Hello, Everyone,
Still busy writing up content for my site, but always with an eye on visuals, too...and I know that I'd like to run some ads upon launch, particularly U.S. Ad Council public service ads. They have web banners and even streaming video! But any idea how they would be integrated into Drupal's default Garland theme?
Do I just insert them via xHTML, or do I have to create some kind of Block so that Drupal knows how to deal with them? Ideally, I'd place them within content (particularly on the front page, whose teasers don't seem to allow text and imagery together!), as well as along the left and right sidebars....
I am working on a health and fitness website and it would be fantastic to run non-profit public service advertising about smoking, obesity, etc. -- so please advise!
And thanks!!
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custom block
I would add a block and paste the (X)HTML into the block. Then you can move the block to whichever region on the page you want, control which users see it, control which pages its visible on, and more.
-Mike Goodwin
http://www.not2us.net
http://www.redleafmedia.com
Thanks!
Thanks for the suggestion! One more issue...any way to automate this somehow, or would I have to individually "hand-place" each ad, updating it by hand-coding the relevant xHTML?
The public service ads would stay forever, I think, but any sponsor ads I might have to change from time to time and it'd be nice to automate that...or do sponsor ads come with their own self-updating code, like Google Adsense?
different ways
Ad programs such as AdSense should do all of the updating on their end. However, if you want something that you have complete control of, then you would probably have to do some custom work. Depending on how you want the whole advertisement system to work, you could do different things.
Hand coding every add would probably not be easy if you wanted to have lots of ads. In that case, you might think about creating a node type for your ads. Then use Views to display which adds you want on which pages. Otherwise, I'm not certain if there are any currently existing modules that provide an ad control system. In that case, you would have to write your own custom module (or pay someone else to do it). if you need more help, I'd be glad to talk it over with you.
-Mike Goodwin
http://www.not2us.net
http://www.redleafmedia.com
ad module
I found this module that might help you too:
http://drupal.org/project/ad
-Mike Goodwin
http://www.not2us.net
http://www.redleafmedia.com
Thanks, Mike! But Alas...
That Ad Module sounds promising -- when it's updated for 6.3! But thanks for all your advice; I'll keep them in mind for when the time comes to launch my site!