Must i download the 'adsense' version of vBulletin to use adsense?

[minx]

Hi..

I have a forum which with my new 'adsense' account I'm hoping might help server costs etc, I have seen the vB manual HERE which says i could download a special adsense-enabled vBulletin, must i do this? or can i choose to install adverts in templates etc?, please advise, thanks

[Mark.B]

You don't have to. It just makes it a bit easier if you don't really know what to do.

If you are competent at embedding your own ads, the standard version is fine.

[minx]

Thanks Mark

[Loco.M]

A bit more on what Mark said.
You can add your adsense code in the empty ad_location_<several locations> templates and you won't have to worry about upgrades or anything overwriting them.

[The Vegan Forum]

Are all new (4.* versions) automatically also AdSense versions?

[rboesen1]

Are all new (4.* versions) automatically also AdSense versions?

I'm wondering the same thing. I have vb 4.1.11 installed and I have the advert tab in the admin cp. In the advert tab I see no references to Google Adsense. I have connected my account in the members area and it says it was successful but I see no adsense info anywhere. I have the latest vb software but is there is seperate adsense version or am I missing something?

[Trevor Hannant]

1) Go to http://members.vbulletin.com/adsense.php

2) Enter the requested information.

3) Log into your Google AdSense account at http://adsense.google.com

4) Click the 'Review account access' link.

5) Click the 'grant access' link for vBulletin.

6) Check that your status is Fully Activated at http://members.vbulletin.com/adsense.php

7) If your status is Fully Activated, then download vBulletin at http://members.vbulletin.com/ but if your status is not activated, then double check steps 1 through 6.

8) Install/upgrade vBulletin on your server as usual, and after logging into your administrator's control panel, you will see an Advertising block in the left-hand navigation panel.

Note: If you installed/upgraded vBulletin before doing steps 1 through 7, then do steps 1 through 7 (skip step 8) and in place of step 8, FTP the following four files in ASCII mode to your server from the new download:

/admincp/deployads.php
/includes/adsense_templates.php
/includes/init.php
/includes/xml/cpnav_ads.xml

If you do not see the Advertising block in the left-hand navigation panel after doing everything correctly, hard refresh your vB Admin CP page (or log out of the Admin CP and then log back in).

More information about Google AdSense integration can be found at http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/adsense_integration

Note: You also may need to make sure you have this permission set for your Admin account:

Admin CP -> Usergroups -> Administrator Permissions -> Can Administer Ads -> Yes


Please also post in the correct forum for the version you're running if you have any further issues.