Ad Ops Hub 2.3

All things Ad Ops.

Advertising.
Ad Specs

The Ad Specs live here.

They slice! They dice! They spec out our guidelines for ads!

Need to know what ad formats run on what websites? Want to get reacquainted with the takeover templates? Just want to marvel at our Better Ads Standards compliance? Come get a taste.

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Witness the power of three DFP troubleshooting tools.

Become a master of the art of troubleshooting in 7mins and 41 seconds.

Google Publisher Toolbar, Google Console and the Network tab in your browser development tools are your ultimate weapons in the fight agaisnt ad issues (well... that and nun-chucks).

Do these

Time to go back to school.

Grab your favourite pen, a pint of snakebite and leave every project until the last minute - that's right, you're going to uni!

You may have been through some of it before when you first started, but there's still more advanced courses to get your teeth into! Besides, the video guides and explanations are a great refresher and troubleshooting tool. Hell, it'll even teach you things you never even considered before!

DFP Uni AdX Uni
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Feedback
“I care about YOU almost as much as I care about dogs - and that's alot!”
Alan Pring, Bad Joke Manager

Got an idea to make Ad Ops life better? Want something adding to the Hub? Need a confluence page updating? Any other cool stuff we should make? This is your place to let us know!

Feedback!
Delightful Devices

Test across a range of THREE devices.

Want to test a radio app or Bauer Alexa skill? Well now you can with our test phones and Echo Dot. All here for your ad ops enjoyment.

The test devices live in an top-secret undisclosed government location (a small white cupboard at the end of Alan's desk). They come in three flavours: iOS, Android, Echo Dot and Salted Caramel. If you want access, you're going to need to know the passwords...

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Tools

Don't be one, use one.

A generator
Instream Companion Ad Generator

Got the url of your companion ad for instream? Good. Now you can use this handy tool to generate your new HTML companion ad code :)

Generate!
A generator
Sophus3 Tag Tool

Generate a Sophus3 tag by selecting the car model and ad type. Model not in the list? Let Alan know and it'll get updated!

Tag Tool
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HTML5 clickTag Example

Is a client or designer having trouble getting to grips with clickTags for their creative? Feel free to download this example/explainer and send it to them!

Download
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Mystery Tool

Some say this tool was handed down from the Lord himself. Some say it was made by men with evil minds. Some say no one says any of that.

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Mystery
Project Name Generator

Generate amazing names for your next project!

Generate!
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Ads Status Dashboard

Check if Google have announced any ad related issues e.g. reporting, ad serving, clickthrough etc.

Ads Status Dashboard
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Bauer Radio App Downloads

Download the TEST VERSIONS of the apps. Do not use for day-to-day testing, download those from the normal app or google play stores

Bauer Radio Apps
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Safezone Checker

Check if the skin you have been supplied complies with our safezones!

Check Those Zones!
You're not alone

What Happens In Ad Ops

Feel like you're the only one in Ad Ops? False.

Though us Ad Op types may be as rare as unicorns riding bears, out there in the internet ether other teams do exist. Share in their pain and laughter.

Website Podcast

When You Realise Other People Share Your Pain


Ops Requests

New Sites and Migrations

Pass on this link for New Site and Migration Requests

Any new site or migration requests must go through this form so we can collect all relevant information and give them an accurate timescale for the work.

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Transparents? Forget about 'em!

We're all about HTML comments now.

Tired of searching for the correct transparent image size to upload? Fed up of losing that 1x1 pixel that you were 100% sure WAS on your desktop? Well sigh no more! Now with the power of HTML comments you can easily load a blank into any ad slot you desire with one simple bit of code you'll be able to type from memory, because you're hot sh*t!

HTML Comments

n.b. this won't work with skins as we use a template, so download one from this button:

It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.

HTML Comment Example

Copy the below into the Third Party Tag creative type and this will create a transparent the size of the ad slot

<!-- no ads -->

This will do the same, but it's more flattering:

<!-- I <3 AJ. He's so cooooool -->
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Song of the Month

Big Tunez. The biggest Tunez, in fact.

This month features the murderous "Shia LaBeouf" by Rob Cantor

Got a track suggestion? Then you best drop Alan a messaged with a link to your submission. Tunez must be 'lit', 'fire', or other words used to describe great things.