Need to make adsense work

[trud]

I posted similar post in the wrong forum, so I am posting here now.

I would like to use this desing for a site; avoidheartburn.com
As you see, there are one ad that would be placed just before {content}

How can I make a used defined tag that can handle this? I have read the handbook, but  could not make it work.
My initial goal was to place everything in the template file, but then I saw that approach did not work. I guess javascript can not be inside js

I am sure the UDT is simple once it's done few times, but I have never done this before. So I would  need wtep by step guiding. After all even the handbook did not make it for me.

[cyberman]

I guess javascript can not be inside js

Please try this

{literal} js {/literal}

[tsw]

step by step:

get your adsense code from google.

copy paste it as is into user defined tag (in extension -> user defined tags -> add user defined tag) as this code has javascript { and } we need to wrap it inside {literal} and {/literal} otherwise smarty will miss interperet those extra { } as its own. so add {literal} at the top and {/literal} at the bottom.

edit your template in which you want the ads to be shown. check where you want your ads (you might want to wrap em in ) and add call to your user defined tag with {name_of_your_udt}. save

refresh your page, and thats it.

could someone copy this to wiki Im too tired atm

[cyberman]

could someone copy this to wiki Im too tired atm

Done 

[tt5001]

step by step:

get your adsense code from google.

copy paste it as is into user defined tag (in extension -> user defined tags -> add user defined tag) as this code has javascript { and } we need to wrap it inside {literal} and {/literal} otherwise smarty will miss interperet those extra { } as its own. so add {literal} at the top and {/literal} at the bottom.

edit your template in which you want the ads to be shown. check where you want your ads (you might want to wrap em in ) and add call to your user defined tag with {name_of_your_udt}. save

refresh your page, and thats it.

could someone copy this to wiki Im too tired atm

I am getting this error message when I try to add the UDT:
Invalid code entered.
Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}' in /home/tt1home/public_html/admin/adduserplugin.php(84) : eval()'d code on line 1

[3dcandy]

isn't there an adsense tag???
yup, log in as admin, goto extensions > tags and there is an adsense tag, with a bit of a help....

[tt5001]

isn't there an adsense tag???
yup, log in as admin, goto extensions > tags and there is an adsense tag, with a bit of a help....

Thanks, you are correct, but I am not sure how to use my code:

[Ted]

Yeah, user defined tag isn't right.  That's expecting PHP code...

1. Content->Global Content Blocks
2. Add one
3. Name it adsense
4. Paste into the content textarea:

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{literal}
<__script__ type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-9510318816859002";
google_ad_width = 300;
google_ad_height = 250;
google_ad_format = "300x250_as";
google_ad_type = "image";
//2006-12-02: TT1Home
google_ad_channel = "6013869671";
google_color_border = "CCCCCC";
google_color_bg = "CCCCCC";
google_color_link = "000000";
google_color_text = "333333";
google_color_url = "666666";
//--></__script>
<__script__ type="text/javascript"
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</__script>
{/literal}

5. Hit save
6. Go to where you want to drop this into your page or template.  Put in {global_content name='adsense'}
7. Bask in the glory of web-based revenue

Hope that helps clear it up!

[tt5001]

Yeah, user defined tag isn't right.  That's expecting PHP code...

1. Content->Global Content Blocks
2. Add one
3. Name it adsense
4. Paste into the content textarea:

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{literal}
<__script__ type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-9510318816859002";
google_ad_width = 300;
google_ad_height = 250;
google_ad_format = "300x250_as";
google_ad_type = "image";
//2006-12-02: TT1Home
google_ad_channel = "6013869671";
google_color_border = "CCCCCC";
google_color_bg = "CCCCCC";
google_color_link = "000000";
google_color_text = "333333";
google_color_url = "666666";
//--></__script>
<__script__ type="text/javascript"
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</__script>
{/literal}

5. Hit save
6. Go to where you want to drop this into your page or template.  Put in {global_content name='adsense'}
7. Bask in the glory of web-based revenue

Hope that helps clear it up!

It all went as you said, until I pasted into page and then:
string(130) "Smarty error: [in template:15 line 16]: syntax error: unrecognized tag: margin-bottom: -3px; (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 439)" string(111) "Smarty error: [in template:15 line 16]: syntax error: unrecognized tag '' (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 583)" string(129) "Smarty error: [in template:15 line 17]: syntax error: unrecognized tag: margin-bottom:-3px; (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 439)" string(111) "Smarty error: [in template:15 line 17]: syntax error: unrecognized tag '' (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 583)"

above the header of the site.  Had to remove the {global_content name='adsense'} from the page to get it to go away.

[zitrone]

Hi Trud,

I am not an expert, but I have also Adsense on my page and include it just as Cyberman suggested:

• add {literal} and {/literal} around your Adsense code
• paste it in the template at the place where you like it to appear
• save

Your template code gets pretty long and is not so clean, but for me it works just nice and you don't have to worry about User Defined Tags or Global Content Blocks.

Other than that: Did you delete the UDT "adsense" again? Not that there are conflicts between your UDT and your GCB.

Good luck! 

[tt5001]

I posted similar post in the wrong forum, so I am posting here now.

I would like to use this desing for a site; avoidheartburn.com
As you see, there are one ad that would be placed just before {content}

How can I make a used defined tag that can handle this? I have read the handbook, but  could not make it work.
My initial goal was to place everything in the template file, but then I saw that approach did not work. I guess javascript can not be inside js

I am sure the UDT is simple once it's done few times, but I have never done this before. So I would  need wtep by step guiding. After all even the handbook did not make it for me.

What are your final thoughts on making this work?

[pranab]

The solution posted above works, but there's one gotcha to watch out for: If you're using anything other than the default editor to paste the Adsense code into a Global Content Block, make sure it doesn't convert your

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"<"

brackets to

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<

etc.

I was using FCKeditorX and had to use the 'source' button there before pasting the Adsense code, to make it work. Otherwise it would just display the code on the page.

If you can see the code on your page, use right-click -> view source and see if the brackets have been converted to their equivalents. If yes, that's a bad thing.

[WebGirl]

Hi there,

I've spent hours and tried all of the above with no luck 

1. User Defined Tag didn't work [as Ted said, it's expecting php, not javascript]

2. Global Content tag doesn't work for me - it just disappears altogether

3. using {literal} tags in the Edit area doesn't work either - and yes, the brackets were converted, so I fixed them in the html editor, but still the adsense either doesn't appear or shows the javascript only.

I'm using 1.0.2 "Maui" and also 1.1 "Samoa".

Both have TinyMCE Menu installed.

I need to use different sized Adsense codes on most client pages, so if anyone else has a solution, I'd love to hear it.

Thanks!
WebGirl