Finally I completed my first ever WordPress theme.
Hope you like it.
Alright, let’s get into the introduction of Ads Minded WordPress Theme.
Introduction
Nowadays, publishing contextual advertisement (such as Google AdSense) on WordPress blog is nothing special. Hence, I had a thought of building a WordPress theme with the consideration of publishing as many advertisements on the blog and yet not compromising the content area and design of the blog.
Ads Minded WordPress Theme was finally completed today and will be officially running on this blog. The following are the features of the theme :-
- WordPress 1.5 & 2.0+ compatible
- XHTML compatible codes
- W3C CSS compatible codes
- 3 columns with an optional square advertisement (Shows on main page) on top of the sidebars
- Search engine friendly and easy advertisement placement
- Comes with a few useful plugins written by me and others
- Just browse around the demo you will have a better idea. :)
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System Requirements
- WordPress 1.5+ or WordPress 2.0 installed
- Enable all plugins included in the package before using this theme.
Demo
Demo is available here.
You can use the Theme Switcher on the sidebar to switch between the wide version (1000px wide) and normal version (770px wide) in order to see the difference.
Check out the widgetized version v2.0 too!
Please do not use my themes for sites with pornographic, sexist and/or racist content of any kind.
Plugins Used
- Submit It Plugin v1.0
- Comment Quicktags v1.0
- Get Recent Comments v1.0
- Live Comment Preview v1.7
- Optimal Title v1.0
- Previous Posts v1.0
What can Ads Minded actually offer ?
- 1. High CTR AdSense layout
Ads Minded uses a high CTR AdSense layout created by me which I named it QuickSenseTM (sounds similar to quicksand).
QuickSenseTM : High CTR AdSense LayoutI can’t disclose the CTR here as doing so is violating AdSense Term Of Service (TOS), but I can tell you QuickSenseTM has the highest CTR for all my advertisement placements. :)
- 2. Search Engine Friendly
Ads Minded was built with search engine in mind. I place the content column on the left side and the 2 sidebars on the right so that search engines read the blog content first before crawling the not-so-important items on the sidebar.
- 3. Advertisement Sequence
The sequence you place the advertisements is important because the first advertisement code usually carries highest paying advertisement. Hence, due to the high CTR of QuickSenseTM, I place it on top of all codes in order to get high paying advertisements.
- 4. Better Ads Targeting
Advertisements can be shifted around in the blog for better targeting just by shifting the advertisement codes. Each column can at least contain one type of advertisement format. They are designed to nicely fit different type of advertisements.
Some users of the theme were concerned about AdSense TOS Violation, hence I sent an email on May 7, 2006 to seek for confirmation from Google AdSense Team that this theme is 100% compatible to the TOS. On May 10, 2006, AdSense Team replied and gave a green light to Ads Minded theme. Below is the screen shot of the email :-
Here is the clearer screen shot.
So, it’s now confirmed that Ads Minded is 100% Compliant with AdSense TOS.
Cheers!
Installation
- 1. Unzip the downloaded file.
- 2. Place all files into /wp-content/plugin & /wp-content/themes folder respectively according to how the files are located in the zip file. The folder struction should be like the following :-
/wp-content/plugin/submititicons/ (folder & files inside it)
/wp-content/plugin/submitit.php (file)
/wp-content/plugin/submititstyle.css (file)
/wp-content/themes/adsminded/ (folder & files inside it)
- 3. Login to WP admin control panel and activate all 6 plugins included.
- 4. Enable Ads Minded theme under Presentation.
That’s it. :)
Hope you like this theme.
Check out the widgetized version v2.0 too!
Donation
As suggested by some Ads Minded users, here is the donation button. By the way, the theme still remains FREE. :)
Any amount will do, I’ll take it as a bonus.
Thank you.
Change Log (Latest version is in bold)
Check out the widgetized version v2.0.
- v1.3 (May 16, 2006)
- Added archive.php.
- v1.2 (May 11, 2006)
- Modified 2 lines of codes in style.css (change width of #topbar and #topbar .topbartext to 770px) for better cross browser display.
- v1.1 (May 9, 2006)
- Fix a CSS style to suit IE’s poor support of padding
Only 2 changes :-
1. New style.css
2. Added quote.gif into /adsminded/images/ folder - Replace all advertisement codes with dummy pictures, so my advertisements won’t show in your blog :)
- Fix a CSS style to suit IE’s poor support of padding
- v1.0 (May 4, 2006) – The first version
Any feedback, please send me an email to 
or drop a comment here. This theme is in version 1 at the moment, I’m sure more will come.
Thank you.
p/s : Those who are using this theme, please feel free to do a link exchange with this blog. As an appreciation, your website will be approved automatically. For everyone else, link exchange is still welcome, but the link exchange script will not approve your website if you do not have a link back.
Just a kind reminder here. Don’t forget to replace all advertisement codes with your own.
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July 12th, 2006 at 12:58 am
Hi Eric,
I think no one knows exactly how Google displays the ads but as long as the particular article has the keyword an ad is targeting, the ad should appear. Anyway, if the ad is still bothering you, you can use the ad filter provided in AdSense control panel to take the particular ad off.
July 22nd, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Cool theme! Thank u! I am going to try it for my blog (:
July 24th, 2006 at 6:27 am
Bryan.. any chance you can offer a LEFT version of this theme on your site for people, or let us know how to change it.. ive tried but mine just ends up being a major mess. thanks
July 24th, 2006 at 10:18 am
@Jimyboy : Thanks for using.
@James : I am collecting all requests from AdsMinded users right now. Soon I’ll create a new category in here to share how to further customize the theme. Please stay tuned. Thanks.
July 25th, 2006 at 2:01 am
Hi Bryan
Just to update on all the three sites that I used Adsminded.
I stripped clean the little gray box (square) on the right and blended my adsense in with adsense beautifier plugin. It looks superb, I must say. Putting in large-rectangle google ads in the square box also draw in video ads. Cool!
It does take sometime for me (noob) to get the css right for it to work well in IE and Firefox but it works beautifully now.
July 25th, 2006 at 2:09 am
Went to your sites, they look great!
You are a fast learner too.
I’m now putting together all quesitons and requests AdsMinded users sent to me all these while and will write short tutorials about how to customize the theme to suit everyone’s preference.
Cheers!
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:37 pm
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August 8th, 2006 at 10:03 am
Byran, just wondering what happen to the link exchange, I’ve used your theme on a few blogs now and notice all my link exchanges were gone today from the buddy.php page. I tryed to add a new one and got an error. Great theme I love it and will be using it a ton.
August 15th, 2006 at 10:34 am
I was also trying to link up with the link exchange and am getting an error message from the script you are running about it not being able to open something. But I had another question–and thought I posted it here earlier, but it is not here! How do I add my adsense ads to the top “tabbed” looking area? I have edited each section and did not find a place to add them for that area, so it is completely empty as you can see on my site linked under my name here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am new to this and love the idea of your template and find it very easy to work with, thanks.
August 15th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
OK, so I found it… and my other post (cached page here I guess). But I would still like to link share if you can fix that script (in your spare time of course).
Thanks for the great theme and sorry for the multiple posts here!
August 19th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
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August 27th, 2006 at 2:51 pm
Hey SapiensBryan,
You have made a gr8 theme out there. Congo dude. If possible get in touch with me via email, will like to contribute somethng for your theme. :)
November 4th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
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November 11th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Great Themes, i’ve used it in my website. its really great. Thx..
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November 24th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
hey thanks man. like ur theme.. i’d be using it :) cheers!
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December 12th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Hi,
I think it is awesome that you made this theme. However, I have changed the two header templates but am not seeing my google ads when I refresh my browser.
Do you have any instructions on just what templates need to be changed once the initial setup is done.
Thanks for a cool script.
Kindest regards,
Laurie Meade
December 12th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Hi Laurie,
You’ll need to delete off some dummy codes (in single.php, headerads.php, centerbar.php & squarebar.php) and replace them with your AdSense codes.
December 12th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Hi Bryan,
Thanks for such a quick reply. I have done the headerads, but will check out the others you mention. This is really an awesome theme, I am so glad I found it.
I am intrigued by your lego ice cube ad :o)
Laurie
December 12th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
I have replaced them all like you said, but am not seeing an ads. Maybe its because I don’t have any posts up yet. It shouldn’t be a problem with my account, cuz I have been using google adsense for some time on several other sites and blogs, as well as other folders on this same site.
I am stumped.
Laurie
December 12th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Hi Laurie,
I’m so glad you like it too.
Enjoy using the theme. :)
December 12th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Hi Bryan,
The single page one is showing, but the others aren’t I must have done something wrong.
I am going to bed will concentrate on trying to fix it tommorrow.
Is the search at the top of the page connected to google or just a generic search? I don’t want to use it myself if it is part of the adsense search stuff.
Laurie
December 12th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Regarding the search at the top, it is the search function of the blog. It will only search locally in the blog and it is not connected to Google Search.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:03 pm
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January 4th, 2007 at 3:17 am
Where is Sapiens Bryan?? :D
Hello Bryan
It’s been long since i have been using your wordpress theme. No doubt i have earned a lot with ads minded concept in recent past and have also been recommending your theme to most of my web designer friends.
But i guess i see ads minded on many sites now.
That’s the reason what brought me here. I was talking to someone when i said that ads minded is great. He said yeh but it’s a bit common now. I realized what he meant and came back here.
The point is that most of us come back here to see moreads minded themes from you. We would really be thankful if we have more wordpress themes coming from you. Ads minded two with new colors and new looks,but still ads minded would be really appreciated
Awaiting your response and probably adsminded 2 as well :)
Good day and Happy New Year!
January 4th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
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January 26th, 2007 at 6:53 am
wordpress2.1 ella have some change,do you want change the theme???
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