XF 1.5 How to get the Thread ID in the Ad templates?

[XFuser]

Hello,

How can we get the Thread ID in the Ad Templates?

We have tried several different variations of the thread id variable, but no variation is actually producing the thread id.

We dumped the $forum variable in the Ad Template and it dumps a lot of data but does not show the thread id. Dumping the $page and $thread variable resulted in NULL.

So how can we get the Thread ID in the Ad Templates?

Thank you.

 

[Nuno]

I haven't tested, but try $xf

 

[XFuser]

I haven't tested, but try $xf

Unfortunately that also returned NULL.

Any other ideas?

 

[Nuno]

$post?

 

[XFuser]

$post?

Also NULL.

Any other ideas?

 

[AndyB]

Any other ideas?

Not sure what your goal is, but assuming you might like to exclude a thread from ads, you can use this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/ad-manager.4167/

 

[XFuser]

Not sure what your goal is, but assuming you might like to exclude a thread from ads, you can use this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/ad-manager.4167/

So there is no way to retrieve the Thread ID in the Ad Templates without resorting to an add-on?

 

[Arty]

Try $thread['thread_id']

 

[XFuser]

Try $thread['thread_id']

We already addressed that in our OP:

Dumping the $page and $thread variable resulted in NULL.

Any other ideas?

 

[Arty]

We already addressed that in our OP:

Variable $thread is available in ad templates included in thread view.

Or maybe you are trying it in some generic ad template, not specific to thread view? Then you don't have access to anything, so there is nothing you can do without add-on.

 

[Paul B]

You can try passing it to the PAGE_CONTAINER template: https://xenforo.com/community/resou...-templates.5034/updates#resource-update-18416

 

[XFuser]

Variable $thread is available in ad templates included in thread view.

Or maybe you are trying it in some generic ad template, not specific to thread view? Then you don't have access to anything, so there is nothing you can do without add-on.

We are trying to access the Thread ID in the ad_above_top_breadcrumb template while viewing a thread, but dumping $thread returns NULL, so $thread does not seem to be available in the Ad Templates.

You can try passing it to the PAGE_CONTAINER template: https://xenforo.com/community/resou...-templates.5034/updates#resource-update-18416

Where and how would we use this to access the Thread ID in the ad_above_top_breadcrumb template?

 

[Paul B]

Follow the instructions in the guide.

I can't confirm whether it will work - I haven't tested a thread ID.

 

[XFuser]

Follow the instructions in the guide.

I can't confirm whether it will work - I haven't tested a thread ID.

The instructions are not clear.

Where do we put this code:

<xen:container var="$variableId">{$variable.id}</xen:container>

What variable name do we use for the Thread ID?

And how do we access that variable in the ad_above_top_breadcrumb template?

 

[Arty]

Add this to any template that is used inside thread, such as one of ad_thread_view_* templates

<xen:container var="$threadId">{$thread['thread_id']}</xen:container>

Then you'll have access to variable $threadId from container and files included in container, including generic ad templates.

 

[XFuser]

Add this to any template that is used inside thread, such as one of ad_thread_view_* templates

<xen:container var="$threadId">{$thread['thread_id']}</xen:container>

Then you'll have access to variable $threadId from container and files included in container, including generic ad templates.

We just copied and pasted your code above into line 2 of the ad_thread_view_above_messages template , but XF returned the following error upon save:

The following templates contained errors and were not saved: ad_thread_view_above_messages: 1) Line 2: Template syntax error.

How can we fix this?

 

[Arty]

Sorry, made a typo

<xen:container var="$threadId">{$thread.thread_id}</xen:container>

 

[XFuser]

Sorry, made a typo

<xen:container var="$threadId">{$thread.thread_id}</xen:container>

That worked. Thank you.

 

[XFuser]

Sorry, made a typo

<xen:container var="$threadId">{$thread.thread_id}</xen:container>

That worked. Thank you.

We spoke too soon as it seems your solution only worked on the ad_above_top_breadcrumb template.

We also need $threadid to work on the following templates:

• ad_below_content
• ad_message_below
• ad_thread_view_below_messages

How do we get your solution to also work on those 3 templates above?

 

[Arty]

XenForo renders content in 2 steps: content and container. They have different variables.

In thread view in content block you have $thread variable, in container because of that custom code you have $threadId variable. So if $threadId doesn't work, most likely ad is rendered with content instead of container, so try $thread.thread_id