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Thanks Scott – looking forward to a fix.

I should mention this – I am technologically clueless when it comes to tweaking programs and such. Without the dashboard, I am lost. So please, when you post any information on how to deal with my problem, use plain english and step-by-step detailed instructions.

Thanks!

Damn!! Now my website isn’t working either. Getting the same blank page and error message.

This is now urgent!!

Well, for now the problem was resolved by removing the plug in files from my database (thanks go to the Dreamhost support staff, as I wasn’t sure how to do this properly. Both my website and the WP Dashboard are working again now.

I’d still like to know what the problem was, and I won’t re-install that plug-in until I know it’s been fixed.

vkfrainbow: The reason that you received this error is that Adsense Manager and Advertising Manager are both enabled. Please disable Adsense Manager first, then Advertising Manager will run just fine.

Cheers,
Scott

moeloe:

Can you try to disable the Adsense Manager plugin first before enabling Advertising Manager? I think that this will solve your issues. Let me know how it goes.

Cheers,
Scott

@switzer

I disabled Adsense Manager before installing Advertising Manager (Version 3.3.13) just like you said but I get this error:

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /wp-content/plugins/advertising-manager/class-upgrade.php on line 209

Scott,

It’s good that you’re on this forum and helping.

I think you’ll have a lot less work if the instruction to disable the old plugin were in the installation instructions. I’ve had to figure that out myself.

You may also want to document that the publisher ID is now not part of the “network” definition and needs to be updated into individual ads.

Another thing is that the help text you link to from the FAQs tells people to put their ad code directly into their template. What about adsensem_ad()?

Cheers,
Gal

ChemicalJump:

What version of WordPress are you using? Also, I just rolled out a version of Advertising Manager which does not enable until Adsense Manager is totally disabled (v3.3.14). Please test and let me know the results.

Scott

galbaras:

Thanks for your compliments ??

For some reason, the wiki that had the documentation lost some pages, including upgrade instructions. I will find a backup and get them back – thanks for the feedback.

Great to know about the Publisher ID. Is this a problem for you? The reasoning that I had is that if you store the Publisher ID, you can rotate different publisher ids so that you can share revenue with others (e.g. with other authors).

adsensem_ad(name) works as it did before, as well as advman_ad(name). You can also add ads as a widget, without editing the template.

Cheers,
Scott

switzer

Using the latest WordPress 2.7.1

I’ve tried it every way I can think of and still getting that same error. It happens every single time I disable Adsense Manager. I can have the two enabled at the same time, but the second I disable Adsense Manager it screws up. I also tried deleting the Adsense Manager plugin folder but that didn’t help.

ChemicalJump:

I think that I see what your error is. I made a new version 3.3.15 which should fix it.

Please let me know how you go.

Cheers,
Scott

It works! 3.3.15 did the trick! Thanks a lot!

ChemicalJump:

Glad to hear it!

Scotty my boy, you’re one of the good guys.

I’ve found the adsensem_ad function after stuffing my theme with the Google code. Will reconsider it if ever things change.

I could see the ratinale behind the publisher ID switch, but it wasn’t where I expected it, so I got spooked a bit…

Doing this switchover made me create adsense ads, which I guess was a good idea anyway and now everything seems to be working great.

Thanks again,
Gal

galbaras: thanks for the props ??