Quick start for network managers: create the supply side
Stage 2 of the network quick start — create the site, a zone and a Site Placement whose size matches the banner, so the two sides can be linked.
Tutorial network manager Account → Advertisers / Publishers
Goal: in about five minutes, have the supply-side chain — a site → Homepage → a 300×250 placement — saved, with a size that matches the banner from Stage 1. It is one stage of the network quick start, whose prerequisites, caveats and fix-it table apply here too.
Steps
Stage 2 — create the supply side (site → zone → placement)
- Go to Account → Publishers and click New site. Fill in Name, optionally pick a Category (required only where your network demands it), keep Inventory type = Website, and enter the Site URL. Click Save. Success: a “Site saved” toast and the site’s edit page.
- With the site selected, click New zone. A zone is just a named group of placements — give it a name like “Homepage” and save.
- With the zone selected, click Add new placement… — a menu of the placement types you may create opens. Pick Site Placement to match the banner.
- On the Create new placement page fill in Name and set Size to the same size as your banner’s ad unit (e.g. the 300×250 ad unit). Click Save. Success: you land on the placement edit page, which shows the placement’s cards — Ad tags & API among them for a role that holds a tag permission.
What next
- Quick start for network managers: link the banner, copy the tag and see the ad — Stages 3 and 4
- Quick start for network managers: create the demand side — Stage 1, if you skipped it
- Quick start: serve your first ad as a network manager — the whole path
