How To Use The WordPress Plugin AdSense-Deluxe

Monday, April 30th, 2007 | WordPress Blog, WordPress Plugin, WordPress Videos with 5 Comments


AdSense-Deluxe is an easy-to-use WordPress plugin for WordPress 1.5+ (including WP 2.0) for quickly inserting Google or Yahoo! ads into your blog posts, and managing when and where those ads are displayed.

If I installed your blog then Adsense-Deluxe should already be installed and would just need activated and configured. If it is not already installed you can follow these instructions watch the WordPress videos below or contact me to do it for you.

Installing the Adsense-Deluxe For is very easy, just copy the adsense-deluxe.php file to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory. So if your blog were installed in the root directory of your site login to your hosting accounts file manager, go to the “wp-contents” folder then the “plugins” folder and place the file in there.

Now login to your WordPress admin panel, go to “plugins” and activate the Adsense-Deluxe For WordPress plugin on the right. Clicking the main “Options” panel should now present you with a new “AdSenseDeluxe” subpanel click that and let’s get started.


In the options for AdSense-Deluxe plugin page on the right click “(Add New)”, under “New AdSense Block” put a name for your new block, if this is your first one it will revert to the default name so it really doesn’t matter what you call the first block. Now just paste your AdSense code in the “AdSense Code” box and click “Add AdSense Block”

Adding additional blocks will now add the name of each new block, for example if you create a new block called “new” will return a name that looks like this: <!–adsense–>

Placing the ad blocks into posts is as simple as pasting in the name of the block where you want the ads to appear, but you must paste them into the “code” box and not the “Visual” box in the “Write Post” screen. You could write your post in “Visual” mode and then switch it “Code” and paste the AdSense block wherever you want.

There is an Adsense-Deluxe drop-down box that can be used from the Write Post panel but only if you chose not to use the visual editor when writing. To turn this option off go to Users, then the Your Profile subpanel and uncheck the box next to “Use the visual editor when writing”. Now the AdSense Deluxe drop-down box will only appear after you click the “Save and Continue Editing” box when writing or editing a post. Simply place your curser where you want your AdSense ads to appear in the post and select what code you want from the drop-down box.

I suggest creating a post template filled with all your AdSense codes (and anything else you may want), just start a new post called “Post Template” and save it without publishing it. Then when you write a new post open the post template in “Code” copy the code and paste it into your new post. Now delete what you don’t want in your new post, add the new content and publish.

This WordPress plugin is very versatile and you can use it for more than ads, you can put anything you want into the “AdSense Code” block and display just about anything you wish. There are also some advanced options for using it in templates in the read me file.

A lot of people have contacted me regarding wrapping the post text around the AdSense. You can use some inline CSS styles to wrap the post text around the AdSense in your post. For an example on this visit the plugins page here and look for the code under the Usage heading on that page.

Grab the AdSense-Deluxe WordPress Plugin over at the Acme Technologies Zeitgeist blog.

Discover The Magic Formula To Create “Set-it-and-Forget-it” Websites Using Wordpress & Make Your First Adsense Dollar in The Next 7 Days.

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Setup FeedBurner And Widgets On WordPress Blog

Monday, April 30th, 2007 | FeedBurner, Widgets, WordPress Blog, WordPress Plugin, WordPress Videos with 2 Comments

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Adding your WordPress Blog feed to FeedBurner is the next thing you need to do to make the most of your .

Why FeedBurner? Well it’s easier to use FeedBurner’s words than my own:

If you publish a blog, you publish a feed. A feed is the format that allows your content to be delivered (and subscribed to) on the Web.

Why a Burned Feed is Better than a Not-Burned Feed

You blog because [your reason here] and FeedBurner can help you do that better.

  1. Publicize your content and make it easy for people to subscribe.
  2. Optimize distribution so that your content is properly formatted for all of the major directories and can be consumed by subscribers wherever they are.
  3. Analyze your traffic to learn how many subscribers you have, where they’re coming from and what they like best.
  4. Make Moneyitize by participating in the FeedBurner Ad Network. Why not reward yourself for your effort?

After you setup your feed you will need to configure several other WordPress widgets and WordPress plugins with your new feed.

Watch the next in the WordPress videos series to learn how.

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Be patient please…

Learn how to add an RSS Feed Email Notification on Your WordPress Blog

Update! Sidebar widgets are now part of WordPress and now just called Widgets under the Presentation menu. The sidebar widgets plugin is no longer needed.

Video Too Small? Click here to watch in a bigger window.

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The First WordPress Plugin To Install The Installer

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 | WordPress Blog, WordPress Plugin with 1 Comment

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As the title states this should be the first WordPress plugin you should install. The Installer plugin then automates all other plugin and theme installations right from within the WordPress blog dashboard.

Anyone just starting out with is aware of the pain it is to upload themes and plugins via FTP or uploading a few files at a time in your hosting account. This is where the Installer comes in; this will be the last one you need to upload to your hosting account.

Installing The Installer WordPress Plugin.

The publisher of Installer plugin no longer supports it and in fact he has taken down all links to it on his site as of this post. It is still available online including here.

  • Download the Installer here Installer4
  • Unzip the Installer4 .zip
  • Upload the entire installer folder (not the Installer4 folder) to your /wp-content/plugins – If your blog is installed in a folder or directory called blog then the file structure would look like this blog/wp-content/plugins/installer, there should be inside the install folder, 9 different .php files and another folder called “includes”.
  • Login to your WordPress admin dashboard and go to Plugins, scroll down and on the right of the Installer and click “Activate”.
  • Using the WordPress Installer Plugin

    To install a new from the dashboard go to Plugins, now you will see a new submenu “Install Plugin”, simply browse to any plugin residing on your computers hard drive to install it. You can also choose to check the “Activate Plugin After Install” box or activate manually from the manage plugins menu.

    Another new “Manage Plugins” submenu is now available under the main Plugins menu. Here you can also activate and deactivate plugins with an added option to uninstall any plugin that was installed by the Installer.

    The Installer also places two new submenus under the main Presentation menu; “Install Theme” allows you to install new WordPress themes, and with “Manage Themes” you can uninstall any theme installed by the Installer.

    The Installer is great little WordPress plugin it eliminates multiple steps installing new plugins and themes and you will find it indispensable if you are frequently experimenting with new plugins and themes for your WordPress blog.

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    Optimal Title WordPress Plugin Optimize Your WordPress Post Pages

    Sunday, April 8th, 2007 | WordPress Blog, WordPress Videos with Comments Off

    Optimal Title by Aaron Schaefer is a WordPress plugin that changes the title of your Wordpress blog posts to show the title of the post or page first. By default, a will show the blog title before the post title, Optimal Title switches that around for better search engine optimization.

    The post or page title appearing first will return more relevant information for the search engines and display results from a search, in turn giving your page a higher probability of targeted traffic.

    Installing the Optimal Title plugin is a little different than most plugins and requires a few extra steps. Aaron Schaefer wrote the instructions on his site and can be found at: http://elasticdog.com/2004/09/optimal-title/. However for those who are not familiar with, or comfortable working with WordPress template code, this will walk you through the few extra steps of configuring this excellent WordPress plugin.

    Installation

    1. Download here Optimal Title

    3. Unzip, and upload the file called optimal-title.php to your wp-content/plugins/ directory.

    3. Activate the plugin on your WP Admin » Plugin Management page by clicking the corresponding “Activate” link under the Action column.

    *Update Note* The additional instructions below will explain how to change or download a text file as a php file, these are based on Aaron’s original instructions and are only applicable if you download the Optimal Title plugin as a text (.txt) file. These steps are outlined in the video but are not necessary if you download the zip file that should already have the correct .php file extension.

    Change the extension of the downloaded file from .txt to .php (if you can’t change the extension before you upload it simply upload the .txt file and then login to your web host’s file manager and change the extension there).

    Another, and easier option is to right click the download link and chose “Save link as”, or “Save as”, then in the “Save as type” drop down box choose “All Files”. Then in the “file name” box add the .php extension and save the file as a .php file.

    Changing your WordPress blog templates file permissions

    After you upload the Optimal Title WordPress Plugin you will need to add some code to your header.php template. In order to do this you must change the file permissions (CHMOD) of the header.php file in your web hosting accounts file manager.

    In your web hosting accounts file manager browse to the location where your main Wordpress files are installed, then go to /wp-content /themes and open the folder of the current theme you are using. Find the header.php file and change the file permission to 777.

    Now you are ready to add the code to make the Optimal Title WordPress Plugin work its magic.

    Usage

    Warning! Before making any changes to your Wordpress templates, copy the entire contents of the file to notepad or another text editor and save an unedited copy of the file on your computers hard drive. If things go bad simply paste the unedited code back. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

    In your header.php file replace the function call wp_title() with a call to optimal_title(). You’ll also want to position your blog name after your usage of Optimal Title in order for this to work as intended. You should end up with a line that looks something like this:

    New code to place in header.php file

    <title><?php optimal_title(); ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?></title>

    I suggest as Aaron does, to use the more complicated version below all you need to do is look for the code in your header.php template that looks something like this:

    Sample of original title code in header.php file

    <title><?php bloginfo(’name’); ?> <?php if ( is_single() ) { ?> » Blog Archive <?php } ?> <?php wp_title(); ?></title>

    And replace it with either line of code. All you are doing is replacing the code between the title tags <title> new code here </title>

    For a more complicated version that checks to make sure the plugin is installed and also includes support for a tagline on the home page, this is actual code I use on this site:

    Suggested code to place in header.php file

    <title><?php if ( function_exists('optimal_title') ) { optimal_title('|'); bloginfo('name'); } else { bloginfo('name'); wp_title('|'); } ?><?php if ( is_home() ) { ?> | <?php bloginfo('description'); } ?></title>

    *Special Note – Since the header.php file is specific to each theme, you will need to replace the code in each themes header.php file if you change themes.

    Parameters

    Optimal Title uses the same syntax as wp_title, from the default WP installation, and thus functions in the exact same way…

    <?php optimal_title(’separator’, display); ?>

    * ’separator’ – string – The text to place between portions of the page title, such as the blog name and the category. Defaults to ‘»’.

    * display – boolean – Should the title be displayed (TRUE) or returned for use in PHP (FALSE). Defaults to TRUE.

    Special thaks to Aaron Schaefer for this great Wordpress plugin, Visit his blog the ElasticDog


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    Install WordPress | WordPress Blog Installation Service

    Thursday, April 5th, 2007 | Start A Home Business with 38 Comments

    Notice! All WordPress blog services have been moved to my WordPress Guides site at WordPressMax.com!

    You can find the same WordPress install service information and the form to fill out on this link here: WordPress Install Service http://www.wordpressmax.com/install-wordpress

    WordPress Blog Installation

    Have you tried to install WordPress on your own site with no luck? Too much geek speak about setting up a database, file permissions and FTP clients? Even if you did get all that right is it properly configured with all the right plugins to get the most out of it?

    There are many reasons to host WordPress on your own site but if you have found this page chances are you already know that. Here is what you will get from using my service.

    • The latest stable version of WordPress installed on your site.
    • The best available plugins for making the most out of your new blog.
    • Search engine optimized from the start and plugins that optimize each new post.
    • Your choice of over 15 different themes and the ability to upload and install thousands for free right from within the dashboard.
    • The latest Web 2.0 features and social bookmarking plugins that can generate traffic almost immediately.
    • Personalized one-on-one service and real answers to your questions from me personally.
    • Instructions, some with video, to help you get started.
    • Instructions in plain, non-geek language to keep your blog in top shape.

    Your new WordPress blog will be search engine optimized and have it’s own Google sitemap that automatically notifies Google when any new posts are made. It will also automatically ping all the top services so you will not need to not use any other services to ping your blog. You can also tag your posts for automatic links to some of the most popular blog directories.

    Of course you can take the time to do all this yourself for free, and your hosting account may even offer automated WordPress installation from within the control panel. In fact installing WordPress isn’t really the hard part. The hard part is learning how to customize WordPress, configure and use it, and then choosing and configuring all the right plugins. This could take weeks if not longer to figure out.

    All this will be done for you for only $34. Thats it only $34 I will setup your blog and send instructions how to finalize its configuration and use your new blog. If you require addition services, customization or personal instruction you will find the addition fees very reasonable.

    Here is how it works:

    Fill in all the information you can in the form below and I will then check your hosting account to make sure it is capable of running WordPress. If everything is ready you will then get a PayPal payment request before I get started.

    Customizing a theme, adding a header, and other things like setting up your domain name on your hosting account are not part of this service. If you desire any special services or customization I can help but need to know up front. I will contact you after you submit your information below, please reply to that email with any addition services you may need at that time and I will be glad to help.

    Here is what is needed to get started:

    • Blog Name – (You can change this at any time)
    • Tag Line Or Slogan - a relevant, catchy, descriptive phrase about your blog (you can change this at any time)
    • Directory To Install Blog- Example: www.yoursite.com/blog with blog being the install directory. This can be called anything you wish or can be installed as the main website. * Tip* A short keyword is often better than just calling it blog.
    • Web Host Admin Login URL – The URL address you go to log into your hosting account.
    • Web Host Username – The username to login to your hosting account.
    • Web Host Password – The password to login to your hosting account.
    • Submit this FTP information only if it is different than your web host information. If you don’t know what it is just skip this section.

    • FTP Server Name Address
    • FTP Username
    • FTP Password

    To get started simply fill in the form at WordPressMax on this link here:

    WordPress Install Service

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