Display Inventory
This article covers the Placement types designed for the Desktop devices: Site and Non-standard Site Placements.
Site Placements
Site Placements are a rotation pool of ads which accepts all standard ad formats.
To add a Site Placement:
- Log into your network account and go to the Publishers tab.
- Select an existing Site > Zone or add new ones.
- Click the
Add Site Placement icon and fill out the form that appears: - Click Save. You will be forwarded to the Placement card where you can specify additional settings and get the Invocation Codes which are to be inserted to your web site.
Site Placement Pre-Settings
The following Sizes are available:
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
| Medium Rectangle | 300x250 |
| Skyscraper | 120x600 |
| Rectangle | 180x150 |
| Leaderboard | 728x90 |
| Full Banner | 468x60 |
| Wide Skyscraper | 160x600 |
| Half Page Ad | 300x600 |
| Button 2 | 120x60 |
| Micro Bar | 88x31 |
| XXL Box | 468x648 |
| Custom | you can specify the dimensions of the ad unit yourself |
| Any Size |
Any Size
Banners can be linked disregarding of their sizes. Epom Ad Server will choose a fitting Banner among the linked ones. Banner height and width should be passed as Custom Parameters in the Invocation codes (%CUSTOM_WIDTH% and %CUSTOM_HEIGHT% placeholders should be replaced with supp_custom_params={width:'300',height:'250'}; string, for example)
Flexible Placement Size: This checkbox identifies if the Ad Units (Banners) that are smaller than the Placement size can be linked to the Placement.
Default Code: In case there is no Placement that would fit a certain user, the default code will be displayed. The Impression won't be counted towards Epom Analytics.
Invocation codes / HTML Samples
An Invocation Code is an ad tag, which invokes (calls) Epom Ad Server to deliver ads. It should be inserted into the web-pages of your site where you would like the ads to be displayed. The set of available codes depends on the Placement type.
Banners Probability
This pane displays the priority of the Banners' display with regard to the users' preferences such as Country, Browser, Operating System, or Priority.
Banners
Includes all the Banners connected to the Placement in question.
Daisy Chaining
In this pane you can set the Daisy Chaining or Waterfall Chaining of the Banners connected to this Placement.
Pricing
In this pane you can set the Pricing for the Placement in question.
Piggyback
In this pane you can insert the code for 3rd party tracking for the Placement. More information regarding the Piggyback Pixel tracking is available in the following article.
Non-Standard Site Placement
Non-Standard Site Placements are a rotation pool of multiple ads which accept non-standard ad formats. It is quite similar to the Site Placement. However, the following items are not available:
- Ad Unit Size. Non-Standard Placement accepts all types of Non-Standard banners, while Standard Placement allows specifying acceptable Banner sizes.
- Iframe Sync, Iframe Async and Simple Iframe Invocation Codes.
- Flexible Site Placement option.
- Refresh after (seconds) option option.
Updated over 3 years ago