[dawnrae]

Hey, gang!

Here's my doofus question for the day ...
We're using an install of Adspro to provide banner ad management on our site. I am using .js includes for the banner campaigns, but I'd like to be able to target a specific .js banner campaign to a specific category. Here's the code I've come up with so far, but something is off:

{if $smarty.get.type == 0}
{php} include('http://www.hotspringshomefront.com/templates/mwt/banners/main-top-left.js'); {/php}
{else $smarty.get.sec == 20}
{php} include('http://www.hotspringshomefront.com/templates/mwt/banners/main-top-right.js'); {/php}
{/if}

I attempted to target the "else" include to the type, but it came up in all the categories, so I attempted the sec variable since it is the unique identifier in the url for the category, but it still comes up on all category pages. Any ideas?

Dawn

[suzkaw]

I think it should be:

{if $smarty.get.type == 0}
{php} include('http://www.hotspringshomefront.com/templates/mwt/banners/main-top-left.js'); {/php}
{elseif $smarty.get.sec == 20}
{php} include('http://www.hotspringshomefront.com/templates/mwt/banners/main-top-right.js'); {/php}
{/if}

[dawnrae]

Cool, Eric, that targeted it right where I wanted it, but now, all the other categories have a blank spot there.
Should I use something other than the "0" in the initial if statement?

Dawn

[suzkaw]

Can you post a link to the page you are wanting to add this? Also do you want the first if to show on every category?

[dawnrae]

Sure thing.

http://www.hotspringshomefront.com

What I want to do is have like a default campaign that shows up on all the pages unless someone decides to purchase a banner to display in a specific category.

So the first statement should address all categories of the site, displaying the default campaign, whereas the elseif statement will display any exceptions.

Dawn

[suzkaw]

Ok lets try this.

Lets say someone purchased an advertisement for this category:
http://www.hotspringshomefront.com/category.php?type=20
and this one:
http://www.hotspringshomefront.com/c...?type=9&sec=11

{if $smarty.get.type=="20"}
display sponsored ad here.
{elseif $smarty.get.type=="9" && $smarty.get.sec=="11"}
display sponsored another ad here. 
{else}
display default banner ad here
{/if}

[dawnrae]

Awesome, Eric! That worked great!
For your help, thank you so much! Hmmm!


Dawn

[Mike-N-Tosh]

I would like to do this exact same thing as well, but I'm using PHPadsnew. I just want to see if I'm understanding the logic in how this solution is being done.

Store the invocation code for displaying the ad in a folder on your site. (In your case the text files are here: http://www.hotspringshomefront.com/t...s/mwt/banners/)

The smarty code listed in this thread is stored in a php file located in the (68classifieds site/includes/classes/smarty/plugins/"myads.php")

Then you include a call to the smarty function within the layout.tpl.php file where you have designated your ad to be placed.

Is that correct, or am I missing something?

Thanks,
-Mike

[Lhotch]

Mike, you could make it a plugin and/or store the JS invocation code in seperate files, it really depends on just how many different invocation codes you want to use.

If your just going to have a couple then you can put them both and smarty code to determine which to use in layout.tpl.php.

If you have a lot of phpadsnew campaigns however it may be cleaner to move the js invocation to their own JS files and then create a plugin. Pass the category info to the plugin and have the php in the plugin call the appropriate JS invocation code and display that in the layout.tpl.php template.

[Maffo]

Never being one to miss a plug but this is exactly what I developed my banner system for. It is dynamic across all pages including all of your categories. Customers can purchase ads, renew ads, etc.