Questions on Top Banner Mode.

[matt]

Questions on Top Banner Mode, I have put 4 different JPG banners on.
When testing this I have noticed they sometimes repeat before going to the next banner. Can you explain how this works. Is there a way to have the banners turn off after so many clicks or views (maybe on a future version). Also on some web sites the banners will not display, (these web sites are http).

Is there a way to have the banners displayed on https sites.

Is there a way to know how many times a banner was displayed & clicked.

Is there a way to know how many people logged on durring a day/month. I'm using the Anonymous Option with Shared Secret.

Thanks

[alan]

1) Currently, banner display is random. For web sites that banner is not displayed, can you name the web site?

BTW, you can customize the behavior using HTML instead of image (under Top Banner Mode -> Type)

2) https sites - No

3) Currently, we don't have statistic. You can try capture the statistic through your banner link though

4) You can view the user log directly (Configuration Manager -> Authentication Server -> click Show User Log). Or you can access the table fsusrlog directly (see http://patronsoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1514 for guideline)
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[matt]

version 6.0.6
The web sites I see that do not work with the banners are cnn.com , foxnews.com, also google.com works but if you click in the top left Images link the banners do not show. the google video link shows a line with the word 'navigator'. the google map link places the banner to the far right with a line on it.
I have tested this on a laptop with xp & one with win 7. with the same results.

Also can the html iframe redirect to a https site to display banners.
Can FS be setup with openx.com for ads?

thanks

[alan]

Are you currently using image or iframe?

We test the sites you mentioned, only google map has a slight alignment problem. Can you post your config.ini, and sample_top_banner.php if you are using iframe?
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[matt]

Im not using iframe yet, still using image.

[alan]

Can you post your config.ini anyway? BTW, what client browser do you use for your testing?
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[matt]

laptop xp ie7 version 7.0.5730.13
laptop win7 ie8 version 8.0.7600.16385

I take it iframe cannot be setup for https: from a remote server.

Can FS with iframes be setup with openx.com?

I cannot add a zip file so i pasted it.

;
; Description : FirstSpot setting ini file
;
; Filename : config.ini
;

; Note: use a backslash to separate directories and files, those lines starting with
; a semi-colon is considered as comment.
;
; Warning : please don't change this file without supervision of a PatronSoft Engineer
; It is highly recommended that you change the FirstSpot setting in the Web-based Configuration Manager

[version]
version=Advanced
versionDesc=6.0.6

[MNS]
; number of return paths
num_return_path=0
return_path0=

[DHCP]
leasetime=2880
num_ignored_addr=0
ignore_addr0=

[Port Filter]
flt_num=
flt_0=

[QOS]
dl=
ul=
qos_num=
qos_0=

[Client Pass]
num_mac_addr=0
mac_0=
num_ip_addr=0
ip_0=

[proxyARP]
ip_num=0
ip_addr0=

;
; Redirect Login Page php file
;
[loginPhp]
Login_enable0=
Login_php_Num0=

;
; Gateway Settings
;
[gateway]
;Print Log Table
Datasource_Printlog=printlog

;Shared Secret Table Name
Datasource_Shared_Secret_Tablename=fssecret

;maximum timelimit per session in minutes (global), 0 = never
sessionlimit =

;URL tracking, default off
Trace_URL=0

;URL tracking interval, do not log the same url for particular user in x mins
Trace_URL_Interval=30

;URL tracking temp table
datasource_tmp_URL_tablename=tmpurl

;extra-information field table name
Datasource_extra_field_table =aexlog

;for scenario2 communicate
Datasource_msg_Tablename=fsmsg

;for In-browser message
Datasource_ibmsg_Tablename=ibmsg

;demo_mode=on, off (default)
;
;This demo_mode parameter is for FirstSpot channel partners demonstration purpose
;If demo_mode=on, FirstSpot DNS Server and Web Server will perform a catch-all on all
;requests. After the user login, the client will always see the "firstspotdemo" page.
demo_mode=off

;redirect user to cart.php when login fails
redirect_cart=1

;Client Isolation, NetBIOS over TCP/IP, Default is Disabled
netbios=1

;Scenario 2 (Distributed Network Topology)
scenario2=0

;FirstSpot Site ID
siteID=

; Post-Startup Batch File Path Name
batch_filePath =

; lan's subnet mask (please change this through Configuration Manager only)
;
subnet_mask =255.255.255.0

; domain name server IP address
;
DNS =0.0.0.0

; domain name server IP address
;
preferred_DNS =0.0.0.0

; domain name server IP address
;
alternate_DNS =0.0.0.0

; username
;
user =firstspot

; password
;
pass =a03af780c0f2959f26512a2cc8c2efb6

;Number of maximum administrator account
max_admin_account = 10

;Administrator username
admin_username0 =
admin_username1 =
admin_username2 =
admin_username3 =
admin_username4 =
admin_username5 =
admin_username6 =
admin_username7 =
admin_username8 =
admin_username9 =

;Administrator password
admin_password0 =
admin_password1 =
admin_password2 =
admin_password3 =
admin_password4 =
admin_password5 =
admin_password6 =
admin_password7 =
admin_password8 =
admin_password9 =

;Administrator parameter
admin_parameter0 =
admin_parameter1 =
admin_parameter2 =
admin_parameter3 =
admin_parameter4 =
admin_parameter5 =
admin_parameter6 =
admin_parameter7 =
admin_parameter8 =
admin_parameter9 =

; network interface card connected to Internet (after modify this, need to restart FirstSpot)
;
publicNIC=Local Area Connection

; network interface card connected Hotspots or visitor-based networks (after modify this, need to bind the FirstHop driver
; to this new card and unbind the FirstHop driver from ALL other cards, then reboot Windows)
;
privateNIC=Local Area Connection 2

; data source for user login
;
Datasource =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\datasource\firstspot.dsn

; datasource table for user login
;
Datasource_Tablename = fsusr

; datasource table for user login
Datasource_Plans_Tablename = fsplans

; enable session logging into the datasource log table
session_log =ON

; datasource table for user session logging
;
Datasource_Log_Tablename = fsusrlog

; datasource table for PayPal
;
Datasource_PayPal_Table=ppal

; port used by Gateway Service
;
port =5786

; port used by Authentication Server
;
auth_port =5788

; port used by ssl site
;
ssl_port =5789

; Greeting message displayed in login page
;
greeting_msg =Welcome to our Hotspot!

; Enable to show InfoBox
;
show_infobox =off

; Logout automatically when Infobox is closed
;
check_infobox_closed =off

; port used by infobox
;
infobox_port =5795

; for client's browser not fully support popup infobox (detect by user agent)
;
not_support_popup_option =0

; login page filename which dispatcher will call
;
loginpage =login_select.php

; login form filename which login_select.php will call
;
loginform =login_form.php

; anonymous login form filename which login_select.php will call
;
a_loginform =alogin_form.php

; idle time (minutes) allowed for authenticated users
;
idle_timeout =10

; gateway IP address (please change this through Configuration Manager only)
;
gateway_IP =10.20.7.1

; allow access to config manager from private network?
;
access_from_private =off

; allow access to config manager from public network?
;
access_from_public =off

; license file path
;
licensepath =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\

; session handling mode, 0 for MAC-based, 1 for IP-based
session_handling =0

; path for dhcp config
dhcppath =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\dhcp\dhcpservice.ini

; dhcp mode, 0 = auto, 1 = static, 2 = disabled
dhcpmode =0

; for static dhcp only, path of the Ip MAC mapping list
static_dhcp_path =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\StaticDHCP.txt

; anonymous login
anonymous_login =on

; secret enable
secret_enable=on

; secret code
secret_code=0aed120c6f7090a5b26a4c93df382b21

; anonymous login user table name
Datasource_Anonymous_Tablename =fsa

; anonymous login log table name
Datasource_Anonymous_Log_Tablename =fsalog

; password offloading mode
pwd_offload =off

; password encryption directory path
encrypt_path =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\dispatcher\encrypt_pwd.exe

; initial air time in minutes for self signup users
self_sign_up_credit=0

; initial plan for self signup users
self_sign_up_plan=

; self signup option
self_sign_up_option=0
self_sign_up_redirect=http://www.google.com

; self signup filtering
self_signup_filter=1

; null=no filter, 0 = signup once, >0 after x mins
self_signup_period=

;CAPTCHA option
self_sign_up_captcha_check=off

;use 3 party ssl cert 0=yes 1=no
ssl_cert=1

;secure socket layer for authentication
;443 for enabled SSL, auth_port=ssl_auth_port for disabled ssl
ssl_auth_port=5788

;rewrite engine for http to https redirection
rewrite_engine=off

;maximum fail attempt allowed
max_attempt=

;If user accesses http://10.20.7.1:5788 directly, redirect the request to any non-existing ip,
;so that driver can capture the request properly.
;DO NOT put any unresolvable domain name here
redirect_address=http://192.168.2.250/logged_in.html

;port to handle https request in apache when user is not authenticate
redirect_port=5790

; DNS suffix
dns_suffix=firstspot.org

;unauthorized access restricted to port 80 and 443 only.
; On=1, Off=0
restricted_redirect=1

; start up redirect
; 0= no redirect, 1=redirect to below link, 2=redirect to info box
start_up_redirect_option =1
start_up_redirect_url =http://www.gatlinburg.biz
start_up_redirect_wait =2

; Redirect page picture (filename)
;
redirectpage_pic_name=
redirectpage_pic_name_html=

; Login page picture (filename)
;
random=0
loginpage_pic_count=13
loginpage_pic_html0=
loginpage_pic_html1=
loginpage_pic_html2=
loginpage_pic_html3=
loginpage_pic_html4=
loginpage_pic_html5=
loginpage_pic_html6=
loginpage_pic_html7=
loginpage_pic_html8=
loginpage_pic_html9=
loginpage_pic_html10=
loginpage_pic_html11=
loginpage_pic_html12=
loginpage_pic_html13=
loginpage_pic_html14=
loginpage_pic_html15=
loginpage_pic_html16=
loginpage_pic_html17=
loginpage_pic_html18=
loginpage_pic_html19=
loginpage_pic0=autumn.jpg

;maximum number of concurrent users, blank / 0 = unlimited
max_conc_user=

; Auto refresh interval of Status tab in seconds, blank for no auto refresh
time_refresh=

; Scratch mode
scratch_login=off

; Display Self Sign-up switch
display_self_sign_up=OFF

; Private gateway domain name
gateway_domain=

; Show IP or domain name in URL (0:IP, >0:DN)
show_domain_URL=1

; port used by Default Instant Keywords
iKey_port=5801
loginpage_pic1=balls.jpg
loginpage_pic2=boys1.jpg
loginpage_pic3=boys2.jpg
loginpage_pic4=cd.jpg
loginpage_pic5=coffee.jpg
loginpage_pic6=computer.jpg
loginpage_pic7=leaves.jpg
loginpage_pic8=man1.jpg
loginpage_pic9=man2.jpg
loginpage_pic10=open24.jpg
loginpage_pic11=pic.jpg
loginpage_pic12=utensil.jpg

; Allowed Hosts Settings
;
[allowed hosts]
; allowed hosts keywords file path
;
hosts_keywords_path =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\AllowedHostsKeywords.txt

; allowed hosts IPs file path
;
hosts_ips_path =C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\AllowedHostsIps.txt


; Bandwidth Throttle Settings
[bw_throttle]
; Bandwidth Throttle Mode
bt_mode =0

; Overall Upload Limit (at least 20KB/s recommended)
bt_ul_limit =0

; Overall Download Limit (at least 20KB/s recommended)
bt_dl_limit =0

; low, medium and high definition
bt_low=100
bt_medium=50
bt_high=20
bt_drop_period=2

[bwreset]
bwresetmethod=
bwresetperiod=
lastresetbw=
sdate=

[creditcard]
payment_method=ppal

[paypal]
; Business id
;
ppal_business=your_business_id@your_email.com

; URL for successful transactions
;
ppal_return=http://firstspot.org:5788/cart.php

; URL for cancelled transactions
;
ppal_cancel_return=http://firstspot.org:5788/cart.php

; trust "Pending"=="Complete"?
;
ppal_pending_release=no

; the settlement currency
;
ppal_base_currency=USD

; URL for notify
;
ppal_notify_url=http://fixed_ip:5789

; Starting number for invoice
;
ppal_invoice_start=1

; 20080724 added setting for PayPal Website Payments Pro Direct Payment
[paypal_direct]
; setting for PayPal Payments Pro Direct Payment
;
; api username
ppal_direct_api_username=your_business_id.your_email.com
;
; api password
ppal_direct_api_password=
;
; api signature
ppal_direct_api_signature=

[worldpay]
; Installation id
;
wpay_instID=your_installation_ID

; the settlement currency
;
wpay_base_currency=USD

; URL for notify
;
wpay_notify_url=http://fixed_ip:5789

; Test Mode
; 100 : test mode - always successful validation
; 101 : test mode - always failed validation
; 0 : test mode - live mode, not testing
;
wpay_testmode=0

[AuthorizeNet]

;login id
aNet_id=

;transaction key
aNet_key=

aNet_hash=

aNet_base_currency=USD

; URL for notify
aNet_notify_url=http://fixed_ip

; Test Mode
; 0 : test mode - live mode, not testing
; 1 : test mode - testing only
aNet_testmode=0

[googleCheckout]
; Merchant id
;
checkout_merchant_id=

; URL for successful transactions
;
checkout_return=http://firstspot.org:5788/cart.php

; URL for cancelled transactions
;
checkout_cancel_return=http://firstspot.org:5788/cart.php

; the settlement currency
;
checkout_base_currency=USD

; URL for notify
;
checkout_notify_url=http://fixed_ip:5789

[User_defined_payment]
id=login_id
pin1=
pin2=
currency=USD
notify_url=http://

[PrinterOn]

PrintSupport=0
SiteURL=
SiteUID=
SiteAuth=
; show siteURL
show_URL_login=1
show_URL_infobox=1

[lang]
; default language file
default_lang_file=lang.php
default_lang_file_attributes=English;en,en-us;iso-8859-1
; number of other language files
lang_fileNumber=0
; other luguage files
lang_file1=
lang_file1_attributes=
lang_file2=
lang_file2_attributes=
lang_file3=
lang_file3_attributes=
lang_file4=
lang_file4_attributes=
lang_file5=
lang_file5_attributes=
; show character encoding
; 0 : hide
; 1 : show
show_charset=1

lang_pack_file=custom_lang.php
cmlang_pack_file=custom_cmlang.php
last_logout=logout
this_logout=logout
last_info=infobox
this_info=infobox
last_cart=cart
this_cart=cart
key_0=
url_0=
ReqSignUp01=off
ReqSignUp02=off
ReqSignUp03=off
ReqSignUp04=off
ReqSignUp05=off
ReqSignUp06=off
ReqSignUp07=off
ReqSignUp08=off
ReqSignUp09=off
ReqSignUp10=off

; Login page text content
default_login_text_path=C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\login_page_text.txt
login_text_path=C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\usersetting\custom_login_page_text.txt

; Control display of optional sections in login page
disable_show_reminder=1
disable_show_example=0
disable_show_link=1
disable_show_tc=0
extra01=off
extra02=off
extra03=off
extra04=off
extra05=off
extra06=off
extra07=off
extra08=off
extra09=off
extra10=off

; Setting of cart description
[cart]
reset_bw_count_upon_purchase=1
; Action of data transfer quota (0/blank=Replace 1=Add)
add_replace_bw_quota=0
; Use plan settings to overwrite user's suspend condition option (1/blank=Yes 0=No)
overwrite_user_suspend=1
max_slot_open=0

[radius]
use_radius=false
ServerIP=10.20.7.1
AuthPort=1812
AccPort=1813
Secret=secret
FSVendorID=2004
Datasource=C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\datasource\radius.dsn
Datasource_Tablename=fsRadius
Acc_Start=true
Acc_Stop=true
;Acc_FSLogin=true
;Acc_FSLogout=true
;Acc_FSWriteLog=true

[radiusAuthentication]
NAS_IDENTIFIER=FirstSpot
;NAS_IP_ADDRESS=the private nic ip, this can be edited.
;CALLING_STATION_ID=client nic mac or ip, depends on the Firstspot setting, this can not be edited.
;CALLED_STATION_ID=firstspot private nic mac, this can not be edited.

[radiusCustomAttribute]
;Vendor spec type for Firstspot
;fixed value can not be changed.
;
;FS_AUTH_TIMELEFT=1
;FS_AUTH_ACCUMBW=2
;FS_AUTH_BWQUOTA=3
;FS_AUTH_BWCOUNT=4
;FS_AUTH_ULLIMIT=5
;FS_AUTH_DLLIMIT=6
;FS_AUTH_LOGINTIME=7
;FS_AUTH_LOGOUTTIME=8
;FS_AUTH_TIMEDIFF=9
;FS_AUTH_BWUSAGE=10

;Account Status Type Attributes, can be changed.
;
;default ACCT_STATUS_FSLOGIN=217
;default ACCT_STATUS_FSLOGOUT=218
;default ACCT_STATUS_FSWRITELOG=219

[prepaidCard]
random_usr_prefix=
random_usr_suffix_salt=123456789
random_usr_suffix_length=5
pwd_salt=abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ
pwd_length=7

[ACL]
num_acl=0

[fssmtp]
smtp = false
MailLogOffset=24
IspSmtpDomain=
SmtpPort=
IspSmtpAuthLogin=false
IspSmtpUserName=
IspSmtpPassword=

[users]
; 0= default format
; 1= past format option
slip_format_option =0
; default format
default_slip_title= Welcome to use FirstSpot System
default_slip_title_size= 0
default_slip_end= Thank You
default_slip_end_size= 0
; Past format
past_slip_title=
past_slip_title_size=0
past_slip_end=
past_slip_end_size=0

[NAT]
Enable=1
Type=0
NAT_AddrR_Count=0
NAT_portmap_count=0

[mac_filter]
mac_count=0

[ip_filter]
ip_count=0

[FSFO]
mode=
BackupMode=2
Main_IP=
Main_NIC=
BackUp_IP=
BackUp_NIC=
Port=
;Current FirstSpot Machine ID for Load Balancing
MachineID=
;Other Load Balancing Machine Information
OtherLB_IP=
OtherLB_NIC=

[bulk]
enable_slip_preview=1
slip_per_page=5

[DataTransfer]

[IB]
;0=In-browser message OFF
;1=In-browser message ON
iBMsg=1
;2=Infobox (Always on)
iBMsg_infobox_mode=0
iBMsg_remindMin=0
proxy_port=5796
script_port=5802
iscript_path=C:\Program Files\FirstSpot\iscript.txt
;1=enable internet surfing break
iB_cb_redirect=0
iBMsg_interval=15
;0=do not redirect, 1=redirect delay
iB_redirect_option=1
; Break duration
iB_redirect_wait=15
;0= do not show redirect link, 1= show redirect link, 2= show redirect link delay
iB_redirect_showLink=2
iB_redirect_showLink_wait=5
;0= disable banner, 1= enable top banner
iB_banner_mode=1
; 1: Image, 2: frame
iB_banner_type=1
; frame width and height
iB_banner_frame_w=0
iB_banner_frame_h=0
; number of selected image
iB_banner_img_count=10
iB_banner_img0=B1.jpg
iB_banner_img1=B10.jpg
iB_banner_img2=B2.jpg
iB_banner_img_html0=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html1=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html2=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html3=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html4=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html5=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html6=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html7=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html8=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html9=http://www.90x4.com
iB_banner_img_html10=
iB_banner_img_html11=
iB_banner_img_html12=
iB_banner_img_html13=
iB_banner_img_html14=
iB_banner_img_html15=
iB_banner_img_html16=
iB_banner_img_html17=
iB_banner_img_html18=
iB_banner_img_html19=
iB_banner_img3=B3.jpg
iB_banner_img4=B4.jpg
iB_banner_img5=B5.jpg
iB_banner_img6=B6.jpg
iB_banner_img7=B7.jpg
iB_banner_img8=B8.jpg
iB_banner_img9=B9.jpg

[Pool]
min_conn=3
max_conn=10

[URLTracking]
trace_URL_type=1
trace_URL_port=

[misc]
show_cart=no
enable_chgpwd=0
time_reminder=0
remindMin=5
removePeriod=30
block_icmp=on
block_udp=on
_debug=1
pkt_period=20
_skip_nic_disable_enable=true
oem=C:\WINDOWS\INF\oem10.inf
PublicAdapterIP=192.168.2.250
PublicAdapterIpMask=255.255.255.0
PublicAdapterGateway=192.168.2.1
PrivateMAC=00101859d753

[/code]

[alan]

We can reproduce this problem using www.foxnews.com. You can download the fix at:

http://patronsoft.com/firstspot/download/patch/607/top_banner2.zip

Please:
1) unzip the attachment
2) backup the original php under \FirstSpot\authserv\ibmsgScript.php directory
3) copy ibmsgScript.php to the above directory

Also, we don't support openx directly. BTW, for iframe mode is just like image mode, but FirstSpot only inserts a html instead of an image. So theoretically you can include https information from remote server.
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[matt]

Thanks for the updated fix. Foxnews.com works well with the banners.

It still does not work at all with cnn.com but they come up on there sister site ireport.com.
I noticed that the close button for the banners is placed on the bottom right on that site & a few others.
http://abc.go.com/watch
On one it was on the bottom center. http://www.nbc.com/schedule/


Is there a reason that the close button would go from the top right to the top bottom depending which site you were on?

Is there a reason the banners load last on these websites like foxnews.com for example.

[alan]

We cannot reproduce your cnn.com case, and abc.go.com case it is a bit hard to fix.

Anyway, we further improve the nbc.com case. Please download the improvement at:

http://patronsoft.com/firstspot/download/patch/607/top_banner3.zip

Please copy the 2 files to the FirstSpot\authserv directory.
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