Data-driven Ad Banner Systems Using Active Server Pages

[Michaelgs]

Reference is http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140094(office.10).aspx

The implementation seems straight forward but for a novice like me there are
some questions. Can anyone please tell me:
if I do this the ASP way
1.)where does the DB go?
2.) do I place the actual rotator on my regular HTML page or do I have to
change all my pags to .asp extensions?
3.) if I have to change all my pages to .asp than Question is how do I do
this?

In the end, all I want is a way to rotate my ads so that readers/visitors
are offered different things on different pages. I am planning to implement
this with my Include command. This way when ever a reader goes to a new or
different page on my site they get a new ad served. Because if he did not
click on it when I showed the ad the first time than why would he click when
I show it the 20th time?
Anyway, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Michael

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

See responses inline below

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| Reference is http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140094(office.10).aspx
|
| The implementation seems straight forward but for a novice like me there are
| some questions. Can anyone please tell me:
| if I do this the ASP way
| 1.)where does the DB go?

File Import your access DB in to your FP site and allow FP to put it in the fpdb folder
- But the link you are looking at alos show how to do it w/o a Database
(using a Text file as a data source - reread the article)

| 2.) do I place the actual rotator on my regular HTML page or do I have to change all my pags to .asp extensions?

To use the ASP Banner Rotator ALL pages must be .ASP pages and running under a Windows server

| 3.) if I have to change all my pages to .asp than Question is how do I do
| this?

You rename the files to be .ASP
- Will only worlk if you are on a Windows server

If you are not familiar w/ ASP see http://www.w3schools.com/asp/default.asp

| In the end, all I want is a way to rotate my ads so that readers/visitors
| are offered different things on different pages. I am planning to implement
| this with my Include command. This way when ever a reader goes to a new or
| different page on my site they get a new ad served. Because if he did not
| click on it when I showed the ad the first time than why would he click when
| I show it the 20th time?
| Anyway, any help will be greatly appreciated.
| Thanks
| Michael
|
|