Adverts

Banners > Adverts

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

 

Manage Adverts

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 | Copy | View | Preview | Delete, select one of these actions to edit, copy, view, preview, or delete the ad.

6. Export Stats

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 a shortcode of an ad on any page/post if you wish to display that ad.

9. Date

This column show the date on which this banner ad was created.

10. Screen Options

Click Screen Options to enable/disable the columns and to choose the number of Adverts visible per page.

 

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 the image above, you will get an upload button to select an image to upload. Choose a media or enter the URL of your choice (e.g.: https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-banners/example.jpg).

Location/URL: Add a URL to the image in this field. When someone click on this banner, they will be redirected to this page. This also works with Enable Pushdown Banner > Redirect After Click.

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, and others 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. This feature no longer exists.

Code

Click Tag URL- This URL is for the click of the banner. When someone clicks on this banner, they will be redirected to this page. This feature no longer exists.

HTML Code- Insert any HTML, CSS or JavaScript code according to your needs. No PHP allowed. Use the available tags (“formatting options”).

3. Alternate Banner

This enables the option for you to choose an alternate banner image either when hovering or clicking on the current banner. This disables Location/URL unless Redirect After Click is enabled. Only works for image banners.

4. Alternate Image

Related to Alternate Banner. Select the alternate image. Choose a media or enter the URL of your choice (e.g.: https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-banners/example.jpg).

5. Trigger Method

Related to Alternate Banner. You can set the Trigger Method. On Click means it requires a click to view it and On Hover means that hovering your mouse over the image would display the alternate image.

6. Redirect After Click

Related to Alternate Banner. If this is ticked, once the alternate image is displayed, clicking on it would redirect you to the URL chosen under Location/URL.

7. Current Views

This is the amount of views that this banner has received.

8. Max Impressions

Set the max amount of impressions for this banner. After this amount of impressions, the banner will no longer show on the front-end. If you need unlimited impressions, leave this field blank.

9. Start Date

Select a date and time on which this banner should start displaying on the site.

10. Expires

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

11. End Date

Related to Expires. Select a date and time on which this banner should stop displaying on the site.

12. Banner Size

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

13. Zone(s)

Select the zone(s) that you need this banner to display on your site. You can manage zones under Banners > Zones.

14. Geotargeting – Location(s)

Select the location(s) where you would like this to appear. Leave empty to target every location. You can manage locations under Banners > Geotargeting.

15. Show on Posts/Pages

Search and select posts and pages where you would like to only display this banner ad. Leave empty to display everywhere.

16. 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.

17. Text Alignment

Related to Text Box. Choose between Left, Center, and Right text alignment.

18. Override Text Box Presentation

Related to Text Box. Tick the box to override and set the colors, border, and padding for this advert. Otherwise, it will use the default options set in Settings.

19. Status

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