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I previously used the Adsense Manager plugin for Wordpress. Do I need to reconfigure my ads?

Advertising Manager will automatically import your settings from Adsense Manager. There is no modification necessary. In addition, Advertising Manager will accept the Adsense Manager ad calls ('') as well.

= I previously used Adsense Deluxe plugin for Wordpress. Do I need to reconfigure my ads? Advertising Manager will automatically import your settings from Adsense Deluxe. There is no modification necessary. In addition, Advertising Manager will accept the Adsense Manager ad calls ('') as well.

Does Advertising Manager support Wordpress MU (multi-user)?

Yes.

Can Advertising Manager work in my language?

Yes. Advertising Manager is localised. If your blog is in another language, and Advertising Manager shows in English, then it is most likely that a translation has not been done. Don't worry - if you are a native speaker in English as well as your local language, you can help out! Information on how to get involved can be found here:

http://code.openx.org/wiki/advertising-manager/TranslateAdvertisingManagerinyour_language

Do I still need Advertising Manager now I can manage ads through Google's system?

Advertising manager allows you to rotate ads, easily turn on/off ads, place them in your blog, and many features other than configuration of the ad colors and format. It a critical tool to use if you want to make more from your advertising.

Why does changing Ad Format/Dimensions sometimes not change the size of the ad?

For some ad networks (e.g. WidgetBucks, Adroll, etc.) the dimensions of ads are managed through the online interface. There is no way to change these settings from within the WordPress system that would work reliably. You do not have to update these dimension settings if you update your Ad online, however, it can be useful in correctly identifying 'Alternate Ads' for AdSense blocks.

How do I place Ad code at the top, bottom, left, right, etc. of the page?

There is a (nice tutorial here)[http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/adsense/] which explains positioning using code in template files. You can use this together with Advertising Manager: just place the ad code tags where it says "place code here".

Upgrading has gone a bit wrong... What can I do?

To revert to an old copy of your Ad database, go to your Dashboard and add ?advman-revert-db=X to your URL. Replace X with the major version that you want to revert to.

If the latest version to work was 2.1, enter: ?advman-revert-db=2

Load the page and Advertising Manager will revert to that version of the database and re-attempt the upgrade.

How can I share revenue with my authors?

1. Load YOUR ad into Advertising Manager.
2. Load your AUTHOR's ad into Advertising Manager.
3. Name both ads the same - this will allow them to rotate.
4. In your author's ad, be sure to select the authors username in Display Options
5. Set the weights of the ads according to your revenue share. The easiest way to do this is to set YOUR ad weight to 36, and then set the weight of your author's ad according to the revenue share deal. For 10% revenue share, set the author ad weight to 4; 20% = 9; 33% = 18; 40% = 24; 50% = 36; 60% = 54; 66.7% = 72; 70% = 84; 80% = 144; 90% = 324. For the nerdy wonks out there, the formula is (AUTHOR AD WEIGHT) = (MY AD WEIGHT * REVENUE SHARE) / (1 - REVENUE SHARE)

More detailed instuctions can be found in the documentation: Concepts - Placing ads on your blog