Open Door

Table of Contents

Introduction

This is a highly customizable and very easy to use animated Open Door template for Desktop non responsive sites.

User experience

A user opens the webpage and the floating stage appears automatically. The Floating stage can offer additional video or other rich media experience. The Floating banner accommodate a link to the predefined landing page. The ad maintains this size until the “Close” button click. The ad expands as many times as the user clicks on the initial standard banner.

Creative assets

The following items are to be delivered by a creative agency:

  • Video player needs a MP4/WEBM format videos 636x264.
  • A poster 640x360 for the video, if there will be a video wall (the wall will be black before playing the video if no poster will be provided).
  • Screenshot 1265x1041 for floating stage (PNG/JPEG).
  • Banner assets containing manifest.json file and HTML file zipped together with images, scripts and other material.

NOTE: manifest.json file and HTML file should be in the root directory of the .zip file.

Customizing the banner

The file “index.html” can be adjusted to customize the banner components.

NOTE: In order to use Adform components for HTML, it is necessary to define global preloadQueue array, where you push all the wanted components to preload before script execution and to load Adform.DHTML.js

These are the values that can be changed:

"screenshot" - screenshot url. By default, it uses first additional asset assigned through Additional assets panel;
"alignX" - horizontal screenshot alignment (left/center/right);
"alignY" - vertical screenshot alignment (top/center/bottom)
"offsetX" - horizontal screenshot offset in pixels;
"offsetY" - vertical screenshot offset in pixels;
"direction" - defines screenshot's opening direction (top/right/bottom/left);
"gap" - defines gap between banner side and the opened screenshot in pixels;
"perspective" - animation perspective in pixels;
"rotation" - fully opened screenshot rotation;
"scale" - fully opened screenshot scale;
"clicktag" - banner's / video player's landing page landing page;
"target"- banner's landing page target;
"video" - setting different video parameters;
"sources" - video files;
"poster" - video poster. By default, it uses second additional asset assigned through Additional assets panel.

INFO: Please refer to the Video Player component for more detailed information on component setup and behavior.

Manifest.json file

  • Manifest.json file should define the ad dimensions and the HTML file which is used as a banner source.
  • HTML file should include Adform HTML library which enables the banner to receive a clickTAG variable:
    <script src="https://s1.adform.net/banners/scripts/rmb/Adform.DHTML.js"></script>

Specifications

Audio

  • Available on user initiation only (click). Off by default.
  • Maximum volume level must be reasonable and user friendly.

Video

  • Available on user initiation only.
  • Video duration: 30 seconds max. Replay allowed with user initiation.
  • “Close” button is required.

How to setup

  1. In the *Initial Settings* step, name your banner, select Category as “Floating” and Format as “Floating Ad”. Select a Banner Batch from the drop-down menu.
  2. When it's done, click the Next button.
  3. In the next step, you are asked to select or upload assets. If you have previously uploaded the assets to the system, click the Select button and choose Banner source, i.e. select HTML File named HTML_Open_Door. Make sure that the clickTAG is present.

    4. NOTE: Additional assets should be assigned by default order:
    • Site screenshot should be assigned as a first additional asset;
    • Video poster should be assigned below video files.
    • Video files (MP4/WEBM format) should be assigned below the screenshot and poster assets.

  4. Click the Next button.
  5. Adjust the Settings:
  6. When done, click the Save button in order to see the preview. If everything is fine, click the Submit button.

Additional info

In order to deliver HTML5 banners fully compliant with the specs, follow the instructions on Producing HTML5 banners in Adform Test and Support Center: http://creative.adform.com/support

Supported Browsers

Browser version
Internet Explorer 8 (and bellow) not supported
Internet Explorer 9 limited animation
Internet Explorer 10 & 11 fully supported
Edge fully supported
Firefox (newest version) fully supported
Chrome (newest version) fully supported
Safari (newest version) fully supported

Other