Here is a short description of how the advertisements are organized on `Ruboard test forum' (and how can you earn money by advertising on your boards).

I'm using two banner systems - ValueClick and LinkExchange. You may use anything yu like. ValueClick pays $0.12..$0.15 per click and LinkExchange lets you advertise your products.

Assuming you are using Apache web server (as I am) here are the steps:

1. The Value Click and LinkExchange accounts was opened;

2. The parameter ``$adfile="ad.html";'' added to ruboard.cf;

3. The file ad.html created:

   <CENTER><!--#exec cmd="/www/lib/scripts/ad"--></CENTER>
   

4. Nearly the same line added to the index page (and actually to almost all htmls on this site :));

5. The following two lines added to the .htaccess file:

   Options +Includes
   AddHandler server-parsed .html
   

6. The script `/www/lib/script/ad' created as follows (don't forget to change account number):

   #!/usr/bin/perl
   srand($$);
   $id=int(rand(10000));
   if(rand>0.4)
   { print <<EOT;
   <iframe src="http://leader.linkexchange.com/$id/X835952/showiframe?"
   width=468 height=60 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0
   frameborder=0 scrolling=no>
   <a href="http://leader.linkexchange.com/$id/X835952/clickle" target="_top"><img
   width=468 height=60 border=0 ismap alt=""
   src="http://leader.linkexchange.com/$id/X835952/showle?"></a></iframe>
   EOT
   }
   else
   { print <<EOT;
   <A TARGET="_top" HREF="http://www22.valueclick.com/cgi-bin/redirect?host=h0032839&b=$id"><IMG
   BORDER=0 WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 ALT="Please visit our sponsors."
   SRC="http://www22.valueclick.com/cgi-bin/cycle?host=h0032839&b=$id"></A>
   EOT
   }
   exit(0);
   

7. That's all! If you have problems placing advertisements on your forums - do not hesitate to ask me.

I wish you good luck and big cash!

And don't forget to register Ruboard if you've decided to place advertisements on your site!