[Forum] Setting up Advertising on Forum

[jnmann]

I have a number of members who would like to put their banner ads on my site. I assume I can do this through the advertising but can't see how I add the code once they give me the banner itself, is it in the Ad HTML?

[punchbowl]

If it's just static banners in specific places i.e. member x gets his banner under the nav bar all the time, member y gets his ad in the footer then you can just use their provided code in admincp>advertising>manage ads [Or you can paste the same code directly into your advertising templates]

BUT

if you want to rotate ads then you'll need another solution - here's one that works well for a lot of people http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/

[jnmann]

Thank you for the quick response :-)

So they would be able to provide me with the html code for their banner? I wouldn't need to host it?

Prob. will need to have rotating solution but static would be a good start.

[punchbowl]

You wouldn't need to host it but you could offer to do that if you like. It's easier for them to check their stats (how many times the ad is shown etc) if they host it themselves as their server stats would tell them. They'd give you code that could be as simple as this:

<a href="http://www.advertiser-landing.com/page.html"><img scr="http://www.advertiser-landing.com/ad_image.gif" alt="click my great ad"></a>

if you were hosting the image then it'd be something like

<a href="http://www.advertiser-landing.com/page.html"><img scr="http://www.yoursite.com/ads/ad_image.gif" alt="click my great ad"></a>

either way it's a good start - well done in having a site that people want to advertise on!

[mrt123]

Hello I have been having a hard time to get a banner to appear , I was given a code and it works fin on a another website but I can’t get it to work on vbulletin . any suggestions. I was even surprised I can put my own google ads on my sited, you have to go through vb program. What are the rules are there clear what ads will work and wont?? Thanks

[Steve Machol]

Please start your own thread with all the relevant details. Thank you.