Link Units next to posting rules – AdsenseExperts exclusive

Hello

This is another AdSense implementation for your vBulletin 4.0 Forum.

This placement is exclusively released for AdsenseExperts. You are allowed to use this placement on your own forum, however republishing this modification on other website is only allowed with prior written consent by me.

What this mod does

This mod adds 2 Google Adsense Link Units next to the posting rules below each thread (in showthread).

It is blended to complement your forum content but is clearly labeled as Ad to strictly separate Ads from content. This approach is taken for the reasons discussed here: Is too much blending bad for business?

This mod shows the AD only to GUESTS!

If you want to show it to your members as well remove the “$show[‘guest’]” condition!

Installation instructions

In the template additional.css add:

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| #> Advertising Optimized by AdsenseExperts
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*Adsense Link Units posting rules */
.options_block_ads_lu { 
  width: 420px; 
  display:block; 
  float:left; 
  position: 
  relative; 
  margin-right: 10px; 
}
.rules_container {
  width: 420px; 
  height:100px; 
  padding-left:10px;
}
.rules_float_left {
  float:left;
}

in SHOWTHREAD template find:

<div class="options_block_container">

and add below:

<vb:if condition="$show['guest']">
  <div class="options_block_ads_lu">
    <h4 class="blockhead">ADVERTISING</h4>
    <div class="thread_info_block blockbody formcontrols floatcontainer">
      <div class="rules_container">
        <div class="rules_float_left">
          AdSense Link Unit 200x90 #1
        </div>
        <div class="rules_float_left">
          AdSense Link Unit 200x90 #2
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</vb:if>

If you want to remove the posting rules next to the Ad like I do on my forums (they don’t make much sense for guests anyway and distract from the Ads):

In SHOWTHREAD template find:

<div class="options_block">
  <h4 class="collapse blockhead options_correct">
    <a class="collapse" id="collapse_posting_rules" href="{vb:raw relpath}#top"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/collapse{vb:raw vbcollapse.collapseimg_info_options}_40b.png" alt="" /></a>
    {vb:rawphrase posting_rules}
  </h4>
  <div id="posting_rules" class="thread_info_block blockbody formcontrols floatcontainer options_correct">
    {vb:raw forumrules}
  </div>
</div>

and replace with:

<vb:if condition="!$show['guest']">
  <div class="options_block">
    <h4 class="collapse blockhead options_correct">
      <a class="collapse" id="collapse_posting_rules"  href="{vb:raw relpath}#top"><img src="{vb:stylevar  imgdir_button}/collapse{vb:raw  vbcollapse.collapseimg_info_options}_40b.png" alt="" /></a>
      {vb:rawphrase posting_rules}
    </h4>
    <div id="posting_rules" class="thread_info_block blockbody formcontrols floatcontainer options_correct">
      {vb:raw forumrules}
    </div>
  </div>
</vb:if>

Screenshot

You might want to take a look at my other link unit placement:
AdSense LinkUnit inside the Navbar – AdsenseExperts Exclusive

Versions

• v1.0: initial release

Other than one might expect this Link Unit performs quite well 🙂

Of course feedback is welcome and if you have suggestions to further improve CTR please let me know!

Kind regards

admin