Multiple Banners

[ploggenberg]

Hi, I seriously need some urgent help setting up multiple banner 'zones' on osc 2.2 m2.

 

I can get only one set of banners to rotate with default 468X50 (as group title), but when I change this the images doesn't display.

 

I assume you can create multiple groups and the add your banners to the respective group, then via $banner_only add the boxes for the ads

 

I need to display various different ads for sponsors, media, company etc. and needs to be grouped

 

I have looked around quite a bit cant seem to find what I am doing wrong or what I can do to get this right.

 

Can someone please help?

 

Thanks

 

Phil

[♥geoffreywalton]

THe code to display banners is normally found in /includes/footer.php and has 468x50 is hard coded into it.

 

  if ($banner = tep_banner_exists('dynamic', '468x50')) {
?>
<br>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
<td align="center"><?php echo tep_display_banner('static', $banner); ?></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<?php
 }
?>

 

If you have a second group you can duplicate the code and place it in other places on your site.

[ploggenberg]

THe code to display banners is normally found in /includes/footer.php and has 468x50 is hard coded into it.

 

  if ($banner = tep_banner_exists('dynamic', '468x50')) {
?>
<br>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
<td align="center"><?php echo tep_display_banner('static', $banner); ?></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<?php
 }
?>

 

If you have a second group you can duplicate the code and place it in other places on your site.

 

Hi Geoffry. Thanks for the reply

 

I have now two groups, '468X60' for full banners and '120X600' for skyscraper ads. The full banners run with $banner_only and in the includes/footer.php they run with $banner (this doesn't work - just shows as text

 

I have installed STS (Simple Templating System) to customise the interface.

 

In order for me to add the second banner (outside column right) in a DIV I added the code to a file index.php.html which is not getting the information (not php page)

 

I tried changing to the 468X60 and changed the code, which is not working, I defaulted back to 468X50 which is working

 

I reckon this is a definition issue somewhere else

 

(I am new to PHP)

 

Thank you

 

Phillip

[alex121]

I found this after some head scratching.

You need to re-write some code display the ads.

 

The folowing code needs to be placed wherever you would like to display the banners

 

******** START OF CODE ************

<?php

if ($banner = tep_banner_exists('dynamic', '468x50')) {

****** the line above is the essential one just change '468x50' to a different size ie '120x600' or what ever size rquired = width x height ****

?>

<br>

<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<tr>

<td align="center"><?php echo tep_display_banner('static', $banner); ?></td>

</tr>

</table>

<?php

}

?>

 

**********END OF CODE ****************

 

I personally have put this into a file in the boxes folder called ads and call it into the site int the header, left or right colums or footer

with the follow code

 

<?php

include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'ads.php');

?>

 

Hope this help and you can understand this

It works for me

 

Dont forget to always backup before you maked any changes!!!!