Advertising v0.9 corrects a number of issues including

• install program bad output
• Made the manual sign-up page easier to understand (plans are now outlined in detail)
• Fixed display bugs on the manual sign-up page (malformed HTML)
• Fixed the skyscrpaer block to properly display FLASH skyscrapers (120X300)
• instructions on modifying a theme if banners logic are coded in the theme

Paths to Success

• First thing - back up the following files, you may need them!
  • Admin
    1. case.banners.php
    2. links.banners.php
    3. admin/modules/banners.php
  • From the main directory of Nuke - banners.php
  • modules
    1. nothing to speak of!
• Un-package the advertising zip to a temporary directory.
• Copy the files included to their correct locations.
  • Note, I included images and everything from the original banners distribution. Again, the only files you need to worry about backing up were mentioned above!
• That's it!

Administration - Next Steps!

• If you don't already have a PayPal or other credit card processing account, you need to get one!
• Log into your site as admin.
• Do this if you have never installed Advertising by IBDeeming, or if early attempts failed
  • copy the adinstall.php file to the root of your PHPNuke install.
  • Replace the admin.php in your URL line in your browser with adinstall.php
  • hit enter, it will tell you if it was successful!
• Select the banners link from the admin c-panel
• Everything looks the same - except, scroll to the bottom. You will find 2 new sections
  1. Current Plans Available
  2. Add Advertising Plan
  This is where you will create your plan offerings to your clients.
• What the fields mean
  • Plan Name - give it a name that means something to your users
  • Advertising Rate - How much you are charging
  • Number of Impressions - that's what you are offering for the price
  • PayPal HTML - this is where you will paste the HTML PayPal provides for creating a link for instant payment.
• Don't forget to apply the nuke_advert.sql file. This creates the table that is needed to support this module!
• That's it - pretty simple!
• Note, as you create plans, you will be able to edit and delete from the admin banners panel.

How do I fix a Theme that doesn't show the FLASH banners? Most themes follow the standard required by PHPNuke to incllude the banners.php file where you want to see your banner displayed. There are a few out there that actually have the logic imbedded. As long as you aren't skiddish about making edit changes to your php files - than proceed on!

Check the README1st for specific instructions on editing your themes! You can always check out IBDeeming! for specific help! What's not here? There are a couple of things I still want to do with this add-on.

1. Add Date plans as an alternative to impression plans
2. More options for payment, maybe manual ordering.

Do you guys have any requests? Bug Reports The best place to report bugs/features/problems is IBDeeming! forums. You will get answers, you will typically get them fast, and there are plenty of other folks who have great experience with my add-ons! So, don't be shy!

Thanks for using this mod, hope it works out for you!

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