How To Use ADRotator In ASP.NET

In this tutorial i will explain how to use ADRotator in ASP.NET.AdRotator control randomly selects image files from a list, which is specified in an external XML File.AdRotator control in ASP.NET is extremely used when it comes to randomly displaying advertisements on your site.AdRotator needs a Advertisement file to display images.

Following standard XML elements that are commonly used in the advertisement file.

Element	Element Description
Advertisements	Encloses the advertisement file
Ad	Delineates separate ad
ImageUrl	The image that will be displayed
NavigateUrl	The link that will be followed when the user clicks the ad
AlternateText	The text that will be displayed instead of the picture if it cannot be displayed
Keyword	Keyword identifying a group of advertisements. This is used for filtering
Impressions	The number indicating how often an advertisement will appear
Height	Height of the image to be displayed
Width	Width of the image to be displayed

Advertisement File Structure:-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Advertisements>
  <Ad>
    <ImageUrl>images/1.jpg</ImageUrl>
    <NavigateUrl>http://www.google.co.in</NavigateUrl>
    <AlternateText>
     Text 1
    </AlternateText>
    <Impressions>20</Impressions>
    <Keyword>flowers</Keyword>
  </Ad>
  <Ad>
    <ImageUrl>images/2.jpg</ImageUrl>
    <NavigateUrl>http://www.google.co.in</NavigateUrl>
    <AlternateText>
      Text 2
    </AlternateText>
    <Impressions>20</Impressions>
    <Keyword>flowers</Keyword>
  </Ad>
  <Ad>
    <ImageUrl>images/3.jpg</ImageUrl>
    <NavigateUrl>http://www.google.co.in</NavigateUrl>
    <AlternateText>
      Text 3
    </AlternateText>
    <Impressions>10</Impressions>
    <Keyword>flowers</Keyword>
  </Ad>
  <Ad>
    <ImageUrl>images/4.jpg</ImageUrl>
    <NavigateUrl>http://www.google.co.in</NavigateUrl>
    <AlternateText>
      Text 4
    </AlternateText>
    <Impressions>10</Impressions>
    <Keyword>flowers</Keyword>
  </Ad>
</Advertisements>

Page Design View:-

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <table width="900px" align="center">
    <tr><td><h2>Example Of AD Rotator</h2></td></tr>
    <tr>
    <td>
    <asp:AdRotator ID="AdRotator1" Target="_blank"  runat="server" BorderColor="#33CC33" BorderStyle="Dotted" BorderWidth="1px" AdvertisementFile="XMLFile.xml" Height="500px" Width="900px" />
    </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>