Erik Geurts

Yes, this should work just fine with Revive Adserver as well.

Hi,
My revive adserver 3.1 was hacked last week (in fact the malicious file was on my server for a few months - I think it exploited an old security breach in a former open x version, to send a plugin.php file in my images folder)
I deleted this file and changed all my codes. Everything seems OK now.
The hacker used my server during a few hours, to publish his own Google Ads on my website ! very clever ;-)
I ve noted his Google adsense account number.
Do you think I have to indicate it to Google ? (or it's a lost cause)
If yes, where Can I do it ? (it s nearly impossible to find a contact form in Google help website !)
Thanks per advance.

Hi Paul,
 
Easy on the ! please...
 
To answer your question: In the invocation code, instead of adding "&source=15", just add "&type=15". See also http://www.reviveconsultant.com/articles/how-to-dynamically-insert-an-affiliate-id-into-a-banner/ for a variation on this topic.

Targeting channels are related to delivery limitations but they have nothing to do with this question.
 
You need to add the site variable to the SPC code line:
 
<script type='text/javascript'><!--// <![CDATA[
var type = '02';
// ]]> --></script><script type='text/javascript' src='http:  //  www.example.com/www/delivery/spcjs.php?id=1&amp;target=_blank'></script>
 
becomes:
 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http:  //  www.example.com/www/delivery/spcjs.php?id=1&type=15&amp;target=_blank'>
 
That's all.

I installed 3.1.0 and so far it looks very sweet. Banners appearing fine, admin and stats. functionality all there, (from what I've seen so far). Looking very good. Just thought you might like to have a positive feedback for a change
 

Please review the upgrade instructions at http://www.revive-adserver.com/support/upgrading/
 
You will have to make sure all files and all folder and sub folder and all files inside those have the correct permissions. If they don't then the upgrade wizard will not let you continue.

Question 1: yes, just look at the advertiser properties tab, check the appropriate box and enter the interval as 1 day(s).
 
Question 2: no.
 
Question 3: yes, just open the database, and query as much as you want.

Revive needs some very simple changes in order to deliver an acceptable installation/upgrade experience:
 
When it fails to write to an expected location, tell the user what location cannot be written to. At worst you could write a message to the error_log.
 
This is especially important because for whatever reason (a horribly misguided one is my guess) Revive's installer thinks it needs the absolute path from filesystem root—not from webroot—in order to perform an upgrade. So if Revive's installer may *think* it wants to write a file somewhere totally outside the webroot. Which is bad. Especially bad when you're instructing people to set permissions to 777.
 
Furthermore, even knowing that "the supplied Images Folder" is what couldn't be written to, where did that path get supplied from? If you report the path back that provides context so that the person reading the error doesn't bang her or his head against a brick wall trying to change the wrong directory. It doesn't matter whether the user or Revive is wrong about the path to the Images folder; it only matters that we know that we're tallking about the same folder.
 
Case in point: by editing InstallController.php at line 793:
$errMessage = $GLOBALS['strImageDirLockedDetected'].' {'.$aConfig['config']['store']['webDir'].'}'; // appended filename in brackets error_log($errMessage); // new line added I can see in the error logs that the Revive installer is checking the folder permissions on an empty string. There is simply no solution to this issue that inolves changing directory permissions or creating a directory. The instructions provided by the error message are flat wrong.
 
So with all due respect, Erik, your answer that users should learn to RTFM is dismissive and insulting.
 
In my case, in order to get the installer to move forward, I had to change webDir in the [store] section of my .conf.php to the absolute filesystem path. So that's a whole other issue: you should never need to know what the absolute filesystem path is.
 
Never.
 
Never ever.
 
There is no reason to. None at all. And it probably breaks all kinds of cross-platform requirements, and it looks like you're trying to compromise the security of the server, and potentially you could be enabling a security exploit. So stop it.
 
I have to congratulate Revive on the detail in the upgrade guide, but it could be written with a bit more attention to context. It's not clear, for example, that having two copies of the database is a suggestion while having two copies of the codebase is an absolute necessity. The first thing that I did was make a new dev instance on a virtual machine with a new copy of the codebase and a new copy of the database. And then I made a new copy of the database which was never needed.
 
Another copy of the database isn't a bad thing. The point is that the instructions were unclear enough about the process—despite the agonizing level of detail—that you ought to reexamine how those instructions are written.
 
It's all just suggestions here. It's free software and I haven't put the work into your software package to be in any position to make any demands. But hopefully free advice is, like free software, sometimes worth more than you paid for it.

Erik, I'm not blaming you that the instructions "don't match". I'm saying that in your eagerness to make the instructions include all possible levels, you went far enough that it backfired and that they lost clarity. I know that the second copy of the database isn't necessary. I'm just saying that it was not clear from your instructions which steps were necessary and which steps were helpful hints.
 
But stop right there if you are saying that the "Directories Must Be Writable" issue is the result of something I did differently from the instructions.
 
I did not stray from the instructions until I encountered a problem where the support forum (here) had the author (you) responding to another user (tobean) with the same problem with a response that was, if polite, dismissive. You made it absolutely clear that you did not bother to read his or her report.
 
Tobean wrote: "I have also changed all directories and sub directories to 777"
 
You replied with by saying the Tobean should review the instructions and that "You will have to make sure all files and all folder and sub folder and all files inside those have the correct permissions."
 
So in response to Tobean telling you that she or he had complied with step 5 of the preparations section of your instructions, you suggested that the solution was to follow thie instuction in step 5 of the preparations section. Can you see how that fails to be even slightly helpful? Do you see how disrespectful that is? Of course you didn't write the "F" word in there but it's the same level of disrespect.
 
I'm sure that you didn't mean an insult. You're a busy person and I'm sure you just didn't read the question as deeply as you normally would.
 
The only important question here is: what can Tobean (another user landing on this thread) do when faced with the "Directories Must Be Writable" error?

Hi Christoph Künzel,
 
Good Morning!
 
Kindly check openxmods site and you can find lots of Mods for Openx/Revive Adserver, Which is going to be very efficient for you. In fact, They have have exact mods that you're looking for Pagepeel adformat, Push down Advertisement and billboard banner.

Do you mean that the AdSense ads don't work and/or display on your site? Or is the problem just that the clicks are not counted?

Hi Anand Sharma,
 
I read your requirements and we had developed to show ad of other app on his own mobile app for one of our customer in Revive Ad server, Which is very similar to your requirements.
 
We have our own mods for Revive Adserver and kindly contact us and we are ready to assist you.
http://www.adservermods.com/contact-us/info_2.html
 
Kindly give more details to understand the exact work flow.

Repyling to my own post in order to close:
 
The solution was not to put the URL, but the server path into the config area in revive IP2Location plugin settings.

AppNexus statistics are usually 3-4 hours behind, Revive Adserver stats are updated at the top of each hour.

Eliza0406 is not a member of the Revive Adserver team.
 
The Revive Adserver team is very happy to have other people participate in the community -- indeed, we actively encourage everyone to take part!
 
We are also happy if people want to offer paid services (consulting, support, development, plugins or anything else really) around Revive Adserver.
 
However, it should be clear that outside of those people on listed on the Revive Adserver website, anything you may decide to pay for is outside of the Revive Adserver team's control, and is not "official". That's not to say that it may not be any good - it may very well be. However, we will not comment on that kind of thing, and the fact that there is a user on the forums offering to sell you a Revive Adserver database ERD does not constitute an official policy from the team.
 
I hope that clarifies the matter! 

Hi xtech,
 
Just have a look at my company's website http://www.reviveservers.com/ , we would be happy to help you out!
 
Regards, Erik

There is no feature to let an advertiser user create their own campaign. This is intentional.

More specifically, if you want to target certain ISPs, the way to do this is with the already included plugin for MaxMind, and to use the MaxMind ISP database.
 
MaxMind offer a free version of most of their databases, but for up to date info, you would probably want to consider their commercial ISP database, as it's not that expensive.
 
As of the Revive Adserver 3.0.x series, make sure you get the GeoIP Legacy version - MaxMind's GeoIP2 is not yet supported.

Thanks for the details.
 
We have a Plugin for Ip Location targeting and you can check the details in the below URL
http://www.openxmods.com/openxmods/Ip-Location-targeting/prod_1496.html
 
If you have any specific requirements,Kindly sent the details and we are glad to create a custom Plugin for you.

My company offers Revive Adserver hosting, just have a look at http://www.reviveservers.com
 
If you migrate to us, we'll work together to make sure all your existing campaign data and statistics come along for the ride, and once it's on our platform, we'll do the upgrade for you (and all future upgrades). No charges for the migration, nor for the upgrades, that's all included in the price. And once you're on board, our team will take care of everything related to the hosting, all you have to do is manage your campaigns and site(s). And all of our hosting customers get the Dashboard plugin free of charge.
 
Just fill out the form at http://www.reviveservers.com/revive-adserver-hosting/ to contact us, and will be in touch with details about pricing and other practical items.

Have you checked if the server meets all technical requirements?
http://www.revive-adserver.com/support/requirements/

The openXWorkflow and openXMarket plugins are no longer part of Revive Adserver and are supposed to be removed during a properly executed upgrade from OpenX to Revive Adserver.

Please also refer to this topic about the same subject: http://forum.revive-adserver.com/topic/9-asynchronous-loading/

Hi,
Yes, you can add another user into a Revive Adserver account, I suggest you the following product with such a feature for your reference.
    http://www.openxmods...s/prod_830.html , which you might find it useful.

Hi jason,
Hope it is not an existing feature in Revie Adserver, to get such a feature you need to do customization.