AdFlex SEO Installation

AdFlex SEO Installation

Below, you’ll get the steps to follow to install AdFlex SEO and configure it.Extract Wordpress template AdFlex SEO

Extract the files from the archive AdFlex SEO Lite or Pro zip files on your hard disk.

You will end up with the new directory:
Your_Hard_Disk\ad-flex-seo

Upload Wordpress theme AdFlex SEO

Upload your local folder ad-flex-seo located on your hard disk to the folder WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes on your web server.

You will end up with the new directory:
WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo

Activate Wordpress template AdFlex SEO

Now you’ll need to activate the AdFlex SEO adsense wordpress theme as follows:

Go to your Wordpress admin.

Click on the Presentation tab.

Located AdFlex SEO among the list of themes, and click on it.

You have now installed AdFlex SEO and you already have a running Blog.

You’ll see the tab WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options where you’ll find an exhaustive list of cutomization paramters. Most of AdFlex SEO items can be customized via WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options.

Please Note!
Most of these parameters are available for AdFlex SEO Pro versions only.

Adsense Images
The wp adsense theme AdFlex SEO comes with several images that appear adjacent to the Adsense banners.

If you want to have your own images, you can upload at least 8 of your images under the directory:
WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo\images\ad

Note:
* The format of the images has to be GIF, JPG or PNG
The recommended image size is of 144×104 for best CRT effect
* The filenames of the images are not important but the extensions have to be .gif, .jpg or .png
* The images will be displayed randomly
* It is recommended to put at least 8 images

Random Link Images
If you wish, you can make an Adsense image pointing to a specific URL, so your image behaves like a link image.

For instance if you have the image in the folder WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo\images\ad\your_image.jpg (or your_image.gif, or your_image.png) and you want to add a URL link, you just need to do as follows:

1. Create a new text file with the same filename followed by the extension .ini. In this case, you’ll create the new text file WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo-version-number\images\ad\my_image.jpg.ini. The file name must be my_image.jpg.ini and not my_image.ini.
2. Open the file you’ve just created. So open WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo-version-number\images\ad\my_image.jpg.ini and add a simple line that contains with your URL like for instance:
http://www.yourdomainname.com/yourarticles/index.html
3. Finally, just save the file, and that’s it.

Random Banner images
If you want to have your own banners to the Wordpress template, you can upload your banner images under the directory:
WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo\images\banner

Note:

* The format of the images has to be GIF, JPG or PNG
* The banner image size must be of 770×150. You may change the height value via WP Admin \ Presentation \ AdFlex SEO Options panel.
* The filenames of the images are not important but the extensions have to be .gif, .jpg or .png
* The images will be displayed randomly

You can find some sample banner images in the directory:
WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo\images\banner-samples
Random Background Images
If you want to have your own background images, you can upload your background images under the directory:
WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo\images\background

Note:

* The format of the images has to be GIF, JPG or PNG
* The filenames of the images are not important but the extensions have to be .gif, .jpg or .png
* The images will be displayed randomly

You can find some sample background images in the directory:
WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\blog-
flex\images\background-samples

Adsense Link Unit
You can simply add your Adsense Link unit by putting the 728×15 Adsense Link unit code in the field WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options / Ad Banner Link Unit Code.

The Adsense Link unit code will look similar to the following:

<script type=”text/javascript”><!–
google_ad_client = “pub-ID(YOURS)”;
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 15;
google_ad_format = “728×15_0ads_al”;
google_ad_channel = “”;
google_color_border = “FFFFFF”;
google_color_bg = “999999″;
//–></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”>
</script>
Top Adsense Banner
AdFlex SEO is a Wordpress theme banner ad that permits you to add your Adsense banner or any other type of banner ad at the top of the page.

If you want to add one of your Adsense banners at the top of the page, you just need to put your 728×90 Adsense banner code in the field WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options / Ad Banner Top Code.

The Adsense banner code will look similar to the following:

<script type=”text/javascript”><!–
google_ad_client = “pub-ID(YOURS)”;
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = “728×90_as”;
google_ad_type = “text_image”;
google_ad_channel = “”;
//–></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”>
</script>

Bottom Adsense Banner
AdFlex SEO is a Wordpress template banner ad that permits you to add your Adsense banner or any other type of banner ad at the bottom of the page.

If you want to add one of your Adsense banners at the bottom of the page, you just need to put your 728×90 Adsense banner code in the field WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options / Ad Banner Bottom Code.

The Adsense banner code will look similar to the following:

<script type=”text/javascript”><!–
google_ad_client = “pub-ID(YOURS)”;
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = “728×90_as”;
google_ad_type = “text_image”;
google_ad_channel = “”;
//–></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”>
</script>


Create Posts/Articles
You can simply add the content for each of your posts/articles by using the Wordpress posting feature:

* Go to your Wordpress admin
* Click on Write
* Select the tab Write Post
* Enter your title in Title field
* Enter the article content
* Click on Publish

The title will appear as H1 and well as H2. The right column will list automaticall your articles. The order of the list is sorted based on the publishing date. So you can change the publishing date is you want to change the order of the articles.
Friendly URL
The AdFlex SEO Theme works more effectively if you activate the Wordpress Friendly URL to have URLs like
http://www.yourdomainname.com/articles/articles-title.php instead of
http://www.yourdomainname.com/?p=xxx.

This will ensure Google will like your web pages and other search engines will see well your articles.

* Go to your Wordpress admin \ Options \ Permalink
* Select option Custom, select below
* Add in the field Custom structure: /articles/%postname%.php

Of course, you can set any other values of your choice.
* Add in the field Category base: /category
* Click on the button Update Permalink Structure located at the bottom of the page

You will need to update your .htaccess file manually if wordpress cannot get permissions to do it itself.

You can find the .htaccess file in the root directory of your website. If the file .htaccess doesn’t exist, you can create it

If you cannot see it via your FTP program (which is likely) try going into your the Control Panel provided with your web hosting and accessing the file direct from there. Then simply copy the code from the bottom of the permalink page and paste it into your .htaccess file.

Check that all is working by clicking on an article title, if it takes you to the article page all is well done.

This may seem to be confusing but when you’ll do it, you’ll understand much better.

About and Contact Pages
It’s important to have at least the About and Contact pages on your web site.

It makes your web site looks serious and gives more confident to your visitors.

To create the About page:

* Go to your Wordpress admin
* Click on Write
* Select the tab Write Page
* Enter “About” in title field
* Enter the page content
* Click on Create New Page

To create the Contact page:
* Go to your Wordpress admin
* Click on Write
* Select the tab Write Page
* Enter “Contact” in title field
* Enter the page content
* Click on Create New Page

Terms Page
If needed, you can also create the Terms page for your web site.

To create the Terms page:

* Go to your Wordpress admin
* Click on Write
* Select the tab Write Page
* Enter “Terms” in title field
* Enter the page content
* Click on Create New Page

Privacy page
If needed, you can also create the Privacy page for your web site.

To create the Privacy page:

* Go to your Wordpress admin
* Click on Write
* Select the tab Write Page
* Enter “Privacy” in title field
* Enter the page content
* Click on Create New Page

If you need a Privacy content generator, have a look at the following URL:

* http://www.the-dma.org/privacy/creating.shtml

Sitemap Page
If needed, you can also create the Sitemap page for your web site.

To create the Sitemap page:

* Go to your Wordpress admin
* Click on Write
* Select the tab Write Page
* Enter “Sitemap” in title field
* Enter the page content
* Click on Create New Page

Installation completed!
Normally after you’ve done all the above steps, you should have a nice results when you access your web site.

If you want, you do other things to customize your web site like changing the default colors that come with the AdFlex SEO Pro Wordpress template, adding RSS feeds, adding a custom footer content, and/or adding a stat counter. All those steps are described below.

Extra Customizations / Features
Most of AdFlex SEO items can be customized via WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options.

You will find some instructions below but the document has to be completed. So we invite you to go through the exhaustive lists of item that can be customized via WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options.
Stat Counter with AdFlex SEO template
If you want to add your stat counter(s), you just need to put your start counter code(s) in the field WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options / Stat Counter Codes.

Your stat counter code will be added just below the footer bar and before the </body>.

It’s recommended to have an invisible stat counter.

You can find a free stat counter at URLs:

* http://www.statcounter.com

RSS Feeds to AdFlex SEO Pro Wordpress theme
You just need to add the code of your RSS Feeds to the file:
WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad- flex-seo\syndication\syndication_custom_rss.php

Then you have to activate the visibility of the RSS feed code in the field WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options / RSS Code Visibility.

Your RSS Feeds will be added just after your post/article content.

Adding Newsletter to AdFlex SEO Wordpress theme
You just need to add the code of your RSS Feeds to the file:
WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo\syndication\syndication_custom_newsletter.php

Then you have to activate the visibility of the RSS feed code in the field WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options / Newsletter Code Visibility.

Your Newsletter code will appear as the first section of the sidebar.

Adding Custom Footer items
You just need to add the code of your footer items (your own links or extra information) to the file:
WP_ROOT\wp-content\themes\ad-flex-seo\syndication\syndication_custom_footer.php

Then you have to activate the visibility in the field WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options / Custom Footer Code Visibility.

Changing the default AdFlex SEO Pro Colors
You can change most of the color used by AdFlex SEO via the WP Admin / Presentation / AdFlex SEO Options.