I'm puzzeled....which is not very hard to do to me  
I do not understand the "Ad code Box" or the "How Many Ad's to Show" box.  in Main Preferences
I have enabled phpadsnew on my site and i want to serve up banners  from supporters.  Any help would be much appreciated.

http://www.sec6.com

Add the ad code, then specify the number of ads to show.  Make sure you aren't selected for a group to not show the ads to.

Here is the code I am putting in the box.

<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src='http://sec6.com/ads/adx.js'></script>
<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>
<!--
   if (!document.phpAds_used) document.phpAds_used = ',';
   phpAds_random = new String (Math.random()); phpAds_random = phpAds_random.substring(2,11);
  
   document.write ("<" + "script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src='");
   document.write ("http://sec6.com/ads/adjs.php?n=" + phpAds_random);
   document.write ("&amp;what=zone:1");
   document.write ("&amp;exclude=" + document.phpAds_used);
   if (document.referrer)
      document.write ("&amp;referer=" + escape(document.referrer));
   document.write ("'><" + "/script>");
//-->
</script><noscript><a href='http://sec6.com/ads/adclick.php?n=a46a7d9b' target='_blank'><img src='http://sec6.com/ads/adview.php?what=zone:1&amp;n=a46a7d9b' border='0' alt=''></a></noscript>

I would like to use the php code but i need to use an include page and dont know where to put it
phpadsnew.inc.php

<?php
    if (@include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'/ads/phpadsnew.inc.php')) {
        if (!isset($phpAds_context)) $phpAds_context = array();
        $phpAds_raw = view_raw ('zone:1', 0, '', '', '0', $phpAds_context);
        echo $phpAds_raw['html'];
    }
?>

The documentation says also The view() function does not work well in template-based websites.
Is it hopeless for me?
Thanks for the help.
PS I also need a forum upgrade

Ok the Javascript is working but I would really like to use the PHP code

I would like to use the php code but i need to use an include page and dont know where to put it
phpadsnew.inc.php

<?php
    if (@include(getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT').'/ads/phpadsnew.inc.php')) {
        if (!isset($phpAds_context)) $phpAds_context = array();
        $phpAds_raw = view_raw ('zone:1', 0, '', '', '0', $phpAds_context);
        echo $phpAds_raw['html'];
    }
?>

Any way to point me?

Give me some time and I may have this figured out
I do not need to put the
<?php include("/ads/phpadsnew.inc.php"); ?>
But i do need to name my test page .php instead of html

Now just getting it into eblah ad code

PHP is not working , any ideas?

PHP will never work.

If you need something like that to work, use JavaScript.

Thanks Justin, I do have  Javascript working.

The actual add script need to have a "show" as a javascript

Quoted from kbruce

Thanks Justin, I do have  Javascript working.

I mean, you can't do PHP, but you can call the php using JavaScript and then return valid JavaScript code.  This is how the things in the Admin Center work.  They could work other ways (server-sided), but that would be senseless.

I am happy with using just the javascript...baby steps for me right now.  
A) I would like to know where to put the javascript code in the header to get a banner to work on the main forum page.
B) The script only works on my first board in the forum. does not pull up banners in 2nd, 3rd or 4th boards. Is there something I need to activate from the admin panel for the other boards?

What do you mean?  A screen shot would help.

Here you go

Basicly I would like to put my logo and a banner like you have on this forum up there ^  

Just edit your template, at the top of it add your ad code (somewhere around <blah main>).