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So you want to put an ad or an image in your sidebar. And you want it to link to another site. And you want to do it easily, without having to muck about with the code in the text widget.
While there are many WordPress plugins that offer sophisticated ad management, there are not many that offer a simple solution.
Well, we are pleased to announce a new WordPress Plugin - Simple Image Link.
WP Simple Image Link lets you easily add images to your sidebar, be they advertisements, buttons of support or buttons of protest without the need for any HTML.
Adding Ads: No longer tricky - Now easy
So instead of having to put all this code in your text widget:
All you have to do is fill in this form:
And Voila! It is easily added to your sidebar:
Naming Your Ads/Images
Also, imagine if you have 8 or more text widgets in your sidebar. It would be hit and miss trying to locate the correct image as they can not be named; was it on the 6th, or the 5th? Nope it was the 7th widget.
So if you include eight Image Link widgets in your sidebar, it is easier to figure out which is which because you can name them:
Pretty simple don’t you think?
You can download WordPress Simple Image Link and read about it in more detail on our download page.
If you can think of any ways to improve this plugin or just have questions, please leave us a note and we’ll get back to you asap.
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- How to Put Ads On Your WordPress Blog | BlogWell 17 September 2008
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This is pure genius for a non techie like me, great write up!
Just to prove that we eat our own dog food at BlogWell, as of this date, 19th September 2008, the six images we have in our sidebar are all displayed using the Simple Image Link plugin.
Great for the widget challenged.
I have a book that I would like to promote on my blog using your plugin. It seems to do everything I want, save one. It would be great if it were possible to insert a small amount of text below the image.
Perhaps it is already possible? Perhaps it would be possible with a bit of slight-of-hand?
@Crawford - A workaround would to be have a text widget below the simple image link widget with the required text. But this sort of defeats the need of having no text widget.
I have a text widget and will try to use it but I suspect it will look separate, not really integrated with the image.
@Crawford - Today’s your lucky day. Version 1.2 of the plugin allows some text to appear after the image. We even use it for the “Add to Technorati” image within our sidebar.