Almost Spring with Targeted Google AdSense and SEO WordPress theme has been tested on WordPress 2.* including 2.0 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.6.5, 2.7 and WordPress 2.7.1 and no issues found. When WordPress updates again Almost Spring will be tested and any problems will be fixed and all customers who have bought Almost Spring will receive a free update (this is also the case for all WordPress themes sold on this site). March 2009.

Almost Spring is now a WordPress 2.3 compatible theme, in particular the new WordPress 2.3 tag feature works with our Almost Spring theme (the original Almost Spring theme may or may not work with 2.3, not checked). Added WordPress 2.3 compatibility January 2008.

Almost Spring is also Widget compatible, works with the new widget feature added to WordPress 2.3 (no theme editing needed). Added widget compatibility January 2008.

Targeted AdSense Coding: New option from Google AdSense, we’ve incorporated this feature into all of our WP themes including Almost Spring. The targeted AdSense coding can not be used with popular AdSense addons for WordPress, unless you edit your theme manually. Added targeted AdSense coding January 2008.

The Almost Spring design (A two column theme. Light and simple with greens and oranges.) is a very popular WP theme and a WordPress AdSense + SEO theme I’ve used on many WordPress blogs (Blix and Almost Spring are two of my favourite AdSense themes).

When I first started converting WordPress themes to be AdSense ready and SEO friendly this was one of the first I worked on.

WordPress Almost Spring theme with Google AdSense and SEO Optimisation

The first screenshot shows the home page of a site using Almost Spring: Lilly Blog. You can see two of the three Google AdSense ad units in the screenshot, a 250×250 ad unit that floats to the right at the top of the content of the first post only and you can see the top of the sidebar ad unit.

Note: with the version 03 WordPress AdSense themes from this site the ad unit sizes are editable, so if 250×250 AdSense unit within the content is too big in your opinion, it’s easily changed.

The second screenshot shows a single post page, this is where individual posts are shown (like the page you are reading now). You can see the floating ad unit again, the top of the vertical 160×600 ad unit on the right menu and the large 336×280 ad unit at the bottom. More content a post has (or comments) further down the page the last ad unit is found (so most pages won’t appear this cramped, great for taking a screenshot though :-) ).

In my experience it’s these pages that will create most AdSense revenue, especially the 250×250 square unit within the main blog post content (it’s a real hot area and if you want max AdSense revenue keep it at 250×250).

Almost Spring with AdSense + SEO Installation Instructions

Make a PayPal payment for £9.99 for Almost Spring using the PayPal button below-


When payment is received you’ll receive a copy of the zipped Almost Spring AdSense theme version 03 by email (within 24hrs assuming no payment problems).

1. Unzip the Almost Spring zip file.

2. Edit the file adsense.php within the /almost-spring-adsense-seo-03/ folder to include your Google AdSense code (read the readme.txt file for more details, very easy to do).

Note: Adding your unique Google AdSense publisher code (your pub-##### number) is the ONLY required change needed to the entire Almost Spring AdSense + SEO theme to make the theme ready to turn your WordPress blog into an AdSense residual income stream.

3. Upload the entire folder to your WordPress themes directory (via FTP, just like any other theme you’ve tried out).

4. Log into your blogs dashboard and under Presentation select the new “Almost Spring AdSense + SEO 03″ WordPress theme and you are done.

The Almost Spring AdSense + SEO theme out the box uses blended ad unit colours and large ad units for maximum CTR/AdSense revenue (like all WordPress AdSense themes on this site). If you wish to change unit colours and/or ad unit dimensions this can be achieved by editing just one file. If you don’t like the 250×250 sized ad unit for example, no problem a few minor changes and you could have a smaller 180×150 ad unit. Don’t like image ads, again no problem specify text only ads. Also checkout the /alt/ folder where you will find an alternative adsense.php file that uses smaller ad unit sizes (try it out, see what you think).

Search Engine Optimization

Most WordPress themes aren’t too bad SEO wise when downloaded directly from their original creators, but there are always improvements that can be made for maximum SEO impact and the Almost Spring theme was no different.

The Almost Spring AdSense + SEO theme (like all WordPress themes on this site) includes-

Optimized title elements (and meta tags, though they aren’t very important these days). Take a look at the title of this page, (this site uses a AdSense + SEO WordPress themes) note it’s keyword rich and lacks the name of the site (for SEO reasons).

Optimised headers, for example on blog post pages like this one the name of the blog is NOT within a H1 header, (every WP theme I’ve used has a H1 header that holds a link to home page). Instead the title of the post is within the H1 header and the link to home is only a H1 header on pages that lack a true keyword focus like the monthly archive pages.

Optimised anchor text of links and rel=nofollow links to unimportant pages (from an SEO perspective) like the trackback and RSS feed pages (those links waste a LOT of PR/link benefit).

Support for the Free WordPress SEO Plugins on this site.

Basically optimised everything I could which makes the WP themes on this site the most optimised WordPress themes online.

Make a PayPal payment for £9.99 for Almost Spring using the PayPal button below-


When payment is received you’ll receive a copy of the zipped Almost Spring AdSense theme by email (within 24hrs assuming no payment problems).

Compatible with WordPress 2.0, WordPress 2.1, WordPress 2.2, WordPress 2.3, WordPress 2.5, WordPress 2.6, WordPress 2.7 and WordPress 2.7.1

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