Banner-Ad-Toolkit 0.1.6

A command line tool to aid in the development of banner ad campaigns. Auto generates PSDs at the required sizes with specified filenames to get you started, then when done designing, exports static banners at or under max file sizes specified. All managed via a very simple manifest file.

Banner Ad Toolkit

Author: Tim Santor [e-mail]

Overview

A couple of command line helpers to (1) auto-generate blank PSDs at specific sizes with desired filenames and (2) automatically save static image versions without going over predefined max file sizes. Very useful for people who design and develop a lot of banner ad campaigns.

Requirements

• Python 2.7.x

• ImageMagick

• pngquant

NOTE: This has only been tested on a Mac (10.10.2) at this time.

Installation

You can install directly via pip:

pip install Banner-Ad-Toolkit

Or from the BitBucket repository (master branch by default):

git clone https://bitbucket.org/tsantor/banner-ad-toolkit
cd banner-ad-toolkit
sudo python setup.py install

Usage

Create a Manifest

Both command line tools are governed by a manifest file. Create an Excel doc with the following column headers and add as many rows as needed for each banner size you need:

Type	Width	Height	Max Size	Prefix	Suffix
Static	300	600	40KB	PREFIX (optional)	SUFFIX (optional)
Static	160	600	40KB	PREFIX (optional)	SUFFIX (optional)
Static	300	250	40KB	PREFIX (optional)	SUFFIX (optional)
Static	728	90	40KB	PREFIX (optional)	SUFFIX (optional)

NOTE: Columns may be in any order. You may add any additional columns you need, but they will be ignored.

• Type: Static, Flash or anything else, however Flash types will be ignored (currently) by the tools.

• Max Size: File size should be defined using KB or MB (eg - 40KB, 1MB)

• Prefix: A prefix to prepend to your file name

• Suffix: A suffix to append to your file name

NOTE: File names will be generated as PREFIX_WIDTHxHEIGHT_SUFFIX

Export as CSV

Export (Save As) your Excel doc as a CSV.

Generate PSDs

Once you have your manifest CSV, we can auto-generate blank PSDs at specific sizes with desired filenames. Simply run the following command:

adkit-generate /path/to/manifest.csv /path/to/output

NOTE: For all available commands, run adkit-generate -h

Export Deliverables

Once all your banner PSDs are complete, ensure they are saved in their ‘static’ state. This will automatically save static image versions without going over predefined max file sizes defined in the manifest. Simply run the following command:

adkit-export /path/to/manifest.csv /path/to/input/

NOTE: For all available commands, run adkit-export -h

Generate Preview HTML

Once all your banner SWFs are complete, simply run the following command:

adkit-preview /path/to/flash/bin

NOTE: For all available commands, run adkit-preview -h

Version History

• 0.1.0 - Initial release

• 0.1.1 - Small tweaks

• 0.1.2 - Added ability to handle paths with spaces

• 0.1.3 - Fixed pip install error related to non-used data files

• 0.1.4 - Removed included bashutils module and now require python-bash-utils package

• 0.1.5 - Added ability to run adkit-export multiple times without overwriting existing PSDs. Useful when needing to add additional sizes.

• 0.1.6 - Added adkit-preview to generate HTML preview files quickly.

Issues

If you experience any issues, please create an issue on Bitbucket.