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2023-03-20

Adding and Uploading New Ads

The ads module is typically used on your homepage design as the hero image. It can be used on individual pages though as a module.

Ads are individual images that are uploaded and displayed in a campaign. Your image or Ad must be created before hand.

Ad Requirements

  • Supported File Formats are JPG, GIF and PNG.
  • It is recommend the image you are using is exact or similar in size and shape to the size and orientation of your campaign.
  • If it is to small the file will not upload and warn you it is too small

Ad Features

  • Set links on each Ad. Create a unique page on your website for your ad if you have the content and link to this page from your Ad.
  • Automatically schedule your Ads to appear and disappear.
  • Set a view limit to restrict how many viewers can see the Ad. Ideal for a limited campaign or sale on a product.

How to Upload a New Ad Image

  1. Under Modules in Use menu click on Ads.
  2. Click on Manage Ads on the Campaign line you want to add new Ad too.
  3. Finally, click on the Upload New Ad button to get started.
  4. On the Ads Edit screen at minimum you must have a campaign selected, Size and choose an Image off your local device to have an Ad created.

    Using the instructions exactly as listed here your Campaign and Size field should be pre-populated with the correct settings for your Ad.
     
  5. When you click Submit the Ad will upload and add itself to the Campaign. It will be live by default.

If the image is not the same size as your Campaign you will be given a chance to crop the image to the Campaign size. choose your preferred crop area and click Submit.

Ad Settings Overview

SiteApex Ad Settings Name Campaign and Size
Note - your Campaign name and Size will vary
 
Name - Although optional, we recommend giving your Ad a name. This will allow you to easily identify the Ad when you are editing a Campaign. You can also choose to display the name publicly by turning on "Show Title" in the Campaign settings.
 
Campaign - choose which ad campaigns this ad should be included in. To select more that 1 campaign, hold down the ctrl key on your keyboard and click multiple items from the list with your left mouse button.
 
Active - choose whether your Ad will display or not. Turning off the Active setting will stop the Ad from displaying.
 
Size - this is the size of your campaign spot. If there are more then 1 Campaign, the drop down box will list sizes from available Ads campaigns. Note, the size you select must match the campaign size you selected in order to set the optimal size for your image.
 
When you click Submit to upload the Ad if the image is not the same size as your campaign you will be given a chance to crop the image to the campaign size.
 
User (optional)- this is the user who 'owns' the Ad. When you're checking out the stats on Ads, there is an option to email the Ad stats to the Ad owner. This is especially handy if you display or sell ad space to others on your website.
 
Image File - click this button to find the image on your computer that you wish to upload for the ad. Supported File Formats: JPGs, GIF's and PNG's.
 
Force Image Resize (optional) - check this off if you want the system to try to resize the image you're uploading to match the ad campaign size you choose above.
 
Alt Text - This is important for making your Ad accessible by WCAG standards and some experts argue that this text can also help with search engine optimization. This is text will also display when a site visitor hovers over this ad on your live website.
 
HTML Embed Code Box (optional) - if you would prefer to use something other than an image for your ad, you can insert html code here if you're familiar with html coding.
 
Description Box (optional) - You can add text on top of your images by using the description field. Make sure to enable "Show Description" in your campaign settings.
 

SiteApex Ad Settings Link Expiry Dates and View Limit

 
Link (optional)- If you want this Ad to link to a webpage or website, enter that website URL address here. It must be the full URL although if it is a page on your website you can simply use file name only, for example: contact-us
 
Link Target (optional)- Choose whether you want the link you entered above to Open in the same browser tab, or open the link in a new tab.
 
Use Expiry Dates (optional) - Turn on this feature to set a Start Date and an End Date if you wish for your Ad to appear on and then disappear on those days. Automatically displays and hides the Ads without touching other Ad settings.
 
Enable View Limit (optional)- you can set the number of times this ad will be displayed, to enable this option, choose yes here.
 
View Limit (optional)- if you enabled view limits above, enter a number here. Whatever number you enter will be the maximum amount of times this ad will be displayed on your site.
 
Submit - click this button when you're done entering any information and are ready to save your ad.

Troubleshooting

There area few reasons an image you have added is not displaying correctly or not displaying at all.

  • If your image is not sized to the campaign it will simply display the top middle of the image. Thus possibly cutting out important information. It's usually best to create your images or edit them to the size of your campaign. This will optimize the display of the image.
  • Ensure that you are using a plain JPEG file. Be aware that some editing image optimizers might prevent the image from displaying at all or from uploading. For example using a tool like JPEG Mini.
 
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