[DeepDish]

I am smart enough to figure how to install freeby cgi scripts but can't figure out this problem.

We have 8 websites hosted by various hosting companies around the country I want to put multiple rotating banner ads on. These ads change regularly, number up to 100 and will be the same on all 8 sites. I could use a simple cgi script, but since all 8 sites use the same ads and the ads change often, I didn't want to update all 8 site's cgi script all the time.

I am looking for a way to have one centralized location for the ad banner information that all 8 sites can access. This way I am updating only one set (database) of banner information instead of 8 sets.

I have ASIP 6.3 running on my cox@work network in my office. Plus, I have all of my banner information, link, image name and alt text in a FileMaker database.

What I need help with is finding someway for me to maintain a FMP database of all my banners on my local server with a static IP so that my various websites can have a simple line of code placed multiple times per page (for multiple ads per page) on websites hosted remotely by multiple servers.

Lasso confuses the heck out of me. And Lasso Lite is free.

Anyone know of a cgi solution? Anyone out there to walk me through Lasso Lite?

Thank you.

Here is one of my sites with a temp banner solution on it: http://www.b2bqo.com/issues/b2b2spri...spring01.shtml

sample site so far

[macvillage.net]

Why not use a script that uses img tags and zones so that you can zone for different sites and use the same ad system for all. There are many available as shareware and commercial.

[DeepDish]

macvillage.net,

Sorry, but maybe I am out of my league here.

I have yet to find a script I can put on one site/server that will access the banner information a script made on another site/server. Each script will read/write it's data file to only it's local cgi bin.

Can you reccomend any script by name?

Sorry, I am smart enough to figure how to install the script, but have yet to find one that does what I am looking for.

DeepDish

[seanrg_2000]

I'm a bit hazy on CGI myself, however I belive the following would fit the bill.

If I'm reading correctly, you have 8 different web sites that display the same banner ad at a given time, they rotate out with some frequency, but still the same ad.

The actual ads themselves change often, and rather than updating 8 different cgi scripts at various location every time, you'd rather have a central store that could be modified that all 8 sites would pick up on.

What if the CGI scripts simply connected to a remote database to determine what the live banner was when the page is loaded? From a quick look with google, this appears to be possible.

So you still have 8 cgi scripts, but they're the same one which provides the database access to get the correct ad to display. At that point, all you need is to keep the database updated.

Sean
Sacredpaws.net

[RubberDucky]

You'll have to do something like this:

Find a CGI script that does something close to what you want for one site, then get it doing the banners and links and rotation properly. Then, make the script have a Javascript output that's something like this:

javascript.writeln("<a href=link.htm><img src=whateverimage.gif></a>");

Then, you can put a link to that Javascript in whatever page you want like so:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://yourIP/scriptname"></script>

That should accomplish what you need. If you find a link to a script that works kinda like you want it, but doesn't work for multiple sites, toss me a link and I'll take a look at it.

[cteselle]

Originally posted by DeepDish:
<STRONG>Can you reccomend any script by name?
</STRONG>

Check out WebAdverts It will do everything that you want.

It uses javascript for the sites that are not local, and SSI for those that are.

hope this helps!

[DeepDish]

Thank you everybody. I downloaded WebAdverts. Took me a whole to get it to work right, but it is working great. I zones on the ads and remote servers accessing banner ads via a javascript also.

Thank you very much every body.

DeepDish