I don't consider myself greedy but why waste all that real estate without trying to make some money?
I'm attempting to sell my images but more could be made. Right?

For example, Google Adsense or any other affiliate, for that matter.

I'm using Galleriffic. http://fotosbyerika.com

I do not understand what is the point of this post actually? You can do all that, it's your site.

That's the mentality these days! It's like saying, "What's the point of a newspaper without all those advertisements?" - well, some people actually like the NEWS, just like some people go to photo websites for... Wait for it... Wait for it... Photos! :-)

I hope book publishers don't start getting the same ideas - the moment I find an ad page in the middle of a good book, I'm going to burn down the publishing company's office...

Well, usually you have buy the book before you read it...;-) Generally nothing wrong with wanting to make money but there are so many sites that seem to exist for ads and not for content.

OK, easy does it. I want to know the mechanics of placing Adsense (for instance) on my site. Does anyone out there know how to do it? I'm not a techie. Where do I place the code?

True - but if libraries start arguing that they need the ad space in books to justify their "freeness" like everything online seems to be, then I'm going to cry tears of blood :-)

I suppose making an AdSense plugin may be more useful than simply hacking the theme files directly. I built a plugin to display random quotes on my site, so it shouldn't be that hard (I don't really "know" PHP, I'm a .NET programmer, but I'm learning fast!).

@erika_conn: Why didn't you just ask how to do it? Actually it is not that difficult to add that add code to a theme. Even if it was a plugin you would have to do this.

@blue Dragonfly: Should indeed not be that hard. Maybe look at the google maps plugin as a template, in case you want to do one.

I think it would be an easy one to make, just a few functions to print out the adsense code and add any javascript to the top of the page. But, I have an ethical obligation not to do any work which promotes marketing/advertising, website scraping or cloning, or anything used to bypass CAPTCHA. Unfortunately, about 90% of the work on sites like Rent-A-Coder (where I do a lot of work) fall under this category, but I'm fortunate enough to be able to be picky :-)

Of course, I can understand most points, although I find generally nothing wrong with marketing/advertising itself. What I personally "hate" are those over SEOed sites that are actually for "machines", not for human visitors...:-)

(btw, coming from design I have some obligations against such "marketplace" portals like Rent-A-Coder. The prices peaple often want to pay are ridiculous...)

I agree on those, acrylian - the sites that exist for page rank and accidental clicks by unwary or confused visitors, and with RAC max bid amounts! Often I'll read through a job description and think, "Hmm, that might be interesting, I could probably knock that out in a week or so", only to see "Max bid accepted: $20". I suppose it's ok for new people to get a start and earn a reputation with a bunch of good ratings on jobs they've whored themselves out on (been there!), but it sure is tricky to find interesting jobs that pay well enough. Still, I get lucky every once in a while, and most of my work now comes from repeat business from existing clients.

I suppose it is okay for newcomers to get a little less, but some people do not imagine that a thing that looks like 5 minutes done might take more. Well, I guess our forum is not really the right place for discussions about those portals...;-)

Ah, guys, can we get back to what I needed help on? Ah, never mind. I guess you don't know.

I do not apologize for trying to monetize my website. I sell a good product but in addition, I'd like to have some peripheral income. Last time I looked, that was neither illegal nor immoral.

Well, we drifted a little. No need to apologize for your plan to monetarize. But adding google adds or similar is really not that hard, it is explained on Google's Adworks site. Of course you will have to modify your theme and therefore need to know a litte about how that works and web techniques in general. This is nothing we can do for you.

OK, that's fair.

I have a question, though. Why are other users, besides Blue Dragonfly, not joining the conversation? On the WordPress forum, you always get input from other users as well as moderators. But you are a developer. That's an important job and I'm sure your time would be needed on other projects.

Anyway, away I go to Google Adworks. I will report back.

Well, we are a much smaller community than Wordpress. And why others do not join no one can answer expect those who do not themselves.

Since this is a actually support forum for the sytem Zenphoto and stuff like adding ads or using affiliates is not really Zenphoto specific. Of course you can discuss about stuff like this in general.

However, it is a personal decision what to do how with your site. This is of course independent from the system itself you are using, be it Wordpress, Zenphoto or whatever there is. It is all about the content or service you want to sell.

WOW, as I search for easy way to add google adsense code every post on here is the same nonsense.

Yes, we all know how to add the code, but for the non coders it would be so much easier if you could just say open the _ file and add code above __ and then for image page add code here.

Every answer on how to add adsense or ads is the same reply --- just add the code. If they knew where to add they wouldnt be on here asking.

I am working on this now and will add detail info when I am done modding the theme.

And how would we

Quote:just say open the _ file and add code above __ and then for image page add code here
That would depend on what code is already there. Given the number of themes both that we supply and that others have done, the permutations would be more confusing than a non-coder could follow.

We do provide a paid support link to find someone to do if for you. Surely you do not expect that everything is just the way you want and for free, too.

Also, "where" to add the code depends "where" you want to display the ads? What theme page? The sidebar? Does the theme have a sidebar at all? Before some (which?) text, after text? And as my collegue said, all this depends also on which theme used...

The problem is that you are nerds. And you claim that this is a simple gallery to use. That is a blatant lie. Its simple if you find it ok to use out of the box. But that comes for a minor part of the users.

1 no serious connection with facebook. I could have understood it if this was 2006 or 2007. But not 2012.
Same thing with proper built in way to add adsense or other things to monetize your gallery.

Until these two things are properly added. This software is nothing but simple if you want to do things with it.

So let me ask the developers one question. Is this software for the masses or the nerds?

damiende,

While I may say your frustration is apparent, you seem to be misplacing it. What you want is a simple "upload and go" gallery, complete with options to plug-in and fine-tune how you wish. As evidenced by your desire for Facebook and AdSense.

The simple problem here though is you want it without effort. There are plenty of people who dedicate hours upon hours of their life to help make Zenphoto a better solution.

I would also venture a guess you probably know little about php or html. If you did, you would see that the Zenphoto system is about as easy a gallery, and a flexible, that you'd ever need.

Is it for the nerds? No, it's for those that like to help themselves. Is it for the masses? Sure, but as you said, without effort on their own part, they have to be content with the options that are given to them.

All you need is effort, either your own or someone who you've hired to do the work for you. Without that, you're left with what people share for free. Don't like it? Put forth a little effort.

Edit:
And per the AdSense bit.. there is no simple answer to where to add the code to your page. Because, quite simply, each gallery has different things active. On top of that, where one person may want it on a page doesn't work for where someone else may want it.

Again, effort.