What's the difference between Rules Engine at campaign level and story level?
Rules engine applied to a campaign determine the sequencing of the stories. Rules engine applied to a story on the other hand, determine the messaging sequence within a single story. See Rules Engine for more.
Can GIF files be used as a media assets for ads?
They absolutely can!
Can Connected Stories automatically resize media assets to fit the specs?
Videos are automatically resized to fit the format. Images in overlay can be resized manually and be placed anywhere on the video. While images in the companion need to meet format's specs. See Ad Formats for more.
How many stories can I add for each Ad format?
As many as you like!
How many formats can I add for each Campaign?
As many as you like!
What are the available formats I can use?
Here a complete list of all the formats we support.
Can I customize the type of widget to be used?
Customized widgets in Connected-Story are called Instant Apps. Instant Apps are HTML5 container and can be easily customized and added as widgets into any story. See Instant App for more.
How many widgets can I add to a story?
Widgets are added into a story as events. The length of a story and the duration of each widget's event will dictate how many of them can be added to a story. Depending upon formats certain areas won't support more than one widget at the time. See Archived: Widgets for more
What's the difference between Widgets and Instant App?
Widgets are standard features offered by Connected-Stories, while Instant Apps are highly customizable HTML5 elements. Connected-Stories offers a high variety of Instant Apps to choose from but it also allows users to add its own. To learn more about Archived: Widgets and Instant Apps visit their respective sections.
Can you measure the reach and performance of Connected Stories's Campaign?
Connected-Stories provides analytics tools upon customer request and does also allow implementation of 3rd party tracking.
Is there a limit to the number of images that can be added in the Photo Gallery widget?
There's no limit, although you should make sure that all images will be seen within the period of your ad exposure with enough appreciation time.
What is the background image URL for?
The background image URL is an image you assign to a certain story to serve as back-up visuals for live campaigns.
What specs do I use for the background image URL?
You may assign any size for the image as long as it is high resolution and doesn't pixelize. The size of the background image URL will depend on the format of your campaign.
In what file can the Ad Formats be exported to?
Created ad formats can be exported to the standard VAST, VPAID, MRAID, HTML5, JS.