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Floating or layer ad

Floating ad, or layer ad, is a special type of ad that flows into the page using animation upon a page load. The user can click on the Close button to make it disappear. You can group multiple floating ads into a zone and get the zone's serving code to rotate floating ads. To avoid display the default error banner when there is no available floating ad in the zone, append noerror=1 to the serving code.

Create a floating ad

• Click on the menu Ads/Create a new ad and choose the ad type to be RichMedia/HTML
• Paste the ad code from the demo page below into the box
• Make sure you replace the ad content to your own ad. It could be a text link, a form, a Flash banner, or a standard image
• Use the JavaScript serving code (not iframe) since the code needs to move the ads on the main page

Flash/SWF Ad

If the floating ad is a Flash ad then the ActionScript code for the Close button should call the external JavaScript function to close the ad. The function should be defined in the HTML ad code. It should look similar to this: on(release) { getURL("javascript:closeFloatingAd();"); } Additionally, a proper clickTAG should be appended to the SWF file for click tracking.

Example

Please view the demo for the source code of a sample sliding/floating ad. To customize the sample ad to your own ad:

• Change the content of the ad container
• If it's a Flash/SWF ad, apply the close button code
• Modify the positioning and animation variables: AdSpeed_TopMargin, AdSpeed_LeftMargin, and AdSpeed_SlideTime

Other Articles in Banner, Richmedia, and Text Ads

• Ad Dimension
• Ad Specifications
• Ad Types
• Ad Weight or Ad Priority
• Alternative Image/Media URL
• Catfish Ad
• Click Tracking URL
• Destination URL or Click URL
• Expandable or rollover Flash ad
• How do I change the window title of my pop-up/pop-under ads?
• How do I mix image and text in an ad?
• How do I track click for Flash/SWF ads?
• How do I track clicks for HTML/RichMedia ads?
• HTML "alt" attribute for ad images
• HTML "Target" Attribute
• Image URL
• Peeling Ad
• Polite ad or two-phase ad
• QuickTime and Windows Media ads

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