Google adsense in MediaWiki 1.13.0

Here is how we set up Google Adsense to show in MediaWiki 1.13.0

1. Force the monobook skin for everyone (unless you want to edit every skin…) by putting this setting in LocalSettings.php:

$wgSkipSkins = array(“chick”, “cologneblue”, “myskin”, “nostalgia”, “simple”, “standard”, “modern”);

2. In your skins folder, create a file within a subfolder (for instance “adsense/adsense_vertical.php”) with the following content (edit with your own Google Adsense code, also, make sure to choose a VERTICAL ad, since we are adding code in the left sidebar!):

<div id=”v-g-ads” class=”portlet”>
<h5>Google ads</h5>
<div class=”pBody”>
<script type=”text/javascript”><!–
google_ad_client = “pub-9471398824076666”;
/* 120×240 for ZenGamers sidebar */
google_ad_slot = “3512091103”;
google_ad_width = 120;
google_ad_height = 240;
//–>
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”
src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”>
</script>
</div>
</div>

3. Edit MonoBook.php as follow:
Replace:

function languageBox() {
if( $this->data[‘language_urls’] ) {
?>
<div id=”p-lang” class=”portlet”>
<h5><?php $this->msg(‘otherlanguages’) ?></h5>
<div class=”pBody”>
<ul>
<?php foreach($this->data[‘language_urls’] as $langlink) { ?>
<li class=”<?php echo htmlspecialchars($langlink[‘class’])?>”><?php
?><a href=”<?php echo htmlspecialchars($langlink[‘href’]) ?>”><?php echo $langlink[‘text’] ?></a></li>
<?php } ?>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
}

With:

function languageBox() {
if( $this->data[‘language_urls’] ) {
?>
<div id=”p-lang” class=”portlet”>
<h5><?php $this->msg(‘otherlanguages’) ?></h5>
<div class=”pBody”>
<ul>
<?php foreach($this->data[‘language_urls’] as $langlink) { ?>
<li class=”<?php echo htmlspecialchars($langlink[‘class’])?>”><?php
?><a href=”<?php echo htmlspecialchars($langlink[‘href’]) ?>”><?php echo $langlink[‘text’] ?></a></li>
<?php } ?>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
if(!strstr($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], “Special:”) &&
!strstr($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], “action=submit”) &&
!strstr($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], “action=edit”) &&
!strstr($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], “Template:”)) include(“adsense/adsense_vertical.php”);
}

4. Upload the stuff (don’t forget there are 2 files to upload, not just one)… and wait for Adsense to crawl your pages 😉