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Adverts

In this section of the plugin you will be able to manage, edit and add new banner ads.

Banners>Adverts

Manage Adverts

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1. Add New

Clicking this button will take you to ‘Save a Banner ad’ where you can create a new banner. New adverts added will show up on this ‘Manage Ads’ screen after they are added.

2. Bulk Actions

These bulk actions allow you to select multiple ads from the table using the checkboxes and then apply a bulk action on the selected records.

3. Search Ads

Quickly search the database for Ads by typing a word or phrase and then clicking the ‘Search Ads’ button.

4. Ad sections

This section of the manage ads page will show you the current adverts added to the plugin, the size, zone, views and clicks of the ad.

5. Ad Actions

For each of the actions like Edit/Delete/Copy/View/Preview, just make the action text itself bold. Select one of these actions to edit, delete, copy, view or preview the ad.

6. Export Stats

Now you can easily export advert statistics to a CSV file by clicking the “Export Stats” link. Hover over CTR% column to see this option.

7. Activate/Deactivate

Hover over Status column to  activate/deactivate every ad separately by clicking on Activate or Deactivate link accordingly.

8. Shortcode

Use this shortcode of the ad on any page/post if you wish to display the ad.

9. Date

This column show the date on which this banner was added.

Save a Banner Ad

1. Add Title

Insert the title of the ad in this field

2. Add Type

Select the type of banner ad your adding with the radio buttons

Image

As in image above you will get an upload button to select an image to upload.

Location/URL: Add a URL to the image in this field. When someone click on this banner, they will be redirected to this page.

Target Window- Do you want this link to be opened in the same window or a new window of your browser.

Flash

Select the flash file with the “Choose File” button.

Enable Click Tag- The plugin can also track clicks on these Flash ads/banners using the Flash clickTAG mechanism. Set this setting to Yes in order to be able for the plugin to track the clicks per flash banner. Documentation on Click Tag

Alternative Content- Insert some alternative content which you’d like to display if the user don’t have a flash player installed.

Click Tag URL: This URL is for the click of the banner. When someone click on this banner, they will be redirected to this page.

Video

Video URL- You can paste the URL of videos from many services such as YouTube, Blip, Vimeo, DailyMotion, etc and the embed code will be automatically created. Simply copy and paste the URL from the browser address bar on the page while watching the video.

Click Tag URL- This URL is for the click of the banner. When someone click on this banner, they will be redirected to this page.

Code

Click Tag URL- This URL is for the click of the banner. When someone click on this banner, they will be redirected to this page.

HTML Code- Insert any HTML, CSS or Javascript code according to your needs. No PHP allowed.

3. Current Views

This is the amount of views that this banner received.

4. Max Impressions

Set the max amount of impressions of this banner. After this amount of impressions, the banner will not show on the front-end anymore. If you need unlimited impressions on this banner, leave this field blank.

5. Date

Select a date on which this banner should start to display on the site.

6. Expires

If you need this banner to stop displaying at some stage, select yes. You will then be able to select the expiry date.

7. Banner Size

Select the size of the banner in the dropdown provide. You can set new sizes for banners under Banners>Sizes

8. Zones

Select the zones that you need this banner to display on your site. You can set new zones under Banners>Zones

9. Status

Select the status “Active” or “Inactive” of this banner in this setting.

10. Text Box

If you need a text box on your banner, select Yes on this setting. You will then get a text box where you can enter some text to display and you will be able to set alignment.