Show all ads from a given group?

you mean like a block of ads, e.g. display 3 ads that are in the same group below each other in the frontend?
I have this on my feature list, but wasn’t able to implement it yet.

Yeah, that’s exactly what I mean. I have 10 ads I want to display together and I’d rather not have to use the_ad() over and over for all of them, especially since we’re not able to use a slug name for each ad. The number IDs for the ads, by nature, make it hard to discern which ad is which in the code. (Another feature I’d love to see implemented for ads and groups, use of slug names like we can with placements).

When you get around to implementing such a feature. I think it’d be awesome to be able to choose weight (display one at a time) or display all and then have an option for which order they’d display in. Perhaps the weights could be used to determine order when all are displayed.

Thanks for your attention to this plugin and the needs of the users!

Thank you for your detailed explanation. Especially the connection with the weight seems like a good idea.

I added the request to https://wpadvancedads.com/advancedads/feature-requests/ so you and others can vote for it.

Thanks, Thomas!

Just wanted to let you know that the newest version contains this feature

That’s great! Thanks! ??

I’m checking out the new features now, overall, looks much cleaner and the tools/functionality you have added since I last looked are great!

I’m curious. Two types of ads, Random and Ordered. I’m assuming Random is the original type and Ordered is the new type that will show all ads. It says display ads with the lowest ad weight first. But, shouldn’t it show the ads with the HIGHEST weight first? Ads with higher weight get shown more often for Random ads, right? So wouldn’t the more intuitive way of doing Ordered ads be highest weight first?

The way you have it definitely would work. I’m just thinking of instances where the same ad group may be switched from random to ordered and the importance of the ads doesn’t change. So the highest weight would still be more important, therefore first in the chain.

Thanks, Thomas!

Hi Thomas,
I think you are right and even believe I implemented and documented it this way, just at this point I might have forgotten to change an earlier version of the text. Will take a look later and fix something

best regards,
Thomas

Yeah, it may work the way I described, the text on the form just says it goes by lowest weight first. I haven’t tested it yet.

Thanks, Thomas!

I just checked again and indeed, the order is starting with the lowest weight.

I also remembered why I implemented it this way.

It seems more natural if you think the “weight” to be an “order” and this would start with 1., 2., 3., 4., etc.

Since you can only switch the group type where you also have to set the weight/order, I think there is no problem in keeping it this way.

However, your argument for the reversed order was also very good – I was almost convinced ??

Thomas

First, let me say, this is your toy and you can do whatever you want! ??

I agree that when thinking of it as an “order,” 1-10 makes sense. But, since it’s labeled “weight” and the user is already used to thinking of the heavier weight being more important, then intuitively, switching from random to ordered, the higher weight, the more important, the higher in the list it should be.
Plus, when switching from random to ordered, instead of one click of a radio button, the user also has to reverse the weight of every ad in the group. Not that big of a deal for up to 10 ads, but still, a click is a click! ??

All in all, I’m not gonna be disappointed either way. I think this is a great plugin. Simple, straight-forward, with more features being added and tweaked all the time. AND you’re very active in the support threads and you even implement the ideas of your users…quickly!

Kudos to you, my friend! ??

Thanks.

Hmn, are you in a good mood to give a review here on www.remarpro.com?

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Done and done. ??

I am having a problem with the group ads showing up. When I use the widget a single ad shows up without an issue, but as soon as I select a group it is just blank … What might I be doing wrong?