"Whether or not we personally like or run ads on our blogs doesn't seem to have anything to do with... anything."
I figured it was the only reason I could not find more than a couple references to "Habari Adsense" in all my searches. Wrong conclusion, once again. Sorry. It's really not a bad thing to minimize or avoid ads altogether if you can. To each his own. As regards aptitude and farming out my tech needs: Since I have lots of time and do all my own plumbing and web stuff, I don't mind getting crap on my hands. What bugs me the most though is getting started on a messy job and finding I'm missing just a washer. Frustrating, but not worth calling a plumber for. I really don't expect lessons in PHP but it certainly helps to have some background before I flood the house, if only with profanities. I do find it disconcerting, since I've been working online for a decade and in computers for three times that, that until you need to use certain things you mentally ignore the slang of certain sub-groups. Slug is but one example. Tag Management Systems is another, so I'm still not quite sure what your Tag Manager does apart from adding Analytics code to footer. Does it have more to do with http://www.google.com/tagmanager/ Please elaborate just a tad more. (Tad: (definition) euphemism used by greedy person implying a request for small amount when they actually want it all) On Monday, January 21, 2013 6:10:19 PM UTC-5, Les Henderson wrote: > > Great answers and a whole lot of new information to digest, investigate > and expand upon. Thanks. > > Every tidbit brings the disconnect between those that live and breath > Habari and those that want to use it closer. > > While I'm on the Disqus topic, could you please explain how to comply with > this request from the universal code install instructions? What would the > Habari blog shortname be, if any? > > /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * > */ > var disqus_shortname = ''; // required: replace example with your > forum shortname > > On Monday, January 21, 2013 5:51:30 PM UTC-5, Chris Meller wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Les Henderson <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Easy, yes, I suppose for someone who understands exactly what to do, and >>> when, or when not to do it. Unfortunately, I'm just not one of them. >>> >> >> It really is as simple as copy-and-paste for a few lines of code, as >> Chris said. If you check the section on Disqus' site about installing, they >> have some pretty good documentation. >> >> Funny side note: Looks like Michael actually recommended not using the >> Disqus plugin he wrote back in 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01397.html >> >> >>> Not a jab, but I've come across the same thing with trying to figure out >>> how to do something as basic as adding Google Adsense or Analytics code >>> into Habari. >>> >> >> Have you tried the plugins for Adsense and Analytics? >> >> https://github.com/habari-extras/googleads >> https://github.com/habari-extras/googleanalytics >> >> Analytics tells you in the plugin's help text that it's automatically >> added, so there is no need to do anything. Ads provides a block for you to >> place Adsense into a pre-defined area in your theme, assuming it supports >> them (the default themes should, I cannot vouch for others). If it doesn't, >> you'll have to edit your theme and add the snippet Google gives you (just >> as with Disqus). >> >> I also wrote a plugin just recently to use Google Tag Manager for my >> Analytics snippet, instead: >> https://github.com/chrismeller/googletagmanager >> >> With it you simply enter your information into the plugin configuration >> and you're done (just like the main Analytics plugin). >> >> >>> Sure, most dev bloggers eschew the notion of seeing those Adsense >>> pennies roll in by the nickel, but I suspect it as one of the first things >>> the general website owner thinks about. >>> >> >> Whether or not we personally like or run ads on our blogs doesn't seem to >> have anything to do with... anything. >> >> On somewhat of a tangent, I suspect blog owners who aren't comfortable >> experimenting and making basic HTML modifications to a theme themselves >> (with basic help via mailing list, IRC, etc.) would: 1) Hire or befriend >> someone who is comfortable with them to handle things like this and other >> basic theme mods, 2) Use a pre-packaged theme that already has a specific >> place for them (in which case you simply add the block to one of its >> areas), or 3) Use a hosted blog service which offers a pre-packaged >> approach to 1 and 2. >> >> >>> Maybe the plugin from Graham Christensen works. Maybe it doesn't. I'm >>> thinking perhaps I don't want to break something without some reassurance >>> that it will do what I expect it to, without being told later that I should >>> have known to "just add some code somewhere" instead. >>> >> >> I will admit, there is no mention in the plugin help that a block is >> provided. That could be done better. Sorry about that, it's a contributed >> plugin, this kind of thing happens. >> >> That said, if you plan on hosting your own site of *any* type (whether >> Habari, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, static, anything) you have to have some >> measure of an adventurous spirit and be willing to experiment a bit -- try >> things and see what works, dump what doesn't. If installing a plugin to see >> if it meets your needs isn't the type of thing you're into, I'd recommend >> that you go with a hosted platform. WordPress.com might be suitable, but >> there are dozens of point-and-click services these days that let you pick a >> template, set some basic options, and be off and running in minutes. They >> also have dedicated support teams that are happy to answer any questions >> you have, no matter how stupid you think they may be. >> >> We want Habari to be great, but in the end having happy users is the most >> important thing, even if that means recommending a different service. We'd >> hate to lose you, but it sounds like Habari may just not be polished enough >> yet for you to be happy flying solo. >> > -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev
