Setup Content Hosting Banner in Counter-Strike
We have seen many server owners asking about how to show Content Hosting Provided By banners on different online forums and social website. Most of the solutions provided on those forums are outdated and hence not working. So here is a simple, updated and working tutorial for setting this up for your HLDS Server.
Content hosting provided by is a banner which is displayed to the players connecting to a Counter-Strike server. When a new map is added on server, a player is shown this banner with a progress bar while the map is downloading on their computer.
Steps:
These steps are tested on Counter-Strike 1.6 Server but they should also work on other servers too.
- Banner Design:
Design a 340 x 56 GIF banner named steam_banner.gif in your favorite logo designing software.
You can also download and edit this logo we are using for our server:
- Required Files:
You will need to place your banner file and an HTML file named steam_banner.html in the gfx directory like below:
cstrike/gfx/steam_banner.gif
cstrike/gfx/steam_banner.html
Edit the steam_banner.html file and place the following code in it:
<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="margin: 0px" bgcolor="#000000">
<html>
<a href="http://cdn01.counterstrike.com.pk/game/cstrike/gfx/" target="_new"><img border="0" src="steam_banner.gif"></a>
</html>
</body>
- Hosting Space / Fast Downloading:
Read this tutorial for setting up Fast Downloading: Setup fast downloading for Counter-Strike
This is where you upload your maps and other resource files so they can be downloaded with full speed. You will also need this place to upload your banner and the HTML file. Setup the directory structure on the web host accordingly. Go to cstrike/gfx directory and upload your banner and HTML files there.
Suppose your web host address is MyCSServer.000webhost.com then your files should be accessible like this:
http://MyCSServer.000webhost.com/cstrike/gfx/steam_banner.gif
http://MyCSServer.000webhost.com/cstrike/gfx/steam_banner.html
- server.cfg File:
Append the following lines in your cstrike/server.cfg file:
sv_downloadurl "http://MyCSServer.000webhost.com/cstrike/"
sv_allowdownload 1
- Testing:
Add a new map to your server that you have never played before and also upload it on your web host. Now restart your server and join your server from game. While the new map is downloaded, you should see your banner in action.If you face any problems following this guide, simply write in comments and we will try our best to help you!
i tried this not working
You must have missed something.
taimoor can you plz help i need this to work
please reccomend another host apart of 000webhost.com
Whats wrong with 000webhost?
Its the best one for this purpose.
There are other service providers you can google for it but again this one is the best!
000 webhost has conectivity issues while downloading files kindly help
<3 Working Great <3 :*
Thank you so much Taimoor Bhai 🙂
Nice looking banner btw 🙂
I am glad you got it working 😀
Its a pleasure for me 😉
Taimoor Zaffar Bahi Plx Help me !! Does not Working On My Sever Help me 🙂
Where did you download your server from?
Are you getting any errors?
Taimoor bahi I am PiKu* . Mene apne sv k addons khud banae he.Every thing is right . I haved tryed this twice time .but doesnt work help me
From where did you download the server setup?
Taimoor bahi I am PiKu* . Mene apne sv k addons khud banae he.Every thing is right . I haved tryed this twice time .but doesnt work help me
Please HELP ME
How can i create a banners for my CS 1.6 5 servers in my website like the banners available in Game tracker ??????
With any software and how to collect the informations from the server ???
There are many software using which you can develop banners including AAALogo and Adobe Photoshop.
What information do you need to connect from the server?
I know how to create the banners witj aaalogo
But i want to know how can i connect these information via the server : map, players, ip and all the information in my cs server to show them after in my website ( like gametracker)
If your website is developed in PHP, you will need to use PHP-Source-Query developed by xPaw.
It will provide most of the needed info and get you started 🙂
I want to know how can i collect these information from my server cs 1.6 and how i can share in my website in real time ( map, players, ip server, server name … Like in gametracker)
Hope you can help me
As I have stated in my previous comment, you will need to use this “PHP-Source-Query” library developed in PHP for this purpose.
You will have to configure a CRON job on your web server that will query your game server after regular intervals and update the information on your website in real time.
Taimoor Bahi .. Em PiKu*
Mene Ye Wapis Try Kiya
Please Ap TEAMVIWER KE Zareye Mera Hosting Banner Set Kar Sakte he ? Please
Sorry bro that wont be possible these days as I am stuck with some projects. You can ask someone in cs.pakistan group on facebook. Guys there will surely help you out 🙂
Ok !! Tz bahi jb ap ke projects khatm hojae phir kar dena ??
Sure.
Just send me an Email and I will respond as soon as possible 🙂
Nick PiKu*
Fb = [email protected]
or
fb.com/fayaz.siraj
Fayaz Siraj
Ap Add Ho Mery Fb me
bro ye steam or html file wala kissa samjh ni araha
please when i choose (file manger) it tell me it wanna pass
when i enter it it tell me it wrong and the server seion expert
My error in server is people connect through cs but there cs get blocked and closes.my serer ip 182.176.116.200:27070 please connect and tell me it is zombie server static IP ports are correct
link to download ???