MediaWiki Tips

MWAds hack update

November 17, 2005 on 3:59 pm | In Chitika for MediaWiki | No Comments

I have tested the hack on a fresh install of MediaWiki 1.5.2 HERE and everything worked fine.

One note: The Adsense Button ad unit won’t function unless you have replaced the default MediaWiki logo. If necessary, you can put an invalid URL for $wglogo in your LocalSettings.php document. Then no logo will show, but the Adsense Button will.

Adding Chitika and Adsense to MediaWiki

November 15, 2005 on 6:59 pm | In Chitika for MediaWiki | 3 Comments

After having looked at the tutorial for using adsense with mediawiki, I adapted the changes to accommodate Chitika e-minimalls.

While piecing that together, it made sense for me to add Google Adwords codes in the appropriate areas as well. What I ended up with was an all-in-one advertising solution for MediaWiki.

View the sample site HERE

With this hack, you can

• Run Google Adsense on your MediaWiki site
• Run Chitika e-MiniMalls on your MediaWiki site
• Or run both in unison!

Furthermore, there are several ad unit sizes to choose from

At the top of each page you can have:

• Chitika or adsense 468×60 banner
• Chitika or adsense 728×90 leaderboard

And in the left column you can have:

• Adsense 125×125 button below your logo AND/OR
• Adsense or Chitika 120×600 skyscraper below the menus

Ready? Let’s do it!

Download the hack here

Click here to sign up for Chitika:

Sign up for Adsense by clicking this button: