How To Install Author Advertising Plugin and Make A Revenue Sharing Blog

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In this tutorial I am going to tell you all the steps to install Author Advertising Plugin and make your blog revenue sharing. This tutorial is a bit complex, so do not hurry while reading it because a single mistake can bring severe consequences. I have divided this tutorial into 5 parts :

1. Downloading and Installing Author Advertising Plugin
2. Running SQL query in phpMyAdmin
3. Creating a 336 x 280 Google Ad
4. Configuring Google Adsense code
5. Entering the code in your Wordpress template

1. Downloading and Installing Author Advertising Plugin

First download and install Author Advertising Plugin from here.

2. Running SQL query in phpMyAdmin

Now, in the Wordpress dashboard, in the left hand side, under Settings click on Author Advertising Config.

At the top, you will see a warning saying :

The database table is not installed, check your db permissions and activate the plugin again or run the following code in phpMyAdmin

To remove this warning, you need to copy the code below this warning and run that SQL query in your phpmyadmin. The code will look something like this :

CREATE TABLE wp_4z8508_author_advertising ( id mediumint(9) NOT NULL auto_increment, author_id int(11) NOT NULL default '0', author_advertising text NOT NULL, author_custom1 text, author_custom2 text, PRIMARY KEY (`id`) );

Note : This will code will be different on all the blogs. Have a look

If you are on Dreamhost, then refer to this post of mine on How To Access phpMyAdmin In Dreamhost.

Till now, I assume that you have successfully run the SQL query. Now, half of the work is done.

3. Creating a 336 x 280 Google Ad

Now, open your Google Adsense account, and create a new text ad of size 336 x 280. We will need this code later.

4. Configuring Google Adsense code

Now, open the Author Advertising Config page again and use the following settings. Please note that I am using Google Adsense settings here.

Basic Settings

The Author Page Settings

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Advertising Code Settings

Now, copy the 336 x 280 ad code that you created in Step 3 and paste it in the Ad Place 1 text area but we need to make following changes to this code.

<script type=”text/javascript”><!–
google_ad_client = “%pubid%“;
/* 336×280, created 11/14/09 */
google_ad_slot = “%custom1%“;
google_ad_width = 336;
google_ad_height = 280;
//–>
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”
src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”>
</script>

I changed the pub-id number to %pubid%
I changed the google_ad_slot number to %custom1%

Now, at the bottom click on Save Changes.

5. Entering the code in your Wordpress template

Now, open single.php code and enter the following code where you want the 336 x 280 text ad to appear. Usually, we keep it below post title.

<?php kd_template_ad(1); ?>

Save your template and you’re done. You have successfully created a revenue sharing blog.

Also read

How To Make Your Blog Multi Author
How To Configure Your Google Adsense Code For Revenue Sharing Program
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