Banner Campaigns

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Banner Management allows you to place banners on your site and have the system automatically track the number of page views, clicks, and timing. You can set up multiple banners each with its own set of criteria and the system will automatically display the next banner on a page refresh. NOTE: For banner campaigns to display properly, EDIT must be turned off.

Getting Started

Click here for information on Installing Add-Ons.

To use Banner Campaigns, go to the /admin backend and open Manage Add-ons and then Banner Campaigns in the Navigator.

Terms

Width 
This allows you specify the width you want the banner to adhere to. This should only be used if you are supplied with a banner that does not conform to your specifications. The system will automatically stretch or shrink the banner to match your field entry.
Height 
This allows you to specify the height you want the banner to adhere to. This should only be sued if you are supplied with a banner that does not conform to your specifications. The system will automatically stretch or shrink the banner to match your field entry.
Caption 
This is the text that will appear in the alt tag for the banner.
Date Expires 
This is the last date you wish the banner to show up on the site.
Link 
If you wish to have the banner link to another webpage you can specify that link in this field.
Clicks 
This is the total number of click-throughs the banner has produced.
Clicks maximum 
This is maximum number of clicks that you will allow the banner to have. Once the maximum number of clicks is reached, it will no longer display on the site even if the date expires has not yet happened.
Viewings 
this is the total number of page views for the banner.
Open In New Window 
If a link has been added and you width that link to open a new window click this box.
Align 
this is how you wish the banner o be aligned on the page your HTML options are as follows; Left, Right, Top, Bottom.
Date Last Viewed 
This is the last date the banner was displayed on the site for viewing.

Roles

Administrator 
The site user with administrator rights who configures and maintains the ecommerce system.
User 
Anyone with a record in the People table.
Customer 
The user who purchases online, creating an invoice, paying, etc.

How-To

These are typical procedures that help with general tasks.

How to Add a Banner to a web page

Make sure you are logged in as an Administrator. Navigate to the web page where you want to add a Banner Campaign. Use the Tool Panel at the top to turn on Page Builder. On the left, click the Extras category and in the flyout panel, you will see Banner Campaign in Advertising. Drag the banner campaign design block into the page where you want it to appear. Turn off Page Builder and the a new Banner Campaign will be running.

Adding A New Banner

A banner ad is one specific ad contained within an ad campaign on a webpage.

To add a new banner, click the + next to ADD A BANNER, which opens up a new banner record where you can specify the banner name, specify an expiration date for the banner, select the campaign for this banner, upload an image, specify width and height of the image, add a caption, specify alignment and include a link to a webpage when someone clicks on the banner. You can also specify whether or not you want the ad to open in a new window when someone clicks on the ad. Click OK to save the new record.