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 10/25/06 06:44pm (Read 2,143 times)  
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fakestar

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Hello,

I have a doubt in how to put a banner to appear always in article 1 and 4 in front page.
If i post new article, the banner stills appearing in article number 1 and 4.

How can i make this change?

THanks!
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 10/26/06 01:24am  
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In public_html/index.php is probably the only place to really do this. Find this code (this is GL v1.4.0):
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    // display first article
    $display .= STORY_renderArticle ($A, 'y');

    // get plugin center blocks after featured article
    if ($A['featured'] == 1) {
        $display .= PLG_showCenterblock (2, $page, $topic);
    }

    // get reamaining stories
    while ( $A = DB_fetchArray($result) ) {
        $display .= STORY_renderArticle ($A, 'y');
    }
 
Modify the while loop so you keep count of the number of articles rendered and call your ad function after the first and fourth articles.
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 10/30/06 02:01am  
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   // get reamaining stories
    while ( $A = DB_fetchArray($result) ) {
        $display .= STORY_renderArticle ($A, 'y');

if ($A == 1 OR $a ==4){
My banner code
}
    }
 


I did this modification but it doesn't work :/
Can you help me?
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 10/30/06 08:48am  
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You need an independent article counter:
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     // display first article
    $display .= STORY_renderArticle ($A, 'y');

    $cnt = 0;
    // get reamaining stories
    while ( $A = DB_fetchArray($result) ) {
        ++$cnt;
        if ($cnt == 1 OR $cnt ==4){
            Your banner code
        }
        $display .= STORY_renderArticle ($A, 'y');
    }
 
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 10/30/06 07:28pm  
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fakestar

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Thanks again jmucchiello.

if i put "test banner" alone i get errors.
I put an echo like this:


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<br />    $cnt = 0;<br />    // get reamaining stories<br />    while ( $A = DB_fetchArray($result) ) {<br />        ++$cnt;<br />        if ($cnt == 1 OR $cnt ==4){<br />          echo  ("test banner");<br />        }<br />        $display .= STORY_renderArticle ($A, 'y');<br />    }<br /><br />


but the "test banner" shows above my header, not in article.
what am i doing wrong?
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 10/30/06 08:07pm  
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jmucchiello

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You never echo in Geeklog. See all the other lines that say $display .= something. You need to write $display .= MyAdFunction() where MyAdFunction returns valid HTML containing your ads.
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 10/31/06 02:55am  
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fakestar

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Thank you very much, now it's working Smile

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