=== Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com ===
Contributors: CbAds
Donate link: http://cbads.com/
Tags:  ad, ads, affiliate, monetize, earn
Requires at least: 2.8
Tested up to: 6.6
Stable Tag: 2.0
License:           GPLv2 or later
License URI:       https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

This plugin creates a banner in post and in widget areas to display Vacation Rentals ads on your site. The average commission is $200 per book.
== Description ==

Affiliate marketing is a type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought by the affiliate's own marketing efforts.
This Affiliate plugin creates a banner to display Vacation Rentals graphic affiliate ads on your Wordpress blog.
= You will receive 7% of the base rent price. =
If a visitor goes to our platform and books a vacation, pays, and completes his stay, then at the time of departure, the affiliate reward will become available for payout to you.


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= Why Affiliate Vacation Rental Ads from cbAds.com? =
* Accurate affiliate commission tracking
* Promote almost anywhere in the world. But most of the bookings are from the USA.
* The average commission is $200 per sale.
* The most powerful alternative to AdSense on the web, get paid massive affiliate commissions per sale instead of tiny amounts per click.
* "Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com" plugin and widget creates graphic ads to display cbAds.com affiliate ads on your website or blog
* Graphic advertising is more effective than text advertising and much more attractive than blocks of text ads.
* Plugin and widget in one software.
* Ads Samples - http://cbads.com/


= Current "Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com" Plugin Features =

* Ads Formats: Search form and some ads
* Ad Areas: Post area (Horizontal Banners, Rectangles, Vertical Banners) and Widget sidebar area (Vertical Banners)
* Shortcode API: [cbads]. Place [cbads] in any post, page, or widget to display the ad block. 
* 2 Border Types
* Up to 3 ad units may be placed on each page.

= Full customization of =

* Title
* Affiliate Id
* Changing ad blocks every 5-300 seconds
* Width of 1 ad block
* The number of ads, horizontally and vertically
* The space between ad blocks
* Position on page
* Border type

**Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com plugin requires Wordpress Version 5 or higher**

== Installation ==

Installation from within WordPress

1. Visit Plugins > Add New.
2. Search for "Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com".
3. Install and activate the "Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com" plugin.

Manual installation

1. Download the ZIPped plugin files.
2. Go to your WP admin page to `Plugins` => `Add New`. Click to `Upload` link, select ZIPped files and install plugin.
3. Click to `Activate plugin` link.

For post area:

1. Go to the `Settings -> Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com` SubPanel and configure plugin.
2. Fill out the fields, or leave them as the defaults
3. Click `Save` and view your site and ads

For wigget area:

1. Go to the `Appearance -> Widgets` SubPanel to add the "Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com" to your sidebar and configure it.
2. Fill out the fields, or leave them as the defaults
3. Click `Save` and view your site and ads

The ad block can be inserted using the shortcode API: [cbads]
Place [cbads] in any post, page, or widget to display the ad block.

Tested with PHP 8.2

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How can I get some help? =
Contact the plugin author at http://cbAds.com/contact.php

== Upgrade Notice ==

NA

== Screenshots ==

1. Widget/Plugin Output - Vertical Affiliate Banner
2. Plugin Output - Horizontal Affiliate Banner
3. Affiliate Plugin Output - Rectangle


== Changelog ==

= 2.0 =
* Updated to support PHP 8.2 and WP 6.6

= 1.35 =
* Security updated. 

= 1.20 =
* JavaScript updated.

= 1.10 =
* PHP 5.3 update (replace split functions to explode)

= 1.9 =
* Add SSL support. Now https:// sites can show our ads.

= 1.8 =
* Bug correction.

= 1.7 =
* Bug correction.

= 1.6 =
* New option "Show Ads only on posts"

= 1.5 =
* Widget bug correction

= 1.4 =
* Code optimization

= 1.3 =
* Changes in keywords detection
* Lazy load for affiliate banners and images

= 1.2 =
* Changes in affiliate keywords detection
* Category of post added to keywords

= 1.1 =
* Changed margins for Left and Right affiliate blocks

= 1.0 =
* Initial "Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com" widget release
* "Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com" ad formats: Horizontal Banner, Horizontal Carousel Slideshow, Rectangle
* Banners from post area can be blocked on home page
