Content locker

Gate pages (content locker)

Movie-site style hops: ads, countdown, auto-scroll, Continue — pages & articles.

What a Gate is

A Gate is a Smart Flow step that shows a publication page or article with ad zones, a countdown, optional auto-scroll to the Continue bar, and a locked Continue button until timer (and scroll) requirements are met. This matches the classic movie / game download “safelink” pattern — without forcing AdSense clicks.

Visitor experience

Page loads with brand, title, body, and ad slots.
Countdown starts (default ~8 seconds, configurable 5–60).
If auto-scroll is on, the page smoothly scrolls toward Continue (respects reduced-motion).
If require-scroll is on, Continue stays locked until the button is in view.
When unlocked, Continue advances to the next Flow step (another Gate or Redirect).
Multi-gate flows show a progress chip such as Step 1/2.

Content modes

Mode	Behavior
Specific	Uses the first selected page (preferred) or article.
Pool (random)	Picks randomly from selected pages/articles; remembers seen items via `_seen` so hops vary.
Random from site	Picks from all published pages/articles on the chosen publication site (filtered by content type).

Content type can be pages only, articles only, or either.

Zone highlighter

In the Gate editor, click the five-cell map to choose which ad zones render on that hop:

header — Top of page (good for network / Social Bar / popunder scripts)
in_content_1 — In the article body area
sidebar — Beside content (desktop)
above_cta — Directly above Continue
footer — Footer

Empty selection = all zones. Scripts themselves are managed under the publication site’s Ad zones screen.

Gate settings checklist

Seconds (5–60)
Require scroll
Auto-scroll
Lock until timer
Button text / wait message
Progress label template: Step {'{'}current{'}'}/{'{'}total{'}'}

AdSense compliance Do not instruct visitors to “click the ad to continue.” Place AdSense units for impressions; unlock Continue with time + scroll only. Network Smartlink / popunder scripts may fire from zone HTML on load or interaction — never as a fake AdSense click gate.

Admin vs publisher

Admins manage publication sites, articles, pages, and zone scripts.
Publishers select from the published catalog when building Gate steps (unpublished IDs are rejected).

Demo path for clients

Publication site with 2 pages + 2 articles; zone scripts on header and above_cta.
Platform flow: CAPTCHA → Gate (random site) → Gate (specific article) → Redirect.
Set as default; open a short link on mobile and desktop.