How Can I Use Adsense In My Forum?

phpbb forum

[rajun]

Recently I add free forum (Php bb) in my site. I m very new to use forum. I want to use adsense in my forum but dont know how.

Please Help......

[jdvjdv]

You need to edit the template files. For the default SubSilver theme these are overall_index.tpl, viewforum_body.tpl and viewtopic_body.tpl.

If you want something over every page, or under every page, you can just edit overall_header.tpl and overall_footer.tpl.

[maccas]

There is also a hack available to add adsense / banner after a post of your choice.

[BadSense]

Googling "phpbb adsense" should yield plenty of results.

[maccas]

I was going to suggest google for it but I have been getting these damn error messages all day

"... but we can't process your request right now. A computer virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests, and it appears that your computer or network has been infected"

So try Yahoo for any queries that contain the word php if you also get that crazy error message.

[davelms]

Yes, that message comes back from google due to the phpbb virus/hack that used google to find insecure phpbb forums via its index. I think it is triggered by the choice of search terms. It was this hack that prompted a phpbb release that reworded the credit to remove the version number, for example.

[rajun]

Thanks for reply. How can i upload viewtopic.php file.

[BadSense]

How do you upload any of your files?

Just use that same method.

[M_B_Walker]

As long as we're on this subject, it's worth noting that using Adsense on most bulletin boards can be disappointing in terms of revenue generated. Your regular visitors are likely to complain about the ads and even if they don't they soon learn to ignore them. So if you add Adsense to your forum, you'll also need to figure out a way to keep the ads fresh by moving them around on the pages, etc.

The best method I've found (in terms of revenue generated) is to not have ads visible for my regular visitors who have logged in to the forum, but have them visible to visitors who are not logged in. Since that latter group are mostly newcomers, they're more likely to click on the ads. This approach also keeps the CTR and eCPM a bit higher than if the ads were viewable by everyone.

In phpbb, the easy way to make this change is to edit the same files mentioned earlier so that ads are only visible when the user_logged_in switch is off.

[egypty]

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