Hi,
there is currently no option for this in Advanced Ads, but I already have this somewhere on my list. You might submit a feature request to make this a priority.
Thanks
Thomas
Hey Thomas.
I like how Advanced Ads does a clean insert right in the designated spot in the post… instead of the “after post” and position the ad with jQuery afterwards that In Post Ads does.
Currently using In Post Ads to insert Google DFP ad calls, and I have to say that feature of “insert in article mid-point” is VERY powerful.
Really at this point that one feature is the only reason I can’t move away from In Post Ads…
Here’s why… in our example, we have a site with thousands of articles by different authors, and each one has different paragraph lengths… so a “mid-way” guess of paragraphs end up mid-way in some, at the bottom in others, and too close to the top add in other still.
I tried to duplicate “mid-way” by guessing a number of paragraphs, but it’s just not doable…
I wonder the best way to implement that… counting total paragraphs to infer the mid point, or counting characters and going that way?
Thanks!
Dan
Hi Dan,
are you a coder and just asking for a starting point? If so, you can play around with the content injection function from Advanced Ads.
Counting characterns is an interesting idea too, but I haven’t given it a thought yet.
If Post Ads comes with a function / shortcode, you could just use that in an Advanced Ads and so combine features of both plugins.
Thomas
Hey Thomas.
LOL! I thought it would be simple to find that “mid point” computation code in In Post Ads, but to no avail… i just can’t seem to find it. it’s a fairly simple plugin, and I’ve been though all the code twice now lol. Which is really odd…
No, was just looking for HOW they do it, since their method works. We have it enabled on our site with thousands of articles, and midpoint is correctly computed, to where it “looks” to be in the middle…
Guessing they count paragraphs, since I never see it add to an <h2> or similar tag…
I would really love to move to Advanced Ads, love the clean actual injection to the desired spot… In Post Ads i believe injects after the fact with JS, so the page loads, then you see the ad float appear where you defined it to appear.
This is just a showstopper for us since I can’t find a mid-point number of paragraphs that applies well across our content… so that the middle ad doesn’t show too close to the 1st paragraph 300×250 or too far to the bottom.
Thanks!
Dan
Hi Dan,
it surely sounds like an interesting feature to add in a future release, but for the time being I can only offer to write some custom code for you to integrate both plugins. In the past, some users also offered to pay for a feature to be integrated in the free version. Just let me know at support@webgilde.com if this is of any interest for you.
Thanks
Thomas