Insert AdSense Ads Automatically in Drupal Nodes and Teaser Lists

Here's a useful Drupal module that tweaks a node's body or teaser to insert an inline AdSense ad, when a node is rendered on a full page or teaser list.

This allows site administrators to enable automatic insertion of an AdSense ad into the page without the content editor having to insert inline [adense] filter tags, or having to edit a site's template.php (or other template files.) This offers a big advantage, as you can change the ad format, group, and channel on the fly without hand-editing each node (which is the only way I can think of doing it if you are using inline filters). Another advantage is that you can enable/disable the inserted AdSense with just a click of the mouse - no need to edit each node.

This module relies heavily on the AdSense module (so no, I'm not reinventing the wheel!)

We like this module!

We use this module here on our own site, as well as several others that we operate.
You can see this module in operation on this site when you view any article on its own - the ad you see near the top of the node body is dynamically inserted into the body of the article when it is rendered - the AdSense code is not stored in the node's database record.

Why not just massage node.tpl.php (and other template files?) Well, if you administer multiple sites (as I do), or are trying out new themes, doing so can be tedious at best. And, once you have tweaked a theme's files, you will have headaches if the theme is updated to fix bugs or browser compatibility problems.

The excellent AdSense module does most of the heavy lifting. Obviously, this requires that the AdSense module be installed, enabled, and configured correctly.

The site administrator has the following options:

• Enable/disable insertion globally.
• Select Ad format, channel, and group (as defined by AdSense module).
• Edit template string for insertion - insert Adsense module tags, before or after body or teaser.
  This could be enhanced later to use templates or regular expression replacement capabilities.
• Enable or disable insertion for individual node type(s).
• NEW: set minimum node body "word count" threshold, below which the inline ads will not be inserted. This uses the same technique used by Drupal's node.module for minimum word count when submitting nodes (it just counts things separated by spaces, and doesn't adjust the count for HTML tags or any other markup). The module will insert HTML comments to help you see the word counts and limits (in case you think you should see an ad, but don't, or vice versa.) This limit is 'global' to all node types, but could be enhanced later to allow setting it on a per type basis.

Possible future enhancements

• Repeated ad insertions after one or more paragraphs
• Pattern matching, or other more sophisticated insertion strategy

Recent changes

• Set minimum node body "word count" threshold, below which the inline ads will not be inserted. This uses the same technique used by Drupal's node.module for minimum word count when submitting nodes (it just counts things separated by spaces, and doesn't adjust the count for HTML tags or any other markup). The module will insert HTML comments to help you see the word counts and limits (in case you think you should see an ad, but don't, or vice versa.) This limit is 'global' to all node types, but could be enhanced later to allow setting it on a per type basis.
• NEW: (1/7/2007) - Respects the Adsense module visibility settings - inserts only on pages that Adsense module will allow, based on the AdSense module's visibility settings.
• NEW: (3/16/2007) - Insert ads in teaser lists (like the front page)
• NEW: (3/16/2007) - Template-based insertion - define a template which can include any valid Adsense module tag, insert multiple ads, insert before and after body/teaser, etc.

Sounds great! How do use it on my own site?

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