Does phpBB2 support Banner Ads

I can't seem to find where I can put one

[brickwall]

Does phpBB2 support banner ads? Where do I set this up (configure it)? Do I have to go mess with the code to get this done?

[encyclo]

phpBB supports banner ads without problems. In order to add them, you will need to edit the template files with a text editor (eg. Notepad) to add the appropriate markup. You do need a basic understanding of HTML, but no more than that.

The precise files you need to edit depends on where you want to add the banners, but for example, if you want to add a banner to the top of every page, then you just need to add the markup to the

overall_header.tpl

file.

[Marketing Guy]

Article from PhPbb knowledge base on the subject: Editing headers and footers [phpbb.com]

It's fairly simple to do (even I managed it! :P).

Scott

[benevolent001]

I have even used some changes in code so that it shows banner ad after each 4rd post
so u can do whatever u want
show leader show ads on header footer between posts wherever

phpBB is good
and its free!

[brickwall]

Thanks guys.
I can handle digging into the code so it would be fairly simple then. Iam just suprised why phpBB doesn't have an automated tool for this. Maybe the open source guys who wrote this great software have something against "commercialization" (open source, free, you know :-))

[rogerd]

Usually, ad rotation scripts are fairly sophisticated standalone programs that feature extensive stats, multiple logins, etc. Since the code that needs to be inserted on the page varies for each ad script (or for AdSense, etc.), most forum vendors just tell you where to plug in the code (e.g., a header template).