Using The System

By default there are 2 sample users each with different access.

Passwords are case-sensitive.

This is an end user. The same sort of account you would set up for a customer that will have banners in the system. This user can not access the admin area. This user can only access "bannerstats.asp"
username user1
password test

This user is an Admin.
username admin
password test

ADMINS can add and remove other ADMINS

Log in as an Admin and straight for the settings area. There are some settings you need to set there. They are all clearly labeled and explained.

After that goe to the advertisers screen and start experimenting. Click on "manage banners" for any user and you will see options to edit or create new banners. Click on the upload tab and you will see options to upload images. Click on the Zones tab and you will see options to set up zones for the banners to rotate in. Everything is ASPBanner is fairly self explanatory. We try to incorporate the majority of the documentation directly into the application. The best way to learn is to play around with the system. If you don't understand how to do something please ask in the support forums and we will be glad to explain.

BTW: If you somehow lose Admin access because you unchecked it when editing the admin account or forgot the password you will have to open the database up via Microsoft Access or SQL and add Admin access to an existing user in order to gain access to the Web Admin again.

Setting Up Banners

To set up an Image banner choose Image as your banner type and put the image for the banner somewhere in your web.
Making a banner folder is a good idea. There is currently no image upload support for banners ,but may be in the future. After you have the image in the web you can add banners via the admin area. It is quite self explanatory and very easy to setup a new banner.

To set up a Flash Banner choose Code as your banner type and enter the code for your Flash Banner.
Here is an example of the code to use.

To set up a Banner using any HTML code you want. Choose Code as the banner type and enter your desired HTML.


Banner Weight sets how many times banner is shown per cycle. A banner with a higher weight setting will show up more often.

Banner Zones are used to have different size banners on different parts of your page.

For example you might have 468X60 banners that will show up under Zones 1 at the top of your pages.

And you might have 125x125 Banners that will show up under Zones 2 on the left of your pages.

And you might even have some more 468x60 banners that will show up under Zones 3 at the bottom of your pages.

Each zone has it's own separate banner cycle. So banner weight settings are unique to banners with the same Zones.

Here is an example scenario.

You have 3 banners set up all under Zone 1

Banner1 has a weight of 1 set.
Banner2 has a weight of 3 set.
Banner3 has a weight of 4 set.

What this means is the display cycle of these banners running will be as follows.

Banner1, Banner2, Banner2, Banner2, Banner3, Banner3, Banner3, Banner3

Then the system randomizes and mixes up the order so the same banner won't run 4 times in a row.. etc etc

Might end up with an order something like this.

Banner2, Banner3, Banner3, Banner1, Banner3, Banner2, Banner3, Banner2

Then every hour this cycle will be updated again in case any banners expire or any impression limits are hit. Then the system resets the cycling data and re-randomizes the order.

Displaying Banners

There are 7 methods to display banners.
Examples of the code used for each method are generated by the banner system when you are in the zones tab.
 

User Banners Statistics

Once you set up banner(s) for a user. You can give them the URL to monitor their statistics in real time.
You should also tell them their username & password since this page will be password protected.

  "aspbanner/bannerstats.asp"

Performance

ASPBanner was designed with two things in mind. Performance and simplicity. Banner cycling information is stored in Application Variables that all users share. This highly reduces redundant database queries and keeps system performance high. We didn't want this system to hog server resources and from our testing it runs better than any other ASP Banner solutions we have tried. The Application Variables that store banner cycling data are updated at most once per hour.
They are also updated any time you add, edit, or delete a banner in the system. This keeps system performance high, but has a small downside which the performance benefits highly make up for.

For example..

Since the Banner Cycling Data is only updated once per hour a Banner with a Impression Limit set might get in some extra impressions before the Cycling Data is updated and the Ad is deactivated.

Also... a banner with and Expiration Date might get an Extra hour of run time before it gets deactivated.

Disclaimer... www.ASPBanner.com makes no guarantee about the security this script offers. Use this at your own risk. To the best of knowledge it is very secure, but that doesn't mean there isn't a bug or some hacker will never find a way into it.