2 Manual Placements – 1 Overrides the Other

  • Resolved mainstreetstores

    (@mainstreetstores)


    2 years, 8 months ago

    Hey Guys, my client bought this software and registered in on their live site, and im over here working on the DEV Environment.

    And i got the

    #1
    <?php if( function_exists(‘the_ad_placement’) ) { the_ad_placement(‘hp-f-btm-leader’); } ?>

    #2
    <?php if( function_exists(‘the_ad_placement’) ) { the_ad_placement(‘hp-btm-leader’); } ?>

    Now where im at, its great for the entire site.. however, Most of the time, this little trick is all we need to finish this off..

    I need the <?php “HP-F-BTM” ?> to Override or Hide the <?php “HP-BTM” ?> – when Ad a add is available is Recognized.

    This cuts down on a massive amount of ad adjustments –

    So, standard ads, based on Setting – run the site, and placement areas…
    But, to override ALL Ads for a Specific Section within a Specific Template… the Client is Manually, going in, and turning off ALL Ads 1×1 for a Specific Page/Template/Archive requirements…

    Basically, all the standard ads, run thru all the placements… However, all those have to be shut down in Certain scenarios, for Special ads..

    Were 6 ads would normally run, they have to shut that single area down, to show 1 ad.

    it would be so much easier, to just code in, two placements, and when they build the ad, the can attached to the right group… While sometimes, the need to override with a single click of a ad group instead.

    Hope its clear – you can email me direct, its 2:30am here, and i could use some extra eyes to get this across the plate.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Support schmidt25

    (@schmidt25)

    Hi mainstreetstores,

    Thanks for reaching out.

    To be honest, I have difficulties understanding your ad setup exactly.

    My guess is that we can solve your problem with a display setup with different conditions on placement level or with groups in ordered group mode.

    Since you have an active license and this problem probably concerns a Pro feature (conditions on placements), I would suggest that you contact us directly in our support and send a link to this thread so that we can take a close look at this and figure out what the most comfortable solution would be.

    Best regards,
    Joachim

    Thread Starter mainstreetstores

    (@mainstreetstores)

    Hey Schmidt25

    Basically, lets say…

    we have 5 ads that rotate thru the whole site, based on a template Placement

    Then, they sell one ad, that takes over that placement on a Archive/Category only – where no other ads should fire.

    Thread Starter mainstreetstores

    (@mainstreetstores)

    Homepage, Archives, Posts all share Random Ads per Placement
    Placement top
    Placement mid
    Placement btm
    Placement Sidebar 1
    Placement Sidebar 2
    Placement Sidebar 3

    Scenarios :
    Initially, they get say – 25 ads – which is 5 ads that rotate on all pages/posts,archives, homepage, ETC. – placements dont change.

    Which is great! Good for business right…

    However… New Ads come in…

    Some want to get ads on all homepage placements, or all Specific Primary/Child Archives & Posts contained within… or want all placements on a single post…

    while all others – stick with the blank random ads per placement.

    #1
    Now, a new client comes along and wants to get an Ad on Just the home page, and all other random ads, should not show.

    #2
    Another Client comes along and wants to get an ad on Just a single Post, and all other random ads, should not show.

    #3
    Another Client comes along and wants to get an all 5 placement ads on Just a Parent/child and posts under those , and all other random ads, should not show.

    Hope this helps with my issue. ??

    Thread Starter mainstreetstores

    (@mainstreetstores)

    Honestly, i would contact you directly, if i had the user info, or could get the user login info at 3am PST… ?? I came in, 3 days after the ads are supposed to fire, and they couldn’t figure it out.

    Plugin Support schmidt25

    (@schmidt25)

    Hi,

    Thanks for your replies.

    I assumed that your ad setup looks somehow like this.

    My suggestion is to handle this ad setup with ad groups in the ordered group mode and finetune them with the ad weights.

    In the random group mode, the ad weights determine the probability that a particular ad will appear.

    In the ordered mode, Advanced Ads first tries to serve the ad with the highest ad weight. So when a new customer wants to see his ad on the homepage, and you don’t want to show the other ads there, switch to the ordered ad type and ensure that the customer’s ad has the highest ad weight.

    In the ordered mode, ads with the same ad weight behave like ads in the random rotation.

    Adding display conditions can help you to target specific ads to particular posts, homepage, archive pages and so on.

    I hope this will help you.

    Best regards,
    Joachim

    Thread Starter mainstreetstores

    (@mainstreetstores)

    For Example : ( and i tried the method mention ) not sure if that’s going to do it.

    I would have 2 Ad Groups to 1 placement ? don’t think the system works that way. ??

    1 Random ad Group – with 5 Ads – WT 1 ( Run of the site, in the placement )
    1 Ordered – with 1 Ad – WT 100 – ( Homepage , only ad to show in that Placement )

    but.. you can only have 1 placement per group?

    I need to ensure, that 5 ads rotate in the placement
    With exception for 1 ad on the home page at 100% of the time on homepage.

    Placement Location #1 : Manual

    I’m ready to work thru this, on Zoom, if you guys are up for it!?!?!

    Plugin Support schmidt25

    (@schmidt25)

    Hi mainstreetstores,

    It is possible to assign multiple groups to the same placement using the Ad Group ad type. But I doubt that this is what you are looking for.

    Suppose, you have placement under your header that shows up on all kinds of pages. You have one group that contains 5 ads and that is assigned to this placement. So these ads show up randomly on all pages of your website.

    “I need to ensure, that 5 ads rotate in the placement
    With exception for 1 ad on the home page at 100% of the time on homepage.”

    • Add all ads to the same group (5+1=6). Add a display condition to the sixth ad and define to show up only on the homepage.
    • Set the group type to ordered
    • Give the 5 ads the same ad weight, e.g., “8”, and the sixth ad a higher ad weight, e.g., “9”.

      • Now, the sixth ad will show up only on the homepage, while on all other pages, the five ads rotate and the sixth ad would not show up.

      Alternatively, you could duplicate the existing placement and add a display condition directly to the placement to ensure that it is only showing up on the homepage resp. on posts.

      “I’m ready to work thru this, on Zoom, if you guys are up for it!?!?!”

      We provide forum support here on www.ads-software.com, but no video calls. If you need any additional assistance, please, reach out to our support if you have an active license and we can assist you during our working hours.

      Best regards,
      Joachim

    Thread Starter mainstreetstores

    (@mainstreetstores)

    Just got the access from East Coast and fired off a support ticket. Im going to work thru these details above, and report my findings to the ticket.

    Ill talk with you soon! Thanks for the help and fast response. Now, if i can get this solved and get some sleep that would great. And with support, hopefully i can get this wrapped up, before you guys clock out of work for the day!

    Thanks again for hanging in there with me. Its been a long night!

    Plugin Support schmidt25

    (@schmidt25)

    Perfect, I will close this thread and hope that you can sort it out together with our support team.

    Best regards,
    Joachim

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