MediaWiki Tips

Yahoo! Publisher Network with MediaWiki

Using the Yahoo! Publisher Network instead of Adsense in the MWads hack is very simple. Just place the YPN ad code where the instructions tell you to place adsense code.

Remember: Running Chitika with either YPN or adsense is fine. Running Adsense and YPN together… very, very bad.

MWAds hack info page

I have moved the Chitika and Adsense for MediaWiki hack here for posterity.

MWAds hack update

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

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: