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The DMS Data Entry Form: Win Free Gear Button - Home Page

The Win Free Gear button appears when GearGoddess is operating a sweepstakes. It has no text or caption, and the target page is static: the sweepstakes page. It may appear in the upper right channel or lower left channel.

Sponsor name: GearGoddess
Tracking name: sponsor abbreviation, element name, location, valid period, e.g., [companyname]_sweeps_home_September
Sponsor URL: /Home.html
Test sponsor URL: for testing sponsor URL
Existing keys: lists placement keys
Placement key:
left_sweepstakes_home
right_sweepstakes_home
Start date: enter start date
Expiration date: enter end date
Approved: Y or N
Image URL: URL for Win Free Gear button image, e.g., /Images/dynamic/win_free_gear_left.gif or http://www.best.com/Images/dynamic/win_free_gear_right.gif
Image sample window: to test that the image is available and the URL is correct
Target URL: /sweepstakes/sweepstakes.html
Test target URL: tests that the URL is available and allows you to see the content displayed after the record has been saved without actually generating a trackable, sponsored hit to that URL
Caption: The caption is the description of the prize or prizes. A table to contain this information has been devised and must be updated for each new prize offering. (See template below)
Text: The text is more description of the prize, plus a section giving basic sweepstakes rules and pointing to the full rules. A table to contain this information has been devised and must be updated for each new prize offering. (See template below)
Logged IP: logged by DMS
Update time: logged by DMS

The Caption and Text HTML Templates

Caption

<table width="450" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<img src="<!-- put image URL here -->" border="0" />
</td>
<td width="10">
</td>
<td valign="top">
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="1"><span class="bodytxt">
<p><b><font color="#660099">Win this prize!</font></b></p>
<p><b><!-- brand and model name --></b></p>
<p><b>Size Range: </b><!-- size range --></p>
<p><i>More information below</i></p>
</span></font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Text

<table width="450" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr><td>
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="1"><span class="bodytxt">
<p><span class="subtitletxt"><!-- brand and model name --></span>
</p>
<p><b><!-- Optional additional product info, heading --></b><br>
<!-- Optional additional product info, paragraph -->
</p>
<p><b><!-- Optional additional product info, heading --></b><br>
<!-- Optional additional product info, paragraph -->
</p>
<p><span class="subtitletxt"><a name="rules"></a>
Sweepstakes Rules
</span></p>
<!-- REVISE TO CORRECT THE DATES -->
All entries must be received by 11:59 PM on Friday, October 20, 2000. Entrants must be 18 years old or older by this date to be eligible to win. Entries are limited to one per person per day. For full rules, please visit the <a href="/sweepstakes/rules.html">GearGoddess Online Sweepstakes Official Rules</a>.
</p>
</span></font>
</td></tr>
</table>

Instructions for Other Dynamic Elements

Truly dynamic sponsored content:

Dynamic elements that require static content:

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This is a mirror of documentation used internally at GearGoddess in 2000. [IE renders the "hockey stick" quite smoothly and was not unique in that respect in 2000.]