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‎Uploading a Flash Banner

OfferitMegan at 14:32, 16 August 2012

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OfferitRobC at 17:21, 28 December 2011

2011-12-28T17:21:29Z

OfferitRobC: Created page with "{{Offerit Manual | show_creative_types_section = true }} The Flash Banners Creative type lets you upload a flash banner of your choosing in order to help [[Ct#Af..."

2011-12-20T19:28:39Z

Created page with "{{Offerit Manual | show_creative_types_section = true }} The Flash Banners Creative type lets you upload a flash banner of your choosing in order to help [[Ct#Af..."

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{{Offerit Manual
| show_creative_types_section = true
}}

The Flash Banners [[Ct#Creative|Creative]] type lets you upload a flash banner of your choosing in order to help [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliates]] promote your [[Ct#Offer|offer]]. After uploading, [[Offerit]] will automatically pass an affiliate [[Ct#Linkcode|linkcode]] into your flash banner.

In order to take advantage of this feature, however, your flash banners should be able to utilize the input parameter ''clickTag''. To do this, your flash banner or button should have an action code similar to the following:

<pre>
on (release) {
if (clickTAG.substr(0,5) == "http:") {
getURL(clickTAG);
}
}
</pre>

For more information on adding links for tracking purposes to your flash banners you should refer to this article: <br>http://www.adobe.com/resources/richmedia/tracking/designers_guide/

== Uploading a Flash Banner ==

After you have edited your flash banner to accept the affiliate input link and redirect a surfer, you will need to upload your banner to [[Offerit]]. You can do so by going to the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]], scrolling down to the "Banner Creatives Types" category, and clicking the "View Creatives" action icon next to the "Flash Banners" creative type.

[[File:Adtools admin geo banner.PNG|450px|The Banner Creative Types Category]]

On the next page, you will see a section labeled "New Flash Banners Creative." Use the available "Banner" field to add the banner file you want to use; you can upload a file from your hard drive, or input a URL to load from in this field.

Once you have selected a file to use as your new Flash Banner, you can define the other available settings for your banner. These settings include:

* '''Enabled on''' - Choose which [[Ct#Offer|offers]] you want the banner to be enabled for.
* '''Publish Date''' - Input which date you want the banner to be available from.
* '''Default Group''' - Select a creative group to categorize the banner under.

Once you have defined the available fields, click "Add Creative" to add your new image banner to [[Offerit]].

[[File:Flash-banner-adtool.png|500px|Adding a New Flash Banner]]

Your flash banner will now be displayed in the "Image Banners Creative" table, along with the other available flash banners and basic information regarding that flash banner.

When you have done this, your affiliates will be able to navigate to their Affiliate Tools page and get an embed code similar to the following:

<pre>
<embed height="60" width="468" name="plugin" src="demo_banner.swf?clickTag=http://demo.nats4.com/track/MS4yLjAuMC4wLjIzLjAuMA"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
</pre>

== Displaying an Image Banner ==

Before you can include your new Flash Banner on one of your [[Ct#Offer|offers]], you must first add a [[Offerit Rules|"SHOW" rule]]. To do so, click on the "Add a new [[Offerit Rules|rule]]" action icon next to your new image banner. On the next page, simply add a "SHOW" rule type for the affiliate(s), commissions(s), and offers(s) you want this banner to be enabled for. You can also choose to enable this banner for all affiliates, commissions, and offers. For more information on rules in [[Offerit]], please see our [[Offerit Rules]] wiki article.

[[File:Add flash banner rule.PNG|450px|Adding a Flash Banner Rule]]

Once you create a "SHOW" rule for your new flash banner, [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliates]] will be able to grab the [[Ct#Linkcode|linkcode]] for that banner through their Creatives page.

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 type="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
 </pre>
-'''NOTE: For Default Affiliate skins, the embed code for the flash banner in the affiliate view will ONLY show with the following link styles: Encoded with HTML, Un-Encoded with HTML, and Shortname with HTML.  Specific [[#Linkcode_Settings#Linkcode Settings|Affiliate Linkcode Settings]] may need to be adjusted.'''
+'''NOTE: For Default Affiliate skins, the embed code for the flash banner in the affiliate view will ONLY show with the following link styles: Encoded with HTML, Un-Encoded with HTML, and Shortname with HTML.  Specific [[Affiliate Display Settings#Linkcode Settings|Affiliate Linkcode Settings]] may need to be adjusted.'''
 == Displaying an Image Banner ==

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 type="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
 </pre>
-'''NOTE: For Default Affiliate skins, the embed code for the flash banner in the affiliate view will ONLY show with the following link styles: Encoded with HTML, Un-Encoded with HTML, and Shortname with HTML.  Specific [[#Linkcode_Settings#Linkcode_Settings|Affiliate Linkcode Settings]] may need to be adjusted.'''
+'''NOTE: For Default Affiliate skins, the embed code for the flash banner in the affiliate view will ONLY show with the following link styles: Encoded with HTML, Un-Encoded with HTML, and Shortname with HTML.  Specific [[#Linkcode_Settings#Linkcode Settings|Affiliate Linkcode Settings]] may need to be adjusted.'''
 == Displaying an Image Banner ==

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 type="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
 </pre>
-'''NOTE: For Default Affiliate skins, the embed code for the flash banner in the affiliate view will ONLY show with the following link styles: Encoded with HTML, Un-Encoded with HTML, and Shortname with HTML.  Specific [[#Linkcode_Settings#Affiliate Linkcode Display Settings|Linkcode Settings]] may need to be adjusted.'''
+'''NOTE: For Default Affiliate skins, the embed code for the flash banner in the affiliate view will ONLY show with the following link styles: Encoded with HTML, Un-Encoded with HTML, and Shortname with HTML.  Specific [[#Linkcode_Settings#Linkcode_Settings|Affiliate Linkcode Settings]] may need to be adjusted.'''
 == Displaying an Image Banner ==

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 type="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
 </pre>
-'''NOTE: For Default Affiliate skins, the embed code for the flash banner in the affiliate view will ONLY show with the following link styles: Encoded with HTML, Un-Encoded with HTML, and Shortname with HTML.  Specific [[NATS4 Affiliate Adtools#Affiliate Linkcode Display Settings|Affiliate Linkcode Display Settings]] may need to be adjusted.'''
+'''NOTE: For Default Affiliate skins, the embed code for the flash banner in the affiliate view will ONLY show with the following link styles: Encoded with HTML, Un-Encoded with HTML, and Shortname with HTML.  Specific [[#Linkcode_Settings#Affiliate Linkcode Display Settings|Linkcode Settings]] may need to be adjusted.'''
 == Displaying an Image Banner ==

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 == Uploading a Flash Banner ==
-After you have edited your flash banner to accept the affiliate input link and redirect a surfer, you will need to upload your banner to [[Offerit]]. You can do so by going to the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]], scrolling down to the "Banner Creatives Types" category, and clicking the "View Creatives" action icon next to the "Flash Banners" creative type.
+After you have edited your flash banner to accept the affiliate input link and redirect a visitor, you will need to upload your banner to [[Offerit]]. You can do so by going to the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]], scrolling down to the "Banner Creatives Types" category, and clicking the "View Creatives" action icon next to the "Flash Banners" creative type.
 [[File:Admin_Banner_Adtools_Types.png|600px|The Banner Creative Types Category]]

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 After you have edited your flash banner to accept the affiliate input link and redirect a surfer, you will need to upload your banner to [[Offerit]]. You can do so by going to the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]], scrolling down to the "Banner Creatives Types" category, and clicking the "View Creatives" action icon next to the "Flash Banners" creative type.
-[[File:Adtools admin geo banner.PNG|450px|The Banner Creative Types Category]]
+[[File:Admin_Banner_Adtools_Types.png|600px|The Banner Creative Types Category]]
 On the next page, you will see a section labeled "New Flash Banners Creative." Use the available "Banner" field to add the banner file you want to use; you can upload a file from your hard drive, or input a URL to load from in this field.
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 Once you have defined the available fields, click "Add Creative" to add your new image banner to [[Offerit]].
-[[File:Flash-banner-adtool.png|500px|Adding a New Flash Banner]]
+[[File:Admin_New_Flash_Banners_Creative.png|600px|Adding a New Flash Banner]]
 Your flash banner will now be displayed in the "Image Banners Creative" table, along with the other available flash banners and basic information regarding that flash banner.
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 Before you can include your new Flash Banner on one of your [[Ct#Offer|offers]], you must first add a [[Offerit Rules|"SHOW" rule]]. To do so, click on the "Add a new [[Offerit Rules|rule]]" action icon next to your new image banner. On the next page, simply add a "SHOW" rule type for the affiliate(s), commissions(s), and offers(s) you want this banner to be enabled for. You can also choose to enable this banner for all affiliates, commissions, and offers. For more information on rules in [[Offerit]], please see our [[Offerit Rules]] wiki article.
-[[File:Add flash banner rule.PNG|450px|Adding a Flash Banner Rule]]
+[[File:Admin_Flash_Banner_Rules.png|600px|Adding a Flash Banner Rule]]
 Once you create a "SHOW" rule for your new flash banner, [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliates]] will be able to grab the [[Ct#Linkcode|linkcode]] for that banner through their Creatives page.