Hi! Great module, works beautifully...
...ONCE I realized my test Flash ad was using the parameter "clickTAG" and the mod uses "clickTag". (slaps forehead with hand)
There is apparently a raging debate going on in ad circles about how to standardize the capitalization of clicktag/clickTag/ClickTAG within ActionScript. A debate I was blissfully unaware of until I spent three days trying to troubleshoot why my ad wasn't clicking through to the target URL.
Don't know if there's any way around the problem, but thought I'd throw it out there in case others run into the same issue. For now I'll just put GIANT RED LETTERS on the input page telling people to stick to whatever standard my website decides on or their ads just won't click through....
MJ
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Comment #1
chriscohen commentedDo you think the module should accept any way of writing clicktag?
Comment #2
mjplace commentedThanks for the quick response, Chris!
I don't know enough about PHP to know how easy it would be to have three different names for the same variable, but yeah, that would be cool if it could be done. But it's not mission-critical. A nice feature down the road, though.
Going with what little *I* know, my troubleshooting adventure left me vaguely mulling over a wild scheme of experimenting with Services and AMFPHP (which I've never used before, so it would be a fun project) to build a swf "player" that would just be a transparent button with a "standardized" clicktag attached to it (meaning a clicktag matching the ad_flash mod). Hypothetically it would grab the ad_flash variables at runtime, call up the swf indicated, dynamically resize according to the swf's dimensions, and play the swf behind the button. That way it wouldn't matter WHAT variation of "clicktag" was used, or if the swf even HAD a clicktag, since it would all be behind this clicktagged button anyway. (I assume the button's clicktag would take precedence over whatever was imported, but who knows what would REALLY happen....)
Just looking to make the end user's experience as "user-cuddly" as possible, to ultimately make my life easier as admin. In the meantime, I guess it's safe to assume that anyone technologically proficient enough to make a Flash ad would know enough to add a clicktag to it, and if I demand a particular standard of them they'll just do it THAT way if they want it to work.
The mod works great, though, once I realized my stupidity. In my research I read the whole giant thread that led to your taking charge and creating ad_flash. A belated thanks for a nice module!
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Alex Andrascu commented