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1. ozwebhub
   Member

   There are a few questions I have. Thanks for the forum too by the way.

   I'll start with the first. I've just downloaded and overwritten the 3 column template so the the sidebars are now together on the right.

   1. Are those sidebars of equal proportion because I'm finding huge spaces down both sidebars between my widgets.
   2. My google ads will not show up on my front page, although they do on other pages. I'm not talking about google ads inside posts here but the widget provided by cutline.

   Hope to find an answer!

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. thirdeyetc
   Member

   I used the split thing, but yeah, they are programed to have an equal width. Define "huge spaces" or send a link to your page.

   Not sure, cuz I don't use widgets as they create uneeded problems, and I prefer coding stuff in myself.

   Posted 2 years ago #

3. ozwebhub
   Member

   The width thing seems to have resolved itself.
   But I'm still not seeing my google ads on the front page.

   http://www.ozwebhub.com/blog

   Posted 2 years ago #

4. thirdeyetc
   Member

   That's a mystery to me. You could try not using a widget, and just opening the sidebar.php file you want the ad to be in, and hard code a header surrounded in the same h2 tags as your other widgets, and make sure it's above the call for dynamic content, and then stick your google ad code their website gave you in there. You shouldn't have to worry about anything like this then.

   Stupid widgets.

   Posted 2 years ago #

5. thirdeyetc
   Member

   Oh yeah, it would have to be a List Item too, just model it after the rest of the code that is there already...

   <li class="widget">
   <h2>Ads</h2>
   [insert code provided by google]
   </li>

   Just make sure it's above this:

   <?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar(2)) : ?>

   And below this: <ul class="sidebar_list">

   Posted 2 years ago #

6. Gnometosser
   Member

   Thirdeyetc, what problems do using the widgets cause? I recently setup my blog and I'm using 1 text widget for google search and 1 text widget for a google adsense square add. I haven't had any problems yet, but of course I would love to prevent any problems that might crop up.
   Thanks!!!!

   http://gnometosser.org/

   Posted 2 years ago #

7. ozwebhub
   Member

   You have the split sidebars to left and right. I had no problems with google ads then, but I overwrote that style to have the 2 sidebars to the right and then I found that my google ad won't work on the front page. Works on others though.

   I haven't attempted to go into the code to fix it yet. I'm hoping someone comes up with a solution to this without me having to do that.
   http://www.ozwebhub.com/blog

   Posted 2 years ago #

8. ozwebhub
   Member

   Hugo tells me that there cannot be more than 3 google ads on one page. I'm about to test that.

   Posted 2 years ago #

9. Gnometosser
   Member

   I think that the terms of service we agreed to when we signed up say that we can only have 3 ads on 1 page.

   ~gt

   Posted 2 years ago #

10. ozwebhub
    Member

    Yes I know Google says that, but I just forgot about that because the sidebar one wasn't working. I reduced the inline post google ads and all is fine. Thanks for your help though.

    Posted 2 years ago #

11. thirdeyetc
    Member

    Google widgets cause some mild formatting issues (ie lack of easy control over the appearance, which isn't a big deal if you aren't heavily modding a theme) but they also sometimes conflict with each other, wordpress updates, and other plug ins.

    Due to this, and the fact they really don't make my life that much easier, I just don't use them. But for people that don't want to mess with code they can be handy.

    Posted 2 years ago #

12. thirdeyetc
    Member

    Sorry I didn't mean "google widgets" duh! I just meant widgets in general.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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