insert advertisement block within views list

Question

I have a view that output the content nodes as grid. (instigram style). How to insert an advertisement block in a random location within the views list.

Node Node . . Advertisement . . Node Node

Answer 1

You can override the format specific template like views-view-unformatted.tpl.php (you can find the right file based on your requirement) and then use some custom code like

  <?php if (($id % 2) == 0): ?>
    Do what-ever you want to do here. 
  <?php endif; ?>

This module hosted on github https://github.com/pedroposada/custom_views_nthrow seems to do the same more modularly.

Instructions : http://www.pedroposada.com/blog/insert-whatever-every-nth-row-views.html-0

Answer 2

If you want to have your custom code after first row then override your default views-view-unformatted.tpl.php with this code:

<?php if (!empty($title)): ?>
  <h3><?php print $title; ?></h3>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php foreach ($rows as $id => $row): ?>
  <div<?php if ($classes_array[$id]) { print ' class="' . $classes_array[$id] .'"';  } ?>>
    <?php print $row; ?>
  </div>
  <?php if ($id == 0 || $id == 5): ?>
Your custom adsense code
  <?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

Step-by-step tutorial for newbies on how to override default views-view-unformatted.tpl.php and achieve custom code after for example first and sixth row is here.