Extension: Saurus 4 Banner Manager

About

This is read me file of "Saurus 4 Banner Manager" extension.

The extension may be overwritten by Saurus CMS version upgrades. If you wish to modify the extension, make a copy of extension to create a custom version.

Requirements

1. Saurus CMS Data profiles module
2. Saurus CMS Custom Assets module

Installation

1. Copy the folder "saurus4_banner_manager" to extensions/ directory in your site root.
2. Create two new profiles for custom assets (Admin -> System -> Profiles), one for banner containers or Slots and one for Banners. The Slots profile must have following data:

   Field name	Translation	Input type	Data type	Required
   banner_man_slot_nr	Slot nr	Text	Integer	YES
   banner_man_height	Height	Text	Integer	YES
   banner_man_width	Width	Text	Integer	YES

   And the Banner profile must have:

   Field name	Translation	Input type	Data type
   banner_man_banner_file	Image	Text	Text
   banner_man_target	URL	Text	Text
   banner_man_flash_file	Flash movie	Text	Text
   banner_man_alt_text	Tooltip	Text	Text
   banner_man_active	Active	Text	Tinyint
   banner_man_weight	Weight	Text	Integer
   banner_man_new_window	Open in popup	Text	Tinyint
   banner_man_section_id	Section	Text	Integer

3. Open the "extension.config.php" for editing and fill in the blanks for
   1. $EXTENSION['constants']['slots_profile'] with the Slots profile ID.
   2. $EXTENSION['constants']['banners_profile'] with the Banners profile ID.
   3. $EXTENSION['constants']['slots_parent'] with the sections ID under which the banner are created, this can be any System section of any language in the site.
   .
4. Go to your site: Admin > Extensions > Extensions and click Refresh to synchronise. The admin page for banners is now available in the Extensions menu.

Version history

Version 1.0 / 25.05.2007

Version 1.1 / 04.07.2007