Advertisement Manager Version 1.10
Installing Auto Ad Manager
Follow the same steps for both new install and upgrade:
1- You need to unzip the zip file to a folder on your PC. You also need to have an FTP program that you can use to upload the files to your web server. Free FTP programs and ZIP file managers can be found on download sites like download.com and tucows.
2- Upload "admgr" folder to your server under ../scripts/plugins/ directory
3- Upload all files in "pages" folder to your web server under ../pages/ directory
4- Login to your CC admin area, and go to plug-in section by clicking the plug-in icon, then click on "Advertisement Manager".
5- At the top the "current script status" should be "Uninstalled", click "click to install", the script status should display now "Installed" and below it "Click to Uninstall"
Congratulations! Ad Manager plug-in now installed.
Main Page
Advertisement Manager is a plug-in that lets you have your
public advertisement page display and accept dynamic data.
Have your ad packages dynamically generated.
Set prices to cover expenses per single click and let member database affect it.
Set email ad's price per single click and let advertisers custom target the ads
for a unique price.
Membership Discounts
This is where you would set up the discount rates for your
upgraded members.
You can Add, Edit or Delete Membership Discount Rates for Advertisements
You will have the option later on to apply the discount or not to each ad you
are setting up.
General Settings
This is where you decide to apply the discount or not to the
redemption page.
Upgraded members discount:
No
redemption page discount
Default click value: select the value of each click either cash or points
Auto-process orders: select if you want the orders auto-processed or not
Show redemption selection to: do you want all members to see this redemption or just the members the are eligible for it.
Add revisited link to ads: do you want the members link to show in the ad in case members would like to revisit the site without credit.
Hide PayPal CC if price is: use this if you want to restrict the amount used for credit card purchases using PayPal.
Take Pages Offline
Advertiser and Redemption pages - usually
the setting is online, but if you need to make changes you can select
offline and in the
offline message line you can add a message ( ex.
adding new items) - no more error 404 messages when you take the page offline.
Payment System IDs
This is where you would add your account id's for members to make their payments depending which option they select
Payment Fees
If you have to pay fees for certain payment processors and would like the members to pay these fees you would add those amounts here.
After all selections are made click save settings and these will be stored for you.
Keyword Manager
This is where you would select keywords that you do not want to show to advertisers.
Mailer Settings
You would set up you mail here.
Holiday settings
You can have your emails skip days due to holidays or vacations.
This is where you would set
up your basic type of ads - email ads, PTC, banner impressions, paid to signup
or any special type you have .Pick the
main category and add the sub categories under it - Under PTC you may want to
have contest ptc, under the email ads you can put contest ads, etc.
Ads Manager
This is where you set up the different types and pricing
this is where you would select if the upgraded memberships can use their discounts (they pay the full amount and discount is applied to their accounts)
Package Manager
Here you can set up special packages for sale.
They can be mixed ads but not targeted ads- you can have an email, ptc and
banner impressions.
The choice is yours to make!
Upgraded Membership Ads
You can set up your upgraded members weekly and monthly ads so they can be auto-processed
Ad Display Manager
If you want the types of ads listed in a specific order you can do this here.
Pre-Targeted Ad Groups Manager
If you want to set up ads for a specific group-
ex. US & Canada or by keywords you would select this option and create different
groups.
You can offer special prices for these.
Final step- This will show you the ads waiting for approval. The ad will be displayed you can make your changes - no need to add the revisit link if you already selected this in the general settings. Save changes and this will bring you back to the ad requests. Check the box for the ad you just edited and click:
- Create & Send: The ad will be automatically created and processed to members.
- Create & Schedule: The ad will be created automatically, and on the next menu you can enter scheduling rules, after done the ad will be automatically sent out according to the scheduling rules you have chosen.
- Create Shared: Id you want to send out a shared ad, check the box for each ad you want to include in his shared email, then click on this button ( Create Shared ), the ad will be automatically created and sent out.
- Create Only: the ad will be automatically created without sending out, ad ID can be found in mass mailer or by doing a search in cc ads manager.
- Edit: Click this button if you have to make changes on a submitted ad.
- Reject: Click this button if you want to reject an ad for any reason ( example: the ad does not apply to site terms ), clicking this link will open a new window for you to enter your message to the advertiser/member who submitted this ad, can be about the reason why this ad is rejected.
Special Thanks To....
Linda owner of www.cassandrasclicks.com & www.mesmerizing-mails.com for helping in beta testing auto ad manager ver 1.10 and in writing this manual, and all who helped in beta testing and by sending their feedbacks and suggestions including but not limited to:
Leslie & Tim www.tlcptr.com
Sarah www.cashcrazymails.com www.cashcrazyads.com www.tigersads.com www.a-n-a-cash.com www.beaus-bucks.com www.hocuspocus-ptr.com
Cheri www.beehivemail.com
Rudolph www.advancedsponsor.be
Rhonda www.wolfemails.com
Suzanne www.pecomail.com
and of course to our great programmer Georgi
if you need help, contact Imad : support@cashplugins.com or send a pm to Georgi "username: gbyte" at getpaidforum.com