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OpenX Source Support

Getting Started

Downloading & Upgrading

Documentation

2.8 Admin Guide
2.8 User Guide

Tutorials

How to organize your inventory
Serving Your First Ad Campaign
Conversion Tracking Tutorial
Debugging Conversion Trackers
Priority and trafficking examples
Using Google AdSense with OpenX
Using Flash with OpenX
Using the Geotargeting Plugin
How to Target Ads using the Source Parameter
Comparisons between Invocation Tags
Single Page Call
Local Mode Tags
Advanced XML-RPC tags
Direct Selection
Tips for Large Database Upgrades

Upgrading

OpenX 2.8 is out and we want to make it as easy as possible for you to take advantage of these new features. Here are some step-by-step guides to upgrading your ad server:

Upgrading from OpenX 2.4 or above
Upgrading from Openads 2.0
Upgrading from phpAdsNew

Video Tutorials

Getting started with OpenX (5 mins)

Technical White Papers

3rd Party Click Tracking
Distributed Statistics
Performance Tuning
Magic Macros

Other useful links

Troubleshooting Guide
Community Forums, Chat & Developer Zone
Advertising industry terms
OpenX Glossary

 

Getting Started - Downloading & Upgrading

Pre-Install Research

Before getting started with OpenX Source, we suggest that you review our Product Comparison table and documentation that describe the different OpenX platforms. Choosing the right platform will be critical to your ad serving business and revenue. If you have any questions about OpenX Enterprise please contact us.

If you decide that OpenX Source is right for your company, we have included some instructions below.

1. Download OpenX Source

Get your hands on the ad serving software used by more than 30,000 publishers in more than 100 countries. Click here to download OpenX Source.

2. QuickStart Documentation

Downloaded OpenX Source? Then it's time to set it up! Follow this step-by-step guide to get OpenX running on your machine for the first time. Quick-Start Guide: Installation

3. Setup Your Ad Server

Now it's time to start serving ads! Follow this step-by-step guide to setting up and serving your first campaign using OpenX Guide: Creating your first campaign

4. Use OpenX Source More Effectively

Want to see what else is possible? Here are additional resources to help you use OpenX more effectively. Product Documentation