Banners Module - How to use it?

[FCazabon]

Hi,

I'm trying out the Banners Module version 2.7 on my CMSMS version 1.11.13 without any success.

The module is installed and Going into the Manage Banners option I have added a Category called "Left Container" and set the default image to "images/Left Container Banners/PAVI Poster 1-01.jpg". What do I put in as the default URL and the Template? I've left both blank.

I have also added a Banner, given it a name and description and set the image to "images/Left Container Banners/PAVI Poster 1-01.jpg". What do I set as the URL here? I have it set to "mywebsite.org".

In my page I have put this in the content: {Banners category="Left Container"}

but nothing shows up on the page.

Any help appreciated.

[FCazabon]

Nobody have any ideas what I've missed?

[Jos]

My guess is you might need to check the dates "Expires" (needs to be in the future) and "Start Date" (needs to be in the past) in your banner.

[FCazabon]

Sorry for the late reply, I did not get an email notification that someone had replied.

Those dates are in the past and future. Any other ideas?

If I inspect the source of the page I seenothing in the area where I put the smarty tags {Banners category="Left Container"}. Is that to be expected?

[velden]

I don't know the module but curious if the category name is valid. Because it has a space in it.

You might test with a simple, lowercase category name. Or if the categories have aliases too then use the alias.

[Dr.CSS]

I use it with different cases, upper/lower/spaces etc. and it works fine...

{Banners category="658 x 100 Banner"}

When you fill out the banner do you use every input or ..?

[FCazabon]

When you fill out the banner do you use every input or ..?

I've filled in a value on every textbox on the Manage Banners page, see the attached screenshot