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What types of code are available for serving banners ads and which is right for me?

In Ban Man Pro 5.0 and higher, the following types of ad code are available. You must use the code produced by Ban Man Pro in its entirety. Making modifications is not supported.

You will notice some of the ad tags contain a pageID. This is simply for enhanced cache defeating in very old browsers (version 3.0) and earlier. These browsers represented a very tiny share of the market and we don't recommend worrying about modifying this number.

Advanced Java Code (Highly Recommended) -- Serves rich media ads and defeats cache. This zone will refresh every 5 seconds in IFRAME compatible browsers (IE and Netscape 6 or higher).

This code is the most flexible of the browser side codes that we offer. This code also provides the best performance from a server standpoint in both memory usage and the speed of delivery of ads. This code is capable of serving up rich media ads. The browser type is determined using JavaScript on the client side and then determines what type of ad to pull based on the browser. Be careful when placing this code on your pages as outlined here so that it appears properly in Netscape 3. This code also defeats the cache all the time when reloading a page, even MOST of the time when clicking back on your browser. IE browsers may not reload a new image when clicking back. This code will maximize the number of impressions served by your web site. This code also supports automatically refreshing and loading a new ad every X seconds in IFRAME compatible browsers.

Advanced Java Script Code Highlights
	Requires a large amount of code
	Must be carefully placed to work with all browsers
	Can serve rich media ads
	Can serve ads on any server, local or remote
	Defeats browser cache rather well

Here is a sampling of this code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://bc01/banmanprosql/banman.asp?ZoneID=19&Task=Click&
Mode=HTML&PageID=73886" target="_new">
<img src="http://bc01/banmanprosql/banman.asp?ZoneID=19&Task=Get&
Mode=HTML&PageID=73886" width="468" height="60" border="0"></a>
</noscript>

Non-IFRAME Java Code

Serves any type of banner including rich media. Use this code if you are serving rollover, expanding, or moving banners that cannot be displayed inside the IFRAME window. You can also use this code if displaying different sized banners in the same zone. This code does not support the zone refresh option.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">
var browName = navigator.appName;
var browDateTime = (new Date()).getTime();
if (browName=='Netscape')
{
document.write('<S'+'CRIPT LANG' + 'UAGE="JAV' + 'ASCRIPT" src="http://www.somedomain.com/BanManPro5/ad.aspx?ZoneID=9&
Task=Get&IFR=False&Browser=NETSCAPE4&PageID=25445&
SiteID=1' + '&Random=' + browDateTime + '">'); document.write('</'+'scr'+'ipt>');
}
if (browName!='Netscape')
{
document.write('<S'+'CRIPT LANG' + 'UAGE="JAV' + 'ASCRIPT" src="http://www.somedomain.com/BanManPro5/ad.aspx?ZoneID=9&Task=Get
&IFR=False&PageID=25445&SiteID=1' + '&Random=' + browDateTime + '">'); document.write('</'+'scr'+'ipt>');
}
</script>

Non-IFRAME Java Code
	Can serve rich media ads
	Can serve ads on any server, local or remote
	Defeats browser cache

Non-Cache Defeating Code

Similar to the Advanced JavaScript, this code can serve rich media ads. The drawback is this code does not defeat the browser cache when clicking back on your browser. This code is useful if you are dynamically generating your pages and can tag on the random PageID number using code. Please note that in this code the PageID appears in 4 places. This code is also useful if you aren't concerned about browser caching.

Note: This code should also be used in HTML newsletters over the Advanced JavaScript code. This zone will refresh every 5 seconds in IFRAME compatible browsers (IE and Netscape 6 or higher).

Non Cache Defeating Code Highlights
	Does Not defeat cache
	Can serve rich media ads
	Can serve ads on any server, local or remote
	Code is fairly compact

Here is a sample of this code:

<IFRAME SRC="http://bc01/banmanprosql/banman.asp?ZoneID=19
&Task=Get&PageID=73886" width=468 height=60 Marginwidth=0 Marginheight=0 Hspace=0 Vspace=0 Frameborder=0 Scrolling=No>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JAVASCRIPT1.1' SRC="http://bc01/banmanprosql/banman.asp?ZoneID=19&Task=Get&
Browser=NETSCAPE4&NoCache=True&PageID=73886"></SCRIPT>
<NOSCRIPT><a href="http://bc01/banmanprosql/banman.asp?ZoneID=19&Task=Click
&Mode=HTML&PageID=73886" target="_new">
<img src="http://bc01/banmanprosql/banman.asp?ZoneID=19&Task=Get
&Mode=HTML&PageID=73886" width="468" height="60" border="0"></a>
</NOSCRIPT>
</IFRAME>

Asp.net control Code

Use this code to display banners using an ASP.NET control (VB.NET). This code does not support the zone refresh option. This is probably the most flexible of all the code because all pages are rendered on the server before being sent back to the browser. The drawback of this code is that you can only serve a web site URL at which Ban Man Pro has been installed. Another drawback is that this only works from within ASP.net web pages.

An example of this code is:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="ucAdvertisement" TagName="ctlDisplayAd" Src="banmanpro/ctlDisplayAd.ascx" %>
<uc1:ctlDisplayAd id="CtlDisplayAd1" runat="server" ZoneID="9" SiteID="1" Keywords=""></uc1:ctlDisplayAd>

Asp.net control Code
	Can only serve sites on same server as software
	Can only serve ads on .ASPX pages
	Can serve any type of ads
	Code is very compact

Sponsorship Code

Serves all campaigns in a zone and rotates them up the page with each refresh. Change CountImpressions to False if you do not want to count impressions. Change Total=0 to the total number of banners to display. 0 will display all banners in the zone. For example, if you have 8 banners in the zone and only want to display four at-a-time then set Total=4.