EW.com
Standard Ad Specs
| Ad Product | Dimensions | File Size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 728x90 Leaderboard | 728x90 | initial load: 40k polite load: 100k |
.swf/.jpg/.gif/3rd party |
| 970x70 | 970x70 | ||
| 300x600 Half Page | 300x600 | ||
| 300x250 Box | 300x250 | ||
| 160x600 Skyscrapper | 160x600 | ||
| Blog Advertorial | 580x580 | ||
| Tonight's Best Module | 580x150 | ||
| TV Watch Module | 581x75 | ||
| EW Picks Module Homepage | 330x80 | ||
| EW Picks Module Main | 618x70 | ||
| EW Picks Module ROS | 300x80 | ||
| 994x250 (Clutter Buster) | 994x250 | initial load: 50k polite load: 100k |
.swf/.jpg/.gif/3rd party No Expanding - User Initiated Sound |
| Top Story | 322x300 | 40k max | site served .jpg/.gif only 1x1 tracking accepted |
| Latest News - Homepage | 330x75 | 10k max | site served .swf/.jpg/.gif only 1x1 tracking accepted |
| Today's Most Popular - Homepage | 330x70 | ||
| Today's Most Popular - ROS | 200x70 | ||
| Homepage Logo | 122x28 | ||
| Specials Logo | 88x31 |
Rich Media Ad Specs
| Ad Product | Dimensions | File Size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 160x600 (Expandable) |
max expansion: 320x600 left | initial load: 40k polite load: 100k |
3rd party served only |
| 300x250 (Expandable) |
max expansion: 500x500 left | ||
| 300x250 (Floating/Overlay) |
max: 300x300 for 15 seconds w 20x30 close button |
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| 300x600 (Half Page Expandable) | max: 500x600 left Click to expand |
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| 728x90 (Expandable) |
max expanded: 728x270 downward | ||
| 728x90 (Floating/Overlay) |
max: 300x300 for 15 seconds w 20x30 close button |
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| 300x1050 IAB Portrait Unit | 300x1050 - no expansion allowed | initial load: 50k polite load: 100k |
General Standard/Rich Media Ad Product Specifications Tracking
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All Standard/Rich Media ad products listed above support:
3rd Party 1x1 impression tracking (Not including Newsletter Ad Placements)
3rd Party click tracking via click command URLs
Animation
- Animation is not to exceed 30 seconds except in special circumstances upon site approval. There is a maximum of 3 loops.
- Maximum Frames Per Second (FPS): 24 - includes both site served flash files and 3rd party served flash files
- Any floating overlay or expandable portion of the ad must contain a clearly visible 20x30 [x] CLOSE or SKIP button that allows the user to stop the animation and close the floating, overlay or expanding element immediately.
- "Same in-Same out" Expansion on mouse-over requires collapse on mouse-off. Expansion on click requires click to collapse.
- Max number of panels: (4) at 70k max for each panel
- Expandable ad panels can at no time cover, impede or otherwise obscure site logo, or other in-page ad spaces (same advertiser exceptions permitted)
- All audio must be user-initiated on click
- Video can be host initiated. May only download/stream 1mb maximum politely. Maximum in-banner video duration is :30 seconds
- Must contain stop, pause, play and audio control buttons
- All ad units must have a 1 pixel border surrounding entire creative.
- Floating creatives can at no time cover, impede or otherwise obscure site navigation bar, logo, or other in-page ad spaces (same advertiser exceptions permitted)
Flash "clickTag" Specs
In order for EW.com to properly track and report clicks with site served flash ads, please ensure all ads have the clickTag properly implemented. Adobe/Macromedia currently recommends a "clickTag" method to track clicks for flash ads. This method uses variables to pass the click tracking string and URL into the Flash creative movies. As a result, the only text in the URL box is _level0.clickTag (underscore level ZERO period clickTag). _level0. (underscore level zero period) is included for "pathing" purposes to ensure that Flash can properly locate the variable.
- Transparent Button object layered on top of clickable area
- Button clickthrough URL: _level0.clickTag (underscore level ZERO period clickTag)
- Target window is set to "_blank"
- Variables is set to "Don't send"
- Active Clickthrough URLs must accompany submission of flash files in .txt/.xls file
Here is what the coding will look like when you are done:
on (release)
{
getURL(_level0.clickTag, "_blank");
}
For flash files with multiple clickable areas, we accept multiple clickTags as follows:
- clickTag (clickable area A)
on (release)
{
getURL(_level0.clickTag, "_blank");
}
on (release)
{
getURL(_level0.clickTag1, "_blank");
}
on (release)
{
getURL(_level0.clickTag2, "_blank");
}
Hard coded clickthrough URLs will not be accepted
Flash "clickTag" AS3 Specs Create the button
- Transparent Button object layered on top of clickable area
- Convert Button to symbol. In the properties panel, assign the button an instance name (such as "myButton"), which will be referenced in the ActionScript.
- Create a new layer, select the first keyframe in the layer and activate the Actions panel.
- Copy and paste the code below. This defines the on click function. This function will be called upon once your button is clicked:
function onButtonClick(evt:MouseEvent):void{
if (root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag.substr(0,5)=="http:" ||
root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag.substr(0,6)=="https:" ){
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag),"_blank");
}
}
myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick);Flash files with multiple clickable areas
- Fucntions:
function onButtonClick1(evt:MouseEvent):void{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag), '_blank');
}
function onButtonClick2(evt:MouseEvent):void{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag2), '_blank');
}
function onButtonClick3(evt:MouseEvent):void{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag3), '_blank');
}
function onButtonClick4(evt:MouseEvent):void{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag4), '_blank');
}
function onButtonClick5(evt:MouseEvent):void{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(root.loaderInfo.parameters.clickTag5), '_blank');
}
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick1); button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick2); button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick3); button4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick4); button5.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onButtonClick5);
Hard coded clickthrough URLs will not be accepted
Newsletters
All Time Inc Digital properties which distribute newsletters adhere to the same general ad product specifications - although specific ad size may vary.
EW.com accepts 300x250 & 200x140 newsletter creative only
- Static .jpg/.gif ONLY (NO HTML or Javascript mark up allowed)
- Active clickthrough URL/click command must accompany submission of static creative files in .txt/.xls file



