Control Panel User Manual

Prerequisites

This user manual assumes that you are comfortable with authoring web pages using HTML and graphics in GIF, JPG, or PNG format. Knowledge of specific HTML syntax is not required, but you should at least know how to copy and paste HTML code into your web pages with the authoring tool of your choice. Some familiarity with other web page related technologies such as CSS and Adobe Flash is also suggested.

Components

Throughout this user manual, you will see references to the following components:

For the context of this user manual, you need only concern yourself with the high-level functions of these components. The control panel is the user interface that you will use to create and manage your ads, generate reports, perform maintenance tasks, and so on. The ad server primarily selects and displays your ads on your web site, but also processes click-throughs and actions generated by your web site visitors. Finally, the file server is responsible for actually delivering the graphic or video portions of your ads to your web site visitors.

User Interface

When you first access the control panel, you will be presented with a login screen that looks like the picture below. This screen simply prompts you to enter your username, password, and role.

Tip

Check to make sure you've selected the correct role if you're denied access. If you happen to be logging in from a network where your IP address can change from one request to another, you will need to select Normal Security Level from the security drop down menu. Very few users connect to the Internet using such networks, however, so the default High Security Level setting should work for most users.

Note

Do not be concerned if some of the pictures that follow throughout the rest of this user manual contain icons, menus, etc... that you don't see when you're logged into your own control panel. Certain parts of the control panel require a specific role or for explicit permissions to be granted to your account for you to be able to see or access them. For example, advertisers are not allowed to access to inventory reports and not all administrators may be given permission to restore the database from a backup file. Should you find yourself in a situation where you do not have adequate permission to perform a task, contact your admin and ask them to perform the task for you or grant your account the necessary permissions to allow you to perform the task.

Interface Layout

You will notice that each of the primary components of the user interface have been numbered in the picture above. A short description of each of these components follows:

Toolbar

You will notice that each of the icons in the toolbar represents the task they perform both visually and textually. New users should find the text particularly helpful until they become familiar with the icons. Details of what each of the aforementioned icons does are as follows:

Icon Text	Description
Home	Takes you back to your home screen, the same screen you see just after logging into the control panel.
Accounts	Takes you to the account management screen where you can manage administrator, advertiser, and publisher accounts.
Media	Takes you to the media management screen where you can manage both media and files.
Campaigns	Takes you to the campaign management screen where you can manage campaigns.
Zones	Takes you to the campaign management screen where you can manage both groups and zones.
Code Wizard	Takes you to the code wizard screen where you can generate various action, banner, dynamic, text, and window codes for displaying your ads.
Reports	Takes you to the reports screen where you can generate various accounting, general, inventory, advertiser, campaign, group, media, publisher, and zone reports that can be exported to CSV, Excel, HTML, PDF, and Text formats.
Tools	Takes you to the tools screen where you can use several tools such as calculators and HTML coding utilities.
Maintenance	Takes you to the maintenance screen where you can perform various database management operations, view diagnostics reports and information, schedule tasks, and use other special-purpose utilities.
Settings	Takes you to the settings screen where you can change basic and expert settings as well as manage sizes and themes.
Support	Takes you to the support screen where you can quickly and easily access help contents and useful links.
Logout	Logs you out of the control panel and takes you back to the login screen.

Icon Text

Description

Home

Takes you back to your home screen, the same screen you see just after logging into the control panel.

Accounts

Takes you to the account management screen where you can manage administrator, advertiser, and publisher accounts.

Media

Takes you to the media management screen where you can manage both media and files.

Campaigns

Takes you to the campaign management screen where you can manage campaigns.

Zones

Takes you to the campaign management screen where you can manage both groups and zones.

Code Wizard

Takes you to the code wizard screen where you can generate various action, banner, dynamic, text, and window codes for displaying your ads.

Reports

Takes you to the reports screen where you can generate various accounting, general, inventory, advertiser, campaign, group, media, publisher, and zone reports that can be exported to CSV, Excel, HTML, PDF, and Text formats.

Tools

Takes you to the tools screen where you can use several tools such as calculators and HTML coding utilities.

Maintenance

Takes you to the maintenance screen where you can perform various database management operations, view diagnostics reports and information, schedule tasks, and use other special-purpose utilities.

Settings

Takes you to the settings screen where you can change basic and expert settings as well as manage sizes and themes.

Support

Takes you to the support screen where you can quickly and easily access help contents and useful links.

Logout

Logs you out of the control panel and takes you back to the login screen.

Introduction