Where to place custom advertisement code?

[Lenny Warren]

Hi there,

I want to use a custom advertisement placement, and I don't know which template, to add it to... I want to place it on the footer, in the middle where the "Contact us" is, with the "contact us" on the same line but right justified?

Anybody help with where to put the line {advertisement=“ADVERT”} ?????

[steve00]

19 hours ago, Lenny Warren said:

Hi there,

I want to use a custom advertisement placement, and I don't know which template, to add it to... I want to place it on the footer, in the middle where the "Contact us" is, with the "contact us" on the same line but right justified?

Anybody help with where to put the line {advertisement=“ADVERT”} ?????

GlobalTemplate .. near bottom (you will need to experiment until you get where wanted)

otherwise could have it above the Contact Us by not using custom placement and using the 'Just above the page footer'

e.g.

[Lenny Warren]

Weird, when I do this @steve00 I can actually see the text "{advertisement=“ADVERT”} " rather then the graphic...

[Lenny Warren]

If I move around the {advertisement="ad_global_footer"} which is one of the default options I can move the banner, but always throws the social media icons down a line... sigh, guess I'm just being pernickity...

[tnn]

35 minutes ago, Lenny Warren said:

Weird, when I do this @steve00 I can actually see the text "{advertisement=“ADVERT”} " rather then the graphic...

If you are putting it in System-> Advertisments, I believe you should be inserting HTML code such as 

<div>
<p>My happy advertising</p>
</div>

and not 
{advertisement=“ADVERT”}

Or you can use the upload image option in the same panel. 

 

[Lenny Warren]

In the help file, how to use custom locations it says to use {advertisement=“ADVERT”} ?????

[tnn]

4 hours ago, Lenny Warren said:

In the help file, how to use custom locations it says to use {advertisement=“ADVERT”} ?????

Oh man, I bet it had you running in circles! 

[Lenny Warren]

2 minutes ago, tnn said:

Oh man, I bet it had you running in circles! 

Just a bit....

[steve00]

10 hours ago, Lenny Warren said:

In the help file, how to use custom locations it says to use {advertisement=“ADVERT”} ?????

That is what you are supposed to do

You put your ad code (or url etc in the box ... depending which option you go for) in the box

then add your {advertisement="name_of_key"} (as entered in the ' Custom location keys' box) into the template where you want it

[Lenny Warren]

That's what I did @steve00

[steve00]

3 minutes ago, Lenny Warren said:

That's what I did @steve00

are you using the key you created in place of ADVERT (or is that the key you created) ?

[Lenny Warren]

ADVERT is the key I created... @steve00

[steve00]

2 minutes ago, Lenny Warren said:

ADVERT is the key I created... @steve00

Just created {advertisement="ADVERT"} and set it to custom location

added the code to globalTemplate above:

<footer id='ipsLayout_footer' class='ipsClearfix'>

Saved it and got the following:

So can only assume something you are doing wrong (assume you did upload the image and entered a url etc)

[Lenny Warren]

Yeah, I can get that but only by copying the code that is the same as the predetermined positions, not the custom ones...

[steve00]

1 minute ago, Lenny Warren said:

Yeah, I can get that but only by copying the code that is the same as the predetermined positions, not the custom ones...

No .. I used exactly as I posted above ... custom location and added the required code in globalTemplate

What version of IPB are you using (shouldn't matter but just in case) ?

[steve00]

Here is screenie of the form

Assume you are using {advertisement="ADVERT"} and not {Advertisement="ADVERT"}

[Lenny Warren]

Oops.. mea culpa...

[steve00]

10 minutes ago, Lenny Warren said:

Oops.. mea culpa...

There's the reason then ... knew it had to be something simple

Why would you even set for all those areas in one go ... advert can only be used in one location ... if want for other locations as well then need to create a new advert form

Hope all ok now ?

[Lenny Warren]

Cheers @steve00, guess what, still didn't work... I must have made a typo as I copied the preset one and amended it, all working fine now. A lot of palaver for an advert, but want it to be right...

I want the advert in 2 places, in the sidebar and in the footer. It works well, as the board seems to fit the images well..

[steve00]

Just now, Lenny Warren said:

Cheers @steve00, guess what, still didn't work... I must have made a typo as I copied the preset one and amended it, all working fine now. A lot of palaver for an advert, but want it to be right...

I want the advert in 2 places, in the sidebar and in the footer. It works well, as the board seems to fit the images well..

As with anything .. just take your time ... read what it says and all should be fine.

As mentioned if want ads for other areas as well then need to create a new 'form' for each area

[Kjell Iver Johansen]

1 hour ago, steve00 said:

Why would you even set for all those areas in one go ... advert can only be used in one location ... if want for other locations as well then need to create a new advert form

This is not my experience. At least I have the same ads on several locations on my site with noe problem. 

I would suggest change the Custom location to ADVERT - only.

[steve00]

Just now, Kjell Iver Johansen said:

This is not my experience. At least I have the same ads on several locations on my site with noe problem. 

I would suggest change the Custom location to ADVERT - only.

What am referring to is not to set all those locations at same time

You can just create one form and add that in different templates