Step 1: Log in to your admin panel and click on the "Templates" tab. Next, click on the ad template you'd like to customize. In this example we'll edit the "header_links1" template. To see where the templates such as "header_links1" are located on the front-end of your website, see the illustration at the end of this article.

Step 2: In the edit template page you should see a Google Adsense code block. The code block is already configured with the exact settings necessary for your website except for your Adsense client ID and an optional Ad Channel number. These two lines will be filled in with "xxxxxxxxx."

Step 3: Open a new window and log in to your Google Adsense account. Follow the basics steps that you normally would to create a google ad for any other page.

1. Click "Adsense Setup"
   
2. Click "Adsense for Content"
   
3. Because the ad code has already been configured for you on MyPlayer, the settings on the next few pages are irrelevant. Just click continue until you reach the end of the wizard that gives you your Adsense code.
   
4. Copy your Adsense client ID number from the "google_ad_client" line as illustrated below. Optionally, you can also copy the number located on the "google_ad_channel" line if you are using Ad Channels. In this example we are not using an Ad Channel so the line is blank.

Step 4: Replace "pub-xxxxxxxxx" with your Adsense client ID and replace "xxxxxxxxx" with your Ad channel number that you copied in the last step. If you do not have an Ad Channel number simply delete the x's as illustrated below. Finally, click the "Update" button to save your Adsense Code. Your new ads will begin displaying immediately.

Note for advanced users: While the MyPlayer platform was designed for Google Adsense, you can use any advertising platform of your choice. Simply replace the Google Adsense code blocks in the templates with your own advertising code. For the best results, be sure to make note of the ad dimensions and colors listed in the Google Adsense code block so that your new ads will match the look and feel of your site.

There are 9 advertising templates that are used on the MyPlayer platform as illustrated below:

1. header_links1 - long horizontal (728x15) ad links at the very top of all pages, located above the logo.
   
2. header_links2 - long horizontal (728x15) ad links near the top of all pages, located under the logo and above the main content.
   
3. homepage_promoted - large rectangle (300x250) ad unit located next to the "promoted" videos on the home page.
   
4. homepage_featured1 - wide skyscraper (160x600) ad unit located to the right of the "featured" videos on the home page. Also used on the search results page and video category pages to the right of the videos.
   
5. homepage_featured2 - exactly the same as homepage_featured1 but located directly below it.
   
6. leftside - wide vertical ad links (160x90) or a wide skyscraper (160x600) ad unit located under the categories on the left side of all pages.
   
7. video_main - large rectangle (300x250) ad unit located to the right of the video on the video page.
   
8. video_featured - large rectangle (300x250) ad unit located under the "featured" videos on the right side of the video page.
   
9. video_comments - banner (468x60) ad unit located just above the comments on the video page.
   

To remove an advertisement from your website, simply delete the contents of the ad template.

Note: the red and silver boxes in the images below are used for illustrative purposes only. Actual website advertisements blend perfectly with the site layout.

Homepage ad locations:

Video page ad locations: