How can I efficiently update banners across multiple domains

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Hi there, anyone able to help with this?

An example
If I had 5 sites or blogs domain1.com , domain2.com, domain3.com, domain4.com domain5.com
Updating the images centrally could be done simply in a number of ways.
I could decide to update all the image files by storing them in one folder domain1.com/bannerimages
All 5 domains might have a 728X90 code that points to domain1.com/bannerimages/728ad.jpg
(or for more flexibility they may have individual names 728dom1.jpg 728dom2.jpg etc) Changing the images displayed on
all domains is then simply a matter of copying and renaming 728X90 images

I'm unclear about the best way of coding each website to assign the destination url when it is clicked by
the user, i.e. the ability to centrally update the <a href="http:... part of this code should my adverts change.


At the moment I would be happy to group my domains into niches eg have all 5 in one niche pointing to one destination but it would be great if it was possible to update all my domains/niches from one location.
If you don't think the coding is straightforward you may be aware of a feed or control panel application that takes care of this.
Any suggestions would be really appreciated. The ad rotation scripts I've seen to date only deal with banners on one domain
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrew H
    Might seem like overkill but you could use mysql db to do this. Store the img src and href inside two columns in a table then just php to fetch them. Would be dynamic and to make the changes all you have to do is update the db (which you could create a simple php interface for so you wouldn't have to login to phpmyadmin).

    Would take couple hours to implement but in the long run would save you a lot of time if you are constantly changing banners on the five sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Purpose
    Thanks mcflause that sounds like a good approach
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