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Showing posts with label WordPress. Show all posts

2.12.11

How to Use Google Adsense With Wordpress

Google Adsense is an advertisement network that allows you to place Google ads on your Wordpress blog. Google will pay you for these ads based on the number of visits your Wordpress blog receives and the number of clicks visitors make on your ads. Once you have designed an Adsense ad on your Google account, Google will provide you with an HTML code that you can copy and paste to a widget on your Wordpress blog.

Instructions:

1) Log into your Google Adsense account.

2) Navigate to the "My Ads" tab and click "Get Code" next to the Adsense ad you want to display. This will take you to a page with the ad's HTML code.

3) Highlight the code with your mouse, right click and click "Copy" from the menu. This will copy the code to your computer's temporary memory.

Insert Code in Wordpress Widget

1) Log into your Wordpress dashboard using your Wordpress account.

2) Click the "Appearance" option in the menu, then click the "Widgets" submenu. This will take you to the widgets section of your blog.

3) Click a widget position from the menu on the right, such as "Left Sidebar," "Right Sidebar," or "Primary Widget Area." A menu will unfold and display all the widgets currently in the widget area. The widget area you choose depends on where you want the ad to appear on your site and which widget areas are available on your Wordpress template.

4) Left-click and drag the "Text" widget option from the widget bank on the left side of the screen into the widget area you just selected in the right menu. This will create a blank new widget text box for you to edit.

5) Type a name for your advertising box in the "Title" text box. This is optional.

6) Right-click inside of the larger content text box and select "Paste" from the menu. This will paste your Adsense code into the widget.

7) Click the "Save" button. Now when you visit your Wordpress blog, you will see your Adsense ad.



Source - eHow

9.11.11

How to Add AdSense to a WordPress Theme

WordPress is an open source blogging platform that offers users a great deal of flexibility in customizing their website with the use of readily available themes and plug-ins. In particular, the modular plug-in model for customizing WordPress allows you to extend the functionality of your blog quickly with just a few clicks. The Advertising Manager plug-in is designed to integrate and manage Google AdSense advertising banners and sidebars from within the WordPress administrative interface.

Instructions:

Install Advertising Manager

1) Navigate to your WordPress blog and log in to your administrative panel.

2) Click "Plugins" and then click "Add New."

3) Type "Advertising Manager" into the search box and click "Search Plugins."

4) Click "Install Now" to install the Advertising Manager plug-in.

5)Click "Activate Plugin" to enable Advertising Manager and begin using it to add AdSense code to your WordPress theme.


Import AdSense Code

1) Click the "Ads" button that now appears in your WordPress administrative sidebar. You will be presented with an input box that you can use to add Google AdSense code.

2) Navigate to Google AdSense in a new tab or window and log in to your account.

3) Copy the AdSense code for an existing advertisement or create a new one if needed.

4) Paste the Google AdSense code into the Advertising Manager input box and then click "Import" to add the AdSense advertisement to your WordPress administrative panel.

5) Title your advertisement and adjust any other settings related to the ad and then click "Save."


Add AdSense Ads to Theme

1) Click "Appearance" and then "Editor" in your WordPress administrative panel to edit your theme.

2) Select the theme element where you would like to add the AdSense advertisements.

3) Type "[ad#name]" replacing "name" with the name of your AdSense ad in the position of the WordPress theme element where you want the advertisement to appear.

4) Click "Appearance" and then "Widgets" to add a simple advertising widget to your WordPress theme sidebar.

5) Drag the "Advertisement" widget to the position on your sidebar where you would like the advertisement to appear and then select the ad that you'd like to display.



Source - eHow

4.11.11

How to Use Google's AdSense With WordPress

Many bloggers choose to monetize their blogs using Google AdSense. Even though WordPress is a rival with Google's own blogging platform, Blogger, it is not very difficult to add AdSense to a self-hosted WordPress site. You can insert ads practically anywhere on your blog, such as at the top or bottom of a post or on a sidebar. Experiment with different positions to see which get you the highest click rate and make sure your blog meets Google AdSense standards.

Instructions:

Setup

1) Log into your Web hosting account. Install the WordPress package in the root directory of your domain, such as yoursite.com or wherever you wish to install your WordPress blog. Follow the instructions of your Web hosting provider. When you install WordPress, note your administrator user name and password.

2) Log into your Google AdSense account. Click "My ads" on the menu and then click "Get code" under the name of the ad unit you want to use. Click the code, right-click and select "Copy."

3) Sign into your WordPress account using your administrator user name and password.

Sidebar

1) Look on the left navigation bar in WordPress. Click the drop-down arrow next to "Appearance." Click "Widgets."

2) Click the sidebar where you want to insert the AdSense ad. For example, click "Sidebar 1."

3) Look in the "Available Widgets" area. Click and drag "Text" over to the sidebar. When the dotted outline of a rectangle appears, drop the text widget.

4) Drag the widget up or down to position it where you want the AdSense ad. If there are other widgets in the sidebar, as there usually are, you will probably want to move the newly added widget to where you expect it to get clicks without disturbing user experience.

5) Click the drop-down arrow next to the "Text" label. Enter a label for the widget, such as "Advertisement."

6) Right-click the main input box. Click "Paste" to transfer the AdSense code into the widget.

7) Click "Save." Click "Close."

8) Click the name of your WordPress site on the top left of the page to view your blog. It may take a few minutes before Google generates ads for the unit.

Single Post

1) Click the drop-down arrow next to "Appearance" and then click "Editor" to open the "Edit Themes" page.

2) Click "Single Post" on the list of PHP files on the right.

3) Scroll down the code area to find the following line, or similar: '); ?>

4) Right-click and hit "Ctrl" and "V" to paste the AdSense code below the above line. This will place the ad immediately below the WordPress post content. You can also add formatting such as "" to align the ad as you like.

5) Click "Update File" to save the changes.

6) Click the name of your site on the top left of the page. Click a post title to see how the AdSense ad appears on a single post.

Tips and Warnings:

If you use the old AdSense interface, the directions for finding your AdSense units are different. Click "AdSense Setup," click "Manage Ads" and then click "Code" next to the ad unit you want to use. Click and copy the code in the same way as you do in the new AdSense interface. Do not put misleading labels on the widgets where you put AdSense, such as "Great links here." Each WordPress theme may have a different code from others. Back up your WordPress theme and blog content before you make any changes to them. Follow your Web hosting provider's instructions for backing up files.



Source - eHow