How to use Ad module
From TomatoCMS Documentation
Ad module used to manage advertisement on your website such as: where’s to put advertisement, what’s advertis?
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Zone
To determine frame for advertisements will be appear, you have to create zones with width and height.
To create new zone, at dashboard, click Manage zones/Add new zone
Note that, width and height must be number, after input valid data, click Save to save data into database.
Save data successful, new zone will be appear at List of zones
At here, you can edit or delete zone by click on edit or delete link of each zone.
Clients
To easier manage banner on your website, Tomatocms help you to group banner of the same your partner, so it’s easier to search and manage.
Let’s create your partner (or client).
At dashboard, click Manage clients, you will see all clients that you have
At here, you can edit or delete by click on edit, delete link, you can also search clients by name, email, or address, you just input apart of data you want to search, system will be list all of data contain that keywork.
Click Add new client link to add new client
It’s simple form, just input valid data anh click Save, your client will be saved into database.
Banner
What do you advertis? Input data at Dashboard/Manage banners/Add new banner
Input name, select format of banner, if select image or flash you can browse file in below textbox
If select Text, input your text in textbox Text; select HTML, input your data in textbox Code.
You have to select mode of banner, select Unique mode, that banner will be exclusive in the zone you choose.
Select Sharing mode, that banner will be displayed as slide show with other banners has the same zone, depend on Timeout you choose.
With Alternative mode, that banner will be displayed as a queue with other banners.
Note that, with one zone you should choose one mode of banners, and choose image has the same size with banner.
Then, check page and select zone you want to add banner, at here, you can also add url of sub page to add banner.
URL is address will be accessed when click on banner, when click on banner you can choose the way will display Open in: New tab, New window, or Same window.
Just click on text box Starting date and Ending date, and choose date from calendar.
Final, choose Client for banner.
Input valid data and click Save to save banner into database.
Use banner
At your layout config page, add banner widget into your layout and choose zone you want to view
To finish, click Save. Then, you will see your banner was displayed at front-end.
