How to make styled native slider ads
Slider ads are banner ads that appear at the bottom of the page. They prompt the viewer to click and slide their mouse cursor over the banner. Doing so will reveal a second image. You can use native templates to create slider ad items that are tailored to your needs.
This feature requires the Enhanced Ads add-on. For more information on adding add-ons to your subscription, read How to change your subscription.
If you'd rather have all the necessary code (HTML, JavaScript and CSS) in the template, you should make your slider ad using a custom native ad template instead. For more information on the differences between custom native ads and styled native ads, read About native ad templates.
Templates for custom native ad items are not compatible with styled native ad items, and vice-versa.
You will learn:
- How to create a template for a styled slider ad. You can customize the sample code to fit your needs.
- How to create a styled slider ad item once you have a styled slider template.
How to create a styled slider ad template
This template will require the user to provide the URLs to where the image creatives are hosted when creating the slider ad item.
- Click Native Ad Templates in the left navigation menu to go to the Templates section.
- Click Add Native Ad Template in the Native Ad Templates table. The New Native Template window will appear.
- Click Styled. The New Native Ad Template page will appear.
- Name the template then add two image URL variables. In our sample code, we called these variables ImageURL and ImageURL2, respectively.
For templates that have multiple variables such as this one, you can drag the icon on the far left of each variable field up or down to reorder your variables.
You can save variables and use them in other templates. After adding a variable, click on the three dots at the far right of the variable fields then click Save Variable as Template. To use a saved variable, click Add Saved Variable while creating a native template.
- Enter the code in the HTML Template (Styled) field, then click Save Changes.
Here's the code we used in our example:
<div class="slider-container">
<div class="slider-image-container">
<a target="_blank" href="[TRACKING_LINK]" class="slider-image">
<img src="[%ImageURL%]">
</a>
<div class="slider-close-button-container">
<span class="slider-close-button">×</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="slider-button-container">
<div class="slider-button">
Click here to see more <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="slider-full-screen-container">
<div class="slider-full-screen-image-container">
<a target="_blank" href="[TRACKING_LINK]" class="slider-full-screen-image">
<img src="[%ImageURL2%]">
</a>
<div class="slider-full-screen-close-button-container">
<span class="slider-full-screen-close-button">×</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
You can now use this template to create a styled slider ad item.
How to create a styled slider ad item
- Go to the section of the relevant zone (Your AdButler > Publishers > Your Publisher > Your Zone) or campaign (Your AdButler > Advertisers > Your Advertiser > Your Campaign).
Styled native ad items can be assigned only to Native zones, with or without custom rendering enabled.
- Click Add Ad Item in the Ad Items table. The Add Ad Item window will appear.
- Click Native (Styled). The New Ad Item page will appear.
- Select your slider styled native ad template in the Template dropdown menu.
- Fill in the rest of the fields as needed, including the image URLs. If you entered a destination URL, you can test it by clicking Open Destination URL to the right of the field.
- Click Save Ad Item.
At this point, you have finished setting up the ad item on the AdButler interface. You must now add the JavaScript and style element needed to display this ad properly directly to your website. Here's the sample code that we used in our example. You must replace the zone tags and zone class in the code with your own zone tags and zone class.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.1.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
body {
overflow-x: hidden;
}
.slider-container {
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
transition: left 2s ease-in-out;
}
.slider-image-container {
position: relative;
width: 728px;
height: 90px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.slider-image {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 728px;
height: 90px;
}
.slider-button-container {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 10px;
height: 100%;
cursor: pointer;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.slider-button {
font-size: 28px;
color: #ffffff;
}
.slider-close-button-container {
position: absolute;
top: 3px;
right: 3px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.slider-close-button {
width: 21px;
text-align: center;
display: inline-block;
color: #ffffff;
font-size: 18px;
background: #000000;
border-radius: 21px;
user-select: none;
}
.slider-full-screen-container {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 100%;
transition: left 2s ease-in-out;
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.25);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.slider-full-screen-image-container {
position: relative;
}
.slider-full-screen-image-container a img {
max-width: 80vw;
max-height: 80vh;
}
.slider-full-screen-close-button-container {
position: absolute;
top: 3px;
right: 3px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.slider-full-screen-close-button {
width: 21px;
text-align: center;
display: inline-block;
color: #ffffff;
font-size: 18px;
background: #000000;
border-radius: 21px;
user-select: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<!-- To Edit 1: Replace Zone Tags below here with your own -->
<script type="text/javascript">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement("script"); s.async = true; s.type = "text/javascript"; s.src = 'https://servedbyadbutler.com/app.js'; var n = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}</script>
<div class="plc104323"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var AdButler = AdButler || {}; AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];
var abkw = window.abkw || '';
var plc104323 = window.plc104323 || 0;
(function(){
var divs = document.querySelectorAll(".plc104323:not([id])");
var div = divs[divs.length-1];
div.id = "placement_104323_"+plc104323;
AdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(######, ######, [0,0], 'placement_104323_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc104323++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com', click: 'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});
})();</script>
<!-- Replace Zone Tags above here with your own -->
<script>
// To Edit 2: Update this class with your zone's class
var zoneClass = 'plc104323';
function slideLeft() {
document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass + ' .slider-container').style.left = '-100%';
document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass + ' .slider-full-screen-container').style.left = '0';
}
function slideRight() {
document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass + ' .slider-container').style.left = '0';
document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass + ' .slider-full-screen-container').style.left = '100%';
}
AdButler.ads.push(function () {
var wrapper = document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass);
wrapper.addEventListener(AdButler.EVENTS.LOAD, function (e) {
// makes close button functional
var closeButton = document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass + ' .slider-close-button');
closeButton.addEventListener('click', function () {
document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass + ' .slider-container').style.display = 'none';
document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass + ' .slider-full-screen-container').style.display = 'none';
})
// makes slider button functional
var sliderButton = document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass + ' .slider-button');
sliderButton.addEventListener('click', slideLeft);
// makes full screen close button functional
var fullScreenCloseButton = document.querySelector('.' + zoneClass + ' .slider-full-screen-close-button');
fullScreenCloseButton.addEventListener('click', slideRight);
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
