Banner rotator

[Horny Joe]

I have been googeling for a banner rotator, and I find many, many. Too many, so I ask here: what to use on my TGPs? Any advice?

[CurrentlySober]

I use photoshop.

Open your banner and goto 'Image' in the top menu. From the drop down menu, select 'image rotation' and choose 180 degrees.

Your banner will now be rotated.



See?

[Godsmack]

http://smart-scripts.com/?action=smartspots

[ruff]

I've posted this before. You might find it useful. It's very easy to set up and works just fine. Best of all it's free.

http://www.spyka.net/scripts/javascr...banner-rotator

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by Godsmack

http://smart-scripts.com/?action=smartspots

While very simplistic, it loads fast and works like a champ.

[Dappz]

use smart script........

[fris]

paid smart spots
free openx

[cooldude7]

i use this

PHP Code:

<?

$textfile ="randomfooterads.txt";



$items = file("$textfile");

$item = rand(0, sizeof($items)-1);

echo $items[$item];

?>

rotates almost anything randomly .
now click thanks button.

[taken300]

Originally Posted by Horny Joe

I have been googeling for a banner rotator, and I find many, many. Too many, so I ask here: what to use on my TGPs? Any advice?

Photoshop work well dear..

Originally Posted by cooldude7

i use this

PHP Code:

<?

$textfile ="randomfooterads.txt";



$items = file("$textfile");

$item = rand(0, sizeof($items)-1);

echo $items[$item];

?>

rotates almost anything randomly .
now click thanks button.

Thanks for sharing man.. Lol!! no sharing button here.. :D

[Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life]

OpenX FTW

[DWB]

Taking into consideration that ad blockers are blocking scripts and even normal banner sizes (as well as openx), you need to get creative on this one if you want your banners to show.

[Horny Joe]

Thank you all! I will check out bot smart scripts and the free ones. For the pages that runs on my TGPX server edt. banner rotation is included and working fine, but all other sites need something fast and trackable.

[Horny Joe]

Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

I use photoshop.

Open your banner and goto 'Image' in the top menu. From the drop down menu, select 'image rotation' and choose 180 degrees.

Your banner will now be rotated.



See?

Oh man,... I keep getting it wrong.... I always click CCW and THEN I am screwed...

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by Horny Joe

Oh man,... I keep getting it wrong.... I always click CCW and THEN I am screwed...

[cherrylula]

Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

I use photoshop.

Open your banner and goto 'Image' in the top menu. From the drop down menu, select 'image rotation' and choose 180 degrees.

Your banner will now be rotated.



See?

FUCKING AWESOME!!!

thanks for the tip. lol

[cam_girls]

I wrote one years ago, it tallies impressions in a .txt file, so when the credit runs out it only displays the current paid up advertisers. Just start the counter high for your own banners.

Not as reliable updating as SQL so just backup the rotator.txt file now and then.



This is my rotator.txt file, this goes in directory rotator with the banners.

CREDITS BANNER URL
999999995 b1.gif www.milliondollarsurfer.com
999999994 b2.gif www.gamesandstuff.com
994 b3.gif www.belengonzalezauto.com

If you try it out let me know how it goes.

-------------------------- ROTATOR.PHP ----------------------------


<?php


// BANNER ROTATOR V1.0
// Displays multiple advertisers banners on your site by how many credits they have
// License : Freeware
// Banners are randomly displayed from directory ROTATOR
// Credits count down and banners stop displaying when their credits are used up
// Requires your server to run PHP and your web page must have extension .php


// INSTALL
// Upload this file as rotator.php
// Create directory rotator under the directory where this script is used
// Create a text file rotator/rotator.txt
// Make the 1st line CREDITS BANNER URL
// Insert the following line where you want the banner displayed on your page
// <?php include("rotator.php"); ? >
// (no space between ? >)


//----------------------------------------------------------------------


// Example of rotator.txt


// CREDITS BANNER URL
// 90 mbannr.gif www.milliondollarhosting.com
// 95 games1.gif www.gamesandstuff.com
// 0 sharkfins.gif www.sharks.com


// If all credits are 0 then 1st banner is displayed
// For free advertising you can set default banner(s) with 999999999 credits


$strFile1 = "rotator/rotator.txt";


//-------------------------------------------------------------------------


// open for read
$objFH = fopen( $strFile1, "r" );
$strBuffer1 = fread( $objFH, filesize( $strFile1 ) );
fclose( $objFH );


// tally number of banners with credits, by counting rows in rotator.txt
$myeof = true;
$tosay = $strBuffer1;
$numbanners = -1;
while ($myeof) {


$nextret = strpos($tosay, "\n");
$say = substr($tosay, 0, $nextret);
$tosay = substr($tosay, $nextret+1);
if ($say[0] != '0') $numbanners++;
if (strpos($tosay, "\n") == 0) $myeof=false;



}


//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

// select banner and subtract 1 credit from rotator.txt
$myeof = true;
$tosay = $strBuffer1;
$checked = 0;
$selectedban = "";
$freeban = "";
$strBuffer2 = "";
while ($myeof) {


$nextret = strpos($tosay, "\n");
$say = substr($tosay, 0, $nextret);
$tosay = substr($tosay, $nextret+1);
$pcred = strpos($say, " ");
$pban = strpos($say, " ", $pcred+1);
$creds = substr($say, 0, $pcred);
$bans = substr($say, $pcred+1, $pban-$pcred-1);
$urls = substr($say, $pban+1);


// 1 chance in number-of-remaining-banners to be selected
if (($selectedban=="") && is_numeric($creds) && (rand($checked, $numbanners-1) == $checked)) {


if ($creds > 0) {
$tax = 0 - 1 + $creds;
$selectedban = $bans;
$selectedurl = $urls;
}
else {
$tax = 0;
}
$strBuffer2.= $tax . " " . $bans . " " . $urls . "\n";
if ($freeban == "" ) {
$freeban = $bans;
$freeurl = $urls;
}
}
else {
$strBuffer2.= $say . "\n";
}


if (is_numeric($creds) && ($creds>0)) $checked++;
if (strpos($tosay, "\n") == 0) $myeof=false;



}


if ($selectedban == "") {
$selectedban = $freeban;
$selectedurl = $freeurl;


}


//------------------------------------------------------------------------

// open for write
$objFH = fopen( $strFile1, "w" );
fwrite( $objFH, $strBuffer2 );
fclose( $objFH );


?>

SAMPLE USE

<a href="http://<? echo $selectedurl; ?>"><img src="rotator/<? echo $selectedban; ?>" height=60 width=468
border=0></a>

[TheDoc]

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

Taking into consideration that ad blockers are blocking scripts and even normal banner sizes (as well as openx), you need to get creative on this one if you want your banners to show.

Just rename the folder and don't use javascript to load the ads.... I have all the blockers loaded, and all ads on my sites load perfectly fine, other than google or something like that, but all my openx ones.

Anyway.... I use openx.

[DWB]

Originally Posted by TheDoc

Just rename the folder and don't use javascript to load the ads.... I have all the blockers loaded, and all ads on my sites load perfectly fine, other than google or something like that, but all my openx ones.

Anyway.... I use openx.

How are you loading OpenX without javascript?

My ad blocker is also blocking just standard banner sizes, but if I offset them by a pixel, they will show.

Have you installed the blocker database that comes with it? It's huge, blocks lots of words and sizes. Just the mention of "openx" will block an ad when I turn it on.

Please shoot me a email if you don't want to divulge in public.

[TheDoc]

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

How are you loading OpenX without javascript?

My ad blocker is also blocking just standard banner sizes, but if I offset them by a pixel, they will show.

Have you installed the blocker database that comes with it? It's huge, blocks lots of words and sizes. Just the mention of "openx" will block an ad when I turn it on.

Please shoot me a email if you don't want to divulge in public.

When you go to invocation codes, change the drop down from Javascript Tag to Local Mode Tag, if openx is installed on the same box you can use Local Mode which is PHP code to display your ads. No JS is a big thing to keeping the ads going...

Outside of that I rename the openx folder, to whatever.. and if I want to get picky, in the admin settings area is a place to change script names, you can change the click tracking script name to something else... that's if someone put in a custom filter though.

That should take care of any openx filters that normally hit. I haven't changed db's that I'm aware of, I'll have to check them out. But I have tried just about every plugin/extension that the various browsers offer, just to make sure the ads come up... and other then google type ads/js and flash, everything so far has worked with the above setup.

[DWB]

Originally Posted by TheDoc

When you go to invocation codes, change the drop down from Javascript Tag to Local Mode Tag, if openx is installed on the same box you can use Local Mode which is PHP code to display your ads. No JS is a big thing to keeping the ads going...

Outside of that I rename the openx folder, to whatever.. and if I want to get picky, in the admin settings area is a place to change script names, you can change the click tracking script name to something else... that's if someone put in a custom filter though.

That should take care of any openx filters that normally hit. I haven't changed db's that I'm aware of, I'll have to check them out. But I have tried just about every plugin/extension that the various browsers offer, just to make sure the ads come up... and other then google type ads/js and flash, everything so far has worked with the above setup.

This is why you're called The Doc.

I'll try this out. Thanks a million. Sounds like it just may work.