Making The Banner
When deciding to make a banner ad, it's important to know where you are putting it. Whether it's in your sidebar, the footer, or within the body of your text, you will need to decide on a size that will work for that particular area.
Here are some common banner sizes to get you started: 250x250, 300x250, 300x300, 468x60, 645x60, 728x90, and 120x600.
I'm going to use the 728x90 for this demonstration.
First you add your image into MS Paint and stretch the white background to the size that you want your banner to be. Again, I wanted mine to be 728x90.
Example:
Next you can add your first text box, choosing the font, the font size, and it's color!
Then you will add your second text box the same as you did the first one. If needed, you can add a third like I did here:
Last you need to save your newly created image
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Congratulations! You now have a foundation for your new banner ad!
Let's move on to creating the html code needed in order to visually see your banner ad!
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However, once you understand the process, you can use whatever program works best for you. Some folks like to use Canva, which is another program that is available in both free version and upgraded version... You do that all online, then save it to your computer.
Hope this answers your question, and thanks for checking out the tutorial. :o)
- Paula
This tutorial is for making "custom" banners... not only for WA, but for anything!
ALWAYS use the banners that are readily available to you if they work for you!!!
If they don't, here's a quick explain of what I mean:
You have a garden site, you want a more garden feel of WA? Create a banner with that veggie feeling!
You have a ballet site. You don't want superboy, or muscle man, or a couch and bunch of bills with the WA log do you? No, instead, you want a soft, ballet feel! Create your own!
If you decided to label your OWN products! Are you going to pay someone else to design your banners when you can do that yourself? Probably not.
The possibilities are endless. :o)
Hope that helps. It sound more complicated than it really is. You just have to get in there to see what I mean. It truly is an easy deal. :o)
If you still need help, just PM me. I'll do my best to get you there!
Thanks lots for your great question!! - Paula
