MyAdTV Quick Start User Guide

When you click on the Frame drop down menu, you now see 3 selections – Main Frame, Left Side Frame and Right Side Frame. This allows you to select which frame you want to view or insert an ad to. Let’s select the Left Side Frame option.

Click the ‘Insert New Ad Here’ button below the table to insert a new ad.

It will take you to the ‘Image’ page. We are going to put an image with the company’s name in this frame. It will be a static image. We will be using the image named demo2-1.jpg. Enter the ad title; you can put in demo2-1. Leave all the pre-filled data as they are. The default is set to start playing the ads today, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week until the end of 2008.

Set the Ad Posting Duration to a very high number like 1200 because this is the only image we will be displaying in this frame.

Select ‘demo2-1.jpg’ as the file to be uploaded.

Set the Transition Style to ‘BlendTrans’ and the ‘Duration’ to 2 seconds.

Click on the ‘Browse’ button and select demo2-1.jpg from the directory that you have saved the downloaded images.

Click the ‘Submit’ button to submit content. You will be prompted when the upload is finished.

Then you will be taken back to the Content Summary page.

Click ‘V’ to view the image you just uploaded. You’ll see that the image is being displayed in the upper left frame.

We are done with this frame.

12.4 Right Side Frame

Let’s select ‘Right Side Frame’ from the Frame drop down menu. We will create the next 3 ads using Image ad type. We will be using demo2-2.jpg, demo2-3.jpg and demo2-4.jpg.

Click the ‘Insert New Ad Here’ button. The ‘Image’ page will be display.

Enter the ad title ‘demo2-2’. Leave the rest of the pre-filled as they are including Ad Posting Duration. Select ‘demo2-2.jpg’ as the upload file. Set the ‘Transition Style’ to ‘BlendTrans’ and then click the ‘Submit’ button and the ‘Duration’ to 2 seconds.

You will be prompted when the file transfer is finished. Click the ‘OK’ button and you will be taken back to the ‘Content Summary’ page.

Now, you can view your ad by clicking ‘V’:

You can go back and forth between ‘V’ and ‘E’ to try different transition styles.

We will continue to add 2 more ads to this frame. From the ‘Content Summary’ page, click on the down arrow button to insert the next ad. Set all data fields the same as the last ad, except select ‘demo2-3.jpg’ as the file to be uploaded. Then click on the ‘Submit’ button. Do the same for ‘demo2-4.jpg’. Now you have 3 entries in this frame.

Congratulations! You have just finished creating ad messages for the Right Side frame.

12.5 Main Frame Ad

Now, let’s create ads for the main frame. From the Frame drop down menu, select the Main Frame option.

Click the ‘Insert New Ad Here’ button.

Select ‘iText’ from the MyAdPlayer Content Creation menu bar. This allows you to display an image as the background and text over the image.

Enter the ad title as ‘demo2-5’; leave the next 6 fields the same.

Copy and paste the following text in the Text Message area including the blank lines:

San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

MLS ID#: 455321

Price: $1,629,000

Property: Single Family Home

Age: 25 years

Bedrooms: 8 rooms

Baths: 4 baths

Size: Approximately 5744 sq ft

Story: 2

Heater: Gas

Exterior: Bricks

Roofing: Composite

Set the Upper Left Corner X= 72% Y= 0%. Lower Right Corner X=100% Y=100%.

Keep Text Alignment to Left
Turn Text Shadow to Off
Keep Font Name to Arial
Keep Font Style and Font Weight to Normal
Set Font Size to 20
Set Font Color to #0D279C or use the color selector to pick a blue color.
Set Transition Style to Wipe Down and Duration to 7
Upload demo2-5.jpg from the directory you’ve have the downloaded images.
Set Transition Style to ‘Box in’.and Duration to 2.

Click the ‘Submit’ button and ‘OK’ button.

Click ‘V’ to view the new ad you just created.

Now, we will create the next two ads using ‘demo2-6.jpg’ and ‘demo2-7.jpg’. All the settings are the same, except for the text. You can also try out different transition style for both the text and the images.

For demo2-6, copy and paste the following text into the ‘Text Message’ area including the blank lines:

Monterey, CA 93940

MLS ID#: 555799

Price: $750,000

Property: Single Family

Age: 16 years

Bedrooms: 4 rooms

Baths: 2.5 baths

Size: 2700 sq. ft.

Story: 2

Exterior: Bricks

Roofing: Composite

For demo2-7, copy and paste the following text into the ‘Text Message’ area including the blank lines:

San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

MLS ID#: 455321

Price: $829,000

Property: Single Family

Age: 5 years

Bedrooms: 4 rooms

Baths: 3 baths

Size: 2750 sq. ft.

Story: 2

Heating: Gas

Exterior: Stucco

Roofing: Brick tilts

We have just finished creating all the ads. We are ready to display then as digital signage content.

Click on the ‘View Content’ button under the content summary table to test run the ads you just created.

12.6 Display Your Real Estate Ads

Same as before, click on the Start menu in the lower left corner of your screen. Click on the second last icon on the right hand side named ‘Run’. You will see the Run dialog box appear at the lower left corner of your screen. In the Open field, type in the following command exactly the same way as we show you below. In order to construct the command, you need to know your user logon name, your account password and the location name. Let’s say your user logon name is myaccount, your user account password is myaccount123 and the location name is myshop, the command will be:

iexplore –k http://myadtv.com/viewplayer.php?uName=myaccount&uPass=myaccount123&lName=myshop

(make sure you type in the lower case L for lName, not an upper case i.)

12.7 Display Your Real Estate Ads (Alternate ‘Delegated’ Version)

A second way to generate the command is to use the location name and the location password. Say your location name is myshop and the location password is myshop123, the command will be:

iexplore –k http://myadtv.com/viewplayer.php?lName=myshop&lPass=myshop123

(make sure you type in the lower case L for lName and lPass, not an upper case i.)

After you entered the command in the Run dialog box, click the OK button to start the playback. This will display your ads in full screen without any browser frame. You need to remember: to close the full screen browser, you need to press the Alt and F4 keys together.

13. Conclusion

Now you have learned how to create ad content from your own MyAdTV account. There are a few thinks you need to keep in mind: there is an ‘Online Help’ button on every page to give you a quick reference to the data fields you need to enter; there is a ‘Image Resolution Guide’ button on every new ad page to give you tips on how to select image resolution and aspect ratio for the display frame; when you need to create more ads than the allowable limit or when you need to upload larger flash or movie files, you need to upgrade your subscription to either ‘Standard’ or ‘Profession’.

We are also providing you with 2 more user guides on MyAdXchange and Account Structure Creation in MyAdTV. You need to be familiar with these features as well in order to utilize the full potential of MyAdTV.

Click here to go to MyAdXchange User Guide

Click here to go to MyAdTV Account Structure User Guide