i need to click on the X to clear the banner that appears at the bottom of the screen each and every time I view a forum page. it blocks the screen behind it.
Is there something I can do to disable this from occurring each and every time?
Isn't there enough advertisement on the forum pages?
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading
I thought it would go away when I gave them my address, but it is still popping up constantly.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I just clicked the 'X' and the banner ad retreated to a black box lower right corner. It stays there as long as I'm logged in. Since I'm logged in all the time I haven't had to click it again.
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When I click on the "X" on the forum home page that disables the ad for each subsequent page I open.
I understand the objective, but I find the banner annoying and assume the existing tabs are sufficient and/or those who view or participate in the forums are sufficiently self-motivated without the banner. Therefore, I'd vote to trash it.
However, MR owns the bat and the ball, so if they feel it's necessary and worth the annoyance, perhaps they could at least move the MR graphic to the corner so it doesn't interfere with content.
Rick Krall
I agree, it is annoying! Annoying your customers is an interesting way to promote your business. However, it does seem to be the standard, now-a-days.
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jeffrey-wimberlyI just clicked the 'X' and the banner ad retreated to a black box lower right corner. It stays there as long as I'm logged in. Since I'm logged in all the time I haven't had to click it again.
not for me!
even after i've logged into the site, it continues to re-appear if i re-open a forum page!
Me too. It's easy just to click on the X but it is a little annoying.
Do you have an ad blocker? If not you need to get one. I'm using Simple Adblock with Firefox. It did a great job of making the pop-up ad at the top of the page vanish.
fkrallHowever, MR owns the bat and the ball, so if they feel it's necessary and worth the annoyance, perhaps they could at least move the MR graphic to the corner so it doesn't interfere with content.
It is a small thing and does not annoy a LION at all. LIONS cannot be annoyed at anything less than the zookeeper not showing up on time with a raw lump of meat.
It cannot go into the corner, because the way that HTML works. You and I might be looking at the website on a 1600 or better flat screen monitor, others may still be using an 800 px CRT monitor. For those people, it already is in the corner. For the rest of us it is at the LEFT edge of the actual content. So as far as their web master is concerned it IS ALREADY IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
I know this is really annoying for us subscribers. Why not advertise this to non-subscribers?
I used adblock, and now I only see a black box on the lower right side. But still annoying!
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Motley I know this is really annoying for us subscribers. Why not advertise this to non-subscribers?
I'm not sure only annoying people who have yet to give you money is the way to go.
Nice strategy, annoy future, current and past subscribers.
Jim
Maybe they should stop trying to jam more advertising on the page and divert their IT department to fixing problems with PAID Subscriber content (like Video Plus suddenly not working).
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
BroadwayLion It cannot go into the corner, because the way that HTML works. You and I might be looking at the website on a 1600 or better flat screen monitor, others may still be using an 800 px CRT monitor. For those people, it already is in the corner. For the rest of us it is at the LEFT edge of the actual content. So as far as their web master is concerned it IS ALREADY IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. ROAR
OK, then the solution is easy. In addition to requiring users to disable Flash so we can watch seamless videos again, MR should require all users to trash their flats and return to CRT monitors. Some problems are easy to solve if you simply approach them the right way!
SQUEEK.
I know it is no big thing, but my post count is going backward again, and I am sure that is an even quicker easier fix.... ---- THAT DOESN"T HAPPEN.
Johnboy out.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Like you said,,no big thing,,,that happened to me,four times already..Jeffery's actual thread count,,is was 23,000 plus,,
Cheers,
Frank
Actually,,,,,now it is five,times,cause it just did it,again..From 1329 to 1229,,,five times it did that..
I have never paid any attention to my post counts until I looked at this thread...sure enough, they are going down . Any chance I can get this server to manage my mortgage and auto loan...it would be nice to see them go down as fast...!
Happy Modeling!
Don.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that both engines have failed, and we will be stuck here for some time. The good news is that you decided to take the train and not fly."
EMD.DonI have never paid any attention to my post counts until I looked at this thread...sure enough, they are going down
When you hit ZERO! No more forum for you! You must quit! Cease and desist! You must return to working on your layout!
BATMAN EMD.DonI have never paid any attention to my post counts until I looked at this thread...sure enough, they are going down When you hit ZERO! No more forum for you! You must quit! Cease and desist! You must return to working on your layout!
When I first started to notice it was about a month ago,maybe longer, I can't get past 1350,one day i am at 1348, next day it is,1248,,that has happened five times now,,,I thought at first, I just was seeing things,,but now I know I'm not nuts......... Anyway!! I called Kalmbach cust. serv..out of curiosity and they are going to find out what is going on..I spoke to a woman,by the name of Lori and she assured me I wasn't nuts,or any of you having that problem,,it is the first time she and others heard of it,,,no one brought it to they're attention before..When they find out and fix it they will e-mail me and i will post it here.....She did say,there would be no reason for the badges then,if the post count didn't matter..
zstripe ...she assured me I wasn't nuts,or any of you having that problem... Frank
...she assured me I wasn't nuts,or any of you having that problem...
Now, if only my wife would agree that I am not nuts......then this day would be especially good...!
I got some cheese to go with my Whine and I have no problem with the banner and clicking the X. I always sign out when done posting anyway.
Firefox and ad block plus are good.
Post count is all about Male Ego which is much to large anyway. Ask your significant other.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
Some people profess not to care about their post count. So be it.
But since the post count does appear, the least they could do is get it right.
Otherwise, what is the point of including a post count in the first place.
We would all be better off without it than to have it be inaccurate.
Alton Junction
richg1998 ......and I have no problem with the banner and clicking the X. I always sign out when done posting anyway. Post count is all about Male Ego which is much to large anyway. Ask your significant other.
......and I have no problem with the banner and clicking the X. I always sign out when done posting anyway.
Gidday Rich, would have agreed with you 100% until I now find my post count is as I post this, Zero!!!
Not great for the Ego, though it may be an indication of the general worth of my posts.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Now briefly, back to the original topic. I was all set to install an ad blocker, until I read some of the fine print. I use Google Chrome as my browser, and Google recommends "Ad Blocker Plus". Well, in addition to the personal data collection activities described in their "Privacy Policy", Ad Blocker Plus lists as "attributes" that "It can access your data on all websites", and "It can access your tabs and browsing activity". Sounds like an "invasion of privacy" to me. I think I'll just suffer with the green subscribe ad bar.
Wilton.
There are more AD Blockers,than just Google..
richg1998 Post count is all about Male Ego
Post count is all about Male Ego
Not really.
If the forum didn't have a post count feature, no one would care and no one would know how many messages he had posted. If there were no post count, but someone was keeping track of his number of posts, that would be a case of Male Ego.
But the fact of the matter is that there is a post count feature. And because there is a post count feature, most people take notice of their post count. Some feel offended when there post count is inaccurate, especially when it constantly diminishes.
Quite frankly, I get tired of hearing some people proclaim that they don't care and belittling those who do care.
Guy's we are straying,,into forbidden,,,territory,,