How to Install AdSense to phpBB

1. Open your browser, and go to 'adsense.google.com.' Enter your email address and password, then click the 'Sign In' button.
2. Click the 'My Ads' tab at the top of the page.

3. Click the 'Get Code' link under the ad you want to use on phpBB found in the 'Ad Units' list.
4. Click inside the 'Ad Code' box and the code will be highlighted. Right-click the code and select 'Copy.' Click the 'Close' button. This AdSense code will be pasted in phpBB.
5. Go the website address for your phpBB-based forum in your browser. Enter your administrator user name and password and click the 'Login' button.
6. Click the 'Administration Control Panel' link located in the page's footer. Enter your administrator user name and password again and click the 'Login' button to re-authenticate your account.
7. Click the 'Styles' tab at the top of the page.
8. Click the 'Templates' link under 'Style Components.'
9. Click the 'Edit' link next to the template you are using for phpBB. The default template installed on phpBB is 'prosilver.'
10. Select 'overall_header.html' from the drop-down 'Template File' menu if you want to add AdSense ads to the forum's header. Scroll to the bottom of the template file and paste the AdSense code. Click the 'Submit' button.
11. Select 'overall_footer.html' from the drop-down 'Template File' menu if you want to add AdSense ads to the forum's footer. Locate the line containing '



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' and type '
' to insert a line break. Paste the AdSense code after the line break, then click the 'Submit' button.
12. Select 'viewforum_body.html' from the drop-down 'Template File' menu if you want to add AdSense ads to forum page that displays the topics. Locate the line containing '
' and paste the AdSense code after it. Click the 'Submit' button.
13. Select 'viewtopic_body.html' from the drop-down 'Template File' menu if you want to add AdSense ads before or after the first post within a topic. Locate the line containing '
' and paste the AdSense code after it if you want the ads to appear before the first post. Locate the line containing '
' and paste the AdSense code before it if you want the ads to appear after the first post. Click the 'Submit' button.