Advertising Suite Pro 2.1.2

Advertising Suite Pro v2.1.1 — 2026-03-22

Anti-Fraud

• Ghost Click Detection rewrite: guests without fingerprint are marked suspicious but no longer hard-blocked (prevents false positives for legitimate guests)
• Ghost + extreme burst (50+ clicks/window): hard block as confirmed bot behavior
• Flood mode: marks guest clicks as suspicious but never blocks navigation
• Anchor link clicks use skipGhostCheck (fingerprint impossible via direct <a> navigation)
• Admin bypass: administrators skip all fraud checks entirely

AI Improvements

• OpenAI Credit Balance: manual credit input option with auto-decrement snapshot (replaces unreliable credit_grants API)
• OpenRouter Balance: uses real /api/v1/credits endpoint for accurate account balance display
• AI Log Dashboard: "Credits Remaining" now shows actual balance instead of Budget minus Costs

Bug Fixes

• AiFraudAnalyzer cron: normal fraud detection results (Risk Score 98-100) no longer logged as XF errors
• Template filter deb_amzebay_anchor_links: wrapped in conditional to prevent "filter unknown" error when MaZ/AMP addon creates Templater without event
• OpenAI credit option: changed from unsupported data_type float to string with PHP cast
• Options cache: direct DB writes now properly invalidate xf_data_registry cache

Advertising Suite Pro v2.1.2 — 2026-03-22

Fraud Detection Overhaul

• Referer-Based Bot Detection: guests without valid forum referer are immediately blocked (bot_no_referer) — catches 90%+ of click fraud bots
• Configurable Ghost Click Threshold: new admin option "Ghost Click Threshold (per IP)" replaces hardcoded value — default 5 clicks per burst window
• Referer check runs before flood check, preventing bots from bypassing detection as flood_guest
• FraudDetector uses XF Request wrapper instead of raw $_SERVER access
• Manual IP blocks: redirect to Amazon but strip affiliate tag (no commission for blocked IPs)
• Reset All Blocks: one-click button in Fraud Dashboard to clear all IP blocks

AI Features

• AI Descriptions and Smart Placement now work in Lazy Load (AJAX) path — previously only server-side rendering
• AI response caching: descriptions and placement rankings cached for 24 hours (Redis L1 / DB L2) — eliminates redundant API calls, reduces costs and load time
• Fixed cache key lengths exceeding xf_data_registry 25-byte limit — AI cache now uses short keys (prefix + 16-char MD5)

Click Debug & Export

• CSV Export: new "Export CSV" button in Click Debug with all current filters (date, IP, marketplace, suspicious status)
• Export includes: timestamp, IP, user, fingerprint, ad, marketplace, category, fraud reason, user agent, referer, thread

UI/CSS Fixes

• Removed text-decoration underline from all ad links (global CSS rule with !important)
• CTA buttons ("Jetzt kaufen", "Auf Amazon ansehen") use white-space:nowrap — no line breaks
• Removed orange left border, bottom gradient bar, and outer frame from ad containers
• All display modes affected: product, v2, leaderboard, rectangle, skyscraper, billboard, carousel, etc.

Translations

• 21 new German translations added for all new features
• Ghost Click Threshold, Reset All Blocks, AI Budget/Credit options, filter labels, cron entries

Bug Fixes

• Anchor links redirect to Amazon product search via PA API with cache (restored original behavior)
• Product click URLs are never modified — direct redirect to original Amazon URL (restored original behavior)

Advertising Suite Pro v2.1.0 — 2026-03-21

New Features

• AI Tab: dedicated "KI" settings tab with brain icon, separating all AI configuration from general settings
• AiService: centralized AI provider abstraction supporting per-feature model selection
• AI Product Descriptions: generates context-aware product descriptions matching the thread topic instead of plain Amazon titles
• Smart Ad Placement: AI ranks products by relevance to the thread context instead of default API order
• AI CTR Optimization: daily cron job analyzes click statistics and generates optimization suggestions for ad positions and display modes (admin review dashboard)
• AI Fraud Detection: hourly cron job analyzes aggregated click patterns to detect bot attacks that rule-based detection might miss; sends admin alerts on high risk scores
• Statistics Filter: all dashboard pages (Statistics, Revenue, Traffic Analysis, Forum Performance, Product Ranking) now have an ad type filter dropdown (All / Amazon+eBay / Custom Codes / Amazon only / eBay only)
• Carousel Display Mode: new auto-scrolling carousel for product ads with navigation dots, prev/next arrows, hover pause, and touch swipe support
• OpenRouter Integration: multi-provider support via OpenRouter (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Meta, Qwen models accessible through a single API key)
• Per-Feature Model Selection: each AI feature (Keywords, Descriptions, Placement, CTR, Fraud) can use a different AI model — cheap models for simple tasks, expensive models for complex ones

Improvements

• Model Updates: added GPT-5.4 Nano/Mini/Full, o3-mini, o4-mini for both OpenAI Direct and OpenRouter
• Reasoning Model Detection: automatic handling for o-series (o3, o4-mini) and GPT-5+ models (no temperature, max_completion_tokens instead of max_tokens)
• Connection Test: now shows correct provider name (OpenAI/OpenRouter) in title and success/error messages
• Provider-agnostic Phrases: all AI-related phrases use {provider} placeholder instead of hardcoded "OpenAI"
• Settings Reorganization: AI Prompt moved to end of section, Connection Test placed after all provider options
• Section Headers: blue separator bars between "KI / LLM-Anbieter" and "KI-Features" sections
• Branding: renamed "Amazon - eBay ADS" to "Ad Suite" / "Advertising Suite Pro" throughout all templates, phrases, and log messages
• KeywordExtractor Refactoring: now uses centralized AiService instead of direct CURL calls
• build.json: carousel.js now correctly included in release ZIP via additional_files configuration

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Advertising Suite Pro v2.0.2 — 2026-03-20

Security & Anti-Fraud

• Ghost Click Detection: blocks clicks from guests without client-side fingerprint (100% detection rate confirmed under active bot attack with 76,569 clicks/day)
• Ghost clicks are now subtracted from statistics to prevent inflated click counts
• Enhanced fraud detection for bot attacks from different IPs targeting Amazon affiliate accounts

Bug Fixes

• Click statistics now correctly exclude blocked/suspicious clicks from totals
• Fraud detection performance optimized for high-traffic scenarios (server load protection)

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Advertising Suite Pro v2.0.1 — 2026-03-20

Bug Fixes

• Fixed click fraud detection edge cases
• Improved bot detection patterns

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Advertising Suite Pro v2.0.0 — 2026-03-20

New Features

• Click Fraud Protection: comprehensive fraud detection system with burst detection, ghost click blocking, UA cluster analysis, and anomaly detection
• Bot Log: dedicated admin page for reviewing detected bot/fraud activity
• Fraud Alerts: email notifications when suspicious click patterns are detected
• Auto IP Blocking: automatically blocks IPs exceeding fraud thresholds
• Click Fingerprinting: client-side device fingerprinting for unique click deduplication
• A/B Testing: built-in A/B test framework for comparing ad display modes and positions
• Forum Performance Dashboard: per-forum analytics showing views, clicks, CTR, and ad distribution
• Conversion Funnel: visual funnel analysis (Impressions → Clicks → Unique Clicks) with marketplace breakdown
• Revenue Dashboard: estimated earnings tracking with EPC by category, conversion estimates, and revenue timeline charts
• CSV Export: export click logs and statistics as CSV files
• Position Map: visual overview of all ad positions across the forum
• Stealth Mode: optional neutral route prefix to avoid ad-blocker detection
• Custom Ad Codes: support for arbitrary HTML ads alongside Amazon/eBay product ads
• Virtual Post Mode: render ads as forum posts with sponsor avatar and user info
• Geo-Targeting: restrict ads by visitor country (ISO codes)
• User Criteria & Page Criteria: advanced targeting using XenForo's criteria system
• Lazy Loading: AJAX-based product loading to reduce initial page load time

Improvements

• Complete admin dashboard redesign with KPI cards, Chart.js visualizations, and trend indicators
• Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB) product ranking for automatic optimization
• Product badges: bestseller and trending indicators
• Weekly email reports with performance summaries
• Precomputed product caching via cron jobs
• eBay marketplace support alongside Amazon
• XenForo Media Gallery (XFMG) and Resource Manager (XFRM) ad positions
• Conversation ad positions
• Dark mode support across all admin templates

Renamed from “Amazon eBay ADS” to “Advertising Suite Pro”

New Features:

• Custom Code Ads — New ad type for any HTML/JS code (e.g. Google AdSense, other ad networks). Full HTML support per ad slot.
• 15 new ad positions — Profile (above/below), Search (above/below results), XFMG Media Gallery (above/below media, sidebar), XFRM Resource Manager (above/below resource, sidebar), Conversations (7 positions)
• AdBlock Detection — Multi-layer detection (bait elements, network probe, MutationObserver, periodic re-checks). 3 display modes (banner, modal, inline). Countdown timer, redirect URL, page blur effect. Dynamic element IDs (per-request nonce) against filter lists.
• Click Fraud Detection — Burst detection (IP, user, fingerprint). Auto IP blocking with configurable threshold and cooldown. Fraud dashboard with manual block management. Automated fraud scan cron (every 15 min).
• Protection & Fraud settings tabs — Dedicated option groups for AdBlock and Fraud settings in ACP.
• Auto German translation — German phrases are automatically imported on install/upgrade when a German language pack is present.

Improvements:

• Positions Map: New ACP page with visual overview of all 38 positions
• Admin navigation renamed to "Advertising Suite Pro"
• Version ID schema: XenForo-compliant (2000070 = 2.0.0 Stable)

Bug Fixes:

• Template filter |upper corrected to |to_upper
• Template modification find strings fixed for Profile, XFMG and XFRM positions
• Conversation view listener was missing from DB — added
• Options cache type casting fixed for manual rebuilds

• NEW: Thread Ads - All stored keywords are now queried (not just the first match)
• NEW: Thread Ads - Random product rotation on every page reload
• FIX: Alert History - Counter always showed 0 (field name mismatch)
• FIX: Alert History - Badges/labels showed raw DB values instead of translations
• FIX: Alert History - Filter dropdown had hardcoded English strings

New Feature:

• Embed Ad Type — New ad type with copyable code snippet {{ deb_amzebay_embed(ID) }} for manual placement in any XenForo template. Product source selectable: Thread keywords (context-based) or CTR ranking (global).

Improvements:

• Virtual Post option now available for Embed ads (default: off)
• Default product count for new ads changed to 1 (previously 3)
• Embed ads shown in Dashboard with purple badge and doughnut chart
• Toggle fix: Status switch in ad list now saves correctly when deactivating

• Improved CTR tracking accuracy
• Corrected phase descriptions and documentation