Using one of the popular advertising-related modules availble for Drupal, you can easily place advertisements on your site. This site uses the Google AdSense module to provide the advertisements that you see. Before you can use this module, you'll need to register for a Google AdSense account and obtain a Google AdSense client ID.

Like most of the available ad modules, the Google AdSense module creates blocks that you can publish to different regions of your site. Tapestry provides regions that were designed with advertisements in mind, but you can publish ads to any tapestry region. The basic steps are 1.) configure an AdSense block to display the ad format you wish to use, and 2.) publish that AdSense block to a region.

Let's try an example. The Leaderboard region at the top of the page was designed with a standard size 728x90 leaderboard ad in mind. Assuming you have the Google AdSense module installed and configured, you can point your browser to /yoursite/admin/build/block, select one of the unconfigured AdSense blocks by clicking on the Configure link next to it, and change the Ad format to 728x90: Leaderboard. Once you've saved your configuration changes by clicking on the Save Block link, you can publish your new ad block. Select the Leaderboard region from the drop-down list of regions next to the newly configured Leaderboard Ad block and click the Save Blocks link.

Advertising modules provide a wide range of ad formats. You can use the configuration features of Tapestry to match your site layout to the format of ads that you want to display. For example, if you want to place a Google AdSense 250x250 square ad block in the left sidebar, then you will want to ensure that the left sidebar is wide enough to accommodate this ad block. Point your browser to /yoursite/admin/build/themes/settings/tapestry and ensure that the left sidebar is at least 250 pixels wide.