Components Banner Manager Options
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Description[edit]
Banner Options configuration allows setting of parameters used globally for all banners.
How to Access[edit]
- Select Components → Banners from the dropdown menu of the Administrator Panel
- Click the Options button in the toolbar.
Screenshot[edit]
Form Fields[edit]
Client[edit]
These settings apply for all clients unless they are changed for a specific client.
- Purchase Type. (Unlimited/Yearly/Monthly/Weekly/Daily) The Banner Purchase Type of this client. This is used to indicate how the banner client purchased the display time for the banner.
- Track Impressions. (Yes/No) Whether or not to track the number of times the banner is displayed to web site visitors on a daily basis.
- Impressions by Search Engines. (Yes/No) Include search engines in the count of impressions.
- Track Clicks. (Yes/No) Whether or not to track the number of times the banner is clicked to web site visitors on a daily basis.
- Meta Keyword Prefix. When matching keywords (for matching Banners to Articles based on Keywords), only search for keywords with this prefix. This can improve performance.
History[edit]
These settings apply to version history for Banners, Banner Categories and Banner Clients.
- Enable Versions. (Yes/No) Whether or not to save version history for banners, clients, and categories.
- Maximum Versions. The maximum number of versions to store.
- If a banner, client, or category is saved and the maximum number of versions has been reached, the oldest version will be deleted automatically.
- If set to '0', then versions will never be deleted automatically. Also, specific versions may be flagged as "Keep Forever" and will not be deleted automatically.Note: Versions may be deleted manually using the 'Delete' button in Version History.
Permissions[edit]
Manage the permission settings for user groups.
To change the permissions for banners, do the following.
- 1. Select the Group by clicking its title located on the left.
- 2. Find the desired Action. Possible Actions are:
- Configure ACL & Options. Users can edit the options and permissions of banners.
- Configure Options Only. Users can edit the options except the permissions of banners.
- Access Administration Interface. Users can access user administration interface of banners.
- Create. Users can create content of banners.
- Delete. Users can delete content of banners.
- Edit. Users can edit content of banners.
- Edit State. Users can change the published state and related information for content of banners.
- 3. Select the desired Permission for the action you wish to change. Possible settings are:
- Inherited: Inherited for users in this Group from the Global Configuration permissions of this site.
- Allowed: Allowed for users in this Group. Note that, if this action is Denied at one of the higher levels, the Allowed permission here will not take effect. A Denied setting cannot be overridden.
- Denied: Denied for users in this Group.
- 4. Click Save in Toolbar at top. When the screen refreshes, the Calculated Setting column will show the effective permission for this Group and Action.
Toolbar[edit]
At the top left you will see the toolbar.
The functions are:
- Save. Saves the Banners options and stays in the current screen.
- Save & Close. Saves the Banners options and closes the current screen.
- Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.
- Help. Opens this help screen.
Quick Tips[edit]
Remember, these choices are applied globally.
Related Information[edit]
Help Screens[edit]
Component | Description |
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Banners |
Provides an overview of the Banners available on a Joomla site. The screen is used to find, add, edit and delete Banners. |
Banners Edit |
This is where you can
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Categories |
Provides an overview of the Banner Categories available on a Joomla site. The screen is used to find, add, edit and delete Banner Categories. |
Categories Edit |
This is where you can
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Clients |
Provides an overview of the Banner Clients available on a Joomla site. The screen is used to find, add, edit and delete Banner Clients. |
Clients Edit |
This is where you can
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Tracks |
Provides an overview of the Banner Tracking information available on a Joomla site. |
Options (this screen) |
Banner Options configuration allows setting of parameters used globally for all banners. |
Module | Description |
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Banners |
The Banner Module displays the active Banners from the Component. |