How to Add Google Ads on a Thesis Sidebar

Creating Ads Using Your Google AdSense Account
1. Go to the Google AdSense website (see Resources) and create an account. Your AdSense account application will have to be reviewed and approved before you can move on to the next step. This process generally takes one or two hours and should take no longer than a week.
2. Sign in to your AdSense account and click 'My Ads.'

3. Select the 'New ad unit' button.
4. Design how your ads will appear on your site by choosing display options like color and size.
5. Click 'Save and get code' after you've created an ad to your liking.
6. Copy this code, you will need it later to paste into Wordpress (with the Thesis theme activated).
Add Google Ads on a Thesis Sidebar (Wordpress)
7. Sign in to the Wordpress dashboard.
8. Locate the 'Appearance' directory on the left sidebar of the dashboard and click on the 'Widgets' option.
9. Locate the 'Text' widget in the 'Available Widgets' section of the Widgets dashboard. Drag and drop the 'Text' widget into the sidebar directory on the right side of the page.
10. Expand the widget under the sidebar directory and paste the code you previously copied from Google AdSense. Click 'Save.'
11. Open your site in a new browser window. Your Google Ads should be displayed in the sidebar.