Interstital or floating DHTML zones
JavaScript is the only zone tag you can use with interstitial or floating DHTML zones. There are four types of interstitial or floating DHTML zones, and each has some special parameters you can set in addition to the optional parameters described in the Zone tags page. Select the type of interstitial zone you want to use from the Style menu on the Zone properties > Invocation code tab.
Set the special and other optional parameters and click the Refresh button to update the bannercode. When you have set all desired parameters, copy and paste the bannercode into your web pages or page templates.
The interstitial or floating DHTML zones are:
Simple
This type of zone is suitable for a splash page that appears on top of a web page and disappears after a set period of time. The additional parameters for these zones are:
| Parameter | Description |
| Horizontal alignment | Set the ad to appear at the left, center or right of the web page. If the user resizes the browser, the position of the ad adjusts accordingly. |
| Vertical alignment | Set the ad to appear at the top, middle or bottom of the web page. If the user resizes the browser, the position of the ad adjusts accordingly. |
| Show close button | Select Yes if you want to enable the user to close the ad. |
| Automatically close after | If you want the ad to close automatically, enter the number of seconds before it closes. If you do not enter a value, the ad does not close. |
| Banner padding | This value defines the padding between the banner and the interstitial layer that contains it. The default value is 2 pixels. |
| Horizontal shift | Use this value to provide a more precise definition of the location of the interstitial, for example to set it to appear 10 pixels from the left of the window if you set the horizontal alignment to left. |
| Vertical shift | Use this value to provide a more precise definition of the location of the interstitial, for example to set it to appear 10 pixels from the top of the window if you set the horizontal alignment to top. |
| Background colour | This value defines the color of the interstitial that contains the banner. The default colour is white and you can select an alternative colour using the colour picker provided. |
| Border colour | This value defines colour of the 1 pixel border that surrounds the interstitial. The default colour is black and you can select an alternative colour using the colour picker provided. |
| Transparent background | Tick the checkbox if you want the interstitial that contains the ad to be transparent. |
| No border | Tick the checkbox if you want the interstitial to have no border. |
Floater
This type of zone is suitable for an ad that moves across a web page to disappear at the far side or to "loop" across the screen more often or continually. The additional parameters for these zones are:
| Parameter | Description |
| Horizontal alignment | Set the ad to appear at the left, center or right of the web page. If the user resizes the browser, the position of the ad adjusts accordingly. |
| Vertical alignment | Set the ad to appear at the top, middle or bottom of the web page. If the user resizes the browser, the position of the ad adjusts accordingly. |
| Show close button | Select Yes if you want to enable the user to close the ad. |
| Automatically close after | If you want the ad to close automatically, enter the number of seconds before it closes. If you do not enter a value, the ad does not close. |
| Banner padding | This value defines the padding between the banner and the interstitial layer that contains it. The default value is 2 pixels. |
| Horizontal shift | Use this value to provide a more precise definition of the location of the interstitial, for example to set it to appear 10 pixels from the left of the window if you set the horizontal alignment to left. |
| Vertical shift | Use this value to provide a more precise definition of the location of the interstitial, for example to set it to appear 10 pixels from the top of the window if you set the horizontal alignment to top. |
| Background colour | This value defines the color of the interstitial that contains the banner. The default colour is white and you can select an alternative colour using the colour picker provided. |
| Border colour | This value defines colour of the 1 pixel border that surrounds the interstitial. The default colour is black and you can select an alternative colour using the colour picker provided. |
| Transparent background | Tick the checkbox if you want the interstitial that contains the ad to be transparent. |
| No border | Tick the checkbox if you want the interstitial to have no border. |
Cursor
This type of zone is suitable for an ad that appears by the user's mouse cursor and follows the cursor as it moves.
| Parameter | Description |
| Smooth movement | If you select Yes the banner does not "chase" the cursor, but moves smoothly in its track at a predetermined speed. If you select No the user cannot click the banner. |
| Speed | This setting controls the speed at which the banner follows the cursor and is available only if you set the smooth movement option. |
| Hide the banner when the cursor is not moving | If you do not select Yes, the banner will obscure the page content when the cursor is not moving. |
| Delay before banner is hidden | This setting is only available if you select to hide the banner when the cursor is not moving. |
| Transparency of the hidden banner | This setting is only available if you select to hide the banner when the cursor is not moving, and you can obscure it up to 90%. This setting only works with Internet Explorer 5.5 or above. |
| Horizontal shift | This value indicates the horizontal offset of the banner from the cursor and the default value is 10 pixels. |
| Vertical shift | This value indicates the vertical offset of the banner from the cursor and the default value is 10 pixels. |
Geocities
This type of zone is suitable for an ad that is similar to the ads that appear on Geocities pages. These banners appear at the top of a web page and contain buttons the user can click to collapse and close them.
| Alignment | Set the ad to appear at the left, center or right of the web page. If the user resizes the browser, the position of the ad adjusts accordingly. This setting applies to horizontal alignment only because all of these types of ads appear at the top of the page. |
| Close text | This text appears under the ad and when the user clicks the text, the interstitial collapses. |
| Automatically collapse after | If you enter a value, in seconds, in this field, the interstitial will collapse after this period. |
| Banner padding | This value defines the padding between the banner and the interstitial layer that contains it. The default value is 2 pixels. |