Forum Activity for @jimmy

jimmyk
@jimmy
03/19/15 01:52:33PM
514 posts

CKEditor


Using Jamroom

I was looking to activate the GUI interface - if that's the correct term.

Right now I'm seeing this

http://oi61.tinypic.com/1zyd3i8.jpg

I was looking for this:

https://community.elgg.org/plugins/325524/icons/1428196.jpg


updated by @jimmy: 03/19/15 01:54:27PM
jimmyk
@jimmy
03/19/15 01:31:01PM
514 posts

Ad System


Suggestions

Ok, thanks for letting me know. I'll start working on what I need for my site.
jimmyk
@jimmy
03/19/15 01:29:50PM
514 posts

CKEditor


Using Jamroom

Thanks, I was just curious. I was using CKEditor on another site and yea, it was a real pain to customize.

Is there somewhere I can activate the GUI editor? For this post I'm making it's a box where I can manually add BBCode if I choose. Was there an ability to use the graphic interface on a JR site?

Thanks!
jimmyk
@jimmy
03/19/15 12:13:11PM
514 posts

CKEditor


Using Jamroom

A lot of sites I use have CKEditor. Was there a reason why JR isn't using CKEditor or similar product? I see editors everywhere, mainly just curious why JR doesn't include one.

Thanks!
updated by @jimmy: 05/05/15 06:02:00AM
jimmyk
@jimmy
03/19/15 11:59:54AM
514 posts

Microsoft News


Off Topic

Never thought I'd see a headline like this: "Windows 10 will be free for software pirates"

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/18/8241023/windows-10-free-for-software-pirates

I'm so glad I saw this headline: "Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand"

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/17/8230631/microsoft-is-killing-off-the-internet-explorer-brand
updated by @jimmy: 04/20/15 11:48:47AM
jimmyk
@jimmy
03/19/15 11:57:23AM
514 posts

Today is CVS awareness day


Off Topic

I never heard of CVS, until today. I hope your daughter is doing well.
jimmyk
@jimmy
03/19/15 11:17:12AM
514 posts

Ad System


Suggestions

michael:
Could you draw us some pictures as to how you think it should work? I find design to be the hardest part of building a module.

Building this module:
* make decisions about how the module should work
* design the interface
* build the code
* release the module
* be told it doesn't work properly
* go back to step 1 and start again.
;)

First thoughts are:
* Network like google's adsense/adwords so that users can turn on the module and tap into an already existing network of adverts.
* OR single site advert system where members of the system can purchase adverts freely and upload their own so admin doesn't have to do anything
* OR a way for admin to put some rotating banners on their site and track the clicks.

--edit--
as for what's more important than a way to monetize getting rid of the visitors to your site, I would say finding ways to keep the customers ON your site is more important.

Let me know if the JR team is considering creating a JR Ad system or not. If the JR team isn't planning on developing a module (that's up to you guys), I'm going to develop one for my sites that I can use. I don't want to start working on something if you guys are thinking about release one.
jimmyk
@jimmy
03/17/15 10:40:30AM
514 posts

Ad System


Suggestions

This is how the ad module is designed on another site I use and it works quite well. Just some stuff off the top of my head now.

Firstly, establishment of the advert types:

Advert Types
Advert types allow the admin to add different advert types and set the max characters for that type. Advert types will be used in the "Ads" area (bottom of this post). Advert types restrict what can be placed in that advert type.

Link
Graphic Image
Flash
Javascript
Plain Text
PHP

There are three primary areas.

Sections
A section is where the ad is placed. Each section has a code which is used in the template. It includes items like:

Section Enabled or Disabled (on/off)
Rotating (yes/no): If enabled adverts will be displaying in random order and appearance.
Max Items (NUM): how many ads are going to show in the section. Meaning - one banner, banners side by side, etc. Not how many ads are in the section but rather how many ads are showing at once.
Permissions: Who's going to see this advert?

Templates
Templates are used by the sections and include any design code that will be used, but not the ad code. Having templates to choose from depending on where in the site the ad will be placed.

Template Name
Description
Sections (dropdown) Set sections to this template.
Template content - Includes html code for the template with %content% representing the ad code.

Ads
These will be the actual ads that run on the site.

>Main Settings
Advert is Enabled? (yes/no)
Advert Name
Advert Public Title - Enter public advert name or if you select link advert type, this will anchor for this advert.
Advert Link (optional) - to be used if using the Graphic or Link advert type.

>Type & Section Settings
Advert Type (dropdown)
Advert Section (dropdown)

>Views Settings
Max. Views (num) - Set max number of views for this ad.
Views (num) - Option to set the number of views starting.

>Clicks Settings
Max. Clicks (num) - Set max number of clicks for this ad.
Current Clicks (num) - Option to set the number of clicks starting.

>Date Settings
Enable Date Start? (yes/no)
Date Start - y.m.d.h.m.s
Enable Date End? (yes/no)
Date End - y.m.d.h.m.s


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For the example below lets say I want to place a ad below a video on the site. I wanted it to be a mix of Google ads and an ad I sold to Coke.

First I would create a section which I would call "Ad below Video on X page". I would set the max number of items to 1 - I only want 1 ad showing up at a time. I would select "Yes" to rotate because I would want the ads to rotate.

Then I would create one or two "Templates". Lets first look at creating one template for both adverts, lets say I only need a center tag for both ads. If that's the case then one template would work fine. But lets say I wanted to add wording under the Coke ad that says "sugar is bad" but I didn't want to use that under the google ad. In this case, I would use two templates - one for each ad. The section for both ads would be "Ad below Video on X page".

Then I would create the ads for each. One would be Javascript type - Google Ads. One would be graphic Type where I would upload a banner and add a link under the "Main Settings" in the advert.
updated by @jimmy: 03/17/15 01:30:04PM
jimmyk
@jimmy
03/17/15 09:50:11AM
514 posts

Ad System


Suggestions

Sure, give me a little bit.

Keeping customers on the site, that's simple, content and design. I view content and design (template and flow) as the owners responsibility not JR's responsibility. I think JR pretty much has all the tools necessary.

How to you acquire content?

1. Hoping people love you so much that they're going to post content on your site and not use the 2 million other sites out there which have millions of members, celeb endorsements, and funding.

2. Paying people to add content in the form of writing articles and adding content - staff positions.

3. Allowing people to become "partners" in the project. Allowing them to control ads in their profile and monetize the content they add. One of the reasons YT video ads are so important to YT content creators.
jimmyk
@jimmy
03/13/15 01:10:19PM
514 posts

Ad System


Suggestions

gary.moncrieff:
I would be against the idea of the team doing an ad module at the moment there are much more important things to do first.

If your using the Ningja skin I don't believe it has even been designed with any ad blocks though it, where as MediaPro etc where.

At the basic level you skin must have placeholders as to where you want the ads to display.

I wouldn't expect the JR team to pre-determine where ads should be displayed. Sure, they would probably put some examples in there for reference, but with as many pages as a JR site can have it would be better for the site owner to decide where the ads should be placed. The code for the ad would be simple, just put this piece of code in your template where you want the ad to appear.

Not saying that there aren't other things which are more important, I honestly don't know. What do you think is more important?

Ads are important on any site which wants to make money IMO. Google doesn't make 95% of their profit from ads because ads aren't important. I often say this: the last time I paid for a site membership or purchased something on a non top 1000 site... I can't remember. Last time I saw an ad... today. Each time I see an ad, someone is making money.
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