This post teaches the users with Hestia Style installed on their board for ad placement in the forum page. This ad placement creates a column in the left side of the forum page, by shifting the topic/forum list to the right. And one ad will be placed just after the topic/forum list.

Ads in left side of the Forum

In this the ad appears in the left side of the viewforum page as an sky scrapper. Check the screen shot for the exact placement.

Step1: Open the viewforum_body.html file.

Step 2: Look for the following line in the code.

<!– INCLUDE overall_header.html –>

This line is the first line on the viewforum_body.html code page.

Step3: Just after this line paste the following code, replacing your ad goes here with your ad code.

{$CA_BLOCK_START}
<table class=”tablebg” width=”100%” cellspacing=”{$CA_SPACING}”>
{$CA_CAP_START}{$CA_CAP_END}
<tr>
<td class=”row1 nobold” width=”160″ valign=”top”><p class=”genmed”>
your ad goes here
</p>
</td>
<td align=”left” valign=”top”>
<br />

Step4: Now look for the following line in the code.

<!– INCLUDE breadcrumbs.html –>

Step5: Add the following lines just after these lines.

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

Step 6: Save the changes made to the file.

Ad just after forum List

The ad appears just after the forum list, where the list of the topic and forum finishes. Check the attached screen shot for the clear location of ad placement.

Step1: Open the viewforum_body.html file.

Step 2: Look for the following line in the code.

<!– IF S_DISPLAY_ONLINE_LIST –>

Step3: Just above this line paste the following code, replacing your ad goes here with your ad code.

{$CA_BLOCK_START}
<table class=”tablebg” width=”100%” cellspacing=”{$CA_SPACING}”>
{$CA_CAP_START}Advertisements{$CA_CAP_END}
<tr>
<td class=”row1 nobold” width=”100%” valign=”middle”><p class=”genmed”>
<center>
your ad goes here
</center>
</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
{$CA_BLOCK_END}

Step 4: Save the changes made to the file.

We hope this modification helps you with the ad placement, if you have any problem with the customization of ads with this style visit our official forum for Hestia.

Check our Ad Placement solution for CA Vintage style:

• Ad placement on index page of CA Vintage Style
• Ads Placement in Forum page for CA Vintage style
• Ads Placement in topics for CA Vintage style

Ad Placement on Index page of CA Vintage style is one of the most easiest modification compared to the placements on viewforum and viewtopic pages. This placement needs putting your ad code just before and after the specific line of code. Well we will be taking two zones over here also, zone 1 and zone 2. Look at the screenshot for the exact positions of the Ads zones.

Ad Placement Before/ After Category on Index Page

Both the zones could be explained in this explanation itself, since both the ads are to be placed before and after the line.

Step1: Open the index_body.html file.

Step 2: Look for the following line in the code.

<!– INCLUDE forumlist_body.html –>

Step3: Just above and below this line paste the following code, replacing your ad goes here with your ad code.

{$CA_BLOCK2_START}Advertisements{$CA_BLOCK2_START2}
<center>
your ad goes here
</center>
{$CA_BLOCK2_END2}
{$CA_BLOCK2_END}

Check the attached screenshot for the placement of code for specific zones, all instructions are covered in the images.

Step 4: Save the changes made to the file.

We hope this is the simple modification for ad placement on the index page of the forum. If you have some problem with the placement contact us here on the official forum for CA Vintage.

This is a continuation post over the ads placement in CA Vintage style. In the last we have covered the Ads Placement in topics for CA Vintage style and this post focuses on the ad placement in the forum page. The ad is placement as a sky scrapper on the left hand side of the forum page, and on the top and bottom of a forum, check the attached screen shot for the exact location. We have specified two zones for better understanding, zone1 and zone2.

Ads in left side of the Forum

In zone 1 the ad appears in the left side of the viewforum page as an sky scrapper.

Step1: Open the viewforum_body.html file.

Step 2: Look for the following line in the code.

<!– INCLUDE overall_header.html –>

This line is the first line on the viewforum_body.html code page.

Step3: Just after this line paste the following code, replacing your ad goes here with your ad code.

<table width=”100%” cellspacing=”1″>
<tr>
<td width=”160″ align=”left” valign=”top”>
{$CA_BLOCK2_START}Adverts{$CA_BLOCK2_START2}
<center>
your ad goes here
</center>
{$CA_BLOCK2_END2}
{$CA_BLOCK2_END}
</td>
<td align=”left” valign=”top”>

Step4: Now look for the following line in the code.

<hr />

Step5: Add the following lines just above these lines.

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

Step 6: Save the changes made to the file.

Ad just after forum List

In zone 2 the ad appears in the bottom of the viewforum page, just after the forum list. Refer Zone 2 for the position in the screen shot.

Step1: Open the viewforum_body.html file.

Step 2: Look for the following line in the code.

<!– INCLUDE jumpbox.html –>

Step3: Just above this line paste the following code, replacing your ad goes here with your ad code.

{$CA_BLOCK2_START}Advertisements{$CA_BLOCK2_START2}
<center>
your ad goes here
</center>
{$CA_BLOCK2_END2}
{$CA_BLOCK2_END}

Step 4: Save the changes made to the file.

We hope this modification is simple and attractive with respect to the ad placement on forum page. If you have some problem with the placement contact us here on the official forum for CA Vintage.

We have been asked by some of our users to provide ad placements in CA Vintage style ever since we implemented the style, few days back. Well with the styles provides by stsoftware.biz customization is something that could be achieved in an easy go. This post only focuses on the placement in viewtopic page, where the actual content lies in a forum. We have divided the ad placement in two zones on the viewtopic page. Check the screen shot for the zones and placement.

Ads in the first post

In zone 1 the ad appears just before the content in the viewtopic page of the forum. Its a very lucrative position that increases the click through rate for any forum. This position gives you great results if an rectangular ad block is placed there. Well lets focus on the ad placement first, later we will cover the optimization.

Note: The ad appears only in the first post not to the replies made to it.

Step1: Open the viewtopic_body.html file.

Step 2: Look for in the following line in the code.

{postrow.MESSAGE}</div>

Step3: Just before this line paste the following code, replacing your ad goes here with your ad code.

<!– IF postrow.S_FIRST_ROW –>
your ad goes here
<br/>
<!—ENDIF –>

Step 4: Save the changes made to the file.

Ads after first post

In the Zone 2 the ad appears just after the first post i.e. in-between the content body and the first reply; check the screen shot for exact position. This is also one of the best position that a forum owner love to have. Lets look at the steps to be followed:

Step1: Open the viewtopic_body.html file.

Step2: Look for the following lines in the code

</div>
<!– END postrow –>

Step3: Just before these lines add the following code, replacing your ad goes here with your ad code.

<!– IF postrow.S_ROW_COUNT == 0 –>
{$CA_BLOCK_START}
<center>
your ad goes here
</center>
{$CA_BLOCK_END}
<!—ENDIF –>

Step 4: Save the changes made to the file.

Well the ad placement is completed over the viewtopic_body.html page for the CA Vintage style. We will be covering the ad placement in the viewforum_body.html and index_body.html page. These customizations are really going to be awesome and we are sure you will love them.

If you faces any problem leave a comment, and if you want to discuss over this style entire its official forum for it.