- Setting up ad placements
- Configuring image banner ads
- Serving ads
- Tracking ad performance
Accessing the Dashboard
My Account
menu.
Allocating Budget to the Admin Account
-
Click
Admin
>Account Management
>Edit Admin Budget
from the left sidebar. -
Enter
10000
in the available credits field and clickSave Account Budget
.
Setting Up Ad Placements
-
Click
Create Placement
from the dashboard. -
Enter the following details while keeping the default settings:
-
Allowed Creative Types:
Display
-
Name:
Placement1
-
Description:
Test placement
-
Width:
1200
-
Height:
120
-
Allowed Creative Types:
-
Click
Create and Edit
. -
Verify the entered details and click
Save
. -
Navigate to
Advertising
>Placement
>Placement List
from the left sidebar. -
Locate the created placement and activate it by clicking
Activation
button.
For more details on configuring ad placements, refer to the Placement Guide.Now that the placement is ready, let’s proceed with creating an ad campaign to be displayed.
Creating Campaigns & Creatives and Allocating
Creating a Campaign
-
Click
Create Campaign
from the dashboard. -
Select
Impression
as the campaign goal. -
Enter the following details while keeping the default settings:
-
Name:
Campaign1
-
Description:
Test campaign
-
Budget:
1000
- Set the campaign start date time to 00:00.
-
Name:
-
Click
Create
. - Verify the created campaign.
Adjusting the campaign start time allows immediate ad display verification. In real cases, set the preferred campaign start time. See the Campaign Guide for more details.Now that the campaign is set up, the next step is to register creatives for the ad display.
Creating a Creative
-
In the campaign page, click
New Creative
. -
Select
Banner
. -
Enter the following details:
-
Name:
A2 Banner
-
Description:
A2 Pricing Page
-
Name:
-
Click
Create
. -
Enter
Banner Creative
fields and clickSave
:-
Destination Address:
https://aiderx.io/pricing
-
Image: Click
URL
, enterhttps://cdn.aiderx.app/public/media/a2_banner.png
, then clickLoad
.
-
Destination Address:
-
Click
Active
to activate.
A2 supports various creative formats. For more details, refer to the Creative Guide.Now, let’s allocate the campaign to the ad placement.
Allocating the Campaign
-
Click
New Placement Allocation
from the campaign page. -
Select
Placement1
. -
Click
Select and Detailed Settings
. -
Click
Save
. -
In the allocation list, click
Request Publication
, then clickApprove Publication
.
For additional allocation options, refer to the Allocation Guide.Now that the setup is complete, let’s integrate the ad into a website.
Serving Ads
Using Placement Tags to Request Ads
-
Navigate to
Advertising
>Placement
>Placement List
from the left sidebar. -
Select
Placement1
. -
Click
Get Placement Tag
from thePlacement Information
section.
Requesting Ads from A2-SSP (Supply-Side Platform)
You can now request ad creatives from the A2-SSP Endpoint and receive results.-
Send a request
-
Check the responseIf you see output like this, it’s working correctly:
For detailed methods on requesting ads, refer to the documentation For detailed API specifications, refer to A2 API Specification
Sending Adlogs to A2-Event API
Let’s learn how to send user-related logs using the A2 Event API.- The API endpoint is
/app/v0/log
.
-
sending ad logs
-
An ad log is an event that occurs after showing an ad to a user. You need to include the
ad_log
from the A2-SSP response. -
A2 uses the
ad_log
to distinguish ad-related information. -
If you use the
SDK
, thead_log
is automatically integrated, so there is no need to send it separately.
-
An ad log is an event that occurs after showing an ad to a user. You need to include the
-
sending action logs
- An action log records various user behaviors such as clicks, impressions, views, purchases, cart additions, searches, etc.
For detailed API specifications, refer to A2 API Specification
Tracking Ad Performance
-
Navigate to
General
>Analytics
>Placement
orCampaign
. -
At the top of the
Placement Details Page
. -
At the top of the
Campaign Details Page
.
This concludes the A2 Getting Started guide. We hope this guide has helped you set up A2 in your local environment and understand its basic usage. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our support team.
Next Steps
To learn more about A2, check out these resources:- A2 Architecture Overview(TBW)- Understand the overall structure of A2 and the role of each component.
- A2 API Specification - Find detailed specifications for all A2 APIs. Refer to this when you want to use advanced features.