Alternate Ads on phpBB aren't working

Anyone have any luck luck?

[ScottM]

I've tried so many different iterations of the code...I've given up.

Anyone actually get it working?

I want to run an affiliate banner, if that helps.

[adamas]

Yes. I have alternate ads running on my phpBB forums.

I created a page that consists solely of a hyperlinked image to another of my sites and it works nicely.

Have you tried putting the banner in a separate page dedicated to this purpose and putting that url in as your alternate?

[ScottM]

Yes, I tried that.

I can get a banner to "show", but when I click the banner the new page opens within the javascript box. IE-it doesn't go to the page I want.

I used this code:

google_alternate_ad_url = "http://mysite.com/ad.htm";

[level80]

This is just the javascript for the address of the alternate ad. Is it the alternate ad that opens within the frame when you click on it or the Google Adsense ad?

[ScottM]

The alternate ad.

[adamas]

Ah yes, I remember getting that now. Try putting

target='_top'

in your anchor tag in the page you've created to display as the alternate ad i.e.

<a href='http://mylink.example' target='_top'>Banner</a>

[ScottM]

FINALLY got it running!

The target="_top" was the key.

Thanks.