How to add a a right sided block of google ads in phpBB

[Sparrow]

Take a look at the screen shot of this forum :

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http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9123/dfsfs8.png

In there you can see a block for displaying ads on the right side of the screen
Its visible on the index page,view forum page and view topic page
I would like to know how to make this possible

[daddyo]

Use a frame and have the forums' index.php in the 90% left frame and have the ads display in the 10% right frame.

[Sparrow]

Is there a way to do the same without using frames
Because the said site is moded that way (ie. without frames)

[coyote]

Yeah, you can do it with two table cells. Start at the overall_header and create a table to enclose the entire forum. If you don't have a portal using forum-wide blocks, place this at the very end of your overall_header.

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<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top">

Then place this at the very beginning of your overall_footer.

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</td>
<td width="160" valign="top">
[PLACE YOUR GOOGLE TOWER ADS WITHIN THIS TABLE CELL ON THE FOOTER]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

I chose 160 pixels because that is google's widest vertical ad, but you could also choose 120 pixels for the skinnier ad. You may have to experiement a bit.

[Sparrow]

Thanx Coyote
Worked like a charm !!

[drankur]

can u plz tell me how to add it to LEFT side

[coyote]

The same way except by putting the <td> with the google ads on the overall header before the <td> with the forum.


This goes at the very end of the overall_header.tpl

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<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td width="160" valign="top">
[PLACE YOUR GOOGLE TOWER ADS WITHIN THIS TABLE CELL ON THE HEADER]
</td>
<td valign="top">


And this at the very beginning of the overall_footer.tpl

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</td>
</tr>
</table>


[drankur]

many many thanks, working very beautifully.

just one more help needed, can u tell me how to increase the WIDTH of this style http://demo.phpbb3styles.net/sucu_cocuk ( as i want to place google leader board also, but after puttin vertical banner it is streching the style)

thank u

[coyote]

This is a lot harder to do with a fixed width template such as the one you showed me in your link.

I'm not at all familiar with phpBB3, but from what I can tell from looking at the source code, the width is controlled by that template's .css file, and you may have to edit the background graphics a bit to make it work.

[drankur]

ok, no problem , thanks for all the help

[HB]

Get the Firefox Web Developer add-on. Then select View > Toolbars > Web Developer Toolbar. The CSS > View CSS and View > CSS Style Information menu choices makes it a lot easier to navigate a page. In this case, there's a bunch of width tags sprinkled in the CSS, e.g.:

http://demo.phpbb3styles.net/styles/suc ... esheet.css

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#header {
   position: relative;
   background: #fff url(./images/header-bg.jpg) repeat-y center top;
   height: 35px;
   width:910px;   
   padding: 0;   
   color: #fff;   
}

[TomKroscavage]

Thanks coyote I did this as well @ http://www.tekindoor.com/ketchikan/index.php

How can I add a Google ad between posts like on this web site? I click on SEO ads every time I'm here

[SeO]

I click on SEO ads every time I'm here

Please do not abuse
The right usage of adds is to follow the one that you're actually interested into, nothing more.

For AdSense with phpBB2, read this : Google adsense in PHPBB