WordPress Compatibility: FAQs
Is OIO compatible with a standard WordPress installation?
Yes, the script is fully compatible with any self-hosted version of WordPress, up to the most recent release (v3.3).
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.
Is OIO compatible with WordPress multi-site?
Yes, but there are limitations. OIO will not work correctly as a “network activation”. As long as a standard plugin activation is performed (on a per site basis), it should work just fine.
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 it on just of your blogs and use OIO’s javascript code to show ads on the others.
Does OIO work with any WordPress theme?
Yes, as long as the theme supports WordPress “header” and “footer” hooks (which every theme should do). To check your theme, follow these instructions.
What if my WordPress theme doesn’t support widgets?
That’s no problem – you can add OIO’s 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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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.
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?
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.
I changed a setting in OIO to use a list…that cleared things up enough for me. Thanks!
hey how about in a blog where the sidebar is not widgetized. Say my theme is not widgetized? will it work as well?
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.
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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?
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.
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?
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.
Where can I download the lite version?
OIO does not currently have a lite version, only the $47 version.
Does this software provide reports for impressions and click throughs? Also, does it allow me to rotate banners randomly?
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.
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?
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.
Is there any free version available with footer link credit?
Hi,
Is it possible to:
1./ add multiple text links, such as affiliate text links, in bulk? (eg; via CSV lists, phpMyAdmin/SQL,etc).
2./ add multiple banners for the same “customer” or affiliate in one go? (…or would each banner need to be uploaded, configured and added one-by-one?.. – I’m thinking about affiliate banners in particular, whereby we might display a number of different sizes/colored banners per affiliate, so it would be good if there was a way for the site admin to do it very quickly…)
If not, could/will these features be added in the near future?
Also, do you have a 2 tier affiliate program available? if not, will you be adding one in the near future?
Thanks.
Hi there,
We use a WordPress theme called Wave. It has pre-determined ad spaces. We are ok with where they are placed. My question is does OIO interact with those specific ad placements to rotate what is there for instance.
The theme only has one place to place banner code in the appearance controls for the theme.
Thanks
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Will this plug-in work in the Thesis theme?