Implemented Ad Manager - Size mapping for responsive ads

Hi Ruud, 
Thanks again for the great tool.

We have a new request. We would like to publish responsive ads, i.e. we would like the ad unit to adapt automatically to the device where it’s being served.
Apparently, Google Ad Manager can handle the responsive behavior of the ad units by the use of Size Mapping. 

Would it be possible to implement that?

Here is more detail about what we need:

• Article:  www.monetizemore.com/blog/size-mapping-r...ag-generator-tester/
• Google Dev Documentation:  developers.google.com/publisher-tag/guides/ad-sizes

Thank you.
Best,
R.

Hi Romuald,

Thanks for your compliment and for your request.

I will look at this next week on Monday.

Have a great weekend!
Regards,
Ruud.

Hi Romuald,
I checked the documentation links you provided and this is definitely something i can build in, just need to think what would be the best way to do it, adding the mapping:

1. easiest: similar to how we now add the fixed-size / multi-sized ads (via a json string holding the values)
2. via multiple fields that will guide you through it via the interface

My initial feeling is doing it via 1, as that is the easiest to implement as this setting (just like the size setting) is likely a one time setting: so configure once and then it will work indefinitely.

Is that something you could 'live' with or do you have any other suggestions?

also pinging @daclina here as this might be a feature he would also be interested in.
 

Ok,
so after some more in-depth investigating this I decided that it is best to configure this new setting confirm how other settings are configured (via adding a JSON array).

in the private message tab I have added a new dev version that has this feature in it. If you could test if it is working that would be great!

Looking forward to your feedback.
regards,
Ruud.

Hi Ruud, 
Thanks for the quick response!
I tried the test parameters you provided (those available in the Google Documentation) and I received the following message from the Google Published Console: 
"Exception in googletag.cmd function: TypeError: googletag.pubads(...).defineSizeMapping is not a function." 
The error directs us towards this page:  developers.google.com/publisher-tag/guid...EN_INVOKING_FUNCTION

Can you check, please?
Thank you.

Regards,
Romuald
 

Hi Romuald,

found it, changed it, not able to check if it is working > so that is up to you

Added new downloadlink (in private tab)

regards,
Ruud

Hi Ruud,

We are running a series of tests and it works perfectly so far!
Thanks a lot.
We will get back to you tomorrow morning with any remarks.

Best,
R.

Cool!

Thanks for reporting back.
Looking forward to your final test results.

Have a nice evening,
Ruud

Hi Romuald,

in the downloadlink I have added a version that adds some additional logging. In the plugin you need to set debug to yes in the advances tab

I have the following add code:


so I set the data-ad-unitsizemapping in the ad code
as fallback I have configured:


now in the browser console you will see new log entries:

• when the data-ad-unitsizemapping found on the ad, it will display (e.g.) "ochAddAds: Ad Unit Size Mapping > [1264,500],[[750,200],[728, 90],640,480], [[300,250],0,0],"
• when not found it will display "ochAddAds: Ad Unit Size Mapping > null" and then "ochAddAds: Using Fallback for Ad Unit Mapping > [1024, 768],[[750,200],[728, 90],640, 480], [[300, 250],0, 0],"
• When there is an error in the json data (on the ad, or the fallback setting) string it will report as such
• When it is correct it will display the array it has used for setting the value

 
Can you install the new version and see if you can get some useful information from the console log?

also, when adding "?google_console=1" to your URL a Google console will open and that might also give some insights / useful information.