ChaseSagum.com » openads http://chasesagum.com An Open Source Way of Life! Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:13:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2161 OpenAds Module For Drupal http://chasesagum.com/openads-module-for-drupal http://chasesagum.com/openads-module-for-drupal#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:05:02 +0000 Chase http://chasesagum.com/openads-module-for-drupal

There is an OpenAds which is now known as OpenX module for Drupal. It’s just called Openads and works perfectly right now with version 5 of Drupal. The module does is integrate with an already installed OpenX ads server on your web server. You can now run your ads seamlessly through your Drupal website, and many Drupal websites at once. The module generates all the Javascript code for you on each page so that you don’t have too.

Features include:

  • Define which ads show to which user roles
  • Extended information in ad_channel, including full url and user role
  • Ads are available as blocks or can be inserted manually into templates.

This is a really cool module to take advantage of. I recommend it to all Drupal users. I am using it right now with one of my client’s websites and it is working perfectly. I’m eager to hear any other success that some of you may have had with it. You can learn more about the OpenX adserver in our article titled ‘Open Source Ad Server’ that we wrote a few weeks back!

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What once was known as OpenAds is now known as OpenX, the open source ad server. OpenX is one of the best open source projects we have out their. OpenX is a terrific application and user interface. You can view the entire list of technical features and specifications here. There are a few specs that I wanted to point out that struck me as most important:

  • Rotate different ads and ad networks
  • Impression, click or conversions targets per day or lifetime of the campaign
  • Integrated Flash support
  • Traditional image, HTML and JavaScript ad formats
  • Support for 3rd party ad tags such as Google Adsense
  • Geo-targeting: Country, City, US Area Code, US/Canada Post Code Continent, Region.
  • Page URL, Variable
  • Sophisticated algorithms allocate your ad inventory in the most efficient way possible
  • Conversion tracking
  • Tracking and reporting across channels
  • Customisation of reporting

Two typical scenarios work perfectly with OpenX. The first is that you want to host various ads on your website or blog and manage where and how often those ads are shown. As well as detailed reporting for those ads on impressions, clicks etc. The second scenario is you want to create an affiliate network of your own where you are generating ads for affiliates to use. OpenX supports this as well. So go to their website and check out the source code. I have installed the application on my Bluehost account with no problems whatsoever. It has worked perfectly for me.

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