the templates folder then?
yep
and a field to fill if you want a *special* rendering for this skin
if you don't fill this field just put the *default* rendering

for semplify, i would to make you an example


<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8604589053928289";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = "468x60_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel ="5593467471";
google_color_border = "D7D7E1";
google_alternate_color = "D7D7E1";
google_color_bg = "D7D7E1";
google_color_link = "292BBD";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "008000";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

the bold thing would be in the SKIN settings

and this bold setting will be in the CATEGORY settings ( if you would make a forum-based ads, and skin-based ads, in the forum you could decide if 'only skin' 'both' 'only forum' )


<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8604589053928289";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = "468x60_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel ="5593467471";
google_color_border = "D7D7E1";
google_alternate_color = "D7D7E1";
google_color_bg = "D7D7E1";
google_color_link = "292BBD";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "008000";

//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>




this will make an adsense campaign well integred in all the forum, and you can choose dinamically if you want this category to have an image rendering ( if this is a photo,footbal, or similar when the user post lot of image and don't pay attenction to the text ) or a plain text rendering ( if this is a programmer forum, they use MUCH text and image could be BAD-accepted, and considered as 'not-to-click', insted of text that coul be well-accepted ), or a mix of image and text for the other category