<Solved> Banner Ads with rotating banners

Nik2004 · Post by **Nik2004** » Sun 3. Jun 2007, 18:22

Is it possible to use rotating banners (e.g. gif/jpg) in "Banner ads" module? If yes, I can't figure out how. Any hint?

I am using v1.3.3 with current banner_ads mod.

(It seems I am the first one to open this Forum area.)

Post by **Oliver Georgi** » Mon 11. Jun 2007, 11:54

what do you mean? What's a rotating banner?

Oliver

rushclub · Post by **rushclub** » Mon 11. Jun 2007, 12:12

Oliver Georgi wrote:what do you mean? What's a rotating banner?

Oliver

i think random banner at the same position - or am i wrong?

rush

Post by **Oliver Georgi** » Mon 11. Jun 2007, 13:07

add additional banner for same place! Where is the problem?

Oliver

Nik2004 · Post by **Nik2004** » Mon 11. Jun 2007, 23:34

Rotating Banner is exactly two or more banners appearing in turns (at different page loads), not at the same time, at a particular place (e.g. at page top).

In a simple senario, a random banner would be selected to be displayed at a particular place, during each page load, from a pool of banners. In a more complex senario, rules could be used to decide which banner should be selected from the pool (e.g. % use for each banner, to total 100%).

I tried to see if I the "Banner Ads" module supports multiple banners for the same place (i.e. the same placeholder), and in fact I uploaded two banners using the <Ad Type: Image> / Browse tool (in the Banners Ads module). In the end, the drop down box included two files. I was hoping that these would be displayed in turns, or randomly, but what I found is that only the one selected in the dropdown gets displayed.

Am I missing something?

Post by **Oliver Georgi** » Tue 12. Jun 2007, 00:06

you have to add another campaign!!!!!!! Is it that hard to understand?

Each banner = campaign! You can upload more to switch same campaign if necessary... that's the drop down is for.

Oliver

Nik2004 · Post by **Nik2004** » Tue 12. Jun 2007, 13:36

OK, Oliver,

I followed your directions and it works.

Thanks, everything is fine now! Great module. I guess selection between campaigns is random, for the same placeholder.

Sorry for making you feel upset, but some things may not be as obvious to me as you would expect!

I do what I can!

If only I could add the placeholder to my templates (remember problem in thread: http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14888 for which I can't find even a temporary solution)!

culda_a · Post by **culda_a** » Wed 24. Oct 2007, 12:03

How can I set the size of a banner made by me , the size is not in the dropdown list...is a way to set manualy the size of the banner?

Post by **Oliver Georgi** » Wed 24. Oct 2007, 13:03

In database! Very easy. Check phpwcms_ads_formats

Oliver

culda_a · Post by **culda_a** » Tue 18. Dec 2007, 11:36

why every time when I try to upload a file in the banner ads it say file too large? I try also wit a file of 1 kb and the same !!!

Post by **Oliver Georgi** » Tue 18. Dec 2007, 12:08

there is a bug in a function - file size check which will always fail (sorry). Here is the updated function - found by myself but not released yet...

http://www.phpwcms.org/support/saveUploadedFile.phps

Oliver

culda_a · Post by **culda_a** » Tue 18. Dec 2007, 12:35

the only diffrence in that code that I have seen is this line

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 $file_status['maxsize']        = empty($file_status['maxsize']) ? $GLOBALS['phpwcms']['file_maxsize'] : $file_status['maxsize'];

or I missunderstend ... the file that I have to change is:

include/inc_lib/general.inc.php

right?

I made the changes but the same problem

Post by **Oliver Georgi** » Tue 18. Dec 2007, 13:31

yes right - but seems that you ad is too big then.

You can try using some debug code there - just put in

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dumpVar('Max: ' . $file_status['maxsize'] . ' / Is: ' . $file_status['size']);
die();

right after this line of code:

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$file_status['maxsize']        = empty($file_status['maxsize']) ? $GLOBALS['phpwcms']['file_maxsize'] : $file_status['maxsize'];

and see the result.

Oliver

culda_a · Post by **culda_a** » Tue 18. Dec 2007, 14:18

Thanks Oliver , I have try to do the changes that you told me and now I have this message after I try to upload:

Max: 2097152 / Is: 17262

and the picture is still not uploaded so no result...
maybe you have the file and we can download.

Thanks

PS
I think it will be also great if we can change the sizes of the banner from the module not from the database.