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Indoor66
10-09-2008, 02:30 PM
What is with the xbox ad covering the new post list? I cannot access the newest posts without activating a new window with an ad in it.
CameronBornAndBred
10-09-2008, 03:09 PM
I haven't had that one yet, but I'm sure I'll see it eventually. I don't see how advertisers can assume that their blatantly interrupting us will make any more likely to buy their product. Banner ads and commericials are fine, they are non obtrusive, or at least expected. But I hate being in mid sentence only to have open a new page so I can finish what I was reading.
riverside6
10-09-2008, 03:14 PM
indoor, it appears the problem is in IE only, as I saw on my desktop this morning. I'm trying on my laptop now in IE, but the ad on the right doesn't show at all. I'm betting it has something to do with the resolution of 1024 x 768 and IE. Do you match that description?

Once again, firefox doesn't have the problem for me.
summerwind03
10-09-2008, 03:40 PM
I have IE and have just started having that issue as well. It's a work laptop, so I don't have a choice of browser. I'll definitely be reading less if this continues -- too annoying.
sue71
10-09-2008, 03:46 PM
Definitely let J & B know if ads are causing problems. Shoot them an email (link via CONTACT US @ the bottom of the page) with a snapshot or link or at very least a description of the ad and its location.
-jk
10-09-2008, 05:02 PM
I'm not seeing it in either IE or Firefox. What are you seeing? A particular ad?

There was a bit of work done yesterday to fix a different IE problem. Damn Microsquish and their not-quite-compliant browser!

-jk
Dr. Rosenrosen
10-09-2008, 05:50 PM
I actually got a pop-up yesterday using Firefox. I set my preferences to block popups from this site and haven't seen once since.
Indoor66
10-09-2008, 05:55 PM
I'm not seeing it in either IE or Firefox. What are you seeing? A particular ad?

It was an Xbox ad at about 1 or 1:30 this afternoon. It was and is the only ad that had this effect. I saw it on IE. Now I have a full width screen with no ads on the right margin.
-jk
10-09-2008, 06:07 PM
It was an Xbox ad at about 1 or 1:30 this afternoon. It was and is the only ad that had this effect. I saw it on IE. Now I have a full width screen with no ads on the right margin.

Thanks. If anyone can spot a pattern, please let me know.

-jk
rockymtn devil
10-09-2008, 07:38 PM
I had a similar situation as what Indoor is describing but it wasn't with the Xbox ad. The Weatherbug on the right side of the page was overlapping with the links to go to the end of a thread. This is on Safari and not IE, but it went away and I haven't noticed it today.
Indoor66
10-10-2008, 03:26 PM
I just had the same experience with an EASports ad - at 1:24 pm on Friday, 10/10. The ad covered the right hand portion of the screen and prevented me from seeing who make the latest post to a thread on the PPB.
YmoBeThere
10-10-2008, 09:39 PM
No problem here at all...
CameronBornAndBred
10-11-2008, 12:35 PM
Just got that ad on my laptop, included a screenshot.
-jk
10-11-2008, 04:37 PM
Perfect, thanks for the grab!

-jk
-jk
10-13-2008, 12:39 PM
We've done some tweaks. If anyone sees this again, please let me know. A screen grab is even better.

thanks,

-jk
-jk
10-15-2008, 06:19 PM
We've had one more report of odd site issues. Anyone else seeing anything that seems broken? If so, I'd very much appreciate it if you can get a screen grab. To get a grab, press Alt-PrintScreen to copy, open Word or a graphics package, and paste.

thanks,

-jk
sue71
10-15-2008, 07:00 PM
We've had one more report of odd site issues. Anyone else seeing anything that seems broken? If so, I'd very much appreciate it if you can get a screen grab. To get a grab, press Alt-PrintScreen to copy, open Word or a graphics package, and paste.

thanks,

-jk

Since you asked... note the difference on the 2 screen grabs. One has my bookmark sidebar open and pushes everything to the right, into the ad field. One has my bookmark sidebar closed and it's normal. Browser is Firefox.
CameronBornAndBred
10-15-2008, 07:09 PM
Strange how your text still overflows the ad, at least you can read the post. By the way, nice favorites list, from it I discern that you are a news and sports junkie!
sue71
10-15-2008, 07:17 PM
Strange how your text still overflows the ad, at least you can read the post. By the way, nice favorites list, from it I discern that you are a news and sports junkie!

Uhhhh, work computer... please disregard bookmarks... oops. :o
-jk
10-15-2008, 09:13 PM
Since you asked... note the difference on the 2 screen grabs. One has my bookmark sidebar open and pushes everything to the right, into the ad field. One has my bookmark sidebar closed and it's normal. Browser is Firefox.

Thanks. Oversized pictures can cause unintended trouble: you can't wrap them - you have to warp the page to hold them. We'll look into it.

thanks,

-jk
sue71
10-15-2008, 09:24 PM
Thanks. Oversized pictures can cause unintended trouble: you can't wrap them - you have to warp the page to hold them. We'll look into it.

thanks,

-jk

I guess I thought that if pics were over a certain size, they became thumbnails and had to be clicked on to see full size (like my screen grabs).
OZZIE4DUKE
10-16-2008, 01:18 AM
I guess I thought that if pics were over a certain size, they became thumbnails and had to be clicked on to see full size (like my screen grabs).

Can a picture be uploaded to appear on a page, like in email or a Word doc, or does a link have to point to a picture on some server somewhere? I think when the DBR first went to this software, we were told to point, but since I don't have a server or use some host photo service, I was wondering if this has changed over the last year or so. Like how did CathyCA post the picture of me and the Blue Devil three weeks ago?