Special thanks to Mark Mason for pushing me to get this released. I am pleased to announce SEOAdMax Version 1.0.
SEOAdMax is a free, premium grade and very search engine friendly WordPress theme built for all those crazy publishers out there who just absolutely can’t live without Google AdSense and affiliate product marketing.
This WordPress theme is built for the purpose of monetizing your blog heavily with Google AdSense and your own special blend of private banner ads or affiliate product banner ads.
SEOAdMax comes with 7 premade header graphics, simple Google AdSense code implementation and it even includes an automatic privacy policy generator. Not sure if many are aware of this, but the Google AdSense team updated their TOS which requires all publishers to include a privacy policy on their sites. SEOAdMax takes care of this for you automatically.
This page serves as the official announcement and support page for the theme, continue reading below and I’ll walk you through all the in’s and out’s of this wonder WordPress theme.
SEOAdMax WordPress theme is designed to help publishers get the most out of the Google AdSense program while also balancing attention on affiliate based marketing. As you can see in the above screen shot, two programs are being promoted, Google AdSense and PepperJam. SEOAdMax focuses on providing a very clean and defined appearance and specially blends in all advertisements so well that they become an extension of the blog itself.
Download SEOAdMax Version 1.0
Released on April 14th, 2008
- Download SEOAdMax Version 1.0
- View Live DEMO
(Live Demo is actual a live site in action. This is Mark Mason’s Credit Card Money blog.)
General Installation:
Installing this WordPress theme is typical of installing any WordPress Theme. Simply download the zip file, extract it to a folder on your own computer and then upload the extracted contents to your WordPress themes directory. Final result should look like this:
wp-content/themes/SEOAdMax/
Header Graphics:
As mentioned earlier, SEOAdMax comes with seven premade high quality header graphics.
I plan to offer future expansion packs which will include even more premade header graphics to choose from.
Switching header graphics is very each to do. Simply open the style.css file and edit the number graphic you want to use. You can choose from the following numbers so far:
- 001
- 002
- 003
- 004
- 005
- 006
- 007
Here is a screen shot:
Look for this line of code, it is near the top of the stylesheet and replace the -005.png with the number header graphic you’d like to use.
/*
Look In The Images Directory To view Other Premade Header Graphics.
Simply Replace the One Below With The New One.
*/
#header {
background: #73a0c5 url(’images/seoadmax-background-005.png’) no-repeat bottom center;
}
Google AdSense Implementation:
Implementing your Google AdSense ads on the SEOAdMax WordPress theme is very simple. You only have to open one file and edit one line of code and instantly all the Google AdSense ads will start generating money for you. Here are the instructions on how to do this.
- Navigate to the wp-content/themes/SEOAdMax/ folder and look for the pub-id.txt file.
- Open the pub-id.txt file and replace the default pub id # with yours.
- Save and upload back to your server.
- Done.
How simple is that? All the AdSense units now have your pub ID # included and you’ll start making money online with Google Adsense!
Private and Affiliate Banner Ads:
Implementing your private ads and affiliate banners is just as easy as implementing Google AdSense. SEOAdMax has three sections where you can put your own private banner ads or affiliate product banner ads. Here are the sections:
- One 468×60 banner ad – Located on the individual post page, top fold directly above the post title and below the horizontal navigation / AdSense link unit bar.
- One 160×600 banner ad – Located on the home page, archive pages, category pages, static pages and tag pages on the bottom left side directly below the 160×600 Google AdSense unit.
- One 300×250 banner ad – Located on the bottom right on the home page, archive pages, category pages, static pages and tag pages. Located on the top right on the individual post page.
Adding private and affiliate banner ads is very easy. Simply copy the ad HTML code and open one of the following files that fits the ad:
- 160×600banner.php
- 300×250banner.php
- 468×60banner.php
and paste the code into the file. Make sure not to add any extra lines below the code or perform any extra carriage returns. Simply copy / paste the code into the respective file listed above, save your progress and upload back to your server.
You can use any type of code you want, HTML, PHP, JAVA, FLASH, etc… as long as it doesn’t exceed the dimensions set forth, the code should load perfectly.
Horizontal Navigation Bar:
The horizontal/AdSense Link Unit Navigation Bar isn’t designed to hold a bunch of links. It is designed to blend in a few choice navigation links with a 728×15 Google AdSense Link Unit. You can easily modify and remove the link unit and swap it out with the links that point to affiliate based product pages. The choice is yours and the editing the file to do so is very easy.
To edit the navigation bar, simply look for this file:
wp-content/themes/SEOAdMax/728×15linkunit.php
Here is a screen shot of the file:
The Auto Privacy Policy Generator:
Generating a privacy policy that complies with the new Google AdSense TOS is a snap. Here are the instructions on how to automatically generate a privacy policy for your blog.
Step One: Create a new page from your WP Dashboard and title it something link Privacy Policy. Naming the title is up to you. The body of the page you can leave completely blank or add a few sentences if you like. Writing a few sentences is totally optional as the automatic privacy policy generator will create all the needed information for you.
Step Two: Scroll down to the bottom of the page and look for the “Advanced Options” section and then inside this section look for “Page Templates” and you’ll see a drop down menu. Activate the drop down menu and select “Privacy Template” option and then publish your page.
Once you publish your page all you have to do now is just link directly to it. You can hard code a text link anywhere on your blog. The most easily way to provide a direct link to your privacy policy would be to add it to your 728×15linkunit.php file or just include it in your Sidebar Widgets somewhere.
The Final result should look like this:
Comments, Install Questions and Support
Please feel free to leave me a comment, whether is be a compliment, install question or support question, I will answer all comments as quickly as possible. You can also check this page often for updates and future expansion releases.
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Date/Time: 4-16-2008 03:53:03 Comment #13468
Hey Garry;
Thanks again for another great template! This is fantastic!
Mark
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 04:27:26 Comment #13469
Hi Garry,
this theme is AWESOME and comes with perfect timing, I’m right planning to start some new blogs !
Grazie & ciao
alexander
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 04:48:14 Comment #13470
Nice one Garry! I wonder if this will bring a higher CTR than prosense.
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 05:02:59 Comment #13471
Garry,
I got an error message browsing to a post page with one comment:
“Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_avatar() in
/home/bla-bla/public_html/bla-bla/wp-content/themes/SEOAdMax/comments.php on line 30″.
I guess you usually use a plugin for the the avatars in the comments and the theme now is missing it.
Take a look into it.
ciao
alexander
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 05:14:23 Comment #13479
Alexander,
This is a WP 2.5 theme. Sorry about that. Has nothing to do with plugins installed but this line
< ?php echo get_avatar( $comment, 32 ); ?>
I have revised the comments.php file with this line:
< ?php if( function_exists('get_avatar')) { echo get_avatar( $comment, 32 );} ?>
Anyone who downloaded and installed prior to the comment should download the revised copy. Anyone downloading for the first time as of this comment being posted, don’t need to worry about it as it is now included. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. And thank you Mark Mason for the solution via instant message.
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 06:21:03 Comment #13472
So this is what you’ve been up to. Very nice, buddy.
Has Google changed their terms where they will allow more than three instances of their ads? I know we can tweak this to include affiliates, but it looks like you have about five Google ads running at once on your live demo.
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 08:38:24 Comment #13477
@Mark Sierra — there are 3 AdUnits and 2 Link Units. that is allowed (but no more than 3 of each are allowed on one page).
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 09:31:32 Comment #13481
Looks pretty good, Thanks Garry.
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 10:00:39 Comment #13485
@ Matt Jones,
Thanks man… I am glad you like it. This should help AdSense performances for sure.
@ Mark Sierra,
Thanks for the compliment. I have indeed been pretty busy, not with just making the theme that only took a few hours. Looks like Mark Mason clarified the remainder of your comment.
@ Charlie,
You’re welcome… glad you like it.
———————-
Anyone know of any directories where I can submit the theme into so people can find it?
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 10:20:43 Comment #13486
Gary:
I REALLY appreciate the time you took to make all the “tutorial examples” with screen shots and detailed information.
For coding dummies like me this is VERY HELPFUL.
Thanks again and keep up the great work!
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 11:03:23 Comment #13487
@ Paul,
Heck for coding dummies like me too I need tutorial examples like this. I can’t begin to tell you how difficult it was for me to learn the things I know today due to lack of support. It’s kind of funny now looking back on things that I used to have difficulty with years ago.
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 12:53:19 Comment #13488
Garry,
First of all, thanks for the free theme.
I did find a slight problem with the adsense code replacement..
It seems the adsense ad in the file 300×250adsense-homepage.php does not get replaced with the proper adsense id…
I like you, but would rather get the adsense click credited to me..
thanks again . I plan to use the theme on a site..
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 12:59:39 Comment #13489
Hey Mack!
Oh come on… I was hoping to get a little bit of passive income out of this! {joking}
Good catch… thank you! This has been corrected and updated to the main download zip file. Thanks again for catching that.
————–
Just to let everyone know… I very much appreciate everyone downloading the theme so far and providing the feedback… if you downloaded the theme earlier this morning, it might not be a bad idea to download it again so that you have all the changes. I made some changes to the styling and positioning of the AdSense code also, which I feel is now in compliance with TOS. Prior, I don’t think it was. Unofficially, were live with V 1.2 but I am not going to document that in the theme just yet… as I am sure there will be a few more bugs to work out. But, even still… if you downloaded earlier today, go ahead and download a fresh copy.
Once again, Mark… thanks for your help with that.
Date/Time: 4-16-2008 18:22:04 Comment #13491
@Mark Mason
Thanks for the clarification!
@Garry
I just might be using this on one of my niche blogs. I like the balance it has with the content and the ads. Nicely done.
Date/Time: 4-18-2008 06:04:20 Comment #13562
This theme release is pretty good Garry, I’ve been using it with quite some success on a niche of mine and it’s working out pretty good. Great release.
Date/Time: 4-18-2008 10:31:30 Comment #13576
@ Mark and CristianR,
Thanks I am glad that you like it, I hope it does well for you guys.
Date/Time: 4-22-2008 08:53:10 Comment #13695
I think I’ve asked this before, but…
Hey, Garry, I like the theme a lot – Thanks!
There’s one thing I’d want to change, though: I want the ads to be in the content, not in sidebars. It looks like you’re doing that in yours, so I was wondering if you could share that with us?
Thanks again – Tex
Date/Time: 4-22-2008 17:21:57 Comment #13707
Its fairly simple:
<div style=”float:left;padding-right:10px;”>
Put Adsense Code Here
</div>
There are many variations and styles. For instance, perhaps you want to put AdSense code in a box that is 350px wide but give it about 20px of left padding and also have the background black and have the ads float to the right:
<div style=”float:right;background-color:#000;padding-left:20px;width:350px;”>
Put AdSense Code Here
</div>
All this goes into the single.php file. Hope this helps. I strongly suggest buying a book about CSS, that’s what I did.
Date/Time: 4-22-2008 21:57:07 Comment #13709
Garry — I just noticed your above comment about where to submit. Check out this article on Caroline’s blog: http://tinyurl.com/27jgu5
Mark
Date/Time: 4-25-2008 02:02:08 Comment #13731
Hi Gary, i love your theme! I installed it on my niche WP site yesterday.
I used to use Prosense, but yours looks better
If you don’t mind, please check my site, really love if could get some feedback
http://www.thesleepapnea.com
Oh, btw i am thinking to give away a report as an exchange for people sign up their email. I plan to put the opt-in box at the right corner of the blog, replacing the images above seach button.
Do you have any suggestion? thanks!
Date/Time: 5-8-2008 13:55:47 Comment #13940
Gary,
Great site, and I’m in the midst of fiddling with it on my site. One thing I was wondering is if there’s a way to make the site look like Mark Mason’s mycreditcardmoney.com? On the right hand side of his page, he has an ad, then a google search bar, and then additional adsense at the bottom of that column.
The version I downloaded has one too many adsense units on the page to begin with, see at (http://test.jabdeals.com) which leaves the rectangle in the lower right corner empty because I’ve already got adsense in three other spots.
Thanks again,
Jim
Date/Time: 5-8-2008 14:01:29 Comment #13943
Scratch the part about having the extra adsense unit, I figured that out, but how would I change the search bar to a google search bar?
Date/Time: 5-8-2008 15:54:37 Comment #13951
Hey Garry… just wanted to let you know my adsense earnings have tripled since switching from prosense to seoadmax.
It really works guys!
Date/Time: 5-8-2008 15:58:49 Comment #13952
For a long time, ProSense was a theme that I used actively, even on GCDC. But time and time again, I had to constantly modify things to better optimize it for AdSense, which really didn’t make much sense in the first place. Ad advertised, ProSense was already supposed to be optimized for Google AdSense. However, with ads appearing on the right and in the sidebar, my testing this theme for many months on many different blogs proved that it really didn’t perform well at all.
In just a week of using SEOAdMax I too could almost instantly see a difference. Thanks for dropping the comment and sharing your experience with me in using SEOAdMax.
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Date/Time: 5-10-2008 22:02:07 Comment #14056
How can I lose the “Pages” display in the sidebar. I’ve got too many pages on my site and it currently lists each and every one. Is there a way to eliminate them?
Date/Time: 5-11-2008 00:50:46 Comment #14066
Hi there,
take a look at this page carefully and then come back if you still need help. Instead of specifying an exclude, I would do the opposite and specify the few pages that you’d like to include:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_pages
Date/Time: 5-12-2008 14:11:43 Comment #14126
Thanks for the help Gary, but I’ve bumped into another stupid question trying to implement this. Before I switched over to Wordpress 2.5, all of my pages and posts had a number attached to them. Now when I’m in my control panel, the pages no longer show a number, just the page title. Should I plug in the full page title in place of a number?
Date/Time: 5-18-2008 10:03:08 Comment #14342
Hi Garry
I like to thank you for this wonderful template and the clear instructions you gave on this site to get it running.
I’m new to blogging and over the last few weeks have been setting up my blog with your template. So far, I’m very happy and learning much along the way.
Here’s my blog:
http://purposefulliving.net/
Any feedback will be much appreciated.
Cheers!
Date/Time: 5-28-2008 06:59:25 Comment #14602
This is a great theme Garry. Thanks for providing it for free.
Date/Time: 6-2-2008 08:50:56 Comment #14846
you are great … I have change my old theme to this theme and my click have increase… wow you are great … thanks alot. you can check it out http://www.greatalcoholismhelp.com
Date/Time: 6-4-2008 21:29:32 Comment #15004
As to the header image, if we have one already, we can just replace the reference or rename ours, correct?
Date/Time: 6-18-2008 11:05:36 Comment #15678
Garry, thanks for the great theme, I am using it right now.
Date/Time: 6-23-2008 10:13:17 Comment #15931
garry, I love this template but can you tell me how to adjust the white background because its not long enough for my website.
http://myspark2u.com
Date/Time: 7-9-2008 00:16:22 Comment #16728
I added the theme to my blog and now i am just waiting to see the magic. I wanted to know how I can modify the adsense in the middle to have something of my own put there instead?
Date/Time: 7-26-2008 14:29:44 Comment #17401
Thank you Garry, I am using this theme at 2 of my blogs and love it. I enjoy reading your articles, you tell it like it is and that is appreciated.
The blogs that I used the SEOAdMax theme on are:
http://TerminalObesity.com
http://FloorCentral.com
Thanks again, Terry
Check out TerryLW’s last blog post..Weight Loss Increases Energy
Date/Time: 7-29-2008 01:33:15 Comment #17469
Thanks for this theme, I just installed it over at my new niche acne blog: http://www.beacnefree.com It’s been up for a day and I’ve noticed a big jump in adsense/banner click outs already.
Date/Time: 8-9-2008 23:42:06 Comment #17947
Great theme!
I am having a problem getting relevant Adsense ads to appear on my index page. The other pages bring in the proper ads, but the home page is not…:(
Any ideas or has anyone else had problems?
Date/Time: 5-5-2009 21:00:06 Comment #33583
First off, Thank you Garry for an awesome theme, saving me loads of time trying to figure it out for myself!!
I’m having the same problem on my new niche site. I am new to adsense, but was thinking that maybe its because I don’t have enough articles as of yet on my site. Although all of the ads show up relative to my niche on all other pages. Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks in advance,
Date/Time: 8-13-2008 12:43:49 Comment #18065
Gary:
This is a great theme – much appreciated. I have a question. I have tried to change the header graphics and can’t figure it out. I went to the style-css file and edited the 005.png number — changed it to one of the other numbers, e.g., 002.png, clicked “update file,” received confirmation that “file updated successfully” but then nothing changed when I view my site. I tried some of the other numbers with the same result. It still shows the hands on the table with the suit and tie in the background. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Date/Time: 6-19-2009 10:41:51 Comment #34437
Could me tell how you figure it out? I have a problem same like you. Thank you.
Date/Time: 8-13-2008 12:48:31 Comment #18066
Garry:
Never mind my comment submitted about two minutes ago — I think I figured it out.
Regards,
John
Date/Time: 6-19-2009 10:46:36 Comment #34438
Could you help me how you solve this problem?
Date/Time: 9-7-2008 04:07:15 Comment #21491
I love this theme and appreciate you taking your time
and making it.
Could you tell me how to change the background color
of the page? Not where the text and graphics but the
part outside that area.
Thanks,
Michael
Date/Time: 9-13-2008 02:50:51 Comment #22253
I was just wondering how would i go about making posts to appear in full in in the home page of my blog with seo adesense theme instead of the summery as default.
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Date/Time: 11-18-2008 04:43:35 Comment #26845
Hi Garry, I like this theme… use it for my other blogs. Great work
Date/Time: 11-20-2008 04:53:14 Comment #26981
Thanks Gary. You are the Man. I’m using your Theme on my site now. I made a
Post
about it and Trackbacked. I recommend this Theme.
Date/Time: 11-21-2008 13:57:28 Comment #27036
my adsense pub # is being displayd in the source code …..I dont want that shown how do i hide that
Check out keith watkins’s last blog post..Loan Modification Today
Date/Time: 2-13-2009 01:16:55 Comment #30447
I didnt think that was possible. If it is, I sure want to know how.
Anybody?
Gary
Date/Time: 12-1-2008 20:59:18 Comment #27452
Garry, dear. How can I track which site my clicks are coming from? I can set up a channel in AdSense, but then how do I get AdSense to track with with the preset ads?
Check out WordVixen’s last blog post..Delicious Vegan Stew Recipe For The Crockpot
Date/Time: 12-1-2008 21:07:43 Comment #27453
Vixen — you can just add URL channels. That is the easiest way.
Mark
Check out Mark Mason’s last blog post..Using Micro Niche Finder and phpBay to Build eBay Stores
Date/Time: 12-1-2008 21:45:41 Comment #27455
I know how to make a channel in my AdSense account, but how do I add the channel to the AdSense ads showing in the theme?
Check out WordVixen’s last blog post..Delicious Vegan Stew Recipe For The Crockpot
Date/Time: 12-1-2008 21:50:36 Comment #27456
Sorry — there are 2 kinds of channels that you can use to track adsense earnings. One is called an Ad Channel. The other is called a URL channel. If you use the URL channel, you don’t need to do anything on the blog side. Tracking just depends on the URL where the blog appears.
If you use the ad channel, you need to ad a line of code to your theme. For SEOAdMax, you will want to put your channel id into the ad-id.txt file in the /wordpress/wp-content/themes/SEOAdMax directory.
Does that make sense?
Thanks,
Mark
Check out Mark Mason’s last blog post..Using Micro Niche Finder and phpBay to Build eBay Stores
Date/Time: 12-1-2008 21:56:23 Comment #27458
Ah, yes, now THAT makes sense!
Thank you very much!
Check out WordVixen’s last blog post..Delicious Vegan Stew Recipe For The Crockpot
Date/Time: 12-2-2008 05:44:51 Comment #27466
I recently setup a blog,pls i need you to kindly help me on how i can improve on the theme.and make it nice.
Date/Time: 1-10-2009 00:15:09 Comment #29131
Love the theme. Just had a question about the meta description. When I saw my home page on google it had the footer message in the description:
“co-designed by Garry Conn and Mark Mason who help people make money online with Internet-based …”
What’s the best way to make the meta description say what I want it to say instead of the footer message? Thanks.
Date/Time: 1-18-2009 13:51:04 Comment #29471
Hey Garry,
I installed the theme(adsense too)
I am not able to remove the blog roll in the sidebar.
===============
Blogroll
* Development Blog
* Documentation
* DreamHost Blog
* Plugins
* Suggest Ideas
* Support Forum
* Themes
=================
I searched all the template files to remove this thing but I am not able too.
Messing with it since 2 days. Need your help man.
Thanks.
Date/Time: 2-13-2009 01:19:29 Comment #30448
Oddly enough, my problem is the OPPOSITE of somebody else’s.
My problem is that the list of Pages does *not* show up in the sidebar, despite using either of these lines of code.
<?php wp_list_pages(’title_li=Pages’ ); ?>
<?php wp_list_pages(’title_li=’ . __(’Pages’) . ” ); ?>
Ideas anybody?
Thanks in advance,
Gary
Date/Time: 5-4-2009 04:00:56 Comment #33561
Hi Garry, I have signed up to your newsletter and the downloaded the theme above. please can you tell me what configuration changes need to be made to get the theme to mirror the image you have on the this page above.
Date/Time: 5-14-2009 08:01:56 Comment #33674
Great Theme. I’m glad I found this in time for my next project. Thanks!!!
Date/Time: 5-17-2009 17:40:19 Comment #33733
Dear Garry,
I’m using your SEOAdMax theme on my site. I’m really generating a good revenue after installing the theme. I wanted to know how to put 125 X 125 ads on the sidebars. Please help me with this thanks.
Regards
Yeshwanth
Date/Time: 5-20-2009 08:24:01 Comment #33771
Thanks for the themes. I will be making my first wordpress theme site and I need all the help I can get.
Date/Time: 5-23-2009 22:04:13 Comment #33808
It’s a nice theme. Thanks for your work!
Date/Time: 6-5-2009 15:47:45 Comment #34072
Hello Garry – I really like this theme and it is working well for my site with one exception, I cannot get the RSS feeds to validate. Has anyone else solved this with a plug in or am I missing something on setup?
Thank you!
James
Date/Time: 6-11-2009 20:50:24 Comment #34240
If you can help me out im using this theme after some customization, but i cannot find a way to change one thing. on the main page where it says recent articles I would like to display 30 words of the post with the html used in the post instead of 50 or so words without html if you know what I mean.
Thanks! Awesome theme
Date/Time: 6-15-2009 19:43:52 Comment #34319
Thanks Garry, I have a couple of questions. If I cannot always come up with quality content, or find decent writers, can you tell me how to get “free quality content” to use on my blogs? I have found the missing piece with your blog theme here, only problem is finding all the content I can use to help build them up! Also can you tell us how many blogs you have, and how many pages on average do you have on the blogs?
Date/Time: 6-18-2009 10:32:33 Comment #34384
Hi Garry,
This is an excellent theme ! You are a genius !
Just want to ask you one thing,:
The privacy policy page doesn’t show the right contact email (you@you.com).
I’ve changed the email at the setting page but it still shows the default email address.
Can you help me with this ?
Thanks in advance.
Date/Time: 6-19-2009 10:35:51 Comment #34436
Dear
Nice theme. I love it. But a question from me is I can’t change the header from 005.png to 004. There is nothing different even I switch into 004. Could you help me about this?
Thanks