Re: [cgiapp] Ad Server

[Michael Peters <suppressed>]

Michael Peters wrote:
> Joel Gwynn wrote:
> 
>>So the ads are inserted via javascript and not interpreted php?  What
>>are the non-javascript options, just out of curiousity.
> 
> 
> It really shouldn't be that hard to write a one mode C::A that would
> randomly pick an ad and send it to the browser. If you use mod_rewrite
> (or mod_perl) you can even make anyone looking at the source think it's
> just a normal jpg.
> 
> Something like:
> 
>   <img src="/random_ad.jpg" />
> 
> And then in your httpd.conf (using mod_rewrite)
> 
>   RewriteRule ^/random_ad\.jpg$/  /my_add.cgi [R,L]

Or if you want to get fancy and specify the height and width...

  <img src="/50x100/random_ad.jpg" />

with the following rewrite rule

   RewriteRule ^/(.*)x(.*)/random_ad.jpg$/
/my_add.cgi?height=$1&width=$2 [R,L]

Just some ideas :)

-- 
Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP


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