Blix WordPress SEO Theme version 3 was last tested on WordPress 3.1 and no issues found. Update June 2014, the free Blix AdSense WordPress theme hasn’t been updated for around 4 years, have no plans to update it in the near future. If you are looking for a free AdSense WordPress theme use the Talian 5 AdSense theme, looking for a WP theme with AdSense, Chitika, Kontera, Infolinks and custom ads built in, plus awesome SEO features see the Stallion Responsive Premium theme (not free). Consider Blix as an archived WP AdSense theme, will probably have issues with latest version of WordPress. AdSense Ready WordPress Theme Blix The Fresh design is a popular WordPress theme, apparently ported from another popular […]
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Blix Update
Found a problem with the original Blix theme zip file I was working from, not sure what happened but all of the images associated with the theme are corrupt!! The theme works, but lacked the finer details of small images at the side of menu links for example. Found it an hour ago as I was making an SEO version of Blix.
I’ve got a non corrupt version of the theme direct from the authors web site, so will be fixing it ASAP, in the meantime hold off downloading the zip file above.
The next version will also make it possible to change the Google AdSense ad colours easily as well. So look out for version 2 of Blix with Google AdSense.
David
Blix Update
Blix Theme Update
I’m happy to report version 2 is now linked from the “Download Blix with AdSense WordPress Theme” link above. This version of Blix has improvements over the first Blix with AdSense theme.
I’ve fixed the corrupt image problem, so all of the small images work now. Also improved placement of the AdSense units, for example in version two I’ve managed to code the first post only on archived pages (these are pages that tend to show 10 blog posts each) to show a 250 by 250 ad unit (like you see on this page near the top). This wasn’t easy to code, so very happy with this achievement.
You will also find the option to change AdSense ad unit colours globally by editing just one file. So if you don’t like the default blended ad colours it’s very easy to change.
If anyone has any problems/comments please post them here.
Enjoy.
David
Blix Theme Update
How to Change AdSense Ad Format?
David, thanks for the free template .. i am playing around with it for my 1st wordpress blog. I would like to ask you how can i change those ad format that u have preset, because i would like to change the first ad into a horiztonal one.. Anyway, the template is awesome.!! :)
Blix AdSense - Blix AdSense SEO Theme?
Great, I was searching something like this beauty and the beast power! Thanks.
I have two question:
1 – What is the actual differnce between the blix-adsense-seo-02 and blix-adsense-02 ? I tried both but could not find major difference?
2 – I need to place the 1st unit on top of the first title, how can I do it?
Blix Google AdSense Ad Theme
WZ – Glad you like the template, to change the ad format you’ll need to edit the code of the template, they are relatively easy changes made via the WordPress Template editor or a text editor. The first AdSense unit is within the file first-ad.php for post pages (pages like the one you are reading now). For archive pages it’s within the code of the relevant page, just look for 250x250_as as that’s the size of the ad unit.
Ahamed – The SEO version is the AdSense version with search engine optimization changes, things like better use of headers, better title element etc… for example if you look at this page where you add a comment you’ll see a header “Leave a Comment for WordPress Theme Blix with Google AdSense” the original theme is something like “Leave a Comment” so by using the SEO theme the title of the post is used more often, so if it includes relevant keywords the page is more likely to rank for those keywords.
David
Blix Google AdSense Ad Theme
SEO Tools
Thanks for your clarifications. I m using the SEO one. and following is one of my pages header source:
» Hyundai Motor signs deal to sell Sonata taxis to Singapore
First of all I don’t know why all the data starting with »
And I also assume that the keyword should have comma?
Google Meta Tags Usage
The » is the >> characters you see on WordPress post titles etc…, basically a separator like a – or : Don’t worry about it, does no harm.
The meta tags copies the content of the title element, which is why they are identical to the title, basically a quick way to get a meta description and meta keywords without having to write them via a plugin (there’s a plugin for unique meta tags). I do it this way even when writing static pages (not for WordPress) as they aren’t important to rankings (abused in the past).
Since Google ignores the meta keywords tag and doesn’t use the description for ranking purposes there’s little point going to the trouble of writing unique ones.
And no you don’t need commas for the meta keywords tag, spaces are acceptable. Again though Google ignores the meta keywords tag.
David
Google Meta Tags Usage
Google, MSN and Yahoo SEO Ranking
Thanks for your usual prompt and detailed reply.
My site is ranked as follows:
MSN Search 3
Google Not Found
Yahoo! 17
AltaVista 17
Naturally, I don’t want to upset the MSN and Yahoo ranking where I am now and to get in to Google.
My question is adjusting the meta information will it effect my MSN and Yahoo ranking?
SEO Advice
If your sites relatively new and low on backlinks it will be in what has been called the Google sandbox basically Google relies heavily on links and currently it delays the FULL benefit from new links for a period of about a year.
MSN and Yahoo don’t have a sandbox, they can take time to rank, but as they rely less on links things move quicker.
Not checked recently, but Yahoo uses the meta keywords tag, MSN does not. So for Google and MSN what you do to the meta tags will have no effect, Yahoo a very small effect.
Meta tags have been so abused in the past Google no longer uses them and Yahoo gives them very little weight that you could get away without using them. That said if there’s benefit to be had and it’s not going to take a lot of time you should use the meta keywords tag.
Since the benefit to Yahoo is very small I doubt you’d notice a SERPs change if you removed or altered them.
This is why I copy the title and forget about it.
David
SEO Advice
Best AdSense Placement
I just love the way you’ve integrated the adsense code into your posts. Only showing it for the first post, but still being able to display it for individual post pages using one line of code. Brilliant!
Its not actually coding it, but coming up with that concept, however simple it might seem in hindsight that makes me truly admire you!
Blix Theme Header Fix
There’s a simple fix for the header problem, edit the layout.css file and find-
/*display:none; This will hide the text in your header */
Below it change
to
This adds a little padding below the header fixing the problem. This fix is added to the version 03 theme of Blix with AdSense + SEO which is available for a small fee.
I’m using the version 03 theme on the site right now.
David
Blix Theme Header Fix
Blix WordPress SEO AdSense Theme
When you unzip the Blix AdSense + SEO theme you’ll find a folder called /alt/. This includes alternative files, the /alt/ adsense.php file for example when uploaded to the main /blix-adsense-seo-03/ folder results in smaller Google AdSense ad unit sizes (less intrusive).
You can see an example of a site using another AdSense/SEO theme with the alt adsense.php file at
Recycle blog
This is just one example of the ad sizes possible with the version 03 themes, feel free to experiment to find a look that works best for you and your blog.
David
Blix WordPress SEO AdSense Theme