In the Banners section of the platform, you will find ready-made banners from your vendor(s) but also a feature allowing you to create your own banners!
Banners can be used as a bridge to pages of your website that you want to put forward. Using the platform to create your own banner could help you to attract even more potential customers to strategic spots of your website!
Let us show you how easy it is to create your own banner.
Select Content in the left menu
Click on Banners
Hit the “Add banner” button
You can start creating your banner!
Step 1) Fill in the banner information
The first step to create your own banner is to fill in some information such as where your banner will redirect your visitors or when it will go live. Just follow the few steps described below.
Write a title
Decide where your post will lead by selecting a link type:
To one of your vendors’ widget page
To a specific URL link
3) Choose a page in the drop-down menu or type in the URL of your choice
4) Pick a start date
5) Pick an end date (optional)
Step 2) Add content to your banner
Almost there! It's time to choose a nice image to display in your banner.
Upload an image
Image size
File size is restricted to 1.2 MB. Dimensions of banners are best/ not clipped when using the following dimensions:
Desktop banner: 1200 x 400 px
Step 3) Are you happy with your banner?
YES!
⇒ Hit the Save data button.
Your banner will be added to the slider you installed on your website with the Channext banner code. Haven’t placed the banner code on your website yet? Check out how it’s done right here.
Not yet…
⇒ Select Save as a draft. Your banner will be saved under Scheduled but won’t go live yet.
We measure views, clicks and click-through rates of your banners. Find out how successful your custom banner is in the Analytics dashboard of the Channext platform! 👍
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