Mods for Ad rotation in panels/blocks

[ZarPrime]

BlueDevil,
Thanks for the code. I am a Uber-Newb so forgive me, but where specifically did you place this code? Just on the given page where the ad banner will be?

azGRUNT,

In case you haven't already figured this out, this code goes into an "html and javacript"  block.  Bluedevil's banners are designed to be used in the left or right panel because they are tall and thin but they could just as well be used in an upper or top panel block if your own banners are short and wide.  If you want to see what they look like, visit my test site and look for the 2nd block down in the right panel.  To center the banners like I did, add an opening center tag (<center>) at the top of the code and the closing tag (</center>) at the bottom of the code before pasting it into the block.  Here's the link to my test site ...
http://talesofthehavenexpanse.com/smf1test/index.php

Shane,

After clicking the <> that Ken mentioned, try selecting "all" in the block by hitting "<ctrl> A", hit the delete key, then paste the code in, and save it before doing anything else.  Then just make sure the block is turned on, and set to show somewhere and check the page you're showing it on to see if it is there.  If not, post back and we'll try something else.

Also, before starting all of this, make sure to change the links to reflect your own banners that you have already uploaded to the appropriate location, though Bluedevil's banners should show up until you do so.

ZarPrime

[Mick]

sorry guys, i used tp98 at the time.  i would explain more but im getting medicated at this moment.  just got home from surgery

[shane is my name]

Yes definately, I get that part... I press the html button, and I enter the code... see my attached snapshot...   

Then,  I can do two things:
(1) I can press the HIDE HTML button...  But when i do this, it erases the code.. If i click on the html button again, the code is gone??
(2) or i can just press SAVE... but this has exact same results.. The code will be gone.. wether im in html view or HIDE html view.. theres nothing but an empty box. 

and it also doesnt matter what code i enter because I tried this with another script code i found on TP site and the same thing happens...

[shane is my name]

ZarPrime ---   I like your test site.    Im about to go searching for some of those things you are testing out,..

let me ask you, IS the ADS test block available in code section? Im Asking because I'd like to use that code also in yteh future fro ads also. Now i see the difference, One is random while the other is rotating. both are great for different uses.

[ZarPrime]

sorry guys, i used tp98 at the time.  i would explain more but im getting medicated at this moment.  just got home from surgery

Sorry to hear that Bro'.  Surgery is never a good thing, I can attest to that from experience.  I hope everything is going good and you are starting to feel better. :up:

ZarPrime

[ZarPrime]

Then,  I can do two things:
(1) I can press the HIDE HTML button...  But when i do this, it erases the code.. If i click on the html button again, the code is gone??
(2) or i can just press SAVE... but this has exact same results.. The code will be gone.. wether im in html view or HIDE html view.. theres nothing but an empty box. 

and it also doesnt matter what code i enter because I tried this with another script code i found on TP site and the same thing happens...

Shane,

Don't do number 1.  Sometimes, with editors, clicking the "Hide html" link will add codes in there that mess up the result.  This is what the problem is with using editors.  This is one of the reasons I always have an external editor ready on my computer to be used when I'm coding  html and javascript.

Anyway, when you use the #2 method, the answer is yes, the code will not be shown.  What should be shown when you save is the actual result.  If it isn't, then something else is going on there.  If you then click the <> button to see the code, this is often what messes things up so don't click that button to edit it after you have saved.

If you are having trouble doing this, another method to try is as follows ...
Instead of creating an html block, create a php block instead.  Paste the code in and save it.  When it comes back up, it will give you one or more errors in the block itself.  At this point, the last thing to do is to go back into the block edit screen and change the block type from a php block to the appropriate block type, like html and javascript.  This might make it work better.

ZarPrime

[ZarPrime]

ZarPrime ---   I like your test site.    Im about to go searching for some of those things you are testing out,..

let me ask you, IS the ADS test block available in code section? Im Asking because I'd like to use that code also in yteh future fro ads also. Now i see the difference, One is random while the other is rotating. both are great for different uses.

I appreciate that but the site is obviously just for testing code and other things that people are asking about here.  It would probably make a good site to offer external support to people but, at least for now, I prefer to actually answer support questions here instead of having my own site dedicated to support.  Others have done that, some with success and others, not so much.   Running a site like that can be a pain sometimes.  I like the freedom of being here to help people when I have the time.  That way, if I want to take a week or so off, there's nobody to complain about my absense when I'm not around.

Anyway, the Ads Test block in the left panel just consists of code that someone gave me on here.  Like you did in your other topic I posted to this morning, they gave me the code they were using and I pasted it into the block to make sure that it was working on the test site.  I honestly never even went to Google to get the code.  The user here supplied it.  It's probably from Google Adsense or something like that but, to get the code, you probably have to register on their site.

ZarPrime

[Mick]

Sometimes i use coffeecup.com editor and http://www.openwebware.com/wysiwyg/demo.shtml


Yeah ZP,  hydrocodone is my best friend at the moment :buck2:

[Mick]

One more thing.... google ads wont work with this script.

Only images and linked images