How to create and rotate ads

Create a house ad

Open Advertise → Free admin ad. Choose placement and duration, upload desktop and mobile creatives, configure targeting/start date, then save. House ads do not require an advertising order.

Control rotation

For a placement, set Active campaign capacity (1–50; default 3) and Ads shown at once (1–6; overlays show one). Eligible ads are shuffled on each page load. This is not a timed slideshow. Paid, approved campaigns can queue until capacity opens.

Choose a placement

Available positions: header, footer, content top, home statistics, content bottom, left sidebar, right sidebar, between nodes, between posts, modal, top bar and bottom bar. Between-content placements also use the insertion interval.

Prepare images

Both desktop and mobile creatives are required. Use an exact allowed size shown by the placement settings. Header examples include 728×90, 970×90 or 970×250; mobile 320×50 or 320×100. A 350px-wide banner is not automatically accepted. JPEG, PNG and WebP inputs are validated and decoded; mismatched dimensions are rejected rather than cropped.

Verify a footer campaign

Enable the placement, confirm approval/payment where applicable, UTC schedule and capacity, then inspect as a guest and member. Confirm a valid desktop and mobile creative. Check theme/footer support and ad-free role/group exclusions.