i want to put a banner on our ts server. i looked on the ts website and it says we have to edit the server ini file. we dont have access to edit that file in cortex. has anyone put a banner on their ts server and if so how? here is what it says to do from ts website.


Q: How do I get a banner on my server?

A:
To stop all the confusion about how to put a banner into the top-right corner of the client:
You don't need any TCP query command for it, it's as easy as editing the server.ini.

Append the following lines to your server.ini file:

[ISP]
GFX URL=http://available.for.all.clients/image.jpg

Requirements:
You need the TeamSpeak 2 server version 2.0.20.1 or later.
You need to have superadmin rights (in case you rent a server, you will most surely do not have superadmin rights).
The image has to be in JPG-format.
Try to keep the filesize as small as possible (< 50 KBytes). Too large banner files caused problems in the past.
The maximal image size is 300x150 pixels.
All clients must have access to the image file so you can't store it just simple on your harddisk. It is known that some image hosters cause problems. You might find more info in our Forums.
The server has to be restarted to make a change to the server.ini effective. Simply restarting any virtual server is NOT enough!

In case you want to link your banner with a website (on-click), do the following:
Open the file server.ini that is created in the same directory where the server executable is located.
Look for the following line in section [WebPost]:

ISPLinkURL=


Modify it like this:

ISPLinkURL=http://www.GoTeamSpeak.com
Do NOT add a second entry called ISPLinkURL= as this won't work.

In case you have configured a new banner file but still the old file is beeing shown, please notice that every banner is stored in the file imagecache.ini, which should be located in the following folder:

%AppData%/teamspeak2/

In the latest client version (2.0.32.60) this cache file does not update automatically. You'll have to delete the old image files manually.


here is the url to the photo i want to use

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/gog...oWTeamSpeak.jpg


thanks in advance for your help

Without RDC, I believe your SOL on this one right now.

You can edit the file server.ini with your file browser through Cortex assuming that this through Cortex.

I have a banner in my TS servers and it works like a charm, link and all.

When did the permissions on the server.ini file change? I though it was view only...

*runs to check*

it is view only..... thats the problem. at least on ranked box. i have even tried to download the file edit it. then upload it and it still doesnt work. says that file is protected by cortex.

have you stopped the servers before trying to edit them?

yes i have stopped the instance. i think bottom line is that in order to get the banner to work you need to edit the server ini file.

klaude if i submit a ticket and pm it to you would i be able to get access to edit the server ini file? i was hoping that someone would know of another way.

I need to make a game patch to add the ISP section of the .ini. I'll try to have it out today.

you da man klaude.

thanks

The update is out. Thanks for waiting, guys. The GFX URL cvar is now in the basic config forms for Teamspeak servers. Let me know if anything is amiss.

I did this update now all my teamspeaks have lost the users, and channels. Anyone else have this problem?

The update only added the cvar and in no way at all touched the teamspeak user/channel database.

Has anyone else experienced this before I hit the update button?!?!?!?

Can't tell. My instances aren't stating up again. Going to restart our TS box and see.

eeeekkkk :shock:

Yep. Lost all channels.

And I'm guessing all users as well.



Going to be a fun day...

Thanks for being the guinea pigs guys, let me know when it is fixed.

/me volunteers doc to be the guinea pig next time

Heres what happened:

The ts engine update didn't touch the ts database file, but the function that re-syncs engine to isntance files thats called for every instance when an engine update did. This replaced the server.dbs file when the engine update was applied, and essentially resets the ts server to its default state. I just put out an update to Cortex so it won't replace server.dbs when ts is updated. If you've been holding off updating ts on your server then it should be safe to do so now.

Those of you that already updated need to:
1) Stop your TS instances in Cortex.
2) Resave the config in Cortex. This will put your admin password back into server.dbs so it can start up and so Cortex can talk to it.
3) Restart your TS instance. It should come up fine, though your users and channels will still be gone.

Needless to say this slipped through our testing. I don't know of any way to get your channels or users back other than to re-create them from scratch. You have my apologies for this, and it definately won't happen again.

LMAO! Sounds fair

The banner is probably 400X100. I created a 300X150 like the config says and it is distorted.

If any of you who did update can't get to your TS servers at all after updating Cortex and following my instructions in my previous post please open a support ticket and pm me your ticket number. I have a fix I can apply for ya.

Yes, I updated TeamSpeak and lost everything.
However I did have a backup database and ini file.

It seemed to completely overwrite these files.

This hasnt been fixed yet? I havent done any updates as most of them havent applied to anything i needed except the TS and i saw this post so have been waiting.

I updated mine after the fix and everything is working fine.

If you have the latest version of Cortex then you should be fine. If you're still concerned then backup your ts server's server.dbs file before upgrading.

As klaude stated, "backup your ts server's server.dbs file before you upgrade". Just in case.

There is now a teamspeak banner dispatcher addon you can enable
It gives each server its own banner image and link
I have enabled them myself on my site, there is a demo public if you want to see

works fine, little complicated to install and find. search for teamspeak banner dispatcher 0.3