A General Guide to setting things up once you've installed it
(permissions and things like that)
The first thing you need to do after installing is
1) Ad your default Adsense code to the options (I recommend a 728_x_90_-_Leaderboard)
i) Login to the admin control panel
ii) Select Options >> [SurreyForum] XenAdShare >> Paste in your Adsense code directly from Adsense (without making any changes)
2) Select the forums where you wish XenAdShare to be active
i) Login to your admin control panel
ii) Select Options >> [SurreyForum] XenAdShare
iii) Multi-select the active forums within "AdShare Forums" using ctrl / shift
3) Make sure all users have permissions to view ads
To do this
i) Login to your admin control panel
ii) Select Users >> User Group Permissions
iii) Give all groups "Can View Ads: Allow"
However, you probably want those members who have paid to not view ads to not view them ("Can View Ads: Never")
4) Give your Form Administrator (you) the following permissions:
Can View Ads: Allow
This allows you to view Ads
Percentage User Ad: 0-100%
This is the % that the users ad will be displayed (as apposed to the default Forum ad).
(0 = default ad always displayed, 100 = user ad always displayed). Setting this value to > 100 or Unlimited has the same affect as setting this value to 100
Can Display Own Adsense Ads: Allow
This makes the Adsense field available in the users personal details, and if this field is complete allows the user to display their own adds on the threads they create
Can Update Ads Once (from empty): Allow
It's likely that you will not want users trying a variation of adverts, this allows users to update their Adsense code once(from the blank default). If the user wishes to make further changes,
they will need to contact a member with "Can Update Anyones Adsense Code" permissions who can then make the changes / reset the code to blank so they can again update their
Adsense code once
Can Update Ads Multiple Times: Allow
If you want to allow users to make as many updates as they wish to their adsense
Can Update Anyones Adsense Code: Allow
This alows users to update anyones Adsense via the members page (if problems arrise, or users need their adsense code to be reset/deleted so they can make changes)
Only people with this permisions will be able to see and update user adsense code via the members page (clicking their profile image)
I recomend only giving this permision to your Forum Administrator
5) Select/create a group that you want to be able ad their own Ads, and give that group the following permisions:
i) Can Display Own Adsense Ads: Allow
ii) A value for Percentage User Ad (for example, setting this to 75 will display the users AdSense 75% of the time and the default forum ad the other 25% of the time)
iii)
Can Update Ads Once (from empty): Allow
Or
Can Update Ads Multiple Times: Allow
6) Provide a notice or thread explaining
i) Members that achive "said" user group promotion / indviudlay selected users can now share adsense by adding their google adsense code to their personal details
- this code should be pasted directly from their google adsense code, without making any changes
ii) Detail which ad sizes are allowed, for example, only: "728 x 90 - Leaderboard" is allowed
iii) Make sure you exlain and make clear the percentage of Ads of theirs that you will be displaying
iv) Explain that you reserve the right to remove users adsense code
7) At this point, you might also want to offer users the option (paid?) to turn ads off (Can View Ads: Never)
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