Introduction

The Banner Manager is a simple banner management implementation that displays image or HTML based banners, and tracks impressions and clicks on a per banner basis.

Each banner is assigned a group which is used for displaying banners in the set group. This allows certain banners to be shown throughout certain locations on the overall web site layout.

Banner Manager

Figure 1 shows the Banner Manager listing page under the admin> Tools> Banner Manager section.

1. Group
   The group each banner belongs to is listed under the column header "Group".


2. Statistics
   The Statistics value equals view counts divided by click throughs.

• Add/Edit a banner

Figure 2 shows the Banner Manager Add listing page under the admin>Tools>Banner Manager>Add section.

1. Title
   The banner title description.
2. URL
   The destination taken to when the banner is clicked on.
3. Group
   The banner group which holds related banners. New Groups can be set when values are entered.
4. Banner Type
   Banner images can be uploaded to the server via the Banner Manager, or can be set to an image already existing on the server. If an image is to be uploaded, a destination path on the server can be defined which needs to be writable by the web server.
   HTML based banners can be defined in the HTML Text field provided, and can, for example, contain HTML and JavaScript tags to display a text, image, or Flash based banner.
5. Scheduled Date
   A future date when the banner is to become active. If no scheduled date is defined, the banner is automatically active when saved.
6. Expiry Date
   The expiration value can be set for a specific date or for a specific impression count value. When this value has been reached, the banner will automatically become inactive. If no expiration value is defined, the banner will always remain active.
7. Maximum Impressions
   Set a value for the maximum impression.
8. Status
   Set the banner either activated or unactivated.

• Preview a banner
  Click the "Preview" button in its row to view the details of the banner . If Image type is selected, in the pop-up window, you will see an image; if HTML Text, the text you have set for the banner will be shown.
• View the statistics of a banner

Figure 3 and 4 shows the Statistics Graphs and Table tabs listing page under the admin>Tools>Banner Manager>Statistics tab.


Here you may have a look at the statistics in forms of graph and table by selecting frequency.

Figure 3 and 4 show separately daily statistics in January, 2010. In Figure 3, the blue area covers count views, and the red one as click throughs.  

• Delete a banner
• Refresh the present page
• Hide/Display a column
• See the Banner Manager number in the down-right corner

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