Terms & Conditions
GENERAL GUIDELINES
- Campaigns cannot run without adherence of Ad Policy & General Advertising Guidelines.
- All advertising orders are accepted subject to the terms and condition of the Master Services Agreement.
- All 3rd Party Vendors must be SSL-Compliant for all display ads.
3RD PARTY ADS
- 3rd Party tags are accepted except where noted in the Digital Advertising Specs
- All 3rd Party Vendors must be SSL-Compliant for all display ads, including creative and tracking components. All web pages are loaded over a secure connection. Secure connections (https) are achieved using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) in accordance with industry standards. We require that all ads, creative assets, and tracking elements are requested using a secure connection. Additionally, all subsequent requests to media assets or tracking URLs must also use a secure connection (https://). The only part of an ad permitted to be non-SSL compliant is the click URL (target landing page). Assets which are not SSL compliant will not be accepted.
- All 3rd Party served ads must be tested prior to the campaign start, please allow additional time for this.
- Hyperlinks must open in a new browser window.
- If using Google Ad Manager (DCM), internal redirect tags (InReds) are preferred.
- Approved 3rd Party partners and vendors can be found here.
CREATIVE ASSETS
- Ad formatting is specific to each ad, please refer to the ad’s individual spec page for proper formatting and optimization.
- For HTML5 creative please see these supplemental guidelines.
- Creative with a white background must have a minimum 1-pixel border while remaining within the ad slot dimensions.
- Creative may not utilize “fake” form fields or system alert look-a-likes.
- The use of any TriMed Media’s name, its initials or the name of any of its publications may not be used in any advertisement, landing page, promotion material (including promotional/discount codes), or follow-up mailings without the express written permission of TriMed.
- TriMed adheres closely to the IAB specification guidelines.
CREATIVE SUBMISSION
- Assets must be delivered to advertising@trimedmedia.com at least five (5) business days prior to campaign launch for standard ads and seven (7) business days for rich media, out-of-page and expanding ads.
- Changes to any publisher developed creative must be submitted at least five (5) business days prior to launch.
- Creative submissions are not considered complete until all assets including images, text, click-thru URL and the successful observation of the landing page are accounted for.
- If the landing page is not live by the creative submission deadline, a representation of the final page must be provided by supplying either a demo URL or full-page screenshot of the page.
- Submit all creative to advertising@trimedmedia.com