Not sure how that is measuring "effectiveness"... It might just be counting how many times the memcache fetch method is being called. My change would lower how many times it's being called because it gets everything in a single call (faster).
If you delete your browser cache, and go edit your ad formats, you now have an option for the notice type. So you can either use the overlay on top (which is what it was by default before), or a new type which is the "slider from left". http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/publisher.php?do=formats You will need to update the JavaScript you use for banner insertion on your site if you want to use the slider.
Thanks Shawn... Installed for testing .... Is there any place to set color schemes and the slider message content? Regards, Doug
Not currently... it's just static right now. It's kind of one of those things that if you start adding too many options for it, it becomes more confusing than it's worth. And anyone that wants to do *really* advanced stuff is probably making their own from scratch anyway, so...
Looks good ... I've installed and activated the new code ... So, now I just have to see if any advertisers actually take advantage of it.. Appreciate your help very much ... Regards, Doug
Hi Shawn .... I've been getting emails from some members saying that the "slide out" advert is appearing on ALL pages for them all the time? Here's a typical one .. "Lastly, each page that I visited on the forum displays a banner ad for "Advertise On This Site" which forces me to accept or ignore the pop-up. Quite annoying." ... I don't understand why as my setting is for every 30 days? Am I missing something, or is there a bug in the new code? <script type="text/javascript"><!-- dp_ad_width = 728; dp_ad_height = 90; dp_ad_color_title = "#333333"; dp_ad_radius = 25; dp_ad_fallback = "youradhere"; dp_ad_notice = 30; dp_ad_notice_type = 2; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s.dpstatic.com/s/ad.js"></script> Code (markup): Regards, Doug
Is it doing it for you? Or just random users? The timer is based on a cookie, so if the user's browser doesn't support cookies, it doesn't know that they already saw it (should be the same for the notice at the top).
It doesn't do it for me, but I bet you're right..... I reckon all these folks have their cookies turned OFF .... I guess there's no way around that? Regards, Doug
Not really, no... that's exactly what cookies are designed for, so if they choose to not use them, it's kind of their own fault really... The only one that can fix it is the user.
Thanks... that's what I thought ... I'll have to save a "canned" response telling people that they need to turn ON their cookies if that happens to them .... Question: if someone answers "not interested", does that mean they never get the slider again, or it just means it starts the cookie timer so in our case, they don't see it again for another 30 days? Thanks ... Regards, Doug
It resets the timer for another 30 days. You could get tricky with template edits that serve the code btw... For example on this site, we only show the slider to users who aren't logged into a user account. Or you could get really tricky and make a setting for users so they can choose to opt out of it and then read that setting when outputting the JavaScript code in your template.
Thanks again Shawn ... You've been very helpful in educating me to the process ... Now I have to find some advertisers who will actually click on it ... Regards, Doug