UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 7 Version 7 Support Can you use include files in a custom island

Hi All,

I'm trying to place a rotating ad in a custom island on my boards. The ads are read through a third party partner of mine. I am using an include file to avoid the need to update multiple pages if the ad code ever changes.

The code I am using is as follows:

<table width="238" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"><!--#include virtual="/fillers/outsidehub.htm" --></td>
</tr>
</table>

Here is the ad running on a static html page (ignore the ".asp" file extension, not being used) http://www.bassinusa.com/busa/resources/index.asp

The custom island displays, but the ads won't load up in the table...

Any thought?

Thanks,
Brendan

You want to do your custom island a bit different. Something like this should work:

Hi Rick,

Thanks for the help. I tried the code below using the direct path, but I get the same thing...

$ad_include = file_get_contents("http://www.bassinusa.com/fillers/_templates/outsidehub-tower.htm");
$body = <<<EOF
<table width="238" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center">$ad_include</td>
</tr>
</table>
EOF;

The island box appears (bottom right side), ad does not load: http://www.bassinusa.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forum_summary.html


Any other thoughts?

Brendan

the file_get_contents line:

You'll want that to be a full path, something like /var/www/fillers/etc. Not an actual URL.

Sent a PM with the absolute paths...

Did you send the PM to me? Because I don't have one from you.

Yes, from your profile though... lol guess it didn't come through...

Basically I have tried the absolute path and every variation staring with the drive letter and with both forward and back slashes.

I even took the outsidehub-tower.htm file and put it in the "/forum/" directory to see if that had something to do with it... no good. I also called my ad firm and there is no issues running multiple ads on the same page, so I've ruled that out as a possible issue...

Other thoughts?

Got the PM you just sent and replied.

Rick thanks for all the help, everything is working fine now!