ad 4.7.x-1.0-beta3

NOTE: If upgrading from an earlier beta release of the ad module, you must run update.php as there was a schema change in -beta3.

What's new: filter adserve input to prevent XSS attacks; can schedule ads to be automatically enabled or disabled at a certain time; can schedule ads to be automatically disabled after a configurable number of views or clicks; support for displaying multiple ads (also built into auto-generated ad blocks); improved ad status messages when viewing ad nodes; a proof-of-concept ad_report module for basic gd-generated graphical reports; improved support for PHP4; improve path handling to allow ads to be used when Drupal is hosted in a subdirectory; various bugfixes.

Current features: support for any number of configurable ad groups; collection of comprehensive statistics allowing time-based reporting and analysis; tracking of when and where ads are clicked, by which user and which IP; activation/expiration scheduling based on time, clicks or views; an ad_image plug-in for image (aka banner) ads; and an ad_text plug-in for simple text ads; an ad_report plug-in for basic graphical reports; support for multiple advertisement owners; granular per-advertisement/per-owner permissions system; file-based caching for improved performance; support for external caching methods; an administrative statistics overview page; 'my ads' page for listing all ads owned by a given user; auto-generated ad blocks supporting a configurable number of ads.