putting advertisement blocks on a blog
Earlier, my AdSense ads were hardcoded into my WP template files. But now I want to experiment with other ads. I need to rotate the ads often, and the old solution isn't satisfactory. Here is a short list of the requirements:
* admin interface to define HTML code of ads
* define ad areas
* assign ads to the ad areas
* optionally: assign a probability to each ad
Surprisingly, the solution is exists: WPAds is a simple, but powerful tool. It has everything what I need. Installed.
I defined three ad areas on my blog:
* sidebar
* after post
* inside the post, after the target for the link "Read the rest of this entry"
The placement of the first area is defined in the file "sidebar.php":
<?php if (function_exists('wpads')) { wpads('sidebar'); } ?>
In the same way, the second area is placed in the file "single.php".
Placing the third area is more tricky. I'll talk about it later.