GATEWAY

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Overview

The Gateway is a high-impact and high-reach custom ad placement. The Gateway’s crossbar arches side to side between the site’s header section and content pane. This crossbar includes a click initiated expanding panel and standard gutter ads.

Product Rules

  • The Gateway must be booked in conjunction with a standard Medium Rectangle. Note that the Medium Rectangle is independent to the Gateway – no synchronisation or other interaction is available between these two units.
  • Clickable area is restricted to the gateway image’s dimension.
  • Gateway images must include a logo or other form of client identification. The images must be clearly expressing their nature as advertisement in order not to deceive users.
  • The gateway requires pre-approval.
  • Images are static, animation is not allowed in the unexpanded state.
  • Some users may have screen resolutions too narrow to display the gutter area. In these cases the images will be removed from the page but not the crossbar.
  • No frequency capping is applied, however a Fairfax implemented standard remove button enables users to remove the crossbar element for the rest of the day.
  • If video is included in the click initiated expanded panel, it may start auto-play with sound, but is required to have a play/pause button on the player
  • This product is only supported on desktop devices!
  • The expanded panel must also include a standard close button
  • Where can this run? See the Site Matrix

Specifications

GatewayDimensionsFile SizeFile TypeNotes
Crossbar996(W) X 120(H) pixels100KB polite loading3rd Party Tag (HTML5, JPG, GIF, PNG)Background should be set to transparent so that gutter image can be seen trough it
Gutter Image1242(W) X 500(H) pixels100KBJPG/GIF/PNGBackground colour to be supplied in hexadecimal format (e.g. #FFFFFF)
Click URL / TrackingClick through URL or optional 3rd party click tracker
Impression TrackerOptional overall Impression tracker

Superking GatewayDimensionsFile SizeFile TypeNotes
Crossbar996(W) X 120(H) pixels100KB polite loading3rd Party Tag (HTML5, JPG, GIF, PNG)Background should be set to transparent so that gutter image can be seen trough it
Gutter Image1800(W) X 1000(H) pixels150KBJPG/GIF/PNGBackground colour to be supplied in hexadecimal format (e.g. #FFFFFF)
Click URL / TrackingClick through URL or optional 3rd party click tracker
Impression TrackerOptional overall Impression tracker

Chameleon Functionality

To trigger a new set of images, the creative must trigger the following JavaScript functions:

        // i IS AN INTEGER CORRESPONDING TO:
        // - THE PANEL TO EXPAND
        // - THE CORRESPONDING *ARCH IMAGE-SET*
        parent.chameleonSelect(i)

 

Deliverables

  • 3rd Party Served Expandable Crossbar as per specifications
  • A single jpeg image built to the specifications below. Gutters are served and hosted by Fairfax and cannot be 3rd party adserved.
  • Please download the latest PSD template to prepare your creative.

Please ensure you select the correct template as there is a price difference between the Gateway and the Superking Gateway

Reporting

  • Clicks*
  • Impressions
  • For crossbar’s that are build by Fairfax custom metrics will be provided based off the design
  • There are no other Rich Media metrics for gateway creative

* Clicks will be measured as an overall metric and not individually, this may mean that they are tracked as an accumulative of gutter clicks & mrec or crossbar clicks. To track gutters other elements separately third party tracking must be provided.

 

Lead Times

TIER 2: 5 business days lead time.

Fairfax Blueprints and Fairfax custom builds may be subject to minimum spends and/or production costs – refer to your Account Manager for further details

Creative specifications can change at any time – always refer to the AdCentre.

 

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