ad 5.x-1.0-beta8

This is the first official beta release of the ad module for Drupal 5.x.

Currently implemented features:

• auto-generated ad blocks supporting a configurable number of ads
• automatically or manually embed ads into site content
• collection of comprehensive statistics allowing time-based reporting and analysis
• tracking of when and where ads are clicked, by which user and which IP
• integrated with the views module for fine-grained control of which ads are displayed where and to whom
• advertisements can have multiple owners
• granular per-advertisement/per-owner permissions system
• email notifications
• activation/expiration scheduling based on time, clicks or views
• an ad_image plug-in for image (aka banner) ads
• an ad_text plug-in for simple text ads
• an ad_report plug-in for basic graphical reports
• an administrative statistics overview page
• support for any number of configurable ad groups
• file-based caching for improved performance
• support for external caching methods
• views powered 'my ads' pages for listing all ads owned by a given user