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How to Add a jpg/gif/bmp Banner?

1. Log into application as an administrator. If you are logged as an advertiser, administrator should approve your banner first.

2. In your Administration Interface, click on the Add Banner at the top of the main navigation. A new page will open when you can choose a type of a banner you want.

3. Click on the Add Standard Banner.
You should now see a form that will allow you to enter all of the information you will need to supply to add a new banner.

4. When you are done, press the Save New Banner button at the bottom of the page to ad a new standard banner.

Important:
In order to rotate banners, make sure that:

1. Banner is active (please check start and end date in the form)
2. A Number of impressions is zero or bigger than number of hits.
3. Daily limit has to be zero or grater than number of hits/impressions.


How to Add a Flash Banner?

1. Log into application as an administrator. If you are logged as an advertiser, administrator should approve your banner first.

2. In your Administration Interface, click on the Add Banner at the top of the main navigation. A new page will open when you can choose a type of a banner you want.

3. Click on the Add Flash Banner.
You should now see a form that will allow you to enter all of the information you will need to supply to add a new banner. Don't forget to enter banner's height and width.

4. When you are done, press the
Save New Banner button at the bottom of the page to ad a new flash banner.

 

How to Track Clicks on Flash Ads?

In order to track clicks on your flash ads, first you must prepare them.

1. Open your flash banner using FLASH (.fla file)

2. Create a new bottom layer; make it the full pixel size of the ad and fill it with the desired background color.

Click once on the new layer to select it - then right click and choose Convert to Symbol.

3. Give the Symbol a name (like Click) and then choose Button for the Behavior. Hit OK

4. Add the following action script:



on(release) {
getURL(_root.url, "_blank");
}


5. Save the new file for example flash.swf

How to Add and Track HTML Banner Clicks?

1. Log into application as an administrator.

2. In your Administration Interface, click on the Add Banner at the top of the main navigation. A new page will open when you can choose a type of a banner you want.

3. Click on the Add HTML Banner.
You should now see a form that will allow you to enter all of the information you will need to supply to add a new HTML banner.

4. Choose the advertiser that is/will be advertising through this banner.

5. Choose categories in which you want your banner to be displayed.

6. Enter a name for the banner.

7. Enter HTML code for your banner. For example:

<table align="center" width="468" height="60">
<tr>
<td>This is a HTML Banner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#LINK#">Click for details</a></td>
</tr>

8. If you want to track hits and click for your HTML banner, instead of entering web site address (url) to which banner leads, enter token #LINK# in Banner Code.

9. Enter other information and when you are done, press the
Save New Banner button at the bottom of the page to ad your new HTML banner.

 

How to Edit Banners?

1. Log into application and in your interface, click on the Banners at the top of the main navigation. A new page will open when you can choose a type of a banner you want.

3. Click on the Edit link next to banner you want to edit. You should now see a form that looks very similar to the one that lets you add a new banner.

4. When you are done with editing, press the Update Settings button at the bottom of the page to save changes.

 

How to Delete a Banner?

1. Log into a Bannersoft interface and click on the Banners link in the Main Menu. You will then see a list of all of your banners, assuming that you have already created some.

2. Check the box next to the banner you want to delete and click on the Delete selected banners link. You will then be asked if you are sure you want to delete that banner. If you are sure, press the Yes button to delete.


 

 
 
 
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