Create additional Custom Ads

Hello,

I’d like to know if there is a possibility to create additional Custom Ads, and later add them via Visual Composer to certain pages?

Another thing is that my idea is to separate ads depending on category, so I can sell the adspace exclusively for certain category (page) of my website. Is that possible with your theme?

I followed these steps below to create more custom add boxes:

Edit td_config.php and add it like this: http://screencast.com/t/LjL18ZfbL Then just make add it in td_panel_ads.php file – http://screencast.com/t/UB3dwNgI68
Now you can add your code in Theme Panel > Ads – http://screencast.com/t/z3ROmJFEL and display it in your page – http://screencast.com/t/aNBwX5azB

The result was it broke my website, creating this error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ‘)’ in /home/mauimagazine/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes/Newspaper/includes/td_config.php on line 2006:

I overwrote the file to fix the website, but I was hoping you can help me successfully add more custom ad boxes without breaking the website.

Thank you!

UPDATE: Actually it turns out I broke it a bit worse than I realized — my Ads section on the theme template is broken, saying: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/mauimagazine/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes/Newspaper/includes/panel/views/td_panel_ads.php on line 1113

That is the most urgent fix I need now 🙁

• This reply was modified 10 years by Maui No Ka Oi Magazine.

UPDATE: I fixed this.
— IGNORE BELOW —

I tried deleting the td_config.php file on my server and uploading its original file from my theme folder on my local hard drive but it’s not fixing the error. I can’t tell why the file is not working correctly. 🙁

I checked line 1113 and there is no obvious error on that line, it looks as it should.

I cannot edit the ad boxes at all now, the Ads section is totally broken within the Theme Template.

• This reply was modified 10 years by Maui No Ka Oi Magazine. Reason: resolved issue

So the broken component is now fixed, thankfully, but I still would like working instructions on how to add more custom add boxes without breaking the site.

Thank you!!

Update: I found the error – it’s very strange, and it happened in both PHP files.

Even though I copied and pasted the code exactly from the line above, the code did not paste the correct version of the apostrophe character, and broke the PHP using an apostrophe that looks almost identical but must be a different character. Super strange. I had to look super close at the screen to see the difference. I had to correct this apostrophe error in both td_config and td_panel_ads files.

Now I can see it working properly with 3 custom ad sizes.

Thank you.

Hi, I successfully added the new ad boxes. I can see that new slots to input the ad code from the ADS section of the Theme panel, however, I still have a problem. When I go to a page or post and I want to insert a new custom ad, say #8 custom ad, the visual editor only shows the options for custom ads 1-5, not the new ones I’ve added.

So I cannot figure out how to actually insert the extra custom ads into a page.

I appreciate your help!

Thanks, I’ll email so you can look at the code.

Hello,

I followed all of these steps above without any problems. I put the ad code in under Theme Panel and selected my custom ad 6 from the ad box in my sidebar widget but the ad isn’t showing up. Any idea why this is?

Thanks,
Nat

Hello, thank you – I figured it out. I tried to add several new custom ads in one go (6-10). when I add them one at a time it works perfectly 🙂

Is it possible to add additional custom adverts without affecting the main theme and just using the child theme? I’m concerned all these changes will break with a theme update?

Can you advise?

Thanks

Hi, I’v created some custom_ad and it work fine. But the banner position is only left. I’ve tried to modify the position with <div align=”center”></div> OR <div “style text-align:center”></div> but nothing change. Banners are always on left. Can you help me?

Thank you!

Hello Catalin,

Thanks. The website is http://www.menteinformatica.it/

For now I’ve put the custom_ad only in an old article to show you the problem.
Here’s the link: http://www.menteinformatica.it/spotify-you-will-get-an-sms-shortly-with-a-code-to-use-for-logging-in/

You can see the firs banner in on the left.

Thank you for fast response!

Hi! After the last theme update, the file td_panel_ads.php is totally different than before. I can’t find any of custom_ad file to modify. Can you help me?
Thank you!

Hi Catalin,

Thank you!! It works 🙂

Awesome support as ever! Have a good day!