First you should choose the size of your banners. I would
suggest if your images are not the same size, you should open them up in your
favorite image software such as PSP and resize them, add a background, etc to
have all of them the same size.
The next thing to choose is the transition effect. This is how
your applet will change from one banner to the next.
You can choose from:
Next, choose how long you want your banners to be displayed. Remember,
if you leave any one for too long, your visitor will not see many of them.
Do you want your banners to link to a specific page or other
site? Choose your link here, when you click browse, the hyperlink dialog box
will open.
This last section is where you finally get to choose the banners
you add. Let me make a note here, the images do not have to be banners... any
image will work, just keep them the same size.
Click Add....
Click
to view full size.
Navigate your way to the image you want to include, click on it and click OK. You
will notice that you can choose from images saved on your system, out in the
WWW, or MS clipart.
After you have clicked OK, you have the opportunity to click
Add... again. Do so, and continue in this way until you have added all the
banners (images) you plan to have. Don't add too many, your visitors will
never see them all.
Remove
Move Up
Move Down
These three buttons allow you to remove an image from the list
of included images. Just highlight it and click remove, it will be gone. (Should
you change your mind, just click add and start over.)
Move Up and Move Down work the same way as Remove does.
Highlight the image you want to move, and click the Move Up or Move Down button
to change its' position. The position they are listed in this dialog box will
dictate their rotation in the applet.
Click OK...
The images in my banner ad manager are different sizes, see the
gray "border" around them? To prevent this, make sure all your images
are the same size.
They are set to change every 5 seconds, for these tiny icons, something much
quicker would have been OK, but for a larger banner with text and other
advertisement, 5 seconds would be ideal.
This applet does not require FP
extensions.