Can't Validate - Trying to set it up

I've created an account, created & uploaded the necessary files to my server. I've made sure the ad_network_ads.txt is set to CHMOD 777. My server is definately php friendly and is an up to date installation as far as I know. I've uploaded the .htaccess file.

However, my site will not validate and I don't see any ads appearing on my site's pages. If anyone can suggest where I might be going wrong, that would be great. If you PM me I will send you the url so you can check the files.

Thanks
Mark

 

same problem here

site in my sig


Screwing up my Archive

 

never mind, cause a database error on the site which through off all my users, including a deep crawl by google. other issues. forget it. Nothing personal........

 

my url is:
www.smart-pianos.com

 

I followed the setup instructions exactly. It didn't say anything about putting php code into my pages. I thought maybe the .htaccess file would insert it or something (!!)

So what do I do about that?
Do I have to convert all my .htm files to .php and then add some php code where I want the ads to appear?

The setup didn't really walk me through those stages

 

here's the code contained within ad_network.php

<?php

$ad_file = 'ad_network_ads.txt';
for ($i = 0; $i <= 11; $i++) {
$p = substr ('../../../../../../../../../../', 0, $i * 3);
if (file_exists ($p . $ad_file)) {
$ad_file = $p . $ad_file;
break;
}
}

if (is_writable ($ad_file)) {
$ads = file_get_contents ($ad_file);
$ads = explode ('<ad_break>', $ads);

if (count ($ads) < 101 || $ads[0] + 3600 < time()) {
$ads[] = file_get_contents ('http://ads.digitalpoint.com/network.php?type=link');
$ads[0] = time();
if (count ($ads) > 101) unset ($ads[1]);
$file = fopen($ad_file, 'w');
fwrite ($file, implode ('<ad_break>', $ads));
fclose ($file);
$ad_network = end ($ads);
} else {
$ad_network = $ads[rand(1,count($ads))];
}
$ad_network .= '<!-- an-hl -->';
} else {
$ad_network = 'You must set the "ad_network_ads.txt" file to be writable.';
}
if (substr ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_NAME'], -6) == '.shtml') {
ini_set ('zlib.output_compression', 0);
echo $ad_network;
}

?>

 

A little help here people

 

What code do I place into my html files?
Thanks
Mark

 

I didn't put any code in my files because the setup didn't tell me to (as far as I could see). It told me to create a file ad_network.php and upload it to root directory but I don't remember being told to insert any code into my files.

I think the concept and principle of this network is great, don't get me wrong, I'm dieing to get on board but I do feel the setup could be more step-by-step.

thanks for the awesome service, I hope to onboard soon.

Regards,
Mark

 

I did step 1, 2 and 3
I skipped step 4 because it said "For a PHP based site..." and my site is not php based,
I skipped step 5 because it said "For a SHTML based site..." and my site is not shtml based

As a test I have just tried adding the following code to my site template but it still won't validate:
<!--#include virtual="/ad_network.php" -->

Feels like I'm nearly there now. What am I doing wrong?

 

Awesome, I've just been validated.
Shawn, mate, those step-by-step instructions are not quite step-by-step imho
I'm very excited to be onboard the network.

So when do my ads start to show?
thanks
Mark

 

Any idea why the ads aren't showing at the VERY bottom of this page:
http://www.bedroomtalent.com/guests/

thanks
Mark
p.s. bedroomtalent.com is 100% not adult

 

Also, check to see if the code was copied correctly. Your source code shows that it is missing the

	
echo $ad_network;

Code (markup):

just before the closing
?>