Utility to manage Display ads without User Generated Content

[brent]

Display ads without showing User Generated Content

1 Concept
1.1 Implement updates to serve ads for advertisers who are unwilling to share space with User Generated Content (UGC).
2 Business objectives
2.1 Many top Pharma advertisers are unwilling to allow their ads to appear on a page where UGC is visible. When we serve an ad from one of these advertisers we need to find a way to hide UGC on the page.
2.2 We also need to work out a better way to serve companion ads so that they do not replace or cover up existing display ads on a page.

(see attached specification)

[lila]

Note: These User Generated Content mock ups are done for the re-design _{not the old design. There is only artwork and no text. Please change the text to BLACK when it's made for the live site, and leave it as gray on the re-design. THANKS!}

[khaled]

Proposed Technical Solution:

1. Allow AdZones? to identify that they should have No user generated content via a NoUGC flag.
2. Identify modules that are contain User Generated Content (UGC).
3. Check the AdZone? being requested for the page, if it contains the NoUGC flag, do not display any UGC modules.

Step 1:
Add a database field to adZones titled NoUGC, bool type. 0 means off, 1 means on.
Step 2:
a. Produce a list of UGC modules / page partials / classes
b. Wrap each in a suppression class that checks for the NoUGC setting.
Step 3:
When adZones are inserted into the page, add an additional retrieval of the NoUGC parameter. Pass the parameter to each module's suppression wrapper. If on, the content should not be displayed either by preventing echo or setting class to display:none.

[khaled]

1. Added field nougc to table hg_adzones
2. Passed field through AdZoneModel? class (expands return of the class from a single string to an array which includes the nougc value)
3. This value is then parsed in init.php and a view variable is set (supressUGC, which is true or false).
4. UGC Partials should check this variable before rendering (if it's a partial render, the value should be passed to the partial from the main view) and suppress themselves appropriately.
5. Added the ability to set the nougc field from the AdManager? tool in Admin Pages. Default is 0 (Do not suppress UGC).

[khaled]

Checked in to Dev Server, revision 1811

[khaled]

Additional Requirements identified:

1. Should be able to show the UGC if the user requests it via a link (see design).
2. If the user requests UGC, the page must displayed UGC safe ads (noUGC ads must not be shown).

[khaled]

Replying to khaled:

Additional Requirements identified:

1. Should be able to show the UGC if the user requests it via a link (see design).
2. If the user requests UGC, the page must displayed UGC safe ads (noUGC ads must not be shown).

1. Added display and a link to show UGC, link refreshes the page and adds a showComments tag to the URL.
2. If the page contains the showComments tag in the URL, the page uses the default adZones for the channel, which should be guaranteed UGC safe.

Added a new check to the AdZoneModel? that allows for a ugc safe parameter to be passed. If it is, the Model only returns the default zones.

[brent]

Where can i test this? is this all managed by the zone setting in the back office?

[brent]

Attempted to Test.

1. Created test ad zone with UGC Suppressed for video 102122 (Zone ID #620) at http://devbaby.healthgurumedia.com/admin/manageads

2. Reviewed watch page and saw comments are displayed

Testing Failure - please advise of proper testing procedure

[khaled]

Testing Notes:

This fix was applied to the main web environment (devsex, devpreg, etc.). Fix for the standard platform is not yet applied (devbaby, baby).

Please attempt identical testing process as per devbaby in devsex, devpreg or other main web platform environments.