Banner (Interaction Type)
Please note that the preferred way to create banner interactions is the Content dialogue interaction type. The documentation below is for reference purposes only.
A Banner allows you to display an image or Flash animation as a banner on a web-based channel. Banners are an excellent means of attracting visitors from one channel to another. To create a Banner, follow the steps below. You can only create an interaction/variant for empty dialogues and dialogues for which you have rights, that is, that belongs to a domain to which your user account belongs.
The following is an example of a Banner:
Banner Configuration
Follow the steps below to configure the What tab for a Banner.
- If the banner will display an image, click [Browse] next to "Image", browse to the location of the image file, select it and click [Open]. If you specify both an image and a Flash animation (below), the image will be overridden by the Flash. If you specify both an image and a Flash animation (below), the image will be shown if the visitor does not have a Flash Player.
- If the banner will display a Flash animation, click [Browse] next to "Flash", browse to the location of the Flash file, select it and click [Open]. If you specify both an image (above) and a Flash animation, the Flash animation will override the image. If you specify both an image (above) and a Flash animation, the image will be displayed if the visitor does not have a Flash Player.
- If the Banner leads to a redirect to a URL if the user clicks the image or Flash animation, enter the address in the "Target URL" text box.
- (Optional) Enter the title of the Banner.
- (Optional) Enter the width in pixels to use to display the image or Flash. If you do not specify a width, the original width is used.
- (Optional) Enter the length in pixels to use to display the image or Flash. If you do not specify a length, the original length is used.
- Click [Save].
- Click the [Next] button or click the [Where] tab to proceed.