echo ads(0); in header

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I have a theme for my kids swim team.
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I want to make use of the space to the right of the logo, and enable advertisers to display banners. The images are rotated randomly with every page refresh. I can't seem to be able to put the echo ads(0) in the correct place.

I am running rn2.30.01

Here is the relevant part of the themeheader

Code:

echo"<table class=\"bodyline\" align=\"center\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">"





  . "<tr><td valign=\"top\">"





  . "<table width=\"100%\" height=\"21\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">"





  . "   <tr>"





  . "      <td background=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_top.gif\" width=\"100%\"></td>"





  . "      <td><a href=\"index.php\"><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_home.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Home\"></a></td>"





  . "      <td><a href=\"messages.html\"><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_contact.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Private Messages\"></a></td>"





  . "      <td><a href=\"search.html\"><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_search.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Search\"></a></td>"





  . "   </tr>"





  . "</table>"





  . "<table width=\"100%\" height=\"134\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">"





  . "   <tr>"





  . "      <td><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_01.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"134\" alt=\"\"></td>"





  . "      <td><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/background/index.php\" alt=\"\"></td>"  





  . "      <td width=\"100%\" background=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/spacer_top.jpg\"></td>"





  . "   </tr>"





  . "</table>"





  . "<table width=\"100%\" height=\"48\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">"





  . "   <tr>"





  . "<td><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_04.jpg\" width=\"311\" height=\"48\" alt=\"\"></td>"





  . "<td><a href=\"index.php\" onMouseOut=\"MM_swapImgRestore()\" onMouseOver=\"MM_swapImage('Item1','','themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_05_on.jpg',1)\"><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_05.jpg\" name=\"Item1\" width=\"98\" height=\"48\"></a></td>"





  . "<td><a href=\"topics.html\" onMouseOut=\"MM_swapImgRestore()\" onMouseOver=\"MM_swapImage('Item2','','themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_06_on.jpg',1)\"><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_06.jpg\" name=\"Item2\" width=\"99\" height=\"48\"></a></td>"





  . "<td><a href=\"forums.html\" onMouseOut=\"MM_swapImgRestore()\" onMouseOver=\"MM_swapImage('Item3','','themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_07_on.jpg',1)\"><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_07.jpg\" name=\"Item3\" width=\"100\" height=\"48\"></a></td>"





  . "<td><a href=\"downloads.html\" onMouseOut=\"MM_swapImgRestore()\" onMouseOver=\"MM_swapImage('Item4','','themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_08_on.jpg',1)\"><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_08.jpg\" name=\"Item4\" width=\"100\" height=\"48\"></a></td>"





  . "<td><a href=\"account.html\" onMouseOut=\"MM_swapImgRestore()\" onMouseOver=\"MM_swapImage('Item5','','themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_09_on.jpg',1)\"><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/header_09.jpg\" name=\"Item5\" width=\"104\" height=\"48\"></a></td>"





  . "<td width=\"100%\" background=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/spacer_bottom.jpg\"></td>"





  . "   </tr>"





  . "</table>"





  . "<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">"





  . "<tr>"





  . "<td width=\"194\" height=\"12\"><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/left_block_top.jpg\"></td>"





  . "<td width=\"100%\" height=\"12\" background=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/middle_block_top.jpg\"></td>"





  . "$topblock"





  . "</tr></table>"





  . ""





  . "<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">"





  . "<tr valign=\"top\">"





  . "<td valign=\"top\" background=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/block_left.jpg\">";











// Modification to hide left blocks in Forums





blocks(left);

















    echo "</td><td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FCFCFC\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n";





   echo ads(0);


   }

Thanks

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:41 pm

Open your theme.php and find the following in the function themeheader() {

Code:

   if ($banners == 1) {


   include("banners.php");

Replace with:

Code:

   $ads = ads(0);

(the number should correspond with the number you have set in the advertisement module)

Then open your theme header and the following to the image that you wish banners to be placed on

Code:

$ads

i.e

<td><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/background/index.php\" alt=\"\">$ads</td>

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:41 pm

Nevermind.

Code:




 . "      <td><img src=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/background/index.php\" alt=\"\"></td>"  





  . "      <td width=\"100%\" background=\"themes/PH2BLUE/images/spacer_top.jpg\">";


echo ads(0);


echo"</td>"





  . "   </tr>"





  . "</table>"

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:07 pm

How do people handle the issue with different resolutions while still placing ads in the header. At 1024 Raven's header still looks ok. Mine looks like crap. My ad file is 420 by 120.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:13 pm

At 1280 by 1024 it is perfect, but I guess i should target at least 1024 by 768.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:12 pm

That would be defined by the possitioning of the stretch points within the header itself Smile