• List of Categories
• Edit a Category
• Create a New Category
• Delete a Category
• Ads of Categories
  • List of Ads of a Category
  • Edit an Ad
  • Create a New Ad
  • Delete an Ad

• List of Ad Groups
• Edit an Ad Group
• Create a New Ad Group
• Delete an Ad Group
• HTML Code Generator

• List of Users
• Create a New User
• Edit a User
• Delete a User

On top of every page, quick jump links to major functions of DynAdmin are displayed. These links provide easy navigation. The 'Help' link is context sensitive and displays the help page for the current DynAdmin screen.

Under the main menu links, a status bar is placed. Status bar displays the name of the menu currently displayed, and the system error or warning messages.

In general, DynAdmin displays database items in 2 views: list view and record (edit) view. The administrator can set the number of items to display per page in list views. DynAdmin remembers the last view type during the session, and displays that view when an unclear request is done. For example, if you click to the "Categories" quick link, then DynAdmin displays the last category view. The first requests in the session always displays list views.

Most of the database listing and editing menus include a navigation bar on the right side of the bar under the status bar. Use the navigation bar to traverse the items in a database for both list and edit views.

Login

Admin web interface is password protected. You must supply your user name and password in order to gain access to the admin panel.

If this is the first time the script is invoked, use the initial user name and password that are specified during the setup phase.

Admin web interface is protected from abuse usage by limiting the access from the abusing visitor's IP address for a certain period of time, if the number of failed logins exceeds a predetermined limit in a certain time interval. The parameters are specified during the installation of the script. Visitor's IP adress is stored for every failed login.

After a successful login, if a user does not create any activity for a certain time duration, then the user is automatically logged out of the system.

Cookies must be enabled on your browser in order to keep track of the users.

Main Menu

Main menu is the gateway to the functions of the admin panel. Select the option you want to go to and press the "Enter" button. The links to the main menu items are always displayed on the top of every page for quick navigation.

Manage Categories (Categories top link): Create, edit and delete ad categories. In DynAds, ads are defined under categories. You can define as many categories as you want. The meaning of the category is depend on you. For example, some categories might represent companies of the ads or you might wish to associate categories with the type of the ads.

Manage Ads (Ads top link): Create, edit and delete ads of categories. You can create as many ads as you want under each category. The ads and categories are just for defining and categorizing ads. Display grouping (for rotation) is controlled by ad groups.

Manage Ad Groups (Ad Groups top link): Group categories and ads for delivery and display. Ad groups control how the ads are grouped for ad delivery.

Generate HTML Code (HTML Code top link): Html code generator for accessing and rotating ads.

Report Statistics (Reports top link): Report ad view and click statistics.

Manage User Accounts (Users top link): Create, edit and delete user accounts. If you are not the administrator (super user), you can only change your own password.

Log Out (Logout top link): Clean exit the admin panel.

Help top link: Context sensitive online help which refers to this document.

Logout

It is always a good idea to exit the system by a logout, although you do not have to. DynAds logs out a user automatically, if user is inactive for a certain time duration which is set via the setup program. After logout, the Login screen is displayed again

Database Navigation Bar

Navigation bar is placed on the right side of the bar under the status bar. It is used for quick and easy navigation through the displayed database table. For list views, the navigation is done page by page and for edit (record) views the navigation is done record by record.

The symbols on the navigation bar are:

|<

Shows the first item (page) of the database.

<<

Shows the previous item (page) of the database.

>>

Shows the next item (page) of the database.

>|

Shows the last item (page) of the database.

Drop down selection menu and Go button

Shows the selected item (the page containing the item) of the database.

List of Categories

Categories defined in the DynAds database are listed in this view. If there is no category defined yet, then a "No category is defined" message is displayed. Categories are used for organizing ads. You can define as many categories as you want.

Use navigation bar to display the page you want.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

UP link

Returns to the Main Menu.

Edit View button

Displays the category in edit view where the individual fields and parameters can be edited. The same action can be obtained by clicking the link on the category name.

Clone button

Copies the fields of the current selected category to a new category and displays new category dialog for editing. Note that the new category is NOT created until the user saves it.

New button

Displays new category dialog where a new category is defined.

Delete button

Displays delete confirmation dialog for the current selected category.

Ads button

Displays the ads of the category in list or edit view.

Category Table Entries

Select radio buttons

Select the category for Edit, Clone, Delete or Ads button operations.

No column

Displays the number of the category in the list.

Category column

Lists the name of the categories as hyper text links to quick jump to edit category page.

Description column

Lists Short descriptions of the category.

Disabled column

Indicates that if the category is disabled or enabled.

Auto-Disable after column

column indicates whether the category is scheduled for an auto-disable.
'Never' indicates no auto-disable schedule.
'xx views' indicates that after total of xx views of ads of the category, the category will be disabled automatically.
'xx clicks' indicates that after total of xx clicks of ads of the category, the category will be disabled automatically.
A date/time indicates that after this time elapsed, the category will be disabled automatically.

Edit a Category

In this page, the fields of a previously defined category are edited, except the category name. The changes to the fields of the category displayed are not saved unless you press the 'Save' button.

Use the navigation bar located on the up-right of the category table to display the category you want.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

UP link

Returns to the Main Menu.

LIST link

Returns to the category list view.

Save button

Saves the fields of the category. The result of the save operation is displayed on the status bar.

Clone link

Copies the fields of the current category to a new category and displays new category dialog for editing. Note that the new category is NOT created until the user saves it.

New link

Displays new category dialog where a new category is defined.

Delete link

Displays delete confirmation dialog for the current category.

Ads link

Displays the ads of the category in list or edit view.

Fields

Category field

is the name of the category. You can not change this entry.

Description field

is a short description of the category.

Disabled Check box

indicates whether the category is disabled or not. If you change the state of Disable check box, when you save the category, all of the ads of this category and all of the entries of this category in all ad groups will reflect the change. For example, if you disable the category then all ads of this category and all entries of this category in all ad groups will be disabled also.

Auto-Disable field

indicates that if the category is scheduled for an auto-disable event.
Select 'Never' for no auto-disable.
Select xx views option if you want this category (and thus all ads of this category) be disabled after total of xx displaying of the ads. Setting xx to 0 (zero) immediately disables the category.
Select xx clicks option if you want this category (and thus all ads of this category) be disabled after total of xx clicks of the ads. Setting xx to 0 (zero) immediately disables the category.
Select date/time option if you want this category (and thus all ads of this category) be disabled after the selected date/time is passed.

In the Notes

field, enter your notes about the category.

Clone or Create a New Category

A new category is defined on this page. If this page is accessed via cloning a category, then the fields of the new category are filled with the values of the cloned category. You have to edit/change, at least, the category name. The new category is not created unless the 'Save' button is pressed.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

<< Cancel link

returns to the category view without saving the category.

Save button

creates the new category and returns to the category edit view. If an error occurs during saving, the error message is displayed on the status bar.

Fields

Category field

is the name of the new category. Category name must be unique.

Description field

is a short description of the new category.

Disabled Check box

indicates whether the new category is disabled or not.

Auto-Disable field

indicates that if the new category is scheduled for an auto-disable event.
Select 'Never' for no auto-disable.
Select xx views option if you want this category (and thus all ads of this category) be disabled after total of xx displaying of the ads. Setting xx to 0 (zero) immediately disables the category.
Select xx clicks option if you want this category (and thus all ads of this category) be disabled after total of xx clicks of the ads. Setting xx to 0 (zero) immediately disables the category.
Select date/time option if you want this category (and thus all ads of this category) be disabled after the selected date/time is passed.

In the Notes

field, enter your notes about the category.

Delete a Category

When the 'Delete' button on category list view or the 'DELETE' link on the category edit view are clicked, a confirmation dialog is displayed.

<< CANCEL link

cancels the delete operation and returns to the calling category view.

CONFIRM link

deletes the indicated category completely. The category entry in the list of categories, all of the ads of this category, all of the entries of this category in ad groups, and all statistics associated with this category are completely removed. This operation is NOT recoverable.

List of Ads of a Category

Ads of the selected category are listed in this view. If there is no ad defined yet, then a "No ad is defined" message is displayed. You can define as many ads as you want.

Use navigation bar to display the page you want.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

UP link

Returns to the category list or edit view.

Edit View button

Displays the ad in edit view where the individual fields and parameters are edited. The same action can be obtained by clicking the link on the ad name.

Clone button

Copies the fields of the current selected ad to a new ad and displays new ad dialog for editing. Note that the new ad is NOT created until the user saves it. Furthermore, the new ad can be saved under another category.

New button

Displays new ad dialog where a new ad is defined. The category of the new ad can be changed via a drop-down menu.

Delete button

Displays delete confirmation dialog for the current selected ad.

Ad Table Entries

Select radio buttons

Select the ad for Edit, Clone, or Delete operations.

No column

Displays the number of the ad in the list.

Ad Name column

Lists the name of the ads as hyper text links to quick jump to edit ad page.

Type column

Lists the type of the ad.

Disabled column

Indicates whether the ad is disabled or not.

Auto-Disable after column

column indicates whether the ad is scheduled for an auto-disable.
'Never' indicates no auto-disable schedule.
'xx views' indicates that after xx views of the ad, the ad will be disabled automatically.
'xx clicks' indicates that after xx clicks of the ad, the ad will be disabled automatically.
A date/time indicates that after this time elapsed, the ad will be disabled automatically.

View Ad column

Lists links to ad view window, if ad view is enabled for the particular ad. Otherwise, displays a 'Disabled' message. When the 'view' link is clicked, the html of the ad and its view is shown in a new window.

Ad Edit View

In this page, the fields of a previously defined ad are edited. The changes to the fields of the ad displayed are not saved unless you press the 'Save' button. The name of the ad and its category can be changed.

Use the navigation bar located on the up-right of the ad table to display the ad you want.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

UP link

Returns to the category list or edit view.

LIST link

Returns to the ad list view.

Save button

Saves the fields of the ad. The result of the save operation is displayed on the status bar. The changes made to the fields of the ad are not saved unless the 'Save' button is pressed.

Clone link

Copies the fields of the current ad to a new ad and displays new ad dialog for editing. Note that the new ad is NOT created until the user saves it. Furthermore, the new ad can be saved under another category.

New link

Displays new ad dialog where a new ad is defined. The category of the new ad can be changed via a drop-down menu.

Delete link

Displays delete confirmation dialog for the current ad.

Fields

Category field

shows the name of the category to which the ad belongs. Select the category and press the 'Go' button if you want to display the ads of another category.

Ad Name field

displays the name of the ad. This field is read only.

Type field

displays the type of the ad. In the current version, type is only used for labeling the ad. New types can be added by editing the configuration files.

Disable check box

indicates whether the ad is disabled or not.

Auto-Disable field

indicates that if the ad is scheduled for an auto-disable event.
Select 'Never' for no auto-disable.
Select xx views option if you want the ad be disabled after total of xx displaying of the ad. Setting xx to 0 (zero) immediately disables the ad.
Select xx clicks option if you want the ad be disabled after total of xx clicks of the ad. Setting xx to 0 (zero) immediately disables the ad.
Select date/time option if you want the ad be disabled after the selected date/time is passed.

Header HTML, Link, and Footer HTML fields

define the content of the ad. Link field is for defining a URL which will be automatically replaced with a redirecting link during the delivery of the ad. Then, when a visitor clicks that redirecting link, the delivery engine redirects the visitor's browser to the value of the Link field. If Link redirection is not desired, or not applicable, leave it blank (undefined). In the current version, only one link per ad can be redirected. In addition, note that, currently only HTTP GET links can be redirected. That means that, forms can not be redirected.

The original content of the ad is obtained by concatenating Header Html, Link and Footer Html fields. When a redirecting link will be defined, you divide your html code into three (3) pieces. Put any content before the link in the Header HTML field, put any content after the link in the Footer HTML field, and put the link itself to the Link field.

Example

Original ad code=

   <P>This is a text ad. Press the next link to
   visit the good site.
   <A HREF="http://URLofTheLink" TARGET="_blank">
   Click me.
   </a> </p>

Then define the ad as (with redirection):
Header HTML

   <P>This is a text ad. Press the next link to
   visit the good site.
   <A HREF="

Link

   http://URLofTheLink

Footer HTML

" TARGET="_blank">
   Click me.
   </a> </p>

Preview field

is an internal parameter that specify whether to display the preview of the ad. 'Never' prevents the ad to be previewed in the admin panel. Use this settings for unusual ad code, such as pop-window script, to prevent it annoying the user. 'on Edit Page Only' enables the preview on the edit ad page but not on the ad list pages. 'Always' option enables the preview for all cases.

Refresh Preview button

Refreshes the ad view under the table without saving the ad. Use this button to check the correctness of the html fields.

Clone or Create a New Ad

A new ad is defined on this page. If this page is accessed via cloning an ad, then the fields of the new ad are filled with the values of the cloned ad. You have to edit/change, at least, the ad name. The new/cloned ad can be saved under another category by selecting the category in the drop-down category select menu. The new ad is not created unless the 'Save' button is pressed.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

<< Cancel link

returns to the ad view without saving the category.

Save button

creates the new ad and returns to the ad edit view. If an error occurs during saving, the error message is displayed on the status bar.

Fields

Category field

shows the name of the category to which the new ad belongs.

Ad Name field

displays the name of the new ad. The ad name must be unique in the selected category.

Type field

displays the type of the ad. In the current version, type is only used for labeling the ad. New types can be added by editing the configuration files.

Disable check box

indicates whether the ad is disabled or not.

Auto-Disable field

indicates that if the ad is scheduled for an auto-disable event.
Select 'Never' for no auto-disable.
Select xx views option if you want the ad be disabled after total of xx displaying of the ad. Setting xx to 0 (zero) immediately disables the ad.
Select xx clicks option if you want the ad be disabled after total of xx clicks of the ad. Setting xx to 0 (zero) immediately disables the ad.
Select date/time option if you want the ad be disabled after the selected date/time is passed.

Header HTML, Link, and Footer HTML fields

define the content of the ad. Link field is for defining a URL which will be automatically replaced with a redirecting link during the delivery of the ad. Then, when a visitor clicks that redirecting link, the delivery engine redirects the visitor's browser to the value of the Link field. If Link redirection is not desired, or not applicable, leave it blank (undefined). In the current version, only one link per ad can be redirected. In addition, note that, currently only HTTP GET links can be redirected. That means that, forms can not be redirected.

The original content of the ad is obtained by concatenating Header Html, Link and Footer Html fields. When a redirecting link will be defined, you divide your html code into three (3) pieces. Put any content before the link in the Header HTML field, put any content after the link in the Footer HTML field, and put the link itself to the Link field.

Example-1

Original ad code=

   click the next image.
   <A HREF="http://URLofTheLink" TARGET="_blank"><IMG 
      BORDER="0" SRC="http://URLofTheImage"></a> 
   click the previous image.

Then define the ad as (with redirection):
Header HTML

   click the next image.
   <A HREF="

Link

   http://URLofTheLink

Footer HTML

   " TARGET="_blank"><IMG 
      BORDER="0" SRC="http://URLofTheImage"></a>
   click the previous image.

Example-2

Original ad code=

   <SCRIPT language="Javascript" type="text/javascript"> 
      var myvar = doThisTask() ;
      document.write("The result is " + myvar) ;
   </script>

Then define the ad as (No redirection):
Header HTML

   <SCRIPT language="Javascript" type="text/javascript"> 
      var myvar = doThisTask() ;
      document.write("The result is " + myvar) ;
   </script>

Link

Footer HTML

Preview field

is an internal parameter that specify whether to display the preview of the ad. 'Never' prevents the ad to be previewed in the admin panel. Use this settings for unusual ad code, such as pop-window script, to prevent it annoying the user. 'on Edit Page Only' enables the preview on the edit ad page but not on the ad list pages. 'Always' option enables the preview for all cases.

Refresh Preview button

Refreshes the ad view under the table without saving the ad. Use this button to check the correctness of the html fields.

Delete an Ad

When the 'Delete' button on ad list view or the 'DELETE' link on the ad edit view are clicked, a confirmation dialog is displayed.

<< CANCEL link

cancels the delete operation and returns to the calling ad view.

CONFIRM link

deletes the ad completely. In addition, all of the entries of this ad in ad groups are completely removed. However, the records of the ad in statistics log files are not cleared unless you delete the category itself. This operation is NOT recoverable.

List of Ad Groups

Ad Groups defined in the DynAds database are listed in this view. If there is no ad group defined yet, then a "No ad group is defined" message is displayed. You can define as many ad groups as you want.

Ad Groups are used for grouping the ads for delivery. Ads from different categories can be mixed in a single ad group. The delivery engine selects one of the ads in the specified ad group with the specified selection scheme during the processing of an ad delivery request. The same ad group can be used to display ads in more than one location.

Use navigation bar to display the page you want.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

UP link

Returns to the Main Menu.

Edit View button

Displays the ad group in edit view where the individual fields and parameters are edited. The same action can be obtained by clicking the link on the ad group name.

New button

Displays new ad group dialog where a new ad group is defined.

Delete button

Displays delete confirmation dialog for the selected ad group.

Html button

Displays html code generator for the selected ad group.

Ad Group Table Entries

Select radio buttons

Select the ad group for Edit, Delete or Html button operations.

No column

Displays the number of the ad group in the list.

Ad Group Name column

Lists the name of the ad groups as hyper text links to quick jump to the edit ad group page.

Create a New Ad Group

Enter the name of the new ad group to create it.

<< CANCEL button

cancels the operation and returns to the calling ad group view.

Create button

creates the ad group and transfers user to the edit ad group page.

Edit an Ad Group

The ad references in the selected ad group are listed in this view. If there is no ad reference in the ad group, then a "No ad references are added yet" message is displayed. You can reference as many ads as you want in an ad group. The same ad can be referenced more than once.

The order of the appearance of the ads in the group reflects their retrieval order for 'sequential' and 'retrieve all' selection schemes.

Use the navigation bar located on the up-right of the ad group table to display and edit the ad group you want.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

UP link

Returns to the Main Menu.

LIST link

Returns to the ad group list view.

New link

Displays new ad group dialog to define a new ad group.

Delete link

Displays delete confirmation dialog for the current ad group.

HTML link

Leads to the HTML generator for this ad group.

Add/Edit Ad Reference Table

Under the task bar and navigation bar, ad reference editing table resides. This table is used for either adding a new reference at the end of the ad group list, or for editing and existing ad reference. When the ad group edit view is first activated, the ad reference table is in add mode. When the user clicks the link on the No field of an ad reference, the ad reference table enters to the edit mode for the clicked ad reference.

In the add mode the leftmost cell of the table displays "Add New Ad Reference" message and in edit mode the leftmost cell displays "Edit Ad Reference No xx" message.

The Category and Ad drop-down menus list the category and its ads. To obtain the ads of another category press the >> button. In the Weight field enter the relative weight of the ad reference with respect to other ads in the ad group. Check the Disable check box if you want to disable the ad reference. Press the Add >> button or the Update >> button to add or save the ad reference.

Ad Reference Table

The ad references in the particular ad group are listed in this table. If there is no ad reference added yet, then a message is displayed instead of an empty table.

Remove button and Check boxes

are used for removing the selected ad references from the ad group.

No column

shows the number of ad reference in the ad group. If you click the link, then the ad reference is edited in the ad reference add/edit table.

Category column

shows the name of the category of the ad.

Ad Name column

shows the name of the ad.

Weight column

shows the value of the weight assigned to the ad in this group. Weights are used when selecting ads randomly from the ad group. The weight of an ad reference determines the frequency of selection of it with respect to the weights of the other ads in the ad group. If weight is 0 (zero), the ad will never be selected for random ad selection. The probability of the selection of an ad is equal to the "Weight of the ad reference" divided by the "Sum of the weights of all the ad references in the group". If the weights of the all ads are equal and not zero, then all ads in the group have equal selection probability. Weight field is not used for other selection schemes.

Disable button and Check boxes

are used for disableing and enabling of the ad references of the ad group. This entry only shows that the ad is disabled/enabled in this ad group. Disabled ad references are excluded from selection (i.e. they are not delivered to the requesting browser). If there is no enabled ad in an ad group then a default ad content, which is set in the configuration files, is delivered to the browser.

When a category or an ad is disabled (enabled) from the edit category/ad pages or as a result of an automatic disable schedule, the entries of the ad in the ad groups also reflect the new status. That is to say, if a category is disabled (enabled) then all ad references of the category in all ad groups are also disabled (enabled). Similarly, if an ad is disabled (enabled) then all references of the ad in all ad groups are also disabled (enabled). Finally, When you disable (enable) an ad reference in an ad group, only that ad reference is disabled (enabled).

Delete an Ad Group

When the 'Delete' button on the ad group list view or the 'DELETE' link on the ad group edit view are clicked, a confirmation dialog is displayed.

<< CANCEL link

cancels the delete operation and returns to the calling ad group view.

CONFIRM link

deletes the indicated ad group completely. This operation is NOT recoverable.

HTML Code Generator

This dialog is for generating HTML codes for requesting the ads from the DynAds delivery engine. The HTML code generator only supports basic access/delivery methods. For all options and capabilities of the delivery engine, consult to DynAds delivery engine reference manual.

The generated HTML codes are displayed in a new window. Copy and paste the code to your web page. The code segment is displayed in an editable text box. You can make changes to the code if you like. For some types of access methods, an example run of the generated code is displayed under the text box. By clicking the "Refresh View" button, you can refresh the view to see how it is working. In addition, if you have made some changes to the html code, then "Refresh View" button will reflect the results of those modifications also. When you are satisfied with the code, select and copy it (ctrl+A, and ctrl+C for Windows machines). Then paste (Ctrl+V for Windows machines) it onto your web page.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

UP link

Returns to the Main Menu.

<< CANCEL link

returns to the ad group view pages

Get HTML Code in New Window button

generates the html access code and displays it in a new window (or in the previously opened window).

Fields

Ad Group Name

is the name of the ad group for which the html code will be generated. The ads will be selected from this ad group.

Display Position Name

is the name of the location to where the ads will be delivered. By default, DynAds assigns the name of the group name to the display position. You can assign any name you like. If you are going to display ads from the same ad group in more than one display positions, then you should assign different names to each position. Otherwise, the DynAds can not differentiate the display positions while reporting. In addition, some delivery methods use the name of the display position as the name of the container of the ad content. It is a good practice to assign a unique name for each location you display (access) the ad. As a rule of thumb, you can produce display position names by concatenating the name of the web page and an abbreviation such as "top_left" or "bottom_banner".

Script URL

is the URL of the delivery engine, ad.pl. If you have changed the path of the engine, you can modify the url generated by DynAds.

Ad Selection Method

indicates how to select the ads within the ad group.

Random

option specifies a weighted random selection of ad.

Sequential

option specifies that the ad must be selected sequentially. DynAds delivery engine keeps track of the last ad a particular visitor delivered, and selects the next (previous) ad in the ad group circularly. The state information is stored in cookies on the visitor's browser. If, however, visitor's browser does not support cookies, or it is the fist time the visitor visits the site, then either a specific ad or a random ad is selected to start with at your choice. Another important issue is the case when you use html containers (WINDOWSs, FRAMEs, IFRAMEs, and OBJECTs) for ad display with auto-refresh feature is on. Then, during the visit of the visitor, ad delivery engine does NOT require cookies to be on for a sequential selection. That means that, you can display your ads in sequence for any browser.

Other options for sequential selection are:

Ad Rotation Direction

specifies if the ads are rotated in forward or backward direction. If not specified in the query string of the requesting url, then the direction is retrieved from the visitor's cookies. If no cookie for the sequence direction is found then 'forward' direction is assumed.

Ad No

specifies the index of the ad in the ad group to select. Select this option by checking the check box. If specified in the requesting url, then overrides every setting, and only the specified ad is selected. Use this option only if you want to select a specific ad. If this option is not specified, then the cookies of the visitor are checked to find out the last selected ad no for the display position given. If no cookie is found, then the following 'init' option is checked.

Init

specifies the ad no if ad no can not be deduced from the query string or from cookies. If stated, the ad indicated is selected. Otherwise, the ad to be selected is determined by the random selection method. Select this option by checking the check box.

All

option specifies that all of the active ads in the ad group must be selected and delivered. Note that IMG tag only shows the first ad if 'All' selection method is used.

Statistics Recording

Determines if log records for statistics are allowed in the HTML code.

Enable

option is the default and enables both view and click statistics recording.

Disable

option completely disables view and click statistics for this query.

Disable View logs only

option disables view statistics but auto-redirection links will allow click statistics.

Auto-Refresh Period

determines the number of seconds to wait before refreshing the ad. The duration is specified in seconds. A 0 (zero) period disables auto-refreshing. Auto-refresh feature is only applicable to WINDOW, FRAME, IFRAME, and OBJECT containers.

Scroll Bars

option determines if scroll bars are enabled on the supporting containers. This feature is only applicable to pop-up and pop-under WINDOW, FRAME, IFRAME, and OBJECT containers.

Border

determines if a border rectangle will be drawn around the container or not. This feature is only applicable to IMG, pop-up and pop-under WINDOW, FRAME, IFRAME, and OBJECT containers.

Width

determines the width of the container. This feature is only applicable to IMG, pop-up and pop-under WINDOW, IFRAME, and OBJECT containers. If width is 0 (zero), then default width is used.

Height

determines the height of the container. This feature is only applicable to IMG, pop-up and pop-under WINDOW, IFRAME, and OBJECT containers. If height is 0 (zero), then default height is used.

Ad Access and Delivery Methods

These options specifies how the selected ads are delivered and displayed. DynAds ad server formats the ad contents to make them compatible with the delivery method.

SSI and ASP

SSI and ASP are server side technologies. Though they are quite different, they use the same access statement for executing local scripts. Note that, in general, cookies are not allowed in server side scripts. Therefore, sequential selection does not work for server side technologies.

Remote Perl Script

In order to access the ad contents from a local or remote location, use this option. The ad content will be delivered in a Perl scalar variable. Note that, in general, cookies are not allowed in server side scripts. Therefore, sequential selection does not work for server side technologies.

PHP

In order to access the ad contents from a PHP page use this option. Note that, in general, cookies are not allowed in server side scripts. Therefore, sequential selection does not work for server side technologies.

Image, IMG tag

This option generates a HTML code than can only display banners. IMG option also provides link redirection through use of cookies. Your ad content must include an IMG tag. This option does not support 'All' selection method.

Frameset Frame, FRAME tag

When you want to display your ads in a frame use this option. The generated html code must be pasted to a frame set document as one of the frames of the frame set.

Inline Frame, IFRAME tag

IFRAME is an embedded frame inside your document. It is very useful for real time ad rotation, without refreshing your browser.

Object, OBJECT tag

OBJECT tag is more general than IFRAME but less supported by the current browsers. You can use it as exactly the way IFRAME is used.

Pop-up window

This option generates a JavaScript code that opens a pop-up window. The retrieved ads will be displayed inside the window.

Pop-under window

This option generates a JavaScript code that opens a window under the main browser window. The retrieved ads will be displayed inside the window.

JavaScript Paste, SCRIPT tag

This option is replacement for SSI, as Browser Side Include (BSI). Today, more than 95% of the internet surfers use a JavaScript capable browser. The code generated by this option can paste ANY ad content on the web page including other SCRIPT tags, images, text. The retrieved ad content is displayed immediately during the page loading. The ad contents are not stored for further referencing.

Load Ad as JavaScript Array

Unlike JavaScript paste option, the code generated by this option will save the retrieved ads in a JavaScript array object. The name of the array object is the name of the display position name. The array object will be available for the life time of the script on the page. Thus you can make any modifications on the ad content, and the way its displayed.

Load JavaScript DAG API

This option generates a code that loads the Dynamic HTML DAG API, a JavaScript class library interface to deal with dynamically storing, managing and displaying the ads interactively on the browser side. Place the code on your page before any other SCRIPT tag that references DAG API.

Load Ad as JavaScript DAG Object

This option is similar to 'Load Ad as JavaScript Array' option. However, the ads are loaded to the browser as a DAG class object, instead of array object. With the help of DAG class API, you can interactively display and manage your ads.

Load Ad as cookie

This option generates a html code that loads a dummy image to the browser. In addition, the code instructs the DynAds delivery engine to set the selected ads contents as cookies on the browser. Use DAG class API to retrieve the ads from the cookie. In addition, you can refresh the SRC property of the IMG tag in JavaScript to refresh the content of the ad without reloading the browser.

Report Generator

This form is for accessing the DynAds comprehensive reporting engine. Though the interface looks very simple, reporting engine can generate over 1730 different reports for a single category in a given time window! Add the capability of comparing more than one categories in a single report, thousands of online reports are under your hands.

Basically DynAdmin reports view and click counts (and the Click/View ratio) for very different situations. In addition, DynAdmin also displays log reports. With DynAdmin reporting engine, you catch every detail about your ads and links.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

<< Back link

returns to the Main Menu.

Report in New Window button

generates the requested report in a new window.

Purge Records button

displays a window showing the number of records of the selected categories for the date/time specified. Then user can delete the records for the selected records.

Fields

Select Categories

The list contains the alphabetically sorted categories in the DynAds database. In addition, there is a default "BrokenLinks" category which reports invalid delivery and redirection request. If a delivery or redirection request fails, DynAds reports this request as a broken link in the BrokenLinks category. You can select more than 1 category in the list by pressing the 'Ctrl' key down and clicking the category name with the mouse.

From Time

The beginning time for the reports. The records with a time label earlier than this date/time are excluded from the generated reports. By default "From Time" is set to 1 month earlier than the current GMT time. "From Time" and "To Time" define an analysis time window for which the reports are generated. Enter the starting Year in the text box. Select the starting Month, Day, and Hour from the drop-down lists.

To Time

The end time for the reports. The records with a time label later than this date/time are excluded from the generated reports. By default "To Time" is set to the current GMT time. "From Time" and "To Time" define an analysis time window for which the reports are generated. Enter the end Year in the text box. Select the end Month, Day, and Hour from the drop-down lists.

Period

The "Period" determine how the analysis time window is divided into time segments. The provided 10 options lead to a rich set of time analysis reports. The options on the first row divides the analysis window into sequential time segments. Thus, they are for generating progress reports. The options on the second row divide the analysis time window into periodic time segments. Thus, they are used for histogram reports.

Log

Option triggers the generation of log reports. In log reports, the time resolution is one second. Unlike other reports, in log reports the records are displayed in the time order. The exact Date/time, IP of visitor, the url of referring page, the name of the display position, the name of the category and ad name, and the number of views and clicks are reported. The following options have no effect on Log reports: "Use referer URL for position", "Unique Visitors", "Use Graphics Bars in the reports" and "Report Parameter Order". Check the options "Each ad of category" and "Each display position" if individual ad and display position names are to be reported.
WARNING: Log option has the potential of generating huge amount of data. Use a shorter time window if your browser is having difficulty loading the resulting report table.

Hours

Option divides the analysis window into 1 hour long time segments from the start time to the end time. The results show the click and view counts for the particular hour of time. Use this option to obtain hourly progress of statistics.
WARNING: Hour option has the potential of generating huge amount of data. Use a shorter time window if your browser is having difficulty loading the resulting report table.

Days

Option divides the analysis window into 1 day long time segments. The results show the click and view counts for the particular day. Use this option to obtain daily progress reports.

Weeks

Option divides the time window into weeks and reports for each individual week of the particular year. Use this option to obtain weekly progress reports.

Months

Option divides the time window into months and reports for each individual month. Use this option to generate monthly progress reports.

Single Segment

Option treats the analysis time window as a single time segment, and reports for the entire window. Use this option when you want to obtain results for a particular time segment.

Hours of Day

Option generates a histogram report for the hours of day (from 0 to 23) in the analysis time window.

Days of Week

Option generates a histogram report for the days of week (from sunday to saturday) in the analysis time window.

Days of Month

Option generates a histogram report for the days of month (from 1 to 31) in the analysis time window.

Months of Year

Option generates a histogram report for the months of year (from January to December) in the analysis time window.

Generate Report for

Each ad of category

If this option is cleared, then the click and view counts of all ads of the category are consolidated for the category to obtain summary results for the category. If this option is checked, then the result for individual ads of the category are generated separately.

Each display position

If this option is cleared, then display positions are ignored on the reports. If the option is checked, then the result for individual display positions are generated separately.

Use referer URL for position

If the option is checked, then reports for each referer URL will be generated instead of the display positions.

Unique visitors

If the option is checked, then instead of the number of views and number of clicks, the number of unique visitors that viewed or clicked the ad are reported. No that, the uniqueness is valid only for the other parameters (date/time, category/ad name, display positions) are not changing (for the single row a report).

Use graphic bars in the reports

If the option is checked, then view count, click count and click/view ratio are represented with small red graphics bars. Graphics bars help to compare the results easily.

Report Parameter Order

Option changes the the order of report parameters in order to organize the reports better suited for different comparisons. The report parameters are, Category (plus ad name), Date or time, Display position name or referer URL. This simple approach is very useful to compare very different situations. The information obtained easily from a table with a particular ordering would be very hard to obtain from a table with another ordering since the data would be scattered around the report.

Category/Ad, Date/Time, Position

Compare the performance of display positions on a time interval for a category/ad.
Example: Which ad display position was better last week for an ad of a category?

Category/Ad, Position, Date/Time

Compare the performance of time intervals for a display position for a category/ad.
Example: On which day of week a particular display position is generating more click for a given category?

Date/Time, Position, Category/Ad

Compare the performance of a category or ad on a display position for a specific time.
Example: Which ad (or category) was viewed least from a particular web page last month?

Date/Time, Category/Ad, Position

Compare the performance of display positions for a category/ad on a time interval.
Example: Which display position was generated more click-through ratio for a particular ad during the past 3 months?

Position, Date/Time, Category/Ad

Compare the performance of a category or ad on a time interval for a display position.
Example: Compare the performance of banners of more than one category for last year in general.

Position, Category/Ad, Date/Time

Compare the performance on different time intervals of a category or ad for a display position.
Example: Which hours of day are generating more traffic for a category on a particular page?

List of Users

Users defined in the DynAds database are listed in this view. The user name and initial password of the administrator are specified via the setup program.

The administrator can create new regular users. Regular users can not create another user, and can not see information of other users. In fact, a regular user can only change its own password.

Use the navigation bar to display the page you want.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

UP link

Returns to the Main Menu.

Edit button

Displays the user edit view.

New button

Displays new user dialog where a new user is defined. Only Super user can access the 'New' button.

Delete button

Displays delete confirmation dialog for the selected user. Only Super user can access the 'Delete' button.

Table Entries

Select radio buttons

Select the user for Edit and Delete operations.

No column

Displays the number of the user in the list.

User Name column

shows the name of the users.

Rights column

lists the type of the users. The administrator is marked as 'super'. Other users are marked as 'Regular'. In the current version, only the administrator is 'Super'.

Disabled

column indicates that if the user is disabled or enabled. Only administrator can disable a user. A disabled user can not login to the admin panel.

Edit a User

The fields of a user is edited on this page. Only the administrator can edit other users. Regular users can only change their passwords.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

<< CANCEL link

returns to the List of Users without saving the user information.

Save button

saves the changes.

Fields

User Name

is the name of the user. User name can not be changed.

Password

is the new password assigned to the user. If you do not want to change the current password, leave password fields blank. The length of the password must be longer than a predefined number of characters specified in the configuration files

Retype Password

You have to re-type the password for verification.

Disabled

field is for disabling the user. Only administrator can disable a user.

Create a New User

A new user is defined on this page. Only the administrator can create a new user.

Task Bar Buttons and Links

<< CANCEL link

returns to the List of Users without saving the user information.

Save button

creates the user.

Fields

User Name

is the name of the user

Password

is the new password assigned to the user. The length of the password must be longer than a predefined number of characters specified in the configuration files

Retype Password

You have to re-type the password for verification.

Disabled

field is for disabling the new user.

Delete a User

When the 'Delete' button on the user list view is clicked, a confirmation dialog is displayed. Only the administrator can delete a user. The administrator can not be deleted.

<< CANCEL link

cancels the delete operation and returns to the user list view.

CONFIRM link

deletes the indicated user completely. This operation is NOT recoverable.