I am thinking of removing ads from the template and placing them in a text file which I would then call from template. I am doing this because I only display ads to guests and I believe this would reduce the size of template for registered members, since call statement would be put inside if statement and would be shorter than code for adsense.

I have two questions regarding this:

A. How do I actually call a text file from temple so that the content of the file i.e. adsense code is included in the template.

B. Will this also reduce template load time for guests i.e. those using internet explorer currently have to wait for the full page to load (including ads) before any thing is displayed, by placing the javascript code in an external file; I think the forums would load first and then ads, would this be the case?

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You use the plugin system, Im not sure how to call a text file into a template, but i'm sure it can be done. I'm looking on vb.org now for you

And it may decrease the load. Depending on what javascript code you speak of, it may take that code and cache it, but then if you changed it and people never did a hard refresh it may not update. Or it may increase the load, i'm not real sure.

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I am talking about adsense code, since it is there in the template between the if statement to only appear for guests, the code is being downloaded even for members.

Also for guests what is happening is, people who are using internet explorer have to wait for the full page to load (including ads) before any thing is visible. I think if the ad code is in another file, it wont slow down the loading of the page (not 100% sure about this.).

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Got that confirmation from vBulletin support that I wouldn’t be able to do this without making a plugin

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There's one way of doing it without making a plugin, you could use style replacement variables:
and then create a replacement variable for @@ADSENSE-guests@@ (or whatever you choose) and paste your code in. But remember you can't use any variables or conditionals in a replacement variable.

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That's a good idea, let me check if I can do this

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Well... did it work?

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Been busy and sick, so didn't get a chance to test it out till now. But will do that in a day or so.

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