mBanner Version 2.1

This is a simple javascript program to create a banner out of collection of swf and Image files. Using this script you can create a banner in which you can

  • Arrange sequence of images and/or swf files.
  • Attach hyperlinks with them.
  • Specify display duration of individual image/swf.
  • Change height and width of individual image/swf.
  • The new version 2.1 allows you to define the target for the hyperlink. That means you can now open the links in a new window.
  • You can choose between two modes
    • Rotate banner according to the time specified for individual image and swf(Classic Mode)
    • New Feature (Version 2 and above) : Change banner on Page Refresh - On each page refresh the image/swf is changed in sequence. The banner is tracked using cookie. That means if user closes the browser and revisit the page then also he/she will see the changed banner.
    Example:
    • There are 3 images in first banner and 3 swf in second banners.
    • Duration for the image display are 2,1 and 3 seconds respectively.
    • Each image have hyperlink to different sections on this site.
    • First banner runs in Mode 1 - Auto Refresh on Timeout (Without Page Refresh)
    • Second Banner runs in Mode 2 - Banner Change on Page Refresh


This Banner Will change automatically (Without Page Refresh)
This Banner Will change on Page Refresh (Cookie Dependant).
Refresh this page to view next banner.

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38 reponses to "mBanner Version 2.1"

1. I followed your instructions

Submitted by mban on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 22:45.

I followed your instructions regarding the banner and want to learn implementing it.
-white label seo

2. This is a wonderful banner

Submitted by mban on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 21:32.

This is a wonderful banner and I like this coding very much.

3. Thankyou for donation

Submitted by MysticalM on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 16:18.

Hi Adrian Nadjiwon,

Thank you for the donation towards the running cost of the site.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

4. banners not refreshing on IE...

Submitted by ironguzzy on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 23:22.

when i use the mbanner with an iframe. its not changing banners on the browser refresh. in IE, is there something i can do to fix this?

5. same problem with IE...

Submitted by RobbieC2 on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 18:39.

I'm having the same problem with Internet Explorer. The flash banners are not rotating on screen refresh. It is only displaying the first in the list. Firefox and Chrome work fine..... Any ideas?

This problem is only happening 'online' - my offline version is working fine, which is even more perplexing....

6. _blank windows

Submitted by collin548 on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 19:51.

Hi I've a problem...
I use the mBanner for flash banner rotation..
But.. Flash banner are opened in the new windows with no adreses. Is opened in my window like www.vmeste.sk/undefined...
why?
Im use this:
banner2 = new Banner('banner2');
banner2.changeOnRefresh = true;
banner2.add("FLASH", "http://www.vmeste.sk/add/home/square/banner_komunikuj_300x300_xml_d.swf", 15, 300, 300,"http://www.mysticalm.com","_blank");
banner2.add("FLASH", "http://www.vmeste.sk/add/home/square/banner_komunikuj_300x300.swf", 15, 300, 300,"http://www.mysticalm.com","_blank");
banner2.add("FLASH", "http://www.vmeste.sk/add/home/square/banner_komunikuj_300x300_a.swf", 15, 300, 300,"http://www.mysticalm.com","_blank");
banner2.add("FLASH", "http://www.vmeste.sk/add/home/square/banner_komunikuj_300x300_self_d.swf", 15, 300, 300,"http://www.mysticalm.com","_blank");
document.write(banner2);
banner2.start();

But it doesn't work properly...
why?

It still opened my adresess www.vmeste.sk/undefinded...

7. Question

Submitted by oadrian on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 20:49.

Thank you for your script. I like it very much !!

Just one question:
Is it possible to define a date until the banner would be shown?

I wil be waiting for yor reply

Thanks again

Adrián

8. Expiable Banner

Submitted by MysticalM on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 18:00.

Hi oadrian,

Sorry, Currently mBanner does not have feature to specify the banner expiration.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

9. "THANKS"

Submitted by vele on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 17:12.

thank you for this fantastic script After downloaded the 100 script I finally found what meets my needs, so a big thansk to you
sorry on mi bad english
and one more time
THANKS

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Submitted by gurunaina on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 15:47.

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11. Thankyou

Submitted by MysticalM on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 13:33.

Hi veve,

Thanks for using my script.

Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

12. Adding Banners with Different Sizes

Submitted by Kizat727 on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 21:25.

I want to place 4 banners on the page, each with a different size and location. The banner size (468 x 68) is working fine. I have added the banners naming them and changing them accordingly, ie: banner1 is now banner2, then banner3, and finally banner4. Each new banner has the new dimensions but is not showing correctly in the browser.

Also, what if I don't want to set a duration or an ad doesn't have a link? do I leave the fields empty?

13. Clear Directions

Submitted by Nick on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 20:56.

Manish,

I can't wait to get your mbanner uploaded on my site. I am just running into some difficulties that I hope you can help me out with...

In your readme txt file step 1 says to "Copy files mBanner.js, mBanner.css". Where do I copy them to? Directly into my website through ftp?

WHERE do I include the style sheet code referenced below?
STEP 1:
Include STYLE SHEET file for Banner

Where do I include the directions in step 2 listed below?

STEP 2:
Include JAVASCRIPT file for Banner

14. RE: Clear Directions

Submitted by MysticalM on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 16:27.

Hi Nick,

1) If you are going to place your HTML file in directory "/var/www/html/" then other two files mBanner.js, mBanner.css would also go in the same directory. You can use FTP to do that, or you can first test it on your local machine itself.
2) style sheet code should be placed in the HEAD part of the HTML file in which you are going to use the mbanner. Same is the case for Javascript code inclusion.

For more detail, you can study the "mBanner.htm" included in the zip archive that you have downloaded. Its a running example.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

15. Flash file won't link

Submitted by Andrew A on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 07:44.

Other Flash (swf) files and image files will link and open in new windows. One Flash file won't link at all -- you can't click on it. Has anyone had this problem?

The swf file that won't link is http://www.wherela.com/banner_ads/toptotch.swf

Thanks.

16. Test toptouch.swf

Submitted by MysticalM on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 13:08.
I tried with the provided swf file, as you can see above. Following are my observations:
  • You are right that the URL is not working (for this specific SWF).
  • If I try to include the swf directly from the other site then clicking on swf does not take me to anywhere.
  • If I save that swf to my server and give the local path then on clicking it takes me to another site that is defined within the swf itself.
  • The SWF is not honoring the clickTAG variable that i am trying to pass through my script.
  • I am further looking into the issue to solve it. If you have any inputs, you can leave a message here or directly mail me at "admin AT mysticalm DOT com"

17. I decompiled the toptouch.swf

Submitted by MysticalM on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 12:35.

I decompiled the toptouch.swf using an online swf decompiler. The SWF has got following code: 

 

 

  1. 
  2. //----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3. //Symbol 5 Button
  4. //----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5. on (release) {
  6. geturl ("http://www.topnotchticketservice.com/");
  7. }
  8. 
  9. //----------------------------------------------------------------------
  10. //Frame 21
  11. //----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12.  
  13. 
  14. //----------------------------------------------------------------------
  15. //Frame 2
  16. //----------------------------------------------------------------------

The code does not check for ClickTAG hence it is not working with the mBanner.

See the documentation for ClickTAG at http://www.adobe.com/resources/richmedia/tracking/designers_guide/  

All the swf for which mBanner is not able to open the correct URL might have not implemented the ClickTAG code accordingly.

 

 

18. Same problem

Submitted by Stigmartyr on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 22:47.

Sadly it appears that there are lots of questions yet no answers to anything.

I also cannot get the URL function to work. I've do everything right and the banner rotates media between images and flash but this 'link' feature that's supposed to open on click doesn't work at all.

Is there anymore here who actually writes replies or are we wasting our time even writing?

19. Open in New Window - Feature Addition

Submitted by MysticalM on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 17:40.

Hi Everyone,

I have just uploaded a newer version of mBanner - The Version 2.1. (The older version is also available)

Now you would be able to open the banner links in a new window.
Also, clickTAG and clickTARGET implementation is also in place.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

20. Step by step

Submitted by biboloxo on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 18:23.

Hi, can you guild me step by step how to install it in my IPB 2.3.6 forum?
Thanks for your help.

21. IPB forum

Submitted by MysticalM on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 07:50.

Hi biboloxo,

I don't have an idea about IPB forum. But, if you look into the "mBannerReadme.txt", steps to use mBanner are mentioned there.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

22. Thanks for Donation

Submitted by MysticalM on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 20:48.

Hi Djemaa Evelyne,

Thank you for your donation towards the running cost of the site.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

23. clickTAG and clickTARGET implementation

Submitted by prozone7 on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 07:42.

Please make the redirection function included for flash.

ty.

24. clickTAG and clickTARGET

Submitted by MysticalM on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 12:32.

Hi Prozone,

That was great! i was not aware of these tags i.e clickTag and clickTarget. I have quickly gone through the documentation available on the Net and i think this would be a good addition to mBanner (to overcome the limitation of linking the flash banners).

I have taken it in TODO list for next minor version of mBanner.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

25. just a question

Submitted by petitrafi on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 05:53.

hello, is possible to use your code with swf in change automatically (Without Page Refresh) or swf just works with on Page Refresh (Cookie Dependant)

thanks for your invention and help

Rafael

26. SWF and Images

Submitted by MysticalM on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 14:12.

Hi Rafael,

The SWF and Images can be used in any combination, with both the modes available. The mode only controls how the banner would get refreshed and nothing more.

Thanks and Regrds,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

27. Thanks for Donation

Submitted by MysticalM on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 15:35.

Hi Lori Washbon,

Thanks for making a donation towards the Running Cost of the site.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

28. I am getting error

Submitted by vishnu on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 20:59.

Hi,

Your script is great. I have implemented as by your instruction. I got a very good output. But, when I implement this in my project, I found the error in the firebug as
document.getElementById(this.aNodes[prevBanner].name).className = "m_banner_hide";

I didn't do any changes in css and javascript and I didn't get any banner.

- Vishnu

29. Need more Details about how to generate the error

Submitted by MysticalM on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 15:20.

Hi Vishnu,

Thanks for using the script.

I have implemented the mBanner on this page, as you can see above.

I am not getting any error on FireFox Firebug.

Can you please post more detail about how to regenerate the error.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

30. could you add a line to the code?

Submitted by mina on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 21:29.

This script works great :D thank you!
Is it possible to add a line to open the links in a new page? target="_blank" I don't know nothing about javascript, how can i do it?

31. Good Suggestion

Submitted by MysticalM on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 15:25.

Hi Guillermina,

I am taking a note of this suggestion.

The new window option will work for images but for Flash files one has to specify this option in flash file itself. As i noticed, IE6 and above does not allow putting a link on flash file using a href tag.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

32. = _blank

Submitted by webguy on Mon, 09/14/2009 - 05:43.

can you please post the code to open links in a new window?

33. mbanner

Submitted by tosalet on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 17:49.

Great script - how about an automatic random selection?

34. Randomizer Algo

Submitted by MysticalM on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 15:31.

Hi John,

I will need an algorithm to show the images randomly so that each and every banner gets a fair chance of display.

One option would be to randomize the banner list at loading and then follow this random list in sequence.

Please suggest any other option!!

I'll make this change in next version of mBanner.

Thanks and Regards,
Manish Kumar Namdeo

35. Try

Submitted by ahmad1615 on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 13:36.

I wish I could try it before I could comment

36. download?

Submitted by angelwater5 on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 00:51.

how do i download the banner

37. oops..

Submitted by MysticalM on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 15:24.

Oops.... i forgot to the make the download available to the registered users....
You can now download the script...
Make sure that you are logged in before downloading it..

Thanks for letting me know about this mistake..

38. thank u

Submitted by angelwater5 on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 05:58.

got through...thanks