MyHomeIdeas.com

Standard Ad Specs

Ad Product	Dimensions	File Size	Format
728x90 (Leaderboard)	728x90	initial load: 40k polite load: 100k	.swf/.jpg/.gif/3rd party
300x600 (Half Page)	300x600
300x250 (Lrg Rectangle)	300x250
994x250 (Horizontal Billboard)	994x250	initial load: 60k polite load: 100k
300x100 (CIB)	300x100	10k max	.swf/.jpg/.gif/3rd party No Rich Media
470x75 (CIB)	470x75
170x30 (Logo)	88x31	5k max	Site Served .jpg/.gif No Rich Media

Rich Media Ad Specs

Ad Product	Dimensions	File Size	Format
728x90 (Expandable)	max expansion: 728x270 downward	initial load: 40k polite load: 100k	3rd party served only
300x250 (Expandable)	max expansion: 500x500 left

General Standard/Rich Media Ad Product Specifications Tracking

• All Standard/Rich Media ad products listed above support:
  3rd Party 1x1 impression tracking (Not including Newsletter Ad Placements)
  3rd Party click tracking via click command URLs

Animation

• Animation is not to exceed 30 seconds
• Maximum Frames Per Second (FPS): 24 - includes both site served flash files and 3rd party served flash files

User Interaction

• Any expandable portion of the ad must contain a clearly visible 20x30 [x] CLOSE or SKIP button that allows the user to stop the animation and close the expanding element immediately.
• "Same in-Same out" Expansion on mouse-over requires collapse on mouse-off. Expansion on click requires click to collapse.

Expandable Ads

• Max number of panels: (4) at 80k max for each panel
• Expandable ad panels can at no time cover, impede or otherwise obscure site logo, or other in-page ad spaces (same advertiser exceptions permitted)

Audio/Video

• All audio must be user-initiated on click
• Video can be host initiated. May only download/stream 1mb maximum politely. Maximum in-banner video duration is :30 seconds
• Must contain stop, pause, play and audio control buttons

Border

• All ad units must have a 1 pixel border surrounding entire creative.

Backup Files

• All Third Party Tags must have backup files (gif, jpg or png).
• If site served flash files, backup files (gif,jpg or png) are mandatory.

Flash "clickTag" Specs

In order for MyHomeIdeas.com to properly track and report clicks with site served flash ads, please ensure all ads have the clickTag properly implemented. Adobe/Macromedia currently recommends a "clickTag" method to track clicks for flash ads. This method uses variables to pass the click tracking string and URL into the Flash creative movies. As a result, the only text in the URL box is _level0.clickTag (underscore level ZERO period clickTag). _level0. (underscore level zero period) is included for "pathing" purposes to ensure that Flash can properly locate the variable.

• Transparent Button object layered on top of clickable area
• Button clickthrough URL: _level0.clickTag (underscore level ZERO period clickTag)
• Target window is set to "_blank"
• Variables is set to "Don't send"
• Active Clickthrough URLs must accompany submission of flash files in .txt/.xls file

Here is what the coding will look like when you are done:

	on (release)						
	{	 						
	getURL(_level0.clickTag, "_blank");						
	}
	

For flash files with multiple clickable areas, we accept multiple clickTags as follows:

• clickTag (clickable area A)

	on (release)						
	{ 						
	getURL(_level0.clickTag, "_blank");						
	}
	

• clickTag (clickable area B)

	on (release)						
	{ 						
	getURL(_level0.clickTag1, "_blank");						
	}
	

• clickTag (clickable area C)

	on (release)						
	{ 						
	getURL(_level0.clickTag2, "_blank");						
	}
	

Flash "clickTag" AS3 Specs Create the button

• Transparent Button object layered on top of clickable area
• Convert Button to symbol. In the properties panel, assign the button an instance name (such as "myButton"), which will be referenced in the ActionScript.

Add the ActionScript to the button

• Create a new layer, select the first keyframe in the layer and activate the Actions panel.
• Copy and paste the code below. This defines the on click function. This function will be called upon once your button is clicked:

	function onButtonClick(evt:MouseEvent):void{
	if (root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag.substr(0,5)=="http:" ||
	root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag.substr(0,6)=="https:" ){
	navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag),"_blank");
	}
	}
	

• Use the following code to connect the function above to the button you created. This tells flash what to do once the button is clicked. This code can be placed anywhere in your Actionscript code, but makes sense to attach it to your button layer. (In AS3, you can no longer attach Actionscript to the button itself, only to the layer):

	myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick);
	

Flash files with multiple clickable areas

• Fucntions:

	function onButtonClick1(evt:MouseEvent):void{
	navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag), '_blank');
	}
	function onButtonClick2(evt:MouseEvent):void{
	navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag2), '_blank');
	}
	function onButtonClick3(evt:MouseEvent):void{
	navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag3), '_blank');
	}
	function onButtonClick4(evt:MouseEvent):void{
	navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag4), '_blank');
	}
	function onButtonClick5(evt:MouseEvent):void{
	navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag5), '_blank');
	}
	

• Methods:

	button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick1);
	button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick2);
	button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick3);
	button4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick4);
	button5.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick5);
	

Newsletters

All Time Inc Digital properties which distribute newsletters adhere to the same general ad product specifications - although specific ad size may vary.

MyHomeIdeas.com accepts 300x250 and 88x31 ad sizes for the newsletter.

• Static .jpg/.gif ONLY (NO HTML or Javascript mark up allowed)
• Active clickthrough URL/click command must accompany submission of static creative files in .txt/.xls file