XF 2.2 Advertisements

[Aluminum Pints]

Is there any way in 2.2 to have several different banners rotate in the container header ? If you put two, it displays both at the same time. Seems they should rotate.

 

[Mr Lucky]

An addon can do this, there is a good one called Ads manager by Siropu. You can choose whether visible to certain usergroups, pages, geo etc.

Ads Manager 2 Lite by Siropu

Ads Manager 2 Lite has everything that Ads Manager 2 has except for the options that allows you to sell ads and promo threads. You can upgrade your license to Ads Manager 2 anytime by paying the difference but you won't be able to downgrade the...

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There is also another simple way to make them rotate with a bit of code:

Down and dirty simple rotating ads

Option 1 (very very simple) Edit the code (see below) to include each ad's LINK_URL and IMAGE_URL (Optional) Edit duration of display var howOften = 7; default =7 seconds Create an ad in ACP > Setup > Advertising Paste both part 1 and part 2...

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[Aluminum Pints]

was hoping there was a non add on way ... but I guess not possible.

 

[Paul B]

There are several ways of doing it without an add-on.

The second link in the post above is one way.

Another way is to use the server time and a calc function to generate a value, which can be set as a var.

 

[Aluminum Pints]

indeed the second link provided is simple, quick and works just fine. many thanks @Mr Lucky

@Brogan i am not even sure how to digest the 3rd line you typed.

 

[Paul B]

@Brogan i am not even sure how to digest the 3rd line you typed.

I'll put a tutorial together.

 

[Aluminum Pints]

 

[Paul B]

Here you go @Craig Neff.

Randomising content

Randomising content can be used in various ways, the most common of which is for header images and logos, or advertising banners. This guide will explain how it can be done simply with one line of code (which ironically has taken a hundred lines...

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