Adding banners to the Banners?

So in messing about with the banners area I've not been able to figure out how to actually add a banner.  I can see how you add  text, but how do you add a banner image?  I tried adding a banner using html in the text area but, while it appeared just fine in the preview, on the site it showed the html, not the banner.  So, can you not use banners with the Banners function?

Also, how does it work if you have more than one banner?  Do they rotate on page refresh?

And did I read somewhere that it's set up so you can sell ad space now?  if so, where do you go to administer that and can you add additional ad spaces?

I haven't tried the banner manager yet in D7B.  I will soon but it seems as if many people here are reporting problems with it.  About you "banner rotate" question though - Dolphin won't do that.  For that. you will need some kind of ad server.  The two most common I believe are Open X - which is software you run on your server, and Google Ad Manager which is a free service on Google servers (and they do allow non-google ads).  I have run both on D6 with no problems at all.  I will soon  on DB7- tomorrow probably, and will let you know if there are any issues.

Excellent, thanks.  Will be interested to know if you can get an image to show.  Was stranged that it was fine in preview but then on the site it just showed code.

http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/ticket/1109

Thanks Anton!

Hello

We've tried to reproduce the issue on our own site and had no luck.

Banners feature works as it should.

P.S. If you provide us with the access info for your server, we'll investigate the issue there.

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Best Regards

AntonL

Anton, you should have the info from the work you did for me on the "Programs" stuff through Expertzzz but if you need it again, let me know.  You can also visit the same domain name to see the error.

I also do not see a way to place images into the banners area.  Only the actual text will appear on the page which is clickable but no grahpics.

http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/ticket/1062

http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/ticket/1109

can you reopen this ticket. i am having the same issue. im new to banner making.

use html code to include the img. with your text

i added this to the html box in the banner setup section:

<!-- IMAGE_BANNER AD START -->
 <a href="http://track.pornaccess.com/go.php?subprogram_id=5&category_id=fetish&type_id=1&adv_id=200587&site_id=0"><img src="bisex-orgies-4.jpg" border="0"></a>
    <!-- IMAGE_BANNER AD END -->

nothing but the little box and the x. what am i supposed to put in the url entry? is that where im going wrong?

the "bisex-orgies-4.jpg"   should be "http://www.site.com/bisex-orgies-4.jpg" or where ever the picture resides on your site or their

the url isn't mandatory you can leave it blank/empty

did you try any other codes/banners

ok....i see what your both saying. i dont believe the pic is in the html. the provider of the code requires a download of the jpg. so maybe i will try a banner from elsewhere and see where that gets me.

As far as I see in the new D7 Admin, we only have the following fields to fill out:

1) Title (of the banner)

2) URL (I guess it refers to the url the banner points at)

3) Active checkbox

4) Text (in case it is a text banner)

5) Starting and ending dates, positions, etc.

So the question is, how do we upload images, swf files, etc???

Thanks.

Hernán

In the text area use HTML for your image and make sure you center it.  The URL input is where you want your banner to point.  That's how I had to do it and it seems to work just fine.

Can anyone help a novice please?

I only get text when I add a banner.

I can't see any images!

I can get a clickable link which then takes me to a page which shows my banner...

Isn't the banner supposed to be shown instead of the link?

D7.0.3.

Any help will be appreciated!

Stuart

I have found that I had to upload the pic to my server, then enter the text in the banner section. the code pulls the pic from your server and then it is click able.  I uploaded the pic to the main folder of my script. that way you do not need to have the url attached, just the pic name.

Inputting Open-X script into the text portion of the Banner Ads breaks the Forum (Site not Available Red Box)

Here is what I used to test it (functional ad server under my control);

<script type='text/javascript'><!--//<![CDATA[
   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https://pan.specmiata.com/www/delivery/ajs.php':'http://pan.specmiata.com/www/delivery/ajs.php');
   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);
   if (!document.MAX_used) document.MAX_used = ',';
   document.write ("<scr"+"ipt type='text/javascript' src='"+m3_u);
   document.write ("?zoneid=2&amp;blockcampaign=1");
   document.write ('&amp;cb=' + m3_r);
   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write ("&amp;exclude=" + document.MAX_used);
   document.write ("&amp;loc=" + escape(window.location));
   if (document.referrer) document.write ("&amp;referer=" + escape(document.referrer));
   if (document.context) document.write ("&context=" + escape(document.context));
   if (document.mmm_fo) document.write ("&amp;mmm_fo=1");
   document.write ("'><\/scr"+"ipt>");
//]]>--></script><noscript><a href='http://pan.specmiata.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=aea9c94c&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://pan.specmiata.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=2&amp;n=aea9c94c' border='0' alt='' /></a></noscript>

Remove "<![CDATA[" and "]]>" from this code, it interferes with orca code.

Thanks AlexT that works.

In the 'Add Banner' menu, add: <img src="http://yoursite.com/media/images/banners/image.jpg" /> to the 'Text' box.

hey guys i bought a 3d xml banner but i don't know where to upload the files into the server.

this is what the folder "DEPLOY" comes with:

(A) css file folder :1 called banner.css and 1 called global.css

(B) an image folder

(C)swfobject folder that contains a shockwave flash object called express install

(D)an xml  folder that has 1 file called banner

( E)a shockwave flash object  called banner

(F)an index.html document (that looks like a code)

and here are the instruction:

You need to upload files under deploy folder except index.html & css/global.css.

You need to copy JS embed codes in deploy/index.html to your site.

Can anyone help me please!!

i would lke to put the banner instead of the boonex image rotator at the home page

thank you very much

templates/base/page_1.html

However, put the edited page_1.html in the tmpl_uni folder.

If you want a really nice ad server use OpenX instead.

to PravoNetwork

so i need to add the js embed code for the xml banner to template/base/page_1?

thank you

Yes.  Here is how the template is edited:

<bx_include_auto:_sub_header.html />
<!--removes the promo banner    __promo_code__  -->

<table width="100%"><tr><td>Top Banner Code Goes Here</td></tr></table><br><br>

__page_main_code__

<table width=100%><tr><td>Bottom Banner Code Goes Here</td></tr></table><br><br>

<bx_include_auto:_sub_footer.html />

I have two 468x60 banners on top and two on bottom.  I'm able to sell over 30 banners in each site by adding zones.  You are not creating zones but by placing your code in the sections listed above you should be fine.

i am talking about the image reloader in the homepage

i want to replace it with an xml 3d banner

i just don't know where to put the js embed code

regards

That is just what it does in the example I gave.

It replaces the image reloader in the homepage and your banner will show instead.  Put your js code where the Top Banner Code Goes Here is located in the table.

i did add the js code to bas/page1 but nothing happened

i appreciate your effort and patience

regards

Ps this is what the page1 look like

<bx_include_auto:_sub_header.html />

__promo_code__

__page_main_code__

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js"></script>

<div id="banner_div"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">

<!--

var flashvars = {

//xmlUrl: "path/to/xml/filename.xml" //Use to change XML filename or location

};

var params = {

base: "/flash/modules/banner/",

scale: "noscale",

menu: "false",

bgcolor: "#000000",

wmode: "transparent"

};

var attributes = {

id: "banner_swf",

name: "banner_swf"

};

swfobject.embedSWF("/flash/modules/banner/banner.swf", "banner_div", "775", "500", "9", "/flash/modules/banner/swfobject/expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);

//-->

</script>

<bx_include_auto:_sub_footer.html />

That would put the banner below the main page content.

Did you clear your cache?

there's only blank space

Then your script isn't serving the banner.

would you interested in doing that for me if i give you access

i will pay 30$ through paypal

regards

Here is my suggestion.  If you want to serve banners and want a Really , Really nice way to do it then download the free ad server OpenX.

Once you get it installed (easy to do) then Create an Account for yourself, create a campaign for your account, create a banner for your campaign.

Then add the website (your boonex site), then add the zone (Index page), then get the code for the zone and paste it in page_1.html.

That will serve your banners, give you real stats, etc.

If you want to monetize your size then that's the way to go.

i got the banner to work instead of boonex image reloader,but it's obviously it's bigger than the page width ,so both right and left ends are cut off

can anyone help out please.i tried to play with page width in admin panel but not working proparly

the website is zangaa.com

thank you very much in advance