hmm I am also wondering whther to install this as I want to start using adsense or something to try and redeem some of the costs of the site..

Hi Black Cobra I would give it a go as I mentioned previously it has the option to display the side column on adsense appropriate pages only. I think with adsense it depends how many members your forum has, you don't want to start putting potential new members off because they think there is too any adverts on the forum! Good luck with it, Greg

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I don't like to have ads on side columns dispite the fact that Google says they perform better...I've found that having ads right below the navbar do better. I also have ads inside the first and last post which are performing better than I thought...they are even doing better than my banner ad now :o

If you get enough traffic, sign up to vibrantmedia and see if you will get accepted for intellitxt. I like having those ads...they definitely help me with earning more revenue (since I have a $300+ server cost...).

GFin is correct. You are just going to have to tough it out until you start getting enough traffic. 1 thing you might want to do though...if you have the site open to guests, make the ads only viewable to guests (with an if condition) and in the header message (using welcome headers mod) say that when you are a member, there are no ads. :P

Thats a good suggestion! one I may even consider for my forums, is that easy to configure/setup AzzidReign?

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Where it says OTHERS, put what ever other usergroup ID that you would like to show the ads. What I've done in the past was use it for guests and those that have not verified their emails.

Other ideas you can do (which I've also done in the past) was give members the ads but have a "Premium" usergroup and let them know if they donate $XX to the site that they will no longer see the ads.

Let me know how it works.

Also, here's another code that might come in handy:
As you can see, the "!" indicates that it will show what ever is in between the if statement besides the usergroup(s) you choose.

Hope this helps.

Looks really good, but if I add it I need to change my style since its small...

I would really like to add a side column to the left, but every one I find seems to have errors, there are also complaints on vb.org for this one slowing down load times.
Does anyone know of a sidebar for all forum pages that actually works?

Do you think it's worth installing vbadvanced just to use the sidebar in the forums?

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The only hurdle Ive faced with that is that it requires an "Intergration" to use the sidebar and that isnt explained in an understandable way. They have a sticky over there that Ive read about 10 times, even had the demo ACP open and tried to do what they are explaining, and was totally baffled..

Whoever thought having a sidebar on a forum would be soooo difficult...

if you have any solutions that would be wonderful

Many thanks

I tried it, didn't work out so well.

Brandon, what side column are you using right now ?

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