Comments on: Text Link Ads Marginally Improved

By: toptank

toptank — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:48:22 +0000

I never liked TLA. I don’t think Feedvertising will work.

By: Pixelwit

Pixelwit — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:50:15 +0000

Dan, sorry I couldn’t help out, but if you’ve been able to get widgets to work in your WordPress blog before, then that should have done the trick (it worked for me).

If the widget won’t work for you, you can always try following the directions in TLA’s new WP Plugin ReadMe file.

Have you tried contacting Text Link Ads for tech support? Maybe you’ll have better luck with them than I did, I don’t think it can be much worse.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:16:29 +0000

Hi Sean,

Thanks for prompt reply here. The way you describe the process are the exact steps I have taken. Number of times by now as I hoped reinstall may make some difference. But to no avail. I still cant see “Related Links” widget anywhere in my WP Admin console.

Thanks for help anyway.

Dan

By: Pixelwit

Pixelwit — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:28:16 +0000

Hi Dan,

The way I understand it, you have to go to “Install Ad Code” then click the “Get Ad Code” link for your WordPress site. Then choose “WordPress Plugin” as your programming language. On the next screen, be sure to select “Yes” when asked if you plan on using the sidebar widget. That should take you to the big orange “Download the WordPress Plugin” button.

Then it’s a matter of Installing the plugin, activating it, and (if all goes well) going to the Presentation/Widgets section of the WordPress Admin panel and dragging the “Related Links” widget into your sidebar.

Hope that helps.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:40:16 +0000

Hi Sean,

Found you post while trying to get a proper step by step info how to install this TLA plugin and can not believe what you had to go through.

The problem I am experiencing is little different and I was wondering if you knew where its coming from.

I installed the plugin into my /plugins folder and Activated it but never found ANY new control panel for it within the WP Admin console. After reading your article I double checked the widgets submenu of Presentation menu but there is no Related Links widget to drop on sidebar.

TLA instructions do not help as all I see while getting the code is big orange button DOWNLOAD WP plugin and that’s it. Not a single word about any needed adjustments.

So I wonder has the widget now been fully automated so all thats needed is the activation (doubt that) or did I missed something.

The plugin version I just got is: Text Link Ads
Version: 1.1.2
and I am trying to get it working on WP Version 2.3.1

Sorry for lengthy comment but yours is only helpful info I found thus far.