Škoda WLC – Banner settings

Following text describes how to use new or existing banner settings within localized pages functionality.

1. Go to administration on the WLC portal.
2. In the left menu choose:
   • ŠKODA Banners
     • Add New
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3. Form with new banner settings will be shown.
4. Fill the necessary fields:
   • Title (required): Your desired banner title.
   • Category (required): Dropdown menu with list of predefined banner categories.
   • Creative (required at least one creative): There could be multiple creatives for one banner. In case there are more than one. Each time one is selected at random.
     • ID: Custom banner ID for tracking purposes.
     • Image Mobile (required at least one image): Banner image that will be used on mobile. At least one of the images must be added. In case there is no mobile image selected following images will be used instead: Image Tablet, if present, else Image Desktop. Image can be selected from the image library or uploaded from computer.
     • Image Tablet (required at least one image): Banner image that will be used on tablet. At least one of the images must be added. In case there is no tablet image selected following images will be used instead: Image Desktop, if present, else Image Mobile. Image can be selected from the image library or uploaded from computer.
     • Image Desktop (required at least one image): Banner image that will be used on desktop. At least one of the images must be added. In case there is no desktop image selected following images will be used instead: Image Tablet, if present, else Image Mobile. Image can be selected from the image library or uploaded from computer.
   • Alternative campaign URL (required): Custom campaign URL can be specified here. If blank, campaign URL is taken by default from the banner category.
   • Alternative text for banner image (required): Custom alternative text for banner image.
   • Minimal category views (required): Number of views in banner category which are needed in order to start this banner showing.
     • Example: When set to “5” with banner from group “Citigo”, when the user has 5th view from “Citigo” group, from now on this banner can start showing to user.
   • Banner Type (required): Dropdown menu with type of the banner.
     • Popup: Will be displayed as popup over the site.
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     • Positional: Is placed on the site. (in posts and on banner side panel)
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     • Show trigger delay (relevant only for popup): Period in seconds before the popup is shown to the user. If show on scroll is triggered first, this will take no effect.
     • Show trigger scroll (relevant only for popup): Scroll distance in percent of how far the user must scroll before the popup is shown. If show on delay is triggered first, this will take no effect.
   • Show max (applicable for all occurrences – all categories): Number representing the maximum amount of displays of the banner for the current user. In case there is one banner used twice on one page. Each occurrence counts as one display towards maximum.
   • Show max expiration: Number of days before the banner can be shown again even when reaching its “Show max” attribute.
     • Example: If set to 3. After 3 days the view count for banner is reset and starts counting again towards set “Show max”.
5. Click Publish button on the right side of the page.
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In these settings there are text fields for URLs to specific language variants for each product category.

• When a user comes to the global WLC site, based on his IP geolocation, corresponding category link is provided to redirect him to correct language specific page in case he clicks on a banner.
• IMPORTANT
• Each importer must have these filled as this ensures correct redirection to language specific page!

1. Go to administration on the WLC portal.
2. In the left menu choose:
   • ŠKODA Banners
     • Settings
3. Category links tab will be shown by default.
4. Fill all the category text fields with corresponding localized URL.
5. Click Save Changes button on the bottom of the page.

On this settings tab there are several options regarding to behavior of banners.

1. Go to administration on the WLC portal.
2. In the left menu choose:
   • ŠKODA Banners
     • Settings
3. Category links tab will be shown by default
4. Click on Other tab on the Settings page.
5. Edit your settings:
   • Trigger expiration: Number of days for which data about article views will be stored.
   • Delay between lightbox: Number of seconds before next lightbox can be shown.
   • Java script debugging: Leave unchecked if you are not a developer.
   • Disable banner processing on frontend: Check this box in case you want to prepare some banners before they can be shown. This will stop displaying banners but will keep gathering visitor information.
6. Click Save Changes button on the bottom of the page.

This functionality allows you to add excerpt in front of the post text. Either excerpt or read more tag can be used but not at the same time.

1. Go to administration on the WLC portal.
2. In the left menu choose:
   • Posts
3. All Posts will be shown by default.
4. Select the post you want to edit by clicking on its title or hovering over it and clicking on Edit.
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5. Click on Screen Options dropdown menu in the top right corner of the page.
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6. Check Excerpt checkbox in the Screen elements category of the dropdown menu.
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7. Under the post Visual box there will be shown Excerpt box.
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8. Fill in your desired excerpt text.
9. Click Update button on the right side of the page to save changes.
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1. Go to administration on the WLC portal.
2. In the left menu choose:
   • Posts
3. All Posts will be shown by default.
4. Select the post you want to edit by clicking on its title or hovering over it and clicking on Edit.
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5. Set your cursor inside the post text on the position where you want excerpt to end and regular text to begin.
6. Click on Insert Read More tag icon from the text format bar above the post text or press keyboard shortcut: Shift + Alt + T
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7. Read more tag will be added to the text. Anything before this tag is considered excerpt. Anything after this tag is considered regular text. Only first Read More tag is taken in account. Use only one.

This functionality allows you to add dynamic banner to the post. Banner category is chosen according to user’s browsing data.

1. Go to administration on the WLC portal.
2. In the left menu choose:
   • Posts
3. All Posts will be shown by default.
4. Select the post you want to edit by clicking on its title or hovering over it and clicking on Edit.
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5. Set your cursor inside the post text on the position where you want banner to be placed.
6. Click on Shortcode list icon from the text format bar above the post text.
7. Select ŠKODA Banner – Dynamic from the Shortcode list dropdown menu.
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8. Pop up will be shown.
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9. Check boxes for platforms where this banner should be applicable.
   • Show on desktop: If checked banner will be shown on desktop
   • Show on mobile: If checked banner will be shown on mobile
10. Click OK button on the popup.
11. Shortcode with corresponding category dynamic banner will be added to post text.
12. Click Update button on the right side of the page to save changes.
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This functionality allows you to add specific banner to the post.

1. Go to administration on the WLC portal.
2. In the left menu choose:
   • Posts
3. All Posts will be shown by default.
4. Select the post you want to edit by clicking on its title or hovering over it and clicking on Edit.
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5. Set your cursor inside the post text on the position where you want banner to be placed.
6. Click on Shortcode list icon from the text format bar above the post text.
7. Select ŠKODA Banner – Specific from the Shortcode list dropdown menu.
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8. Pop up will be shown.
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9. Select the banner you want to add from the Banner Id dropdown menu.
10. Click OK button on the popup.
11. Shortcode with corresponding banner will be added to post text.
12. Click Update button on the right side of the page to save changes.
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This functionality allows you to completely hide the automatically added dynamic banner at the beginning of the post. If there is excerpt present in the post, the banner will be shown in between of excerpt and regular text. If there is no excerpt specified, the banner will be shown before the post.

1. Go to administration on the WLC portal.
2. In the left menu choose:
   • Posts
3. All Posts will be shown by default.
4. Select the post you want to edit by clicking on its title or hovering over the title and clicking on Edit.
5. Go to Post options category box on the right side of the page.
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6. Check Hide the banner completely if you want to hide it.
7. Check Show on desktop if you want to show it only on desktop.
8. Click Update button on the right side of the page to save changes.
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