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In order for NetTracker to track banner ads, you need to redirect all the banner ads that you would like to track through a special CGI program that is included with NetTracker. This CGI program, named ntadtrack.cgi on UNIX and ntadtrack.exe on Windows, is placed in the NetTracker program directory when NetTracker is installed.  Please contact Profitability.net Support to obtain a copy of the appropriate CGI script.

To track banner clickthroughs and impressions

1. Copy ntadtrack.cgi or ntadtrack.exe from the NetTracker program directory into a CGI accessible directory.
2. Open the profile in which you want to track banner ads.
3. On the main NetTracker panel, click the Options tab.
4. In the left-hand panel, click Content then Banner Ads.
5. In the Full path of ntadtrack.cgi box (ntadtrack.exe in Windows), enter the path to ntadtrack.cgi or ntadtrack.exe. This is the path from the document root of your Web site, not the path to the file on your computer.

   For example, in UNIX, if ntadtrack.cgi is located in /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/ but on your Web site it is accessible as http://yourdomain.com/cgi-bin the full path to ntadtrack.cgi would be /cgi-bin/ntadtrack.cgi. Similarly, in Windows, if ntadtrack.exe is located in c:\inetpub\scripts\ but on your Web site this directory is accessible as http://yourdomain.com/scripts/ then the full path to ntadtrack.exe would be /scripts/ntadtrack.exe. In Windows, it is important that you allow Execute permission on this directory, both for the anonymous Web user using NTFS permissions and in the IIS management console.

6. Click Save Options and then click Continue.
7. Click Add.
8. In the Name of banner ad box, enter the name that you want to be used in the reports to describe the ad.
9. In the Full path of graphic box, enter the path to this ad. This will be the path from the document root of your Web site, not the full path on the system you are using. This will be the same path used for the image file in the HTML document (for example, XX, where img src="XX" is an image file). Example: /ads/yourbanner.gif.
10. In the URL to link to box, enter the destination that people will reach if they click the ad. This must be the exact URL. For instance, if they are going to http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html make sure to enter this full path, not just http://www.yourdomain.com/.
11. Click Save Options and then click Continue.
12. Repeat steps 7-11 as needed to enter all of the banner ads that you want to track.
13. Redirect all of the banner ads through the ntadtrack.cgi (or ntadtrack.exe on Windows) program as shown in the example below:

    <a href="/cgi-bin/ntadtrack.cgi?http://www.yourdomain.com/products/"><img src="/ads/yourbanner.gif"></A>

    The URL located immediately after the question mark (?) is the URL people will go to when they click the banner ad. This URL should exactly match the URL that you entered in the URL to link to box.

14. Update your profile. You should now be able to track banner ads through NetTracker.