Adding Adtools

From TMM Wiki
Revision as of 12:43, 17 December 2008 by Trinidadr (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigationJump to search
NATS 3
Adtools Admin
Adding Adtools
Linking to Join and Tour Pages
Duplicate Site Adtools
Banner Hot-Linking
Adding RSS Feeds to NATS's Adtools
Downloadable Adtool
Bulk Importer
Dump Hosted Galleries
Hosted Adtool
NATS Thumbnails
TubeStudio Adtools Admin

Content

  1. In the Ad Tools Admin, select Content and the site from the drop-downs. Click Go! This brings up the Add Content form.
  2. To upload content:
    1. Name it
    2. Select or create a group
    3. Select a zip file to upload with the browse box
    4. Click Add.
  3. You can also enter the URL to a set if it is web accessible.

Mailer

  1. Go to the Ad Tools Admin, select Mailers and the site from the drop-downs. Click Go! This brings up the Add Mailer form.
  2. To set up an ad:
    1. Name it
    2. Select or create a group
    3. Select a thumbnail image to upload with the browse box (optional)
    4. The type of ad it is
    5. Zip file for the images needed in the add
    6. HTML that displays the zip file images
    7. Click Add.
  3. The target of all hyperlinks in the HTML should be replaced with {$link}.

Hosted Gallery

  1. Go to the Ad Tools Admin, select Hosted Ads and the site from the drop-downs. Click Go! This brings up the Add Gallery form.
  2. To set up a Hosted Ad:
    1. Name it
    2. Give it a short description
    3. Enter the URL and the Thumbnail's URL
    4. Select the type
    5. The number of items
    6. Select or create a group
    7. Click Add.
  3. You can set up the system to have up to 5 description or thumbnail boxes. See below.
  4. You use the bulk importer to add a list of hosted ads in a machine readable format.

Half/Full Page Ad

  1. Go to the Ad Tools Admin, select Half/Full Page Ads and the site from the drop-downs. Click Go! This brings up the Add Half/Full Page Ads form.
  2. To set up an ad:
    1. name it
    2. select or create a group
    3. select a thumbnail image to upload with the browse box (optional)
    4. the type of ad it is
    5. zip file for the images needed in the add
    6. HTML that displays the zip file images
    7. Click Add.
  3. The target of all hyperlinks in the HTML should be replaced with {$link}.

  1. Go to the Ad Tools Admin, select Banners and the site from the drop-downs. Click Go! This brings up the Add Banners form.
  2. Nine individual banners can be uploaded at once or multiple banners can be uploaded at once using a zip file. They should be split up by site and type.
  3. Currently only .jpeg's and .gif's are supported.
  4. To add a banner, select the banner (or zip) with the browse box, the type of image(s) it is, the site it's for, and click 'add'. A unique name is required on all uploads. Keep the 'keep file name' checked so NATS does not name it Banner123.