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Remove AdSense in 404 Not Found Page in phpMyDirectory

Recently, I warned by Google AdSense team because AdSense displayed on 404 Not Found Page in phpMyDirectory website which they don’t allow. In their email, it clearly stated that AdSense must not be displayed on this page as shown below.

Violation explanation

In order to ensure a high quality user experience and appropriately targeted ads, Google ads may only be placed on original, information-rich content that’s easy for users to navigate.

Ads should not be the main focus of the page and/or be more prominent than the content itself. This may include pages that a user visits before potentially exiting a domain (i.e., “exit pages” or “thank you” pages), 404 error pages, and some log-in pages. As our ads are contextually targeted, image galleries with little text are also not the best place for our ads.

In order to comply, add the AdSense code as shown below where you want to insert the ads.

<?php if(http_response_code() != 404) { ?>
// AdSense Code
<?php } ?>

Change Alpha Index Search Type in phpMyDirectory

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In phpMyDirectory version 1.5.0, alpha search has change. The alpha search on the index page and browse categories page searches for categories with the letter selected. On the browse locations page, it searches locations with the letter selected.

In the previous version of phpMyDirectory it searches for listings with the letter selected regardless of which page you are on.

To simplify, in phpMyDirectory version 1.5.0 alpha search which shows something like this

http://www.example.com/sitemap.php?letter=A&id=&type=categories

http://www.example.com/sitemap.php?letter=A&id=&type=locations

while for previous version it show

http://www.example.com/search_results.php?alpha=A

If you are using phpMyDirectory version 1.5.0 but would like the old system, you need to edit a few files,

1. /template/YOURTEMPLATE/browse_categories.tpl

Find

<?php echo $this->block('search_alpha_categories'); ?>

2. /template/YOURTEMPLATE/browse_locations.tpl

Find

<?php echo $this->block('search_alpha_locations'); ?>

3. /template/YOURTEMPLATE/index.tpl

Find both code as in 1 & 2

Replace it with

<?php echo $this->block('search_alpha_listings'); ?>