Installing Google AdSense Deluxe Plugin
Installation site: http://www.acmetech.com/blog/2005/07/26/adsense-deluxe-wordpress-plugin/
Things needed:
1. Google AdSense Account
Things to Avoid
I was using a WYSIWYG editor for my articles. It works great. But, when you ad this Adsense code into your blog, the editor was automatically erasing it. So, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why this wasn’t working, when all along it was my editor.
This one was a little tricky, but I finally figured it out. The installation goes very smooth. You copy the files over as normal and activate the plugin.
Once the application is installed, you must configure it. Before we get started, here’s the overview of what you would do on a daily basis.
1. When writing a blog, you can insert an ad anywhere in the article. Very neat, excellent for seamless placement. So, keep that in mind when writing the blog.
2. I would write the blog first, then perform the “Save and Continue Editing”
3. Go to the Adsense Deluxe area and choose the adsense you would like to use and copy it, this will prevent spelling errors.
4. Go back and edit your article to include the appropriate ad
If you follow that main format, you will be able to produce a blog pretty quickly. Otherwise, you may end up jumping around a lot. I haven’t tried it yet, but I would suggest creating an ad for each type. You may need them later on. A little time spent now creating several ads may save you some time later on.
To edit the plugin, you have to go to the Options | Adsense Deluxe area. In the Plugin area, you can create ads at the top of the page, and will find instructions on the bottom of the screen. You can pretty much feel your way through it without any issues. Once you create your ads, you can place the ad directly into your blog. It’s a pretty neat tool. But, I can easily see where becoming a pro blogger does take a lot of work.
It also appears as though you need to manage multiple things at once. For example, just to write this blog, (I’m using Internet Explorer 7) I have a tab open to write this article, one with the Adsense Plugins, and another for Google. Yikes, that’s a lot of shifting around.
But, it works and that’s what counts. Below is an example of what it looks like. Later on I’ll write an article on setting the adsense options. It seems to me that the best idea would be to create a couple of sample pages to use as references.