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title: "Text Link Ads sidebar for Typo"
content-type: article
timestamp: 1195271220
tags: "rails|opensource"
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<p>I thought it would be nice to share the code of the sidebar I created to display <a href="http://www.text-links-ads.com">Text Link Ads</a> sponsor links on my Typo powered blog.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s actually another <a href="http://blog.nanorails.com/articles/2006/10/01/a-new-rails-plugin-for-textlinkads-including-support-for-feedvertising">plugin</a> which was made for Typo 2.6, but unfortunately it doesn&#8217;t work with Typo 4.1.1.</p>
<h3>Installation</h3>
<p>Just unzip it inside your vendor/plugins directory. The new sidebar should appear in the list of your available sidebars in the Typo&#8217;s administration area.</p>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<p>In Typo&#8217;s administration area, configure the following settings for this sidebar:</p>
<ul>
	<li><strong>Title</strong>: The title of the sidebar</li>
	<li><strong><span class="caps">KEY</span></strong>: Your TLA&#8217;s <span class="caps">XML</span> key</li>
	<li><strong>Affiliate ID</strong>: Your TLA&#8217;s affiliate ID</li>
	<li><strong>Advertise Here</strong>: A message shown when no links are displayed.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><a href="/files/textlinkads_sidebar_v0.2.zip">Download Text Links Ads Sidebar v0.2</a></strong></p>