Click Ads Import from Admin Tasks
page. If you previously run Ads Import, then for every import
there will be a record in the list with the import details.
The "Database" column lists the name of the
Import database used for this import and confirms if the Import
database for current Import set is still within the "Import"
folder.
The "Images" column lists the images subfolder within the
"000000" folder for the current Import as well as confirms the
subfolder presence.
Clicking on a "User" column would bring a standard for RC "all
ads for user .." page with all ads posted by current user.
Clicking on an "Ads" column would bring the list of ads for
currently selected Import set only.
Action column would have 3 links:
Stat - Displays ads statistics.
Number of total, active, expired and disabled ads within the
selected Import set.
Cache - During Import the cache for
ads is not created. Here is your chance to cache all ads under a
specific Import set.
Delete - Not happy with some ads? Many
inconsistencies in ads data? You may delete all imported ads
with one click. Review and correct data in an import database and then run
import again.
Note: Cached ads if created for this import would
also be deleted. NO images however would be deleted from the
designated image folder NOR import database itself would be
modified. However if at list one ad was deleted individually
(via delete link on any other page other than ads import
management page) the
images for the ad deleted individually would be removed. So if
you decided to delete entire set and then run deleted import
over, at the evaluation stage
you would receive an error about missing images. You would
need to restore images deleted while ad was individually
deleted.
Expiration
The expiration for imported ads is handled
differently than for the ads posted manually. Imported ads do
not expire naturally. Instead a notification about ads
expiration is sent to administrator (one notification per one
Import set). At this point expired ads
are marked for expiration but remain online. If you go to Ads
Import management you would see the import status
expired (online) and a new link in
"action" column:
Take Offline - If you do not click
this link, imported ads would stay online forever (even though
expiration would display a past date). When you click this link,
all ads for the current import would actually be taken offline
and would be considered as "true" expired. At which point the
import status would be changed to expired
(offline) and a new link would appear at the "action"
column:
Repost - This link provides an
opportunity to repost all expired ads at once. Clicking the
link, would bring a small text box with the default ads
duration. Before reposting you may change the imported ads
duration for the next term and then click "Submit". All ads
for the selected Import set would be reposted at this point for a new duration.
Note: The global expiration/repost may only be
managed by administrator. User cannot be involved in this
process. No notifications would be sent to client. Individual
ads from the import set may however be reposted/deleted/disabled by a clients if they wish to
do so.
There are many scenarios you might face
during taking ads offline and reposting them, related to
individually reposted, disabled and enabled ads by a client.
Review Import highlights to get some answers.
Ads Import Highlights:
Q. May all ads be disabled at once within current
import set?
A. No, all ads may only be deleted at once. You may however
disable/enable selected ads (up to 30 at a time) at user ads
page or at the import view page (click on a number of ads within
Import Management page).
Q. If some ads are individually disabled
would they expire as global expiration occur?
A. No, ads would retain disabled status. If manually enabled
after expiration but before global reposting, those ads would
expire the next day sending another notification (see the next
question).
Q. Why did I receive multiple mortifications
about ads expiration for the same Import set?
A. If some ads were disabled before expiration but manually
enabled AFTER formal expiration or after you used "Take offline"
link, then you might receive another notification. Moreover the
status expired
(offline) might be reverted to
expired (online). In such a case
use "Take Offline" link over. But the best way to handle this,
is simply to use "Repost" ads link to repost all ads including
disabled right after you used "Take Offline".
Q. What would happen to disabled ads during global repost
process?
A. Disabled ads would retain disabled status. But the duration
would be reset and be in sync with the rest of the ads in an
Import set.
Q. If after global formal expiration and
after clicking the "Take Offline" link client went ahead and
reposted some ads from an Import set manually, what would be the
duration for those ads (given that I did not use global repost
and left all ads in expired status)?
A. The duration for ads reposted manually (NOT from Import
Management page) would be calculated based on the original
duration the import set was posted with.
Q. What would happen if after client reposted
some ads manually (from import set John's ads for
example), I went ahead and globally reposted John's ads
Import Set but used a different duration other than the
original?
A. Let's say the 365 days duration was used with originally
Imported John's ads set. After global expiration client
went ahead and reposted some ads for the same 365 days. Then
some time later you decided to repost the entire John's ads
set for the 180 days. ALL Ads in the set (including those
reposted manually by a client) would be reposted for 180 days starting from
the day you clicked the "Repost" link. This is done to keep the
entire Import set in sync.
Click Ads Import Plus from Admin Tasks
page. If you previously run Ads Import, then for every "import
plus"
there will be a record in the list with the import details.
The "Database" column lists the name of the
Import database used for this import and confirms if the Import
database for current Import set is still within the "Import"
folder.
The "Images" column lists the images subfolder within the
"000000" folder for the current Import as well as confirms the
subfolder presence.
Clicking on an "Ads" column would bring the list of ads for
currently selected Import set only.
Action column would have 3 links:
Stat - Displays ads statistics.
Number of total, active, expired and disabled ads within the
selected Import set.
Cache - During Import the cache for
ads is not created. Here is your chance to cache all ads under a
specific Import set.
Delete - Not happy with some ads? Many
inconsistencies in ads data? You may delete all imported ads
with one click. Review and correct data in an import database and then run
import again.
"Delete" do not remove Imported user accounts! Only ads
posted under newly created accounts are deleted. If you delete
the Import and run it again, user accounts would NOT be created
but ads would be posted under the correct user accounts created
in the first place.
Note: Cached ads if created for this import would
also be deleted. NO images however would be deleted from the
designated image folder NOR import database itself would be
modified. However if at list one ad was deleted individually
(via delete link on any other page other than ads import
management page) the
images for the ad deleted individually would be removed. So if
you decided to delete entire set and then run deleted import
over, at the evaluation stage
you would receive an error about missing images. You would
need to restore images deleted while ad was individually
deleted.
Ads Import Plus is less manageable
than the Ads Import when it comes to expiration and
reposting. This method is more user oriented. Ads posted under
this method expire the same way as regular ads and expected to
be reposted by users who own the ads.
Note: The "Expired (default)" column displays the
expiration date based on a global duration, set during ads
import and does not reflect the actual expiration of ads which
might be different if the duration is also set individually per
ad within the import template.