Ad after first post

Getting GAB to appear in between x amount of posts is simple and easy.

This tutorial assumes that you have GAB set up and configured (including the banner you want to show).

1. Create a plug in.

Since posts are created in a private function within vB, you must scope $GAB_ads. That way, your $GAB_ads[x] variable will be available in your postbits. We will also scope $counter which increases by one for each visible post on that page.

go to admincp->Plugins & Products->Add new plugin

Product: vBulletin (or GAB )
Hook Location: postbit_display_start
Title: GAB ad between posts
Plugin PHP code:

PHP Code:

global $GAB_ads, $counter; 


Plugin is active: Yes

2. Modify your postbit template (this is the postbit or postbit_legacy template, whichever one you are using).

We need to stick a conditional at the end of the postbit that says 'if this is the first post, then show $GAB_ads[x]. Note that you will need to change the x in $GAB_ads[x] to denote the billboard you are using (see admincp-> gab ->scripts->MASTER script to see which billboard is assigned). Also note that you can change the $counter == 1 in the statement below to denote where to show the banner . For instance if it were change to 3, then a banner would appear after the third post on the page.

Place the following HTML at the very end of your postbit:

<if condition="$counter == 1"><if condition="THIS_SCRIPT!='private'"><div style="padding-top:5px">$GAB_ads[x]</div></if></if>

Note that I have put in a provision so that the banner will NOT appear after a private message. Depending on your style and the size of the banners, the sidebar in the usercp can whack out the look.

HTHs!

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