i have a question im trying to add adsense on a non-widget wordpress theme. do i go to the main template and paste the code there? thanks!
Where do you want the ads to appear? If you want one in the header you add the code to your header.php. If you want it to show in a sidebar add the code to your sidebar.php. If you want it in the body of the main page add the code to your index.php. You can also activate one of many AdSense plugins to do the job for you too.
You can add the plugin called "wp-ads" . Once you activate it go into it and add a banner -here you insert your adsense code ,name it for the area you have chose to display it in such as page and save it. It will then give u a small snippet of php code to put thru out the template such as posts or pages or header or sidebar . So instead of putting the entire adsense script code inside the template pages , all your adding is a small snippet of php code but the bonus is that wp-ads will give u stats too ! forgot to mention..... when u have your code , go to Template Editor, then select a page such as sidebar and place the code where you want the ads to show up , play around a little bit til u get it perfect !
Adsense Manager - this is also a good plugin to use with adsense or any other advertisement codes, just follow the guidelines sale as what "misstycoon" said