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Having an Announcement or Ad on your Blog Page.

We have modified one of the Sunset Themes to show how to put an annoucement on your Main Blog Page.  This method is not meant to be used if you use a static page as your home page.  This is for a regular blog setup where your posts are your home page.

You have to install the Genki-Announcement Plugin and some code has to be inserted into the index.php file.  Once installed and your code has been edited you have to go to the options page and type in your announcement just as you want it displayed.  Using HTML lets you create any look you want.  Or you can insert your Google AdSense 468×60 banner code or any other ad banner that size. Or a combination of text and ads.

Open the index.php file and find this code pretty close to the beginning.

<div class=”PostContent”>

<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php echo $next_link; ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php echo $prev_link; ?></div>
</div>

</div>
<div class=”cleared”></div>

Right before that little section insert this.

<div class=”PostContent”>
<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”center”>
<?php if(function_exists(‘genki_announcement’)) { genki_announcement(); } ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class=”cleared”></div>

This will put the announcemet or ad or both at the top of your blog page.

When we compose our message in the Genki Setup page we put our announcement between simple html center tags.

<center>This is an example of our annoucement to be displayed</center>

This keeps your message centered in the article column and just looks neater.

The Genki Announcement Setup Page

Genki has a few ways to put your annoucement on your blog and the “insert code” way gives you more control over where it is positioned.  Also what pages it displays on.

If you choose the Widget then all you have to do is include the Genki Widget in you selection of widgets and fill in the title.  You should make sure your announcement is formatted to look good in the space that the widget allows.

You can also choose the selection that will automatically display you announcement at the top of your posts pages.  This looks okay too but it displays on sigle post pages also.

We have it set up using the code inserted so that it shows only on your home page or posts pages.

There are many ways to use this plugin and we find it very useful.