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Need help on Wordpress site design

by Joe Blitzer
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Hey warriors. I'm creating a niche website and I want to have a wordpress template for the main page so that I can fill it with seo content. I also want to have a main ad right above the blog posts section so that it is the first thing a visitor sees, is this easy to do with wordpress?

I've never used wordpress before so I don't know if I'll be able to do something like that. Any help would be great!
#design #site #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Lunatic
    Yes, basically every theme for Wordpress can do something like that. To add an ad as the first post the simplest way would be to use a plugin, for example: WordPress › WP-Sticky WordPress Plugins
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  • Profile picture of the author hipnol
    everything is easy with wordpress. Its one of the best and easy cms I have seen - especially for seo purposes. Go ahead and google, you will find lot of solutions. Also a little edit in theme's index.php can get your posts not broken - you can view entire post on front page which makes it more lengthy in a particular niche boosting your ad releavance.

    Guys please help me here: http://www.warriorforum.com/ad-netwo...s-traffic.html
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  • Profile picture of the author David0022
    If you know a little bit about HTML then you can edit these files:

    index.php (puts the ad on the main page)
    single.php (puts the ad on an individual post)
    archive.php (puts the ad in the Archives)
    page.php (puts the ad on each page)
    search.php (puts the ad on the search results page)

    Where you put your ad code depends on how your theme was built.
    Look in these files for code like:

    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

    (It should be near the top)

    Try placing your ad ABOVE this code and see what happens.

    As always, make a copy of these files for safe keeping BEFORE
    you edit them.

    I hope this helps,
    -David
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  • Profile picture of the author waloosh
    There are two ways to add specific ads to your wordpress. Either by manually editing HTML, or the above plugin that Lunatic mentioned. I prefer manually editing because you get to put it EXACTLY where you want and you're also able to put exactly WHAT you want in that specific spot.

    If you do the manual editing, then you'll want to have a rotating ad script so your visitors don't get bored of seeing the same ad over and over and over. It adds some spice to your site, while also making ads just a little less stressful on your visitors.
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  • Profile picture of the author iBBnet
    I prefer manually editing the associated file because I can control how the ad appears and where it goes. For example, on one of my sites, I placed the featured ad right above the list of recent blog posts --- and the beauty of it is I can move it anywhere else where I think it might work.

    Just need to edit the right file. Depends really how your theme is setup, but it's usually one of these: index.php, homepage.php, header.php. It varies for each theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author john_kennedy
    Check out the flexibility2 theme. It has all that built into it already and is free.

    Here's a link to the demo:

    Flexibility Theme Demo

    Here's the download link:

    Download Flexibility Theme for WordPress

    John
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  • Profile picture of the author Joe Blitzer
    Thanks for the help guys, some really useful information here!
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  • Profile picture of the author LukeVibertz
    Yeah, thanks guys, I use wordpress too so this was helpful.
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    • Profile picture of the author Captain Dave
      I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who responded to this post. I have just started with my wordpress installs, and your information will help me greatly.
      I appreciate all your help.
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  • Profile picture of the author HomeBizNizz
    I use the the AdRotate plugin to rotate the ads.
    Goes with remote hosted bannerads, Adsense and textlinks ads.
    You'll get 2 widgets you can use in your sidebars.
    And place this code to show ads in your template: <?php echo adrotate_banner('x'); ?>
    X is the number of the banner group.

    I use textlink ads in between blogposts.
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