BoardingPack is a plugin that is installed on all of the blogs on the network. This plugin is exclusive to BoardingArea and is how we send advertising to each blog. But BoardingPack is much more than an advertising plugin! Read on to learn more about its features and how it works.

BoardingPack was created to seamlessly connect advertising to blogs on the network. All advertising is explicitly configured for BoardingArea’s niche, points+miles.

Some of the benefits BoardingPack offers are:

BoardingPack advertisements are inserted into each site using the Ad Manager (BoardingPack) widget. Each blog has custom configurations to place the widgets in the best locations to optimize revenue. BoardingPack can add advertising to your blog in the following locations:

BoardingPack can be customized in a variety of ways. Some examples are:

BoardingPack updates are pushed out to blogs using the WPMU Dev plugin.

We've rebuilt the BoardingArea plugin and renamed it BoardingPack. Its goal is to have a multitude of plugins built in that you can turn on as needed. We've been building custom plugins for years for bloggers and this will allow us to put them out for everyone easily.

We've done some other important changes to the plugin under the hood and have a roadmap of many other items.

The Affiliate Disclosure section is now called the Content Filter and has its own section on the plugin sidebar. We've changed it so you can now name each filter anything you want and added the ability to make as many as you want but use the same functionality as before. See below how the various sections are connected.

If you had content in your disclosures, they will come over with their current Title. The titles are just names for your convenience. Affiliate codes can work in these boxes now.

2. Scroll to the bottom and create a new filter by clicking the "Add Filter" button.
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3. A new Content Filter box will be inserted that has blank fields.

4. Enter the title of your filter (ex: Credit Card Disclosure) in the Title field. Then enter the disclosure you would like to have in the Content field.

5. You can choose to have the disclosure placed before content or after content.

6. You can choose if you would like the disclosure to appear on all posts, all pages, or all posts & pages.

7. Once you have finalized your text and choices, you can click Save Changes.

8. Select OK on the warning that may pop up.

9. The disclosure will now appear according to the settings you have chosen.

If you want to remove a Content Filter, then you will select Remove Filter>Save Changes>OK on the warning. If you want to make changes to a Content Filter, make sure to select Save Changes>OK on the warning.

To selectively display a filter on certain pages, you will want to set the filter's "Display" option to "Select Posts & Pages". Within each post/page edit screen, you will see a meta box (below article content) which will have a check box next to each filter you have created. Simply check the box next to the filter you wish to display for that specific post/page.

Note: If your disclosure has some custom styles, please reach out to help@boardingarea.com and we'll help to update the style to the new Content Filter appropriately.

We've added a new feature called Find & Replace. This new feature allows you to change things after the page has been rendered. Find & Replace provides a way to change the text to posts without having to edit or update the text one by one. It's non-destructive (not permanent) and doesn't change files or databases. You can have multiple mappings. To undo changes, simply remove the mapping.