Adsense Plugin for PencilBlue

Save your Adsense ads inside PencilBlue and easily load them through template directives

Installation and Setup

1. Clone the adsense-pencilblue repository into the plugins folder of your PencilBlue installation

cd [pencilblue_directory]/plugins
git clone https://github.com/pencilblue/adsense-pencilblue.git

2. Install the adsense-pencilblue plugin through the manage plugins screen in the admin section (/admin/plugins).

3. Go to the adsense-pencilblue settings screen (/admin/plugins/settings/adsense-pencilblue) and set Ad client id to your Adsense client ID (ca-pub-#) and save.

4. Add your first Adsense ad:

5. Click on the Manage Ads button on the adsense-pencilblue settings page.

6. Create a unique name for your first ad

7. On Adsense's management panel, copy the ID of the ad you want to save and paste it into the ad_id field of PencilBlue's new_adsense_ad form.

8. Save the adsense_ad object.

9. Now there will be a directive available in your HTML templates of ^adsense_[ad name]^. For instance, if you name your ad "leaderboard," the directive is ^adsense_leaderboard^.

• Note: if you add the directive and restart the server before you save the ad type it will not be loaded until you click the Refresh Directives button on the adsense-penciblue settings screen.