ads not showing in sidebar or content

i am trying to add some affiliate ads to my sidebar and also to the content of posts and pages.

i have followed instructions on the forum for how to add them, using the ad box element to paste the code in directly via the custom ads section. ive also tried adding the code to the ads section of the theme panel and then selecting eg sidebar ad in the ad box settings.

neither way seems to be working. the ad doesnt show up in tagdiv editor, nor is it visible on the front end when i exit that tagdiv composer.

any ideas what could be causing this? i made a website using these theme previously and i recall similar issues then too.

thanks

hi, unfortunately the website is in maintenance mode so nothing is visible from your end.

also, what do you mean by the type of ads? they are jpegs/gifs that are affiliate links to a crakrevenue ad. the links display as html i believe, but im a novice so cant be sure about code aspects of things