iJoomla Ad Agency is a hugely powerful tool. For any Joomla developer hoping to sell advertising space on their website, it’s an invaluable way to set up campaigns, run ads and generate revenue.

We’re very proud of it, and our customers have told us that they’re very happy with it. That makes us even prouder.

But there are one or two things about the Ad Agency that we think could be improved. The ability to select more than one zone for a package, for example, adds flexibility but it’s not an option that many people use and we’ve learned that it can create problems. So we’re changing it. The next release will allow only one zone per package. We think that’s going to make things a lot easier for everyone.

You will be able to select only one zone for a package

We’re also making some changes to the zone edit page. We’re adding tabs to make it easier to navigate and improving some of the functions. In the new Ad Agency, you’ll be able to:

• Set the type of ad the zone supports;
• Specify the ad size for banners and text ads.

You will be able to select which ad types are supported by this zone

On the front end, the packages list will take information from the zone settings to display more information about each package. You’ll be able to show:

• The ad types available for this package;
• The number of ad rows and columns to be displayed in the zone;
• The ad size allowed for the zone;
• Whether the ad will rotate with other ads.

This will allow us to show more information for each package

And another important change is that each slot will now show a unique advertiser. Your advertisers won’t be receiving more than they paid for.

Once you upgrade, you will be asked to select which zone to assign to each package.

You might have to do a little modification to your packages once you’ve downloaded the new Ad Agency, but it’s definitely worth the effort.

We hope to release this new version within a month. So look out for it!