A full-width ad format that appears at the bottom of the browser window. The expanded panel appears on a click or mouseover. The expanded panel may contain video. The expanded panel collapses on a click on the Collapse button. An ad closes entirely on a Close button click.
This ad format may be subject to restrictions imposed by
Google in cooperation with the
Coalition for Better Ads on delivery of ads in Chrome. A list of ad experiences that should be avoided in this ad format according to
Initial Better Ads Standards:
· autoplaying video ad with sound.
Supported platforms
Desktop |
Tablet |
Phone |
Windows |
Mac |
iOS |
Android |
iOS |
Android |
Chrome, Firefox, Edge, IE10+ |
Safari7+, Chrome, Firefox |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Format requirements
Main panel
Standard sizes, WxH, px: 100%x90
Expanded panel
Standard sizes, WxH, px: 100%x400, 800×400
Video
- Video player container can be of any size within the expanded panel’s borders
- File type: .mp4
- Duration: 30 sec
- Frame rate: 24 fps
Audio
User-initiated (off by default)
Buttons
- “X Close” button in the upper right corner of the expanded panel (allows user to close the expanded stage)
- “X Close” button in the upper right corner of the initial panel (allows user to close the banner entirely)
- The minimum essential value of top and right properties for the Close button element is 5px.
Size
- max 300 KB without video
- max 2 MB with video
Download archive with the template.
Download
Present file structure corresponds to the default template only and can be changed by you. The required file in a .zip archive is body.html. All parameters such as dimensions, events, click tracking etc. can be defined in the body.html.
How to work with .zip archive (template)
- Unpack an archive with a creative template.
- For creative preview use the preview page or copy all files to a folder index – banners – banner – body and open a file index.html in the browser using localhost. For that, a web server has to be installed (e.g. IIS for Windows, Apache for Mac OS).
- Open the file body.html with the text editor and edit the code snippet inside tags <body> </body>.
Provide banner sizes, scripts, etc. within <body> </body> tags. Otherwise, the ad won’t show.
- Edit a file body.js.
- Save and archive all banner assets in .zip (you should archive the files, not the folder that contains the files).
File body.html must be in the root directory of the .zip file.
Asset requirements
ZIP archive
The banner with all banner assets should be archived as a .zip file. Use the .zip file with template.
HTML file
The HTML file must define all used sources (libraries, images etc). A recommended file name is body.html.
API connection and usage
globalHTML5Api connects automatically, requested in the following way.
- Expand the globalHTML5Api code
globalHTML5Api.on('load', function(){
/*
YOUR CODE IS HERE
*/
});
All used modules should be listed as function parameters. Two and more modules should be separated by commas. In this format, the Player module may be used.
A simplified example of the globalHTML5Api.init usage for the Expandable format.
- Expand the globalHTML5Api.init example code
globalHTML5Api.on('load', function(){
globalHTML5Api.init({
'resize' : [
{
'name': 'state-1',
'fixed' : {
'vertical':"bottom",
'horizontal':'center'
},
'width': '100%',
'height': '90px',
'onComplete': function () {
//function();
},
'onStart': function () {
//function();
}
},
{
'name': 'state-2',
'fixed' : {
'vertical':"bottom",
'horizontal':'center'
},
'width': '100%',
'height': '360px'
}
]
});
});
globalHTML5Api.init Parameters
Key |
Parameters |
Properties |
Type |
Description |
resize(options) |
– |
– |
– |
globalHTML5Api.resize initialization |
options |
– |
Array |
Array of objects with properties. Each object presents the container state (resizeState) |
name (required) |
String |
Object (state) name |
width (required) |
String|Number |
Banner container width |
height (required) |
String|Number |
Banner container height |
fixed |
– |
Object |
Object with properties. Describes the container position relatively to browser window |
vertical (required) |
top, bottom |
String |
The vertical alignment of the container |
horizontal (required) |
center |
String |
The horizontal alignment of the container |
onComplete |
Function |
Callback function running upon completion of globalHTML5Api.init.resize.to(this.name) |
onStart |
Function |
Callback function running upon starting of globalHTML5Api.init.resize.to(this.name) |
globalHTML5Api.resize Methods
Method |
Parameters |
Type |
Description |
to(resizeStateName, time, eventName) |
– |
– |
Changing of the current container state to the indicated one |
resizeStateName (required) |
String |
Container state to which the current one should be switched to |
time (required) |
Number |
Time for the container state changing animation |
eventName (required) |
String |
Events for tracking:
- adExpand – an ad container is expanding;
- adCollapse – an ad container is collapsing;
- adExpandAuto – an ad container is expanding automatically;
- adCollapseAuto – an ad container is collapsing automatically.
|
currentState() |
– |
– |
Method returns the string:
resizeState.name – current container state name;
interactive to resizeState.name – changing the container state to the indicated one. |
globalHTML5Api Methods
Method |
Arguments |
Type |
Description |
click(URL) |
– |
– |
Method to call the clickthrough. Target URL may be set as a parameter or from the user interface. The URL set in the code has a higher priority than the URL set from the UI, which can lead to a conflict. Therefore, it is mandatory to use only one of the available methods. |
URL (optional) |
String |
Target URL |
src(URL) |
– |
– |
Method returns the absolute path to file |
URL (optional) |
String |
Relative path to file |
Video
In case the creative contains video, follow the Video player module page.
Images
Supported file types: .jpg, .png, .gif, .svg
CSS files are supported as well.
Important! Make sure that external references to the files support only secure HTTPS scenarios.
Event tracking
- View
- Confirmed view
- Click
- Expand by user
- Auto-expand
- Collapse by user
- Auto-collapse
- Close
- Play
- Pause
- Resume
- Sound on
- Sound off
- Progress (firstQuartile, midpoint, thirdQuartile, complete)
Chrome
will limit the resources a display ad can use before the user interacts with the ad by removing heavy creatives from the page. An ad is considered heavy
if the user has not interacted with it (for example, has not tapped or clicked it) and it meets any of the following criteria:
– Uses the main thread for
more than 60 seconds in total
– Uses the main thread for
more than 15 seconds in any 30-second window
– Uses
more than 4 megabytes of network bandwidth
For any questions regarding ad manuals please contact the support manager of your account.