[TUTORIAL] Forced ads for resellers

RageD · 06-25-2006, 09:47 AM

Ok, well I finally found it... Forced ads with .htaccess file! Right now this works for .html & .htm extensions, but I'm working on getting it to .php as well, I will update as I figure that one out, it's a little more difficult for obvious reasons. (Quotes, syntax, etc. And above all, it parses through a PHP script)

MUST have the php_read function enabled! (Most webservers have this on by default)

YES! This is a free alternative to all the software out there

First, go into your cPanel account. (Reseller)

Now, not in WHM, but cPanel go into File Manager.

Find your cPanel skeleton directory.

In here... What we will do...

First create a new folder... Name it.. header...

In this folder create 3 text documents...

1 text document named: header.php
1 text document named: header.html
1 text document named: footer.html

In header.php insert the following code:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/webmaster-tutorials/210622-tutorial-forced-ads-for-resellers.html

PHP Code:

  <?php

$header = "header.html";

$footer = "footer.html";

$file = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];

 
readfile($header);

readfile($file);

readfile($footer);

?>

In header.html insert your ad code you wish to be set in the header.

In footer.html insert your ad code you wish to be set in the footer.

Now go back up one directory... Edit your .htaccess file..

Add this somewhere:

Code:

AddHandler headered .html # Enable adds on HTML pages
AddHandler headered .htm # Enable adds on HTM pages
AddHandler headered .php # Enable adds on PHP pages
Action headered /header/header.php

==============================================
Ok, now that we have that finished, I have an iFrame code you can use!

Now, let's begin..

Open backup your header.html file.. Change it to this: (Footer will not be iFrame unless you do so doing the same process)

HTML Code:

<HTML>
<center><iframe src="http://yoursite.com/header/iframesrc.adsource" scrolling="no" width="48.2%" height="12%"></iframe></center>
</HTML>
<html>

Now, we need to create a new file... Create a new text document and name it: iframesrc.adsource (Be sure to place it in the "header" directory)

Insert you're ad code into that page...

But wait... Perplexed? That is correct, we still need to make the .adsource extension a valid one! So here is what we'll do.

Get out of the skeleton directory and go into the reseller account's /public_html folder. Open the .htaccess file..

In the .htaccess file add this somewhere:

Code:

AddHandler server-parsed adsource
AddType text/html adsource

Do this just in the reseller's .htaccess or wherever the ad code is being read from... This way the .adsource extension is not available for all users.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622

==============================================
At the current time it is not very secure for the user will be able to edit it, but I am working on it.. This is the basic concept and as I make changes I will create a changelog at the bottom of this post! Now creating an account will automatically ad your adcode to the site! Just make sure if needed you ad that domain to your publisher account with the ad company

-RageD

Collector · 06-25-2006, 11:16 AM

Great work!

Got to try that out.

Thanks...

jplascencia · 07-24-2006, 04:36 PM

Looking to 'force ads' I found something called mod_layout and, better (I believe, but I'm not a real webmaster) http://www.ihostdev.com/ipanel.html . It looks good but I don't have a dedicated server to install it.

Does anybody has install it on a VPS?

I'm looking for a good provider of VPS where I am sure it can be installed.

Any suggestion?

Thanks.

RageD · 07-24-2006, 07:08 PM

There are indeed costly programs such as iPanel, but this is a completely free alternative as mentioned above.

-RageD

jplascencia · 07-24-2006, 07:14 PM

In fact, it looks very creative.

By the way, did you find the way to make the appear on PHP scripts?

My previous Reply was only looking if someone else found another way to do that, inclusive, under payment. My problem is that I don't have the money for a dedicated server (and, monthly fees

) but I can try to pay once for a script (that can be installed on a cheaper shared hosting service).

Sorry for any inconvenience i've caused.

Joe · 07-26-2006, 06:05 AM

i think this is a nice little way of garanteeing that you have ads on your hosting accounts

nice one

Joe

bquast · 07-28-2006, 03:56 PM

there is another way to do this with just using .htaccess and just using the .htaccess file itself forget how to do it right now, if I find my free hosting script ill pull it out of it.

champ_rock · 10-26-2006, 09:11 AM

i did everything that you said properly.. (i have not used iframes right now.. just the basic one)

but i am getting this error

Quote:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: () in /home/XXXXX/public_html/header.php on line 6

please tell me whats wrong.. also how to do it directly with .htaccess?

RageD · 10-26-2006, 01:28 PM

You used this code exactly in your header.php file?

PHP Code:

  <?php

$header = "header.html";

$footer = "footer.html";

 
$file = $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"];

$readfile($header);

$readfile($file);

$readfile($footer);

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622
?>

It must be like that and you must have your header.html file in the same directory so it can be read by this file.

-RageD

champ_rock · 10-27-2006, 02:22 AM

well i dont think that there is any problem with the header.html or footer.html

i did one trick to check that out. i removd all the header and footer entries.. so that now the code stands as
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622

Code:

<?php 

$file = $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"];  
$readfile($file); 
 
?>

here is the error log that i am getting

Code:

[27-Oct-2006 01:57:47] PHP Fatal error:  Function name must be a string in /home/gaurav/public_html/header/header.php on line 4
[27-Oct-2006 01:58:07] PHP Fatal error:  Function name must be a string in /home/gaurav/public_html/header/header.php on line 4

can u please tell me if i have to change somthing with PATH_TRANSLATED or anything according to my server or location?

i think it is some problem with string functions or something as the error log says?

RageD · 10-28-2006, 08:44 AM

You can try to do this manually:

For $file = $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED']; try this:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622

PHP Code:

  $file = "/home/YOUR_USERNAME/public_html/SCRIPT_DIRECTORY/header.php";

-RageD

champ_rock · 10-28-2006, 08:57 AM

did that but it is still not working

.. is it possible that my server admins may have blocked this kind of a function ???

and one more thing, i will give u one free cpanel hosting account with 100mb space+ 1gb bandwidth to experiment..

Joe · 11-05-2006, 10:06 AM

very nice!
not sure i really want to use it though
but for people who do
this is awesome

Joe

ArcticPro · 11-05-2006, 06:50 PM

Thanks for sharing!

prowebhoster · 12-15-2006, 06:51 AM

this does not work, tried every way said above?
still get this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: () in /home/cbmania/public_html/header/header.php on line 6

Kilk · 12-15-2006, 07:16 PM

Oh I would have never thought of this! Thank you very much, Nice tutorial!

RageD · 12-19-2006, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by prowebhoster

this does not work, tried every way said above?
still get this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: () in /home/cbmania/public_html/header/header.php on line 6

Ok, is your header.php file named correctly and in the /public_html/header directory? If so, did you check the correction above making $file direct straight to that file?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622

-RageD

Camron · 12-20-2006, 11:48 AM

Anyone can just delete the folder and edit their htaccess, even the people with no knowledge about this type of stuff.

champ_rock · 12-21-2006, 04:08 AM

ok i got to know.. this was a problem with my server... i enquired ..something like "php read file" function must be enabled to successfully implement this technique...

RageD · 12-21-2006, 04:58 AM

Normally this is already on, but I'll make sure I put it up there so people don't have this problem again!

-RageD

champ_rock · 02-12-2007, 09:13 AM

hey raged, have you found any complete solution which puts headers for php files as well??

thanks a lot

RageD · 02-12-2007, 03:11 PM

Actually I have.. This seems to work on PHP 4.x and 5.x. I will update the original post but instead of:

PHP Code:

  $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] 

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622

it seems rather that:

PHP Code:

  $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']

is a better alternative!

Cheers,
-RageD

champ_rock · 02-12-2007, 07:30 PM

yippie finally a php version as well... desperately waiting for that one dude

YesBrilliant · 02-15-2007, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by champ_rock

yippie finally a php version as well... desperately waiting for that one dude

Just like me.

Thanks for sharing!

RageD · 08-05-2007, 12:37 PM

Just felt I'd revive this one for anyone who is looking for such a solution again!

Also, I have not tested this but here is an idea. If you would like to keep the "header" directory untouchable by the user and have root access (many don't but that's alright. Maybe it would work with just SSH access on a reseller) try this:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622

cd /home/USER/public_html
chown root headers/
chown root headers/*

Again, I have not tried this. You may want to test that apache still allows the file to be executed in the browser but it should. After CHOWN'ing to root or another user (resellers try with chown YOURUSER) the user will be unable to edit the file.

-RageD

06-25-2006, 09:47 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
RageD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joliet, Illinois Posts: 1,177	[TUTORIAL] Forced ads for resellers Ok, well I finally found it... Forced ads with .htaccess file! Right now this works for .html & .htm extensions, but I'm working on getting it to .php as well, I will update as I figure that one out, it's a little more difficult for obvious reasons. (Quotes, syntax, etc. And above all, it parses through a PHP script) MUST have the php_read function enabled! (Most webservers have this on by default) YES! This is a free alternative to all the software out there First, go into your cPanel account. (Reseller) Now, not in WHM, but cPanel go into File Manager. Find your cPanel skeleton directory. In here... What we will do... First create a new folder... Name it.. header... In this folder create 3 text documents... 1 text document named: header.php 1 text document named: header.html 1 text document named: footer.html In header.php insert the following code: ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/webmaster-tutorials/210622-tutorial-forced-ads-for-resellers.html PHP Code: `<?php $header = "header.html"; $footer = "footer.html"; $file = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']; readfile($header); readfile($file); readfile($footer); ?>` In header.html insert your ad code you wish to be set in the header. In footer.html insert your ad code you wish to be set in the footer. Now go back up one directory... Edit your .htaccess file.. Add this somewhere: Code: AddHandler headered .html # Enable adds on HTML pages AddHandler headered .htm # Enable adds on HTM pages AddHandler headered .php # Enable adds on PHP pages Action headered /header/header.php ============================================== Ok, now that we have that finished, I have an iFrame code you can use! Now, let's begin.. Open backup your header.html file.. Change it to this: (Footer will not be iFrame unless you do so doing the same process) HTML Code: <HTML> <center><iframe src="http://yoursite.com/header/iframesrc.adsource" scrolling="no" width="48.2%" height="12%"></iframe></center> </HTML> <html> Now, we need to create a new file... Create a new text document and name it: iframesrc.adsource (Be sure to place it in the "header" directory) Insert you're ad code into that page... But wait... Perplexed? That is correct, we still need to make the .adsource extension a valid one! So here is what we'll do. Get out of the skeleton directory and go into the reseller account's /public_html folder. Open the .htaccess file.. In the .htaccess file add this somewhere: Code: AddHandler server-parsed adsource AddType text/html adsource Do this just in the reseller's .htaccess or wherever the ad code is being read from... This way the .adsource extension is not available for all users. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622 ============================================== At the current time it is not very secure for the user will be able to edit it, but I am working on it.. This is the basic concept and as I make changes I will create a changelog at the bottom of this post! Now creating an account will automatically ad your adcode to the site! Just make sure if needed you ad that domain to your publisher account with the ad company -RageD __________________ Microsonic Development New Programming Video Tutorials Last edited by RageD; 01-04-2008 at 03:08 PM. Reason: Updated to make work with latest PHP Versions. UPDATES COMING SOON!

07-24-2006, 07:08 PM	THREAD STARTER #4 (permalink)
RageD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joliet, Illinois Posts: 1,177	There are indeed costly programs such as iPanel, but this is a completely free alternative as mentioned above. -RageD __________________ Microsonic Development New Programming Video Tutorials

07-24-2006, 07:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
jplascencia New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2	I agree In fact, it looks very creative. By the way, did you find the way to make the appear on PHP scripts? My previous Reply was only looking if someone else found another way to do that, inclusive, under payment. My problem is that I don't have the money for a dedicated server (and, monthly fees ) but I can try to pay once for a script (that can be installed on a cheaper shared hosting service). Sorry for any inconvenience i've caused.

07-26-2006, 06:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
Joe Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kent ~ U.K. Posts: 3,209	i think this is a nice little way of garanteeing that you have ads on your hosting accounts nice one Joe __________________ Myself and "JackHeskett" are no longer associated with FusedHosting.net. Please pipe all PMs to admin [at] fusedhosting.net.

10-26-2006, 01:28 PM	THREAD STARTER #9 (permalink)
RageD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joliet, Illinois Posts: 1,177	You used this code exactly in your header.php file? PHP Code: `<?php $header = "header.html"; $footer = "footer.html"; $file = $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"]; $readfile($header); $readfile($file); $readfile($footer); ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622 ?>` It must be like that and you must have your header.html file in the same directory so it can be read by this file. -RageD __________________ Microsonic Development New Programming Video Tutorials

06-25-2006, 11:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
Collector NamePros Regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 240	Great work! Got to try that out. Thanks...

07-24-2006, 04:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
jplascencia New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2	Looking to 'force ads' I found something called mod_layout and, better (I believe, but I'm not a real webmaster) http://www.ihostdev.com/ipanel.html . It looks good but I don't have a dedicated server to install it. Does anybody has install it on a VPS? I'm looking for a good provider of VPS where I am sure it can be installed. Any suggestion? Thanks.

07-28-2006, 03:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
bquast NamePros Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hardisty, Alberta Canada Posts: 179	there is another way to do this with just using .htaccess and just using the .htaccess file itself forget how to do it right now, if I find my free hosting script ill pull it out of it.

10-27-2006, 02:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
champ_rock Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: http://akshayjain.org Posts: 2,817	well i dont think that there is any problem with the header.html or footer.html i did one trick to check that out. i removd all the header and footer entries.. so that now the code stands as ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622 Code: <?php $file = $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"]; $readfile($file); ?> here is the error log that i am getting Code: [27-Oct-2006 01:57:47] PHP Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /home/gaurav/public_html/header/header.php on line 4 [27-Oct-2006 01:58:07] PHP Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /home/gaurav/public_html/header/header.php on line 4 can u please tell me if i have to change somthing with PATH_TRANSLATED or anything according to my server or location? i think it is some problem with string functions or something as the error log says? Last edited by champ_rock; 10-28-2006 at 08:51 AM. Reason: added

10-28-2006, 08:44 AM	THREAD STARTER #11 (permalink)
RageD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joliet, Illinois Posts: 1,177	You can try to do this manually: For $file = $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED']; try this: ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622 PHP Code: `$file = "/home/YOUR_USERNAME/public_html/SCRIPT_DIRECTORY/header.php";` -RageD __________________ Microsonic Development New Programming Video Tutorials

10-28-2006, 08:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
champ_rock Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: http://akshayjain.org Posts: 2,817	did that but it is still not working .. is it possible that my server admins may have blocked this kind of a function ??? and one more thing, i will give u one free cpanel hosting account with 100mb space+ 1gb bandwidth to experiment..

11-05-2006, 10:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
Joe Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kent ~ U.K. Posts: 3,209	very nice! not sure i really want to use it though but for people who do this is awesome Joe __________________ Myself and "JackHeskett" are no longer associated with FusedHosting.net. Please pipe all PMs to admin [at] fusedhosting.net.

11-05-2006, 06:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
ArcticPro New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17	Thanks for sharing!

12-15-2006, 06:51 AM	#15 (permalink)
prowebhoster New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4	this does not work, tried every way said above? still get this error Fatal error: Call to undefined function: () in /home/cbmania/public_html/header/header.php on line 6

12-15-2006, 07:16 PM	#16 (permalink)
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12-20-2006, 11:48 AM	#18 (permalink)
Camron Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 2,100 Follow @hostingfuze	Anyone can just delete the folder and edit their htaccess, even the people with no knowledge about this type of stuff. __________________ HostingFuze.com Premium Master Reseller Services \| 99.9% Uptime Guaranteed SLA \| Starting at $4.95/mo Basic Reseller Hosting @ HostFz.com - Services starting as low as $1.95/mo!

12-21-2006, 04:08 AM	#19 (permalink)
champ_rock Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: http://akshayjain.org Posts: 2,817	ok i got to know.. this was a problem with my server... i enquired ..something like "php read file" function must be enabled to successfully implement this technique...

12-21-2006, 04:58 AM	THREAD STARTER #20 (permalink)
RageD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joliet, Illinois Posts: 1,177	Normally this is already on, but I'll make sure I put it up there so people don't have this problem again! -RageD __________________ Microsonic Development New Programming Video Tutorials

02-12-2007, 09:13 AM	#21 (permalink)
champ_rock Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: http://akshayjain.org Posts: 2,817	hey raged, have you found any complete solution which puts headers for php files as well?? thanks a lot

02-12-2007, 03:11 PM	THREAD STARTER #22 (permalink)
RageD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joliet, Illinois Posts: 1,177	Actually I have.. This seems to work on PHP 4.x and 5.x. I will update the original post but instead of: PHP Code: `$_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622` it seems rather that: PHP Code: `$_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']` is a better alternative! Cheers, -RageD __________________ Microsonic Development New Programming Video Tutorials

02-12-2007, 07:30 PM	#23 (permalink)
champ_rock Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: http://akshayjain.org Posts: 2,817	yippie finally a php version as well... desperately waiting for that one dude

08-05-2007, 12:37 PM	THREAD STARTER #25 (permalink)
RageD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joliet, Illinois Posts: 1,177	Just felt I'd revive this one for anyone who is looking for such a solution again! Also, I have not tested this but here is an idea. If you would like to keep the "header" directory untouchable by the user and have root access (many don't but that's alright. Maybe it would work with just SSH access on a reseller) try this: ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=210622 cd /home/USER/public_html chown root headers/ chown root headers/* Again, I have not tried this. You may want to test that apache still allows the file to be executed in the browser but it should. After CHOWN'ing to root or another user (resellers try with chown YOURUSER) the user will be unable to edit the file. -RageD __________________ Microsonic Development New Programming Video Tutorials Last edited by RageD; 08-05-2007 at 12:48 PM.

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