Slideshow + thumbnails
Overview
The "Slideshow + thumbnails" creative template presents multiple video/image creatives as a dynamic slideshow. Each slide is accompanied by a thumbnail located beneath. Users can navigate through the thumbnail gallery using the arrow button and select a specific one to view its enlarged version above. In the absence of user interaction, the ad transitions to the next slide upon completion of playback (for video creatives) or every 3 seconds (for image creatives).
Most common sizes
Most common sizes of this ad format: 300x250, 320x480, 300x600, 460x400.
Demo
Compliancy
| Criterion | Compliancy |
|---|---|
| Creative rotation | ❌ |
| Friendly iFrame | ✅ |
| IFrame buster | ❌ |
| Multi-instance | ✅ |
| Responsive web design | ✅ |
| RTB | ❌ |
Creatives
- supported file formats: video (.mp4 H.264), image
- aspect ratio: all aspect ratios are accepted but maintaining a consistent aspect ratio across all creatives is strongly recommended. The aspect ratio of the first creative in the insertion's creative list dictates the width and height of the enlarged version of the thumbnail. If any subsequent creatives deviate from this aspect ratio, the video or image will be cropped.
- width/height: any width and height is accepted
- Min. number of creatives (slides): 3
- Max. number slides: no limit
Parameters
| Name | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| Border color of selected thumbnail | The color of the border around the currently selected thumbnail. | #fe5000 |
| Creative feedback | Shows creative feedback button. | true |
| Open in same window | A boolean determining if the click destination is opened in the same window (for image creatives only). | false |
| Tracking URL | A tracking URL to count impressions in a third party system. Make sure you add [timestamp] to the URL for cache busting. |
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| Width of thumbnail gallery | The overall width of the thumbnail gallery in px. |
Features
The "Slideshow + thumbnails" creative template presents multiple video/image creatives as a dynamic slideshow. Each slide is accompanied by a thumbnail located beneath. Users can navigate through the thumbnail gallery using the arrow button and select a specific one to view its enlarged version above. In the absence of user interaction, the ad transitions to the next slide upon completion of playback (for video creatives) or every 3 seconds (for image creatives).
Metrics
This ad format supports interaction tracking. Each change of slide is logged with the metric "adslidecount".
Limitations
n/a
Known issues
n/a
Release notes
- 05-03-2025 - Update for action pixels generation
- 30-11-2024 - Added creative feedback and DSA button
- 16-04-2024 - Fixed rendering in friendly iframe
- 21-03-2024 - Published template