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iAd Production Beginner's Guide

By : Ben Collier
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iAd Production Beginner's Guide

By: Ben Collier

Overview of this book

Think of an iAd as a micro-app contained within an app on a user's iPhone or iPad that they've downloaded from the App Store. When the user taps your advert's banner it bursts into life filling the entire screen of their device. iAd Beginner's Guide takes you through the start to finish process of building rich, compelling, interactive iAds. You will learn to create beautiful multi-page ads with store finders, social sharing, 3D images and video galleries. You will create ads that utilize the powerful technologies in the iPhone to make your brand shine. Once you have engaged the user you can carry out targeted advertising campaigns with location-based coupons, store finders and social engagement. Using the iTunes Store you will see how it's even possible to add one-click digital content purchasing right within your ad. Learn how iAd producer manages all the HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 behind your iAd. You will be creating emotive, gripping and effective mobile advertising campaigns in no time.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
iAd Production
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Time for action — installing iAd Producer


To install iAd Producer, follow these steps:

  1. 1. To download and use iAd Producer, you need to be a paid member of the iOS Developer Program. In Chapter 1, Getting Started with iAd, we signed up to the developer program, so you'll need those login details before continuing.

  2. 2. Go to http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/ and click on the Log in button.

  3. 3. Enter your Apple ID and password, and click on Sign In.

    After you've signed in, find the Downloads section at the bottom of the page. Click on iAd Producer to start downloading it. You can see the download highlighted here:

    Note

    If you cannot see iAd Producer in the Downloads, make sure you're logged in and your developer account has been activated.

  4. 4. After the download is complete, open the file and run iAd Producer.mpkg to start the installation wizard. Follow the steps in the installation and enter your Mac password, if asked for it.

    Note

    When installing certain software, you need to enter your Mac...