stapel_eliz Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I've upgraded to version 5.0.4, and am attempting to use geo-targeting. I'm trying to use longitude and latitude for the targeting. I'm pretty sure I have set up the MaxMind ASN, City, and Country databases correctly (Revive shows the geo-targeting options as available.) However, using a proxy server, I cannot seem to get the geo-targeted ad to display, so I'm wondering if I actually have things set up correctly. When I look at GitHub and at various forum posts, I see that geo-targeting might need the "plugins_repo" directory. My installation doesn't have this. Advice? Thank you! Eliz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Did you check your stats ? do they show impressions on geolocated ads ? did you apply rules correctly to the campaign / ad ? We use 5.0.4 and geotargeting, no issue, it works. I don't think you need any kind of "plugins_repo" folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stapel_eliz Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 When I had no targeting rules for the banners, the ads did serve, according to the displayed statistics. With the targeting rules in place, nothing has served. Unfortunately, I can find next to no information on "correctly" setting up the targeting. (For instance, I had to figure out for myself that a longitude of "80 degrees W" should be formatted as "-80".) I am using Revive 5.0.4. I had to figure out how to install the MaxMind geo-targeting myself, since it did not install automatically. (There was nothing in the /var/plugins/rvMaxMindGeoIP2/ directory but a "*.lock" file.) According to the GitHub repository, the "plugins_repo" folder is specifically related to the MaxMind geo-targeting. Update: I have also tried using ZIP codes for the particular area, using "OR" connectors, and still no joy. Thank you! Eliz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 Did you enter your Maxmind license key in the plugin settings ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stapel_eliz Posted January 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 Yes, I did. I've tried using US ZIP codes for the city in Florida, but still no joy. Also, there is only a *.lock file for the Cities database. Should I create ones for the ASN and Country databases, as well? Thank you! Eliz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) I think Revive can only automatically download one type of database (City one), hence the .lock file during the download of an updated version. I don't think that you can and need to use another tape of geo database in the folder. To use thi geo function, I create Geo delivery rules sets in my preferences interface and then apply them to banners. I don't use the Geo rules directly from the banner distribution options. Edited January 30, 2020 by Stephanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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