First, thank you for a wonderful theme! It works like a charm.

However, I do have some questions but it seems as if VK has abandoned this forum… ? There are very few, if any, answers to users questions. Are you still here?

And is Ad Flex Niche 0.9 ever going to be released?

Thanks again!

1. The most important task is to display advertising, such as Adsense. Though you do provide ways to do this, you do not provide the obvious, and proven to be effective one: a separate column, just for ads, that goes either on the far left, or on the right, on either the right or left side of the existing right column. I would like the links and the ads-in-a-column visible at the same time; the way you have it now, if I put the ads, especially a long “skyscraper” ad, at the top of the right column, the links get pushed down to where much or all of the links are not visible. If I put the links on top, then the ads are not visible and people using only the uppermost links may never scroll down far enough to see the ads. Also, if I can add a column, do you know whether it makes a difference to search engines (ranking) whether the ad column is on the far left or on the right? I think I read somewhere, that spiders prefer to see a page’s text first, before ads, photos, etc. Anyway it would be nice to be able to place the ad-column in different locations to determine which location gets the most clicks. Or at least, for those of us who want an additional column only for ad, perhaps you could to your ad-banner section, a “Side Banner Options” section with a box to paste-in Adsense (or other) code and then click “visible” or “hidden” and choose column alignment “left,” “right,” “second-from-right,” adjust column width, etc.

2. In every page and post (for example, About), the title appears twice — once in the upper-left corner as plain text, above the four photos, and again, below the photos, as a blue link that … well, I’m not sure what it does. Where does the link take me, from say, a post and do I really need it — and if I do need it, why do I also need the plain-text title, too. Can I — can you provide a way to — disable one or the other so that the title appears only once?

3. One purpose of my site will be to allow people to discuss a book I have written, along with individual chapters — one page for general comments and one page for each chapter. I would like to have these links appear in their own right-column section, below a large black plain-text title, “Discuss the Book,” that looks like the existing “Navigation” and “Recent Post” titles, and I would like “Discuss the Book” appear just below “Navigation” — in its own colored box, just like “Navigation.” Your options already contain “Sidebar” and “Recent Posts” sections that one can hide/unhide and rename. Perhaps, you could copy and paste the codes for one of these, perhaps alter it slightly, to add one or two additional “option” sections that one could hide/unhide, name, and add links, text, photos or whatever.

4. Finally, a small matter perhaps, but when I create pages and subpages, it is difficult to tell which are the subpages because the amount of the indent is so small. Is there a way to increase the indent? As with everything above, it would be nice to have a subcategory-indent option; come to think of it, it would be nice to be able to choose a separate font, font-size and font-color.

I encourage you to consider adding these improvements but in the meantime, can you tell me, and other users of your almost-perfect design, a way to code them myself?

Thanks!

I downloaded the theme from the VK Labs website here:
http://www.vklabs.com/wordpress-themes/wordpress-theme-ad-flex-niche.php

Hope it helps,
Cheers,
Joe

Before all else, thumbs up for AdFlex. I’m in the very early stages of setting up AdFlex and when I click on Valid XHTML I receive a generated report that contains mention of 161 “errors”, which I don’t begin to be able to correct. (I’m a marketer, not a developper)

What bothers me more is the fact this makes my site so easily accessible to competition. It’s a breeze to click on this link and just check out which Alink terms I use, which keywords I promote, and so on… (it’s like giving away which horse I bet on at the racetrack, which isn’t necessarily a good thing). What would you suggest I do to publish less obviously?

I also have the challenge of making my adsense ads appear, I’ve tried numerous combinations and even had to start from scratch (reloading the original WP code, new SQL, the works – grumble! -, as a non code initiate, I guess this comes with the territory) untill I noticed that my .htaccess file had been rewritten… (as to why, …I’m still scratching my head)

I’d like to set up many more and I’m also looking for a way to post more easily. I’ve tried to set up posting by email (a WP function), but I still have to get a grip on that. Are there other options?

As a marketer, quite naturally, I see the potential commercial value of AdFlex, which I feel could become the source of many a sale. If you are interested in setting up a JV, I would be keen to be involved somehow.

Meanwhile, I’m rooting for your exponential success.

Thanks
Charley

Thanks
Charley

I noticed that there is not a date stamp next to my posts. Is there a way to ad that. I have looked all through the theme editor and the write section. Not sure if I looked right at it and just missed it.

Thanks Again
Charley