Rotating banner ad

The rotating banner ad field allows you to specify multiple images in a given folder location so, when displayed in messages, the image changes (rotating through images in the given folder).Images can be associated with a (single) hyperlink so the given web address is displayed when an image is clicked. Image rotation can be set to either random or sequential.

To add a rotating banner ad, follow the steps below:

1. Use the fields panel to insert a rotating banner ad field. The folder location window is displayed.

2. Click browse to navigate and select the required folder (i.e. the folder that contains images to be used).

3. Having selected the required folder, click OK to close the folder location window and return to the template editor.

4. Select the newly inserted field and check the properties pane - properties for the field are shown (view example).

5. Select the drop-down list to the right of the banner chooser field.

6. Scroll down to the sequence section and choose whether to display images in sequence, or randomly   (view example).

7. Set remaining properties as follows:

   Action	Summary
   Address	Use this option to apply a hyperlink to banner images. Click the browse button to open the address window and type the required URL into the address field (i.e. the web address that should be displayed when a user clicks an image in the message). Alternatively, click the insert button to navigate available fields and select an Active Directory field as the link target (for example, you might wish to use the message sender's web page).
   Alt Text	Enter text to be displayed if images cannot be displayed.
   Filter	If required, you can use wildcards so that only certain images are used (for example, you might wish to use a series of images which start with 'sales' and would therefore specify 'sales*.*' or you might only wish to use JPEG images and therefore specify '*.JPG'.
   Folder Location	Click the browse button to open the folder location window (view example). Click browse to navigate drives and folders to specify a folder location. Alternatively, click insert to navigate available fields and select an Active Directory field to insert as the location.
   Hover Text	Enter text to be displayed when a user hovers the cursor over a rotating banner ad image

 

Remember that you can switch to preview mode (from the template editor toolbar) to see the effect of any dynamic fields you have inserted.