[Grebogreen]

Not sure wether to laugh or cry.
After installing Openads and wading through the pages of instructions and getting the jist of it, I created the code

<?php
if (@include('/websites/...../phpadsnew.inc.php')) {
if (!isset($phpAds_context)) $phpAds_context = array();
$phpAds_raw = view_raw ('zone:1', 0, '', '', '0', $phpAds_context);
echo $phpAds_raw['html'];
}
?>

Popped it in my home.tpl.php to try it and got

Fatal error: Smarty error: [in home.tpl.php line 26]: syntax error: unidentified token '=' (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 1396) in /websites.....on line 1095

Please, please don't tell me I need the developer ver.

[suzkaw]

Try to use this instead:

PHP Code:

{php}
if (@include('/websites/...../phpadsnew.inc.php')) {
if (!isset($phpAds_context)) $phpAds_context = array();
$phpAds_raw = view_raw ('zone:1', 0, '', '', '0', $phpAds_context);
echo $phpAds_raw['html'];
}
{/php}


[suzkaw]

Here is a link with more information:
http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/lang...nction.php.php

[Grebogreen]

Nice one Eric.
Can't see Ad yet but NO Errors.
Now back to that OpenAds Admin page for a couple of hours to get my Ad showing.

[suzkaw]

I don't know if it makes a difference or not but when I used openads I would always use the javascript invocation code then just wrap {literal} tags around it.

[Mike-N-Tosh]

I use openads on my site. If you are using php invocation, then heed Eric's last post and wrap the code with the {literal}{/literal}.

You can select what invocation code to use and I use the javascript code instead which is commented out and works just fine with 68c.

just my 2�,
-Mike

[Grebogreen]

Ho no guys, what you doing to me. I managed at the end to get a banner to show but must say that end bit of which code to select was a bit of a mistery. By the time I had got to do the code I was totaly confused, it kept telling me I had no campaigns, then no zones & banners. It seemed like pure luck when I got to the end.
What your saying is, that the javascript is better and I should wrap it up in {literal}'s. Off I go to find out what they are, I've never done so much reading.

[freemls]

Hi All I need some help how do I place affilliate ads on the side of my site

I want 4 small ads on the left and right

I am not a programmer and have'nt got a clue how all the code etc work so if any one can help and tell me what goes where and how I will greatlly appreciate it

Here the ad I want to place on the left
<EMBED src= "http://www.offerforge.com/ImageHosting/outsurance/swf/10314206_120x60.swf" FlashVars="ClickTAG=http://za.offerforge.com/z/672/ZA2184/" width="120" height="60" >
<img src='http://za.offerforge.com/42/2184/672' border='0' />



and here the one for on the right

<a href="http://affiliates.trafficsynergy.com/z/979048/CD2193/"><img src="http://affiliates.trafficsynergy.com/42/2193/979048" alt="Home Theatre Systems" border="0"></a>


Can any one please convert it for me with the code I need to place them on my site and tell me where to insert the new converted code

Thanks

[Mike-N-Tosh]

Originally Posted by Grebogreen

Ho no guys, what you doing to me. I managed at the end to get a banner to show but must say that end bit of which code to select was a bit of a mistery. By the time I had got to do the code I was totaly confused, it kept telling me I had no campaigns, then no zones & banners. It seemed like pure luck when I got to the end.
What your saying is, that the javascript is better and I should wrap it up in {literal}'s. Off I go to find out what they are, I've never done so much reading.

Grebogreen,

Sorry, I'm not tring to confuse you. Either type of code will work. To clarify: If you are going to use php for your invocation code, then you need to use {literal} your php code {/literal}
My comment about using javascript code was just a personal preference, because I had less trouble using javascript code. (I use the ad software to serve several different websites). As far as choosing which invocation code to use is actually quite simple. When you get to the point in the openads where you are to generate the code (I believe that it defaults to php code), BUT it is a pull down menu and you can simply choose which type of code you would like for it to generate.

As far a quick reference guide to openads:
There are two parts that are needed to make it work, publishers and advertisers. Quite simply advertisers are the ones that supply the ads and publishers are the ones that supply the websites that the ads are viewed in.

When you are an advertiser and want to place an ad it needs to be in an AD CAMPAIGN. A campaign in lamens terms is simply a name for what your advertising. So you could have several ads for a GREAT WIDGET CAMPAIGN, such as an animated flash 468x60 full banner ad, a static full banner ad 468x60 as well as a 125x125 widget ad, etc... If you also sold gadgets as well as widgets, you would want to have a different campaign for gadgets.

A publisher is a website (place to view the ads). A publisher has zones to publish the ads. Zones are simply areas within your website where ads could be placed. It is important, because zones need to have parameters such as the size (you wouldn't want a full banner ad 468x60 showing up in your side column that is only 150 pixels wide). Other parameters might be that on one page that is for horses, you might only want horse ads and not widget ads.

A basic classifieds ad website might have two zones. Top banner ad (468x60) and a side zone (125x125). Obviously, you could get much more complicated if you wanted to.

Hope that helps,
-Mike