Title: Adding ads and stuff between posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding ads and stuff between posts

 *  [neononcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neononcon/)
 * (@neononcon)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/)
 * In index.php I am using:
    `<?php if ($count == 1) : ?> content <?php endif; $
   count++; ?>`
 * To insert an adsense banner between the first and second post. But now I would
   like to control the space between the first and second post, as well as between
   other posts (such as the second and third post).
 * I tried using:
    `<?php if ($count == 2) : ?> content <?php endif; $count++; ?
   >`
 * But it didn’t work. Can someone please post the correct code for inserting things
   in between other posts?

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1670743)
 * if you added both codes, and unless you put it into a weird location within your
   index.php, there is no obvious reason why this should not work.
    (assuming that
   $count is set to 1 before the loop)
 * you could paste the whole code of index.php into a [http://wordpress.pastebin.com/](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/)
   and post the link to it here.
 *  Thread Starter [neononcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neononcon/)
 * (@neononcon)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1670745)
 * It is displaying the banners but how it displays is in this order:
    1. 1st post excerpt
    2. banner 1
    3. banner 2
    4. 2nd post excerpt
    5. 3rd post excerpt
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1670752)
 * try to add the code in this order:
 *     ```
       <?php if ($count == 2) : ?> content <?php endif; $count++; ?>
       <?php if ($count == 1) : ?> content <?php endif; $count++; ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [neononcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neononcon/)
 * (@neononcon)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1670761)
 * Hey that worked!
 * But why?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1670764)
 * logic behind it:
    – $count starts with 1; – it passes the first if-statement (
   $count == 2) , which is not true, so does nothing; – it passes the second if-
   statement ($count == 1), which is true, so output content, increse $count, which
   is now 2; -loop; – now $count equals 2; – it passes the first if-statement ($
   count == 2) , which is now true, so output content, increse $count, which is 
   now 3; – it passes the second if-statement ($count == 1), which is now not true,
   so do nothing; -loop; -from now $count equals 3, and further both if-statements
   are nor true.
 *  Thread Starter [neononcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neononcon/)
 * (@neononcon)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1670766)
 * Now it makes sense. Thank you very much for walking me through this!
 *  [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
 * (@adeptris)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1670912)
 * One Line?
 * `<?php if($count==1 || $count==2) : ?> content <?php endif; $count++; ?>`
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [neononcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neononcon/)
 * (@neononcon)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1670938)
 * How would that work if it is two different ads?
 *  [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
 * (@adeptris)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1670970)
 * You said adSense and as adSense will deliver a different add each call, I was
   assuming that these are two banner ads (Adsense max 3 on any page).
 * loop 1 $count == 0;
    No Ad $count out of range increment count++; 1st ‘Post’ 
   output
 * Loop 2
    $count == 1; Output ‘Call Banner’ increment count++; 2nd ‘Post’ output
 * Loop3
    $count == 2; Output ‘Call Banner’ increment count++; 3nd ‘Post’ output
 * loop 4;
    No Ad $count out of range increment count++; 4th ‘Post’ output
 * Second and Fourth and sixth posts
    `<?php if($count < 7 && !$count % 2) : ?> 
   content <?php endif; $count++; ?>`
 * HTH
 * David 😉
 *  Thread Starter [neononcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neononcon/)
 * (@neononcon)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1671168)
 * [@adeptris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/) i said adsense as 
   an example (bad example i guess), thank you for the reply.
 * I am trying to add a third slot now and it won’t show up. I still can’t figure
   out the logic of why this won’t work:
 *     ```
       <?php if ($count == 3) : ?> content <?php endif; $count++; ?>
       <?php if ($count == 2) : ?> content <?php endif; $count++; ?>
       <?php if ($count == 1) : ?> content <?php endif; $count++; ?>
       ```
   
 * The results I was aiming for: 1 would go between post 1 and 2; 2 would go between
   posts 2 and 3; 3 would go between posts 3 and 4.
 * Isn’t that how it should work?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1671169)
 * i would say as well – famous words – it ‘should’ work.
 * you could try a different approach, with the counter increment outside of the
   if/elseif statements:
 *     ```
       <?php if ($count == 1) : ?> content1
       <?php elseif ($count == 2) : ?> content2
       <?php elseif ($count == 3) : ?> content3
       <?php endif;
       $count++; ?>
       ```
   
 *  [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
 * (@adeptris)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-ads-and-stuff-between-posts/#post-1671172)
 * Hi Neononcon,
    The counter is just after the loop so it is set for all elements
   in that iteration.
 *     ```
       <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   
       <?php /* increment the counter */ ?>
       <?php $count+=1; ?>
       ```
   
 * **An Alterantive Way**
    Now you could make this really simple, and just create
   template parts, which are php files, call these ‘advert hyphon index’ like **
   advert-1.php advert-3.php**
 * Now all you need to do is in the loop add one comment and a code line.
 *     ```
       <?php /* increment the counter */ ?>
       <?php $count+=1; ?>
   
       <?php /* Get the advert by index if exists */ ?>
       <?php get_template_part( 'advert', $count ); ?>
       ```
   
 * Now how cool, clean and tidy is that, include_file() would error if the file 
   was missing, [get_template_part()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_template_part),
   as I understand it, will not error because if it cannot find the file it returns
   nothing, it uses locate_template() which will return nothing, I have not tested
   this so feedback if you try it.
 * **Working Example of a Template Part**
    Adding [navigation-2.php](http://digitalraindrops.net/2010/08/the-second-menu/)
 *     ```
       <?php /* Start add our second page menu */ ?>
       <div id="pagemenu" role="navigation">
       	<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'container_class' => 'page-header', 'menu_class' => 'page-menu', 'theme_location' => 'secondary', 'depth' => 0, 'fallback_cb' => '' ) ); ?>
       </div>
       <?php /* End lower page menu */ ?>
       ```
   
 * Called in header.php
 *     ```
       <?php /* Get our second navigation bar */ ?>
       <?php get_template_part( 'navigation', 2 ); ?>
       ```
   
 * HTH
 * David 🙂

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