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WordPress Compatibility: FAQs

May 6, 2009 under Development

Is OIO compatible with a standard WordPress installation?

Yes, the script is fully compatible with any self-hosted version of WordPress, up to and including the most recent v3.0 release.

Is OIO compatible with blogs hosted at WordPress.com?

No, WordPress.com does not allow the use of 3rd party plugins on its hosted blogs. You must host the WordPress blog yourself.

Is OIO compatible with WPMU?

Yes, as long as you install OIO in the “plugins” directory. It is not designed to work in the “mu-plugins” directory. If you want to show ads across the entire site, rather than using it on a blog by blog basis, it is suggested that you install OIO in standalone mode.

Does OIO work with any WordPress theme?

Yes, as long as the theme supports the WordPress “header” and “footer” hooks. To check whether your theme contains these 2 elements, click here. Don’t worry if they aren’t there, as you can easily add them yourself by following the instructions on that page.

What about if my WordPress theme doesn’t support widgets?

That’s no problem, as you can add the OIO ad code to any part of your WordPress theme manually. Click here to see an example of the php code you would use to add a banner ad zone to your site.

Is the WordPress plugin a separate script from the standalone install?

No, it’s exactly the same script and will automatically load as a WordPress plugin if placed in the “plugins” directory of a WordPress blog.

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18 Comments so far

Ted | May 20, 2009

Will this plug-in work in the Thesis theme?


Simon | May 20, 2009

It should be completely theme independent. The only situation that does arise sometimes is that some themes don’t have the php footer hook in the footer.php theme file:

wp_footer();

If it’s not there, you just need to add it directly above the closing tag.


Bill | June 24, 2009

This is something related to the CSS in the theme, but I’m no CSS expert…my text links for ads using OIO are getting bullets placed over the leading character in the title of the ad…any suggestions?


Simon | June 24, 2009

I can’t see any text links that fit the description you mentioned on the site you linked to (money-hacks.com).

If you’ve got an example you could show me, post it on the support forum and I’ll check it out.


Bill | June 26, 2009

I changed a setting in OIO to use a list…that cleared things up enough for me. Thanks!


Melvin | July 11, 2009

hey how about in a blog where the sidebar is not widgetized. Say my theme is not widgetized? will it work as well?


Simon | July 11, 2009

Hi Melvin,

I’ve added that question to the FAQs in the post above. The essential answer is it doesn’t matter if your theme supports widgets, since you can add the OIO ad code manually anywhere you like.


manila street | August 8, 2009

hi

i already have 37 dollars and still saving so i can buy that

:) cheers!


Clayton Kessler | January 6, 2010

Will this program allow me to insert and manage image ads inside posts in addition to the side bar?
If not are there any programs that do help manage ads in the content of posts?


Simon | January 6, 2010

Yes, you can insert ads into your posts, as well as sidebar (or anywhere else on your blog).

There are a couple of options – “inline” ads automatically insert an ad into each post. However, for greater flexibility, check out the addons plugin below. It lets you insert any text / banner ad zone you wish into a post as you
write it:

>> http://blog.oiopublisher.com/2009/12/oio-addons-wordpress-plugin/

After you’ve installed OIO, you just need to upload and activate the addons plugin and you’ll automatically have the extra functionality.


Cracks | March 13, 2010

Could one use OIO as a method of multi-variate testing different images/ads? As in, does each ad slot allow multiple ads (2 or more versions, of completely different images) and you can use the CTR to determine the effectiveness of each individaul ad?

WordPress and gWebsite Optimiser don’t integrate super-smoothly, and gAd Manager just KILLS pageload speed, so was thinking this might offer some alternative?


Simon | March 13, 2010

I’d say yes it’s possible, although it may not be quite optimal for the task in its current guise.

Pros:

* you can rotate as many ads as you want per zone
* you can track individual ad CTRs

Cons:

* you’d need to setup each ad you wanted to track as a “purchase” via the admin editor. The in-house (default) ads that you can attach to a zone don’t allow for stats tracking.


TechGyo | May 24, 2010

Where can I download the lite version?


Simon | May 24, 2010

OIO does not currently have a lite version, only the $47 version.


Chad Thompson | July 11, 2010

Does this software provide reports for impressions and click throughs? Also, does it allow me to rotate banners randomly?


Simon | July 11, 2010

You can do both of those things with OIO, yes.

If you check out the demo link at the top of the page, you’ll see a link to a sample stats report. You can also view all the admin options from there.


Jeff | August 18, 2010

My question is:
The ad code that is placed on a web page. Can it be positioned within a or and then moved around using the CSS code? Or is there a better way of custom positioning an ad on specific pages?


Simon | August 18, 2010

Hi Jeff,

Every ad zone is associated with a unique ID (eg. oio-banner-1), so you could certainly use that to re-position the zone if you needed to.


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