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Alex West · #1 28-Dec-2001, 14:58

Thank you . That helps a lot. I see there is a big missing section in the documentation for the Zones and how to get the working. For some reason I can't use the local call. It might have something to do with PHPNuke. But I'm not sure. I used the Combined Remote invocation and it works. But with one problem half of the banner is cut off. I went through all the tables in the DB and they are all set for 468x60. Did you have this problem?

http://www.thrillnetwork.com/adtest.php

JdS · #2 28-Dec-2001, 15:06

on your test page there, why not edit ur html this way?

Code:

&lt;table width="468" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="60"&gt;
  &lt;tr&gt;
	&lt;td&gt;
		&lt;?php
		view bla, bla;
		?&gt;
	&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;

Alex West · #3 28-Dec-2001, 15:09

there aren't any tables on that page. Its just the straight banner code.

JdS · #4 28-Dec-2001, 15:13

btw, i am certain phpNuke has one file that holds all the 'functions' as functions.inc.php or something like that? if there's one like that, just add that "require phpadsnew.inc.php bla, bla" line somewhere in there, then.

JdS · #5 28-Dec-2001, 15:16

Quote:

used the Combined Remote invocation

can u paste here the code the way u use it on your page so i can paste here my suggestion?

Alex West · #6 28-Dec-2001, 16:04

Here is the code:

<iframe src='http://www.thrillnetwork.com/adverts/adframe.php' framespacing='0' frameborder='no' scrolling='no'><script language='JavaScript' src='http://www.thrillnetwork.com/adverts/adjs.php?withText=0'></script><noscript><a href='http://www.thrillnetwork.com/adverts/adclick.php'><img src='http://www.thrillnetwork.com/adverts/adview.php?withText=0' border='0'></a></noscript></iframe>

Alex West · #7 28-Dec-2001, 16:22

Ok.

I just rebuilt the Zone and it seams to work. I think it was just a glitch. But I still can't get the local code working.

Also:

where you have this

{random:6}

am I supposed to replace the text within the brakets with an actual random number?

Since PhpNuke uses one header file, and this is where I will be putting the banner informatio, I noticed that Burst requires that you place a random number on every page. How did you do this?

JdS · #8 28-Dec-2001, 17:56

i would maybe try :

Code:

&lt;iframe src='/adverts/adframe.php?what=468x60' framespacing='0' frameborder='no' scrolling='no' width='468' height='60'&gt;
&lt;script language='JavaScript' src='/adverts/adjs.php?what=468x60'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;a href='/adverts/adclick.php'&gt;&lt;img src='/adverts/adview.php?what=468x60' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;
&lt;/iframe&gt;

note the width & height (i didn't notice that it was missing when i first saw ur post).

just add the {random:6} for a random 6 digit number for your banner code exactly the way it's shown (literally, i mean).

if u want random 5 digit number, then replace the code where the no. is supposed to be with {random:5}; get it?

usually (with most php scripts) there's atleast one file of the script that lists a whole bunch of includes like this:

Code:

include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'includes/constants.'.$phpEx);
include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'includes/template.'.$phpEx);
include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'includes/sessions.'.$phpEx);
include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'includes/auth.'.$phpEx);
include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'includes/functions.'.$phpEx);
include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'includes/db.'.$phpEx);
include_once(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'/ads/phpadsnew.inc.php');

with adding the last line to that list like that, u may get to use local code anywhere and multiple times on a single web page of your site.

tell me if it works...

Alex West · #9 28-Dec-2001, 18:48

I emailed you the functions.php for our Phpnuke. It doesn't have includes but has alot of function tags.

Also, I got the banners rotating but the links aren't working correctly.

you can see them in action here:

http:www.thrillnetwork.com

When you click on the banners either at the top or bottom they are all linking to the same site:

http://www.softdepia.com/ie/use.asp

Maybe, if you don't mind, I can give you access to PhpAdsNew on our server? To help me out?

JdS · #10 28-Dec-2001, 19:44

I don't mind at all and I will be getting in touch with u via email.

btw, the links worked fine when i tried it from ur site... but read on.

Before we abandon this thread, i want to point out here, to others who may refer to this thread, about these:

using combined/remote code on ur pages mean the banners load secondary to the rest of ur web page.
(iow, by the time the banners have even started loading, the reader may have clicked on a link, and moved on to another page - this is bad, cause if ur deal is CPM, this instance of the banner being displayed will not be recorded by your ad network, cause it hasn't completed loading).

using zones, u'll have to add-on an unnecessary step to your banner management. e.g. step 1 - create banner & step 2 - add to zone. with keywords, u do both, in 1 step!

another thing to worry (seriously) about is Caches, but that's a whole article by itself...

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