How to run ads on my site

[Dikran Gullekian]

I have a few companies who want to advertise on my site; how can I run their ads on my site, on the right side......

I don't want to add Google adsense, I only want to run my own ads different companies where the ads change with every click of the page.

Can anyone help me on how to do it??

Thanks

[Eric Suesz]

Hello, Dikran! This is easy to do. You can simply insert ads into a Text Box. If your advertisers have ads for you to insert, simply copy the HTML (or even text) they provide you and paste it into a Text Box on your Main Page. Place that Text Box in the green boxes on the right-hand column if you want it to show up on every page of your site. Hope this helps!

[Dikran Gullekian]

Thanks Eric, this is ok if I want to run ads for 1 or 2 companies, I can put their logo in the text box, and link it to their website and it will show on every page, but I need to do like Phil said below. So far I have 3 companies interested in advertising on my site, and eventually it will be more, so what I want to do is to have the ads change randomly or by a certain order with every page load; he's talking about java script which I have no idea what it is :-)

[Phil - WiredPA]

If you are only running a few ads and you need a real simple solution for ads to change on each page load you can get a javascript that will show a different random image with each page load that is linked to their website. But this will not record impressions or clicks.

You can most likely search google for a good free script that will work. Then just put the script into a text box as Eric Suesz describes.

[Dikran Gullekian]

Hi Phil,

What you said is right, I want the ads to change randomly or by a certain order with every page load, but I have no idea how to do it, :-)

Is learning java script easy?? because I am not a computer expert, this is my first network.

Is it possible to put all the ads in one text box, and they will change randomly with every page load?

I'll be happy if you can give me some guidance
Thanks

[Phil - WiredPA]

Well, you don't really have to know how to write the script, just get a free one online.
Here is one I use to show a different random image that is linked.

All you do is change the image URL's and links. You can add more to the list by adding another lines of ( myimages[3]="img3.gif" ) and ( imagelinks[3]="URL-3" ) with more numbers like:

myimages[4]="img4.gif"
imagelinks[4]="URL-4"

Etc.

You can also remove them by removing a line there, like if you only had 2 ads you can remove the # 3 line.

[Dikran Gullekian]

Sorry Phil,
I've been trying all this time but I couldn't do it,
I couldn't put the image or the logo in between the script, maybe I need to learn a bit more....

I'm still working to see how I can do it,

Hopefully I'll learn

[Dikran Gullekian]

Ok Phil,

I think I got it,
I just tried 3 different pictures with 3 different URL's and it's working, it didn't change the pictures at every load, but it's ok.........

I still have to practice a little more, the pictures are very small, I have to see how to increase the size.....

Thanks again

[Digital Janitor]

I wrote a small script I just put in the text box that does what you looking for I think. If it works for you feel free to do what you want with it. No credit needed on my end as long as you get use out of it that is my reward.



<script type="text/javascript">

function NMZAd_random()
{
// if you add or remove customers change this number from 4 to what you need.
var ranAdNum= Math.floor(Math.random()*4);
return ranAdNum;
}

function getaURL()
{
var whichAdVal=NMZAd_random();
// if you add or remove customers change this number from 4 to what you need. These must start at 0
var AdURL=new Array(4)
AdURL[0]="http://www.cust1domain.com/";
AdURL[1]="http://www.cust2domain.com";
AdURL[2]="http://www.cust3doman.com";
AdURL[3]="http://www.cust4domain.com";

// if you add or remove customers change this number from 4 to what you need. These must start at 0
var NMGAd=new Array(4)
NMGAd[0]="http://xxx.xxx.com/image1.png";
NMGAd[1]="http://xxx.xxx.com/image2.png";
NMGAd[2]="http://xxx.xxx.com/image3.png";
NMGAd[3]="http://xxx.xxx.com/image4.png";


document.write('<div style="padding: 0px 0px;"><a href="'+ AdURL[whichAdVal]+'" target="_blank"><img src="'+NMGAd[whichAdVal]+'" width="170px" height="200px" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" align="center"><\/a><\/div>');

}
getaURL()
</script>


Good Luck!

[Dikran Gullekian]

Thanks Digital Janitor,

I'll try it tomorrow,
it's almost 1:30 am here in China I've got to sleep.......

It's good to learn new things

Thanks a lot

[Gabriel Winnberg]

I realized that this could be used in conjunction with App.io's Listings app to sell ads. One would just have to call the images from Apps.io's server with URLs similar to:

http://api.apps.io/1234567/xxxxxxxxxxx/ad-foobar-123.jpg

There would be a lot of manual fiddling but it would work.

I guess users would be able to see all the ads since one cannot make categories secret.

[Faiz]

Can we expect any feature from ning to help us run Ads by Image Rotation ,Count click and impressions and do geo targeting.

is this feature in nings plan , and can we expect it sooner.

[Dede]

Erik!

Two suggestions for the ads.... Why can we not add adsense throughout our site.. not just in certain areas. We used to have the access and it is necessary for those who are trying to earn their living through our sites.

Also, are you working on a way where we could possibly have a different text box on the interior from the homepage? Right now the ads are sitewide:)

No one seems to hear me in the other areas so sorry if I should not have posted this here!