Adverts over the forum text?

[abu hamster]

I have kept on the

fence long enough!

I jokily said I liked

it to wind people up,

I described it as Neil

eating loads of buttons

and throwing up on my

screen however in

all threads and the main

page I have adverts over the

forum text.

I appreciate they are a

necessary evil but not

over the forum text please.

It works fine at home but

seems very clunky at work!

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ooooooooooooooooooooo

That is all

If everyone can post in this

Format then I can read

What you are saying

ps

NOT LONG NOW!

Edited June 14, 2010 by abu hamster

[Ponyegg]

I jokily said I liked it to wind people up, I described it as Neil eating loads of buttons and throwing up on my screen however in the Daily Heil thread I have adverts over the forum text.

[Wiggum]

I have Firefox with noscript running but there's some amount of bloated advertising going on behind the scenes now. The site's actually so slow because of it. Shame.

[LittlemissC]

I have Firefox with noscript running but there's some amount of bloated advertising going on behind the scenes now. The site's actually so slow because of it. Shame.

[Wiggum]

:(I agree Wiggum, I have no issue with the requirement to advertise but it takes ages to look through anything now

[TomfromStroud]

Absolutely no problems at my end. I use Chrome.

[eFestivals]

Do you have Firefox/NoScript too? I've just blocked a few more sources and it does seem much better now.

well, please remove your own blocking else I'll be applying some blocking of my own.

This site cannot afford to subsidise freeloaders.

As lots of people have mentioned they'd like it, the option is now available to have the forums advert-free, at the cost of £18 per year.

To automatically subscribe yourself to this option, just click here:-

/index.php?app=subscriptions">http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/index.php?app=subscriptions

(I've not been able to test this as I can't make payments to myself via PayPal - if there's any problems for any person doing this, please let me know and I'll look into it asap).

[eFestivals]

I have adverts over the forum text.

I appreciate they are a necessary evil but not over the forum text please.

this is being looked into right now, and will hopefully be fixed before the end of the day.

[dirk4danger]

well, please remove your own blocking else I'll be applying some blocking of my own.

This site cannot afford to subsidise freeloaders.

As lots of people have mentioned they'd like it, the option is now available to have the forums advert-free, at the cost of £18 per year.

To automatically subscribe yourself to this option, just click here:-

/index.php?app=subscriptions">http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/index.php?app=subscriptions

(I've not been able to test this as I can't make payments to myself via PayPal - if there's any problems for any person doing this, please let me know and I'll look into it asap).

[Wiggum]

well, please remove your own blocking else I'll be applying some blocking of my own.

This site cannot afford to subsidise freeloaders.

As lots of people have mentioned they'd like it, the option is now available to have the forums advert-free, at the cost of £18 per year.

To automatically subscribe yourself to this option, just click here:-

/index.php?app=subscriptions">http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/index.php?app=subscriptions

(I've not been able to test this as I can't make payments to myself via PayPal - if there's any problems for any person doing this, please let me know and I'll look into it asap).

[abu hamster]

Am on Version 6.0

How do I find my resolution?

Abu

[Keyser Soze]

Right, I appreciate why you need adverts and whatnot but, are you isinuating I'll be banned if if I use software to block advertising (that is slowing down everything on my machine, not just efestivals)? Crikey. How nice. All I wanted to do was talk about Glastonbury. I think you'll find I'm not the only person on here using NoScript or similar.

[eFestivals]

So is the official policy now to make the forum display incorrectly when ad-blockers are detected?

No, it's not.

[eFestivals]

Right, I appreciate why you need adverts and whatnot but, are you isinuating I'll be banned if if I use software to block advertising (that is slowing down everything on my machine, not just efestivals)? Crikey. How nice. All I wanted to do was talk about Glastonbury. I think you'll find I'm not the only person on here using NoScript or similar.

I appreciate that you're not the only freeloader.

But care to tell me why I should provide you with the service you want when you are very deliberately refusing to contribute towards its cost, and via doing that increasing in the advert irritation for others?

[abu hamster]

I dont buy things from

adverts and ignore

them when they appear

do I get a reduced

annual fee?

[eFestivals]

But this is an efestivals issue, since the upgrade the site is an absolute dog to use and the adverts are causing massive delays

The site is running quicker for me; the ads are not causing any delay for me. I am running these forums no differently to anyone else.

So the issue is not the change to these forums but probably something to do with your own setup.

It's not our fault an upgrade has been implemented with half a***d or zero testing now is it?

It is your fault for thinking that it has been when that's not the case.

It is the case that real-life 'testing' is only possible with a real life scenario. There are some aspects that are being tweaked to improve things.

[abu hamster]

In the old style when quoting

it used to put the quote in a

box. Can this be worked in

as now its all text.

Ta

Edited June 14, 2010 by abu hamster

[Wiggum]

I appreciate that you're not the only freeloader.

But care to tell me why I should provide you with the service you want when you are very deliberately refusing to contribute towards its cost, and via doing that increasing in the advert irritation for others?

[abu hamster]

In the old style when quoting

it used to put the quote in a

box. Can this be worked in

as now its all text.

Ta

[Keyser Soze]

The site is running quicker for me; the ads are not causing any delay for me. I am running these forums no differently to anyone else.

So the issue is not the change to these forums but probably something to do with your own setup.

It is your fault for thinking that it has been when that's not the case.

It is the case that real-life 'testing' is only possible with a real life scenario. There are some aspects that are being tweaked to improve things.

[abu hamster]

Just need clarification

If I were to (Which I dont) block

adverts. How would that make me

a freeloader? My screen is not

in a public place and I am not

going to be sucked in by them

anyway?

Are they that clever to know

they are being blocked and

thus your fee reduces?

[eFestivals]

In the old style when quoting

it used to put the quote in a

box. Can this be worked in

as now its all text.

Ta

It's now mostly like that for older quotes.

Unfortunately, the converter routine stopped working at around the 1,000,000 posts mark, so the newest 300,000 posts have yet to be converted.

I've raised a ticket about this with the forum makers, so hopefully this will be fixed in the next 24 hours or so.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

[eFestivals]

Just need clarification

If I were to (Which I dont) block

adverts. How would that make me

a freeloader? My screen is not

in a public place and I am not

going to be sucked in by them

anyway?

Are they that clever to know

they are being blocked and

thus your fee reduces?

It would make you a freeloader because you'd no longer be contributing to the running of this website, as this website pays its bills via the adverts on this website. No adverts, no website.

Yes, the adserver knows what ads are served and to whom.

[eFestivals]

I don't see how I could be expected to put up with it when there's something out there that will stop the problems.

And on the exact same basis....

Why do you think I should put up with your freeloading when there's a ban button that will stop your freeloading?

[clockworkpurple]

How come my avatar has disappeared from my little signed in box on the top right? And when I click on it it tells me I'm not allowed to view member's profiles. What's that all about?