joomla users...banners???

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I've spent the whole day trying to figure out how joomla works (yeah, you're right, I could stick with wordpress but I just wanted to try joomla)

I had tried it some time ago and I wasn't impressed, too complicated with tons of stuff in the admin panel...anyway...

how the hell do you manage banners?
the default banner manager that comes with the installation doesn't even have the possibility to paste js or html, it wants you to upload a banner...:anon.sml:

there are 10s of banner manager but lots of reviews say they don't work etc, I don't even understand how to place a banner in the template

HELP, after several hours trying everything I have the site up with almost everything ready, everything but the banners so it's completely useless
 


I have a full up Joomla site with different banner zones on it. You're right, you can't use the built in one.

I use openads and love it. I was using BanManPro but it has to be on a Windows Server. It was a lot easier learning openads then windows server management.

Get the html module component. If you're rotating ads, put your ad code into that. If you're using just one ad code, put that into it. If you need the component, let me know and I'll email it to you (I don't have the time to look it up on Joomla to link to it for download, and I have it on my computer).

That component also allows you to put html or javascript within your content instead of just modules.
 
Oh, and if you want it in the template instead, PM me your site. I'll look at your source code and I'll tell you where it goes. I put my leaderboard right into the template. The skyscraper and box are in modules.
 
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I did exactly what you suggested before reading your reply

I have always used openads hence after wasting time to test not-working modules and other stuff I installed openads and the mod_html module so now I can paste invocation codes wherever I want

anyway it's weird that a cms like joomla that has mods and components for everything (really...ecommerce, classifieds, whatever) doesn't have a working banner manager

thanks, +rep for your effort :)
 
Glad you got it sorted. :)

I agree, it is weird that they don't integrate banner rotations. They're great for a lot of things but in other areas you have to install a component or module to get things done. At least they have that, I don't understand why banners are the only thing they don't have.

Even with all of that, I am so used to how it runs at this point I really do like it a lot. I also love the new openads. I tried them out before the latest version and it was too clunky. This version is awesome!
 
do you know how I can put a banner in an article by default?
I would just want to add soemthing like
HTML: 
<div style="float: right; width: 300px; height: 250px">mybanner</div>
to every article

I don't know if I should use a module or something from the control panel or edit the HTML of the post template (that I don't know where it is, otherwise I'd have already tried)
the support forums don't seem to be really helpful for this kind of stuff
 
no, that made the banner dispaly on every article and newsflash, hence 3 or more times on the home page....
 
Do it in your template.

I use sidebars and the mod html to customize ads in certain articles, but for something I want in everything, do this:

Go into your template html.

Look for this piece of code:

<?php mosMainBody(); ?>


If you put the banner code above it, it shows up at the top of the article (align it to your own preferences). If you put the banner code below that piece of code, the banner shows up at the end of every article.

You can also put things like logos, bookmark buttons, etc. above or below that.

For Google, I use the Google Mambot component. You put your own code into it, you can edit it from the mambot page and it changes all pieces of content and aligns it.
 
Oh lord, Create a banner module and link place the code to call the module in your template where you want it to show. Upload your banner in the banner management section and et voila. Yes, the built-in function works perfectly well. Openads is way better though. I agree. Especially the 1x1 pixel that will track visitor's paths on your site. It's killer. It let you put the most popular content right up front and link to other populars from the each indiv. article. Helll yea.
 
Kustuk, I was never able to get their banner manager to display javascript. I'm not referring to standard banners, I'm talking about third party banners run by networks. Are you saying that works with Joomla?
 
done, and here's what you can do:
install the mod_php module and assign it to a new position, after that in your content you just type {mosloadposition yourpositionname} and the banner is displayed (assuimg you put the openads invocation code into the yourpositionname code
this should work with any code, php, js, html

if someone needs help doing this just reply here :)
 
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