Many people like to display 125×125 banner ads in their sidebar. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to add them to your own site.
Step 1 – Upload a Generic 125×125 Banner
The image to the right is already located in the /images folder found in your theme folder, so you can use that if you like. The file name is banner125.gif.
Alternatively, you can use your own generic 125×125 banner; just be sure to name it banner125.gif and upload it to the /images folder within your theme folder (or change the file name used below to reflect the name of your own file).
Step 2 – Create a New Text Widget in Your Right Sidebar for the Banner Ads
Add a new text widget to your top right sidebar, give it a title if you like. Then copy and paste the following code into the widget box:
Note 1: In the above code, you’ll need to change mysite.com to your own site domain name.
Note 2: In the img src code above, you may need to change the /wp-mediamag-dev/ part to reflect the actual name of your theme folder.
For WP-MediaMag Basic version, the img src would be:
For WP-MediaMag Premium version, the img src would be:
For WP-MediaMag Developer version, the img src would be:
Step 3 – Replace the Generic Banners and Links With Real Ads
All you need to do is upload your own 125×125 banner image(s) to the /images folder, and change the code above to reflect that.
For example, if you upload a new banner called ad125.gif, and you want to link that banner to www.solostream.com, you would simply change the code to this:
And that’s it. The Stylesheet is already set up to display the ads correctly.
