Offerit Footer Ads - Revision history

OfferitMegan at 14:37, 16 August 2012

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‎Displaying a Footer Ad

OfferitRobC: /* Uploading a Footer Ad */

2011-12-28T20:31:07Z

‎Uploading a Footer Ad

OfferitRobC at 17:40, 28 December 2011

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OfferitRobC at 21:08, 20 December 2011

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{{Offerit Manual
| show_adtool_types_section = true
}}

The Footer Ads [[Ct#Creative|Creative]] type in [[Offerit]] allows you to upload a variety of images to be used by [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliates]] promoting your [[Ct#Offer|offer]] through footer [[Ct#Template|templates]] on various web pages.

In addition to allowing images, Footer Ads can also take certain [[Smarty]] variables, allowing you to automatically tailor your footer ads to information acquired from your [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliate]] or [[Ct#Surfer|surfer]]. For more information, please see the [[#Custom Variables|Custom Variables]] section below.

== Uploading a Footer Ad ==

You can upload images to be used in your Footer Ads through the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]]. Simply go to the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]] and click the "View Creatives" action icon next to the "Footer Ads" creative type.

[[File:Adtools admin interactives.PNG|450px|The Interactives Creative Category]]

On the next page, you will see a section labeled "New Footer Ads Creative." Use the available "Image Zip" field to upload a .zip file of images you wish to use for your footer ads, along with the "Thumbnail" field to upload a thumbnail preview image of your ads.

[[File:FooterAds-adtool.png|450px|Adding a new Footer Ad]]

Once you have selected a .zip file to use as images for your new footer ad, you can define all the other available settings for your gallery. These settings include:

* '''Name''' - The name of your footer ad.
* '''HTML Source''' - Input the desired HTML code for your ad. This field accepts certain [[Smarty]] variables.
* '''Enabled on''' - Choose an offer (or all offers) that you want this gallery to be enabled for.
* '''Publish Date''' - Input the date you want this gallery to be available from.
* '''Default Group''' - Select an creative group to categorize the gallery under.

Once you have defined all of the available fields, click "Add Creative" to add your new Footer Ad to [[Offerit]].

Your new Footer Ad will now appear in the "Footer Ads Creative" table, along with your other available footer ads. This table provides you with the ID number, name, and default group for your ads.

== Displaying a Footer Ad ==

Before you can include your new Footer Ad 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 footer ad. On the next page, simply add a "SHOW" type rule for the affiliate(s), commission(s), and offer(s) you want this footer ad to be enabled for. You can also choose to enable this ad for all affiliates, commissions, and offers. For more information on rules in [[Offerit]], please see our [[Offerit Rules]] wiki article.

[[File:Add fhg rule.PNG|450px|Adding a rule for your Footer Ad]]

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

== Custom Variables ==

[[Offerit]] allows for certain [[Smarty]] custom variables to be used when adding text to Footer Ads. This allows for customized text in your ad, depending on the [[Ct#Surfer|surfer]] or [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliate's]] location. You can output a surfer's country name, city name, area code, postal code, etc.

Supported [[Smarty]] variables include:

<pre>
$smarty->assign('country_code', $countrycode);
$smarty->assign('country_name', apache_note("GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME"));
$smarty->assign('city_name', apache_note("GEOIP_CITY"));
$smarty->assign('region', apache_note("GEOIP_REGION"));
$smarty->assign('metro_code', apache_note("GEOIP_DMA_CODE"));
$smarty->assign('area_code', apache_note("GEOIP_AREA_CODE"));
$smarty->assign('latitude', apache_note("GEOIP_LATITUDE"));
$smarty->assign('longitude', apache_note("GEOIP_LONGITUDE"));
$smarty->assign('postal_code', apache_note("GEOIP_POSTAL_CODE"));
</pre>

The above examples define your [[Smarty]] variables, such as $country_code, $country_name, $postal_code, etc.

To output values for the [[Ct#Surfer|surfers']] locations, enter the necessary [[Smarty]] code in the "HTML Source" field, found when editing a footer ad in the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]].

For example:
* <code>Welcome to {$country_name}</code>
* <code>Find other people in ($city_name}!</code>

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 The Footer Ads [[Ct#Creative|Creative]] type in [[Offerit]] allows you to upload a variety of images to be used by [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliates]] promoting your [[Ct#Offer|offer]] through footer [[Ct#Template|templates]] on various web pages.
-In addition to allowing images, Footer Ads can also take certain [[Smarty]] variables, allowing you to automatically tailor your footer ads to information acquired from your [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliate]] or [[Ct#Surfer|surfer]]. For more information, please see the [[#Custom Variables|Custom Variables]] section below.
+In addition to allowing images, Footer Ads can also take certain [[Smarty]] variables, allowing you to automatically tailor your footer ads to information acquired from your [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliate]] or [[Ct#Visitor|visitor]]. For more information, please see the [[#Custom Variables|Custom Variables]] section below.
 == Uploading a Footer Ad ==
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 == Custom Variables ==
-[[Offerit]] allows for certain [[Smarty]] custom variables to be used when adding text to Footer Ads. This allows for customized text in your ad, depending on the [[Ct#Surfer|surfer]] or [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliate's]] location. You can output a surfer's country name, city name, area code, postal code, etc.
+[[Offerit]] allows for certain [[Smarty]] custom variables to be used when adding text to Footer Ads. This allows for customized text in your ad, depending on the [[Ct#Visitor|visitor]] or [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliate's]] location. You can output a visitor's country name, city name, area code, postal code, etc.
 Supported [[Smarty]] variables include:
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 The above examples define your [[Smarty]] variables, such as $country_code, $country_name, $postal_code, etc.
-To output values for the [[Ct#Surfer|surfers']] locations, enter the necessary [[Smarty]] code in the "HTML Source" field, found when editing a footer ad in the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]].
+To output values for the [[Ct#Visitor|visitors']] locations, enter the necessary [[Smarty]] code in the "HTML Source" field, found when editing a footer ad in the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]].
 For example:
 * <code>Welcome to {$country_name}</code>
 * <code>Find other people in ($city_name}!</code>

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 Before you can include your new Footer Ad 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 footer ad. On the next page, simply add a "SHOW" type rule for the affiliate(s), commission(s), and offer(s) you want this footer ad to be enabled for. You can also choose to enable this ad for all affiliates, commissions, and offers. For more information on rules in [[Offerit]], please see our [[Offerit Rules]] wiki article.
-[[File:Add fhg rule.PNG|450px|Adding a rule for your Footer Ad]]
+[[File:Admin_Footer_Ad_Rules.png|600px|Adding a rule for your Footer Ad]]
 Once you create a "SHOW" rule" for your new footer ad, [[Ct#Affiliate|affiliates]] will be able to grab the [[Ct#Linkcode|linkcode]] for that gallery through their Creatives page.

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 On the next page, you will see a section labeled "New Footer Ads Creative." Use the available "Image Zip" field to upload a .zip file of images you wish to use for your footer ads, along with the "Thumbnail" field to upload a thumbnail preview image of your ads.
-[[File:FooterAds-adtool.png|450px|Adding a new Footer Ad]]
+[[File:Admin_New_Footer_Ads_Creative.png|600px|Adding a new Footer Ad]]
 Once you have selected a .zip file to use as images for your new footer ad, you can define all the other available settings for your gallery. These settings include:

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 You can upload images to be used in your Footer Ads through the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]]. Simply go to the [[Offerit Creatives Admin|Creatives Admin]] and click the "View Creatives" action icon next to the "Footer Ads" creative type.
-[[File:Adtools admin interactives.PNG|450px|The Interactives Creative Category]]
+[[File:Admin_Interactive_Types_Creatives.png|600px|The Interactives Creative Category]]
 On the next page, you will see a section labeled "New Footer Ads Creative." Use the available "Image Zip" field to upload a .zip file of images you wish to use for your footer ads, along with the "Thumbnail" field to upload a thumbnail preview image of your ads.

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 {{Offerit Manual
-| show_adtool_types_section = true
+| show_creative_types_section = true
 }}