Monetize Pro

Creating an Ad

To create an ad using the [AD] Monetize Pro add-on, navigate to Ad Manager and click "Create New Advertisement." The types of ads allowed are image/text links, HTML, Google AdSense, and Google DFP. Ads can be enabled or disabled for later use. To set the run time for an ad, you must uncheck "advertisement is indefinite," and fill in the dates below.

Advertisement ID

The Advertisement ID is a unique identifier to allow the software to find the specific ad. IDs may not have spaces.

Advertisement Type

Advertisements may be image/text links, html, Google Adsense, or Google DFP.

Advertisement Owner

This field is only applicable to ads from users of the forum. The owner field must match a current user. If the ad is not from a user, this field should be left blank. (Note: this field is primarily used for users purchasing ad space from the front-end.)

Weight

The weight of an advertisement sets the rate at which the ad will occur. (i.e. one ad set at a weight of 2 will appear twice as often as an ad in the same zone set at a weight of 1.) The suggested values for weight are multiples of 10 (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, etc..) Weight only affects ads that are in the same zone. Weight does not affect grouping. If ads in a specific zone are set to rotate, you can choose to "enable weight based rotation" in options.

Devices

[AD] Monetize Pro allows you to set which device types on which to display each specific ad. You can choose a between desktop, landscape tablet, portrait tablet, mobile, or any combination of the four. You can also set a custom minimum and maximum width as well. To edit specific viewport widths for each preset option, navigate to [AD] Monetize: Viewport Sizes in your optionals panel.

DFP Options

[AD] Monetize Pro 2 allows users to utilize Google's DoubleClick for Publishers. You will need to navigate to your board's options and set your "DFP Network ID" under [AD] Monetize: General Options. After setting this you can choose the 'DFP' advertisement type, and you will be given a new "DFP Options" tab on your "Create/Edit Advertisement" page.

DFP Unit Code

This is the code you set to identify your DFP advertisement unit.

Targeting Options

In this area you can pass certain parameters to Google DFP to help filter ads based on your content. In the first box you need to put the key (such as threadTitle) that you want to pass to DFP. The second box is for the variable in the template (such as $thread.title). If the variable you have chosen is empty or does not exist it will not be passed.

Examples

• Show ads in specific thread $thread.thread_id
• Show ads in specific forum $forum.node_id
• Show ads in specific page $page.node_id)
• Show ads in specific category $category.page_id