New Ad Format

Discussion in 'Co-op Advertising Network' started by Spyware Remover, Jan 10, 2005.

  1. #1
    Up until today, the co-op would just display just anchor text ads on our site, but now it is displaying large grey box ads and banners, what's up? Can this be changed back?

    AJ
     
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  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Nothing has changed on this end. Your ad_network.php file was probably changed on your server.
     
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  3. Spyware Remover

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    #3
    Thanks Shawn, but what do you mean?

    AJ
     
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  4. Such Great Heights

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    #4
    Your ad_network.php file was probably changed on your server.

    When you grab the code from the Coop interface you grab code that either displays only anchor text, or displays large grey box ads.

    You used to have just snchor text showing, now you don't.
    Which means you changed the code.

    So go back into your coop interface and select the ad_network.php code again, but this time make sure you select "only text Link" in the drop down box below the ad_network.php code.

    At least I think that's what Shawn means. :)
     
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  5. fryman

    fryman Kiss my rep

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    That seems to happen a lot. It would be better if the default code was the one for only text links
     
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  6. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #6
    Of course, then people running banner ads would posts questions asking why their ads only show as links. :)
     
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  7. flawebworks

    flawebworks Tech Services

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    #7
    Best if we just read what's in front of our face.
     
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  8. Such Great Heights

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    #8
    Yep.
    I can't count how many times customers would order something from our old store where in BIG RED LETTERS in the shopping cart we stated that the order minimum was $10. Countless numbers of orders came in at under the $10.

    You can't make people look at all parts of a web page.
    It obviously isn't that important if they don't go back and retrace their steps to find out what they did wrong.

    And by having the forum available with the click of a button it's easier to ask in a new post than it is to read the entire page and/or search the forums.

    "Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't" - Bart Simpson
     
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  9. T0PS3O

    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    Same with drop-down menu's. People are lazy. Read the page, click 'order' button and don't bother selecting the correct option from the drop-down.

    Same with this code selection. Spyware Remover overlooked it. Easy to fix.
     
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  10. ProductivePC

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    #10
    Drop Downs... hate them... give them preselected Radio Buttons. I went as far as to rewrite our whole selection process in JavaScript just for this reason because the cart has some kind of a bug that won't allow radio buttons and you cannot get them to be preselected.

    We now never see any pages where it says.... you have to make a selection... solved that problem. :D
     
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