In fact, I liked ads as they were before the change.They had a style and not that much space on screen.
It would be better to make ads 2 (3? more? :eek: ) screens in height if they preserve the old width.
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In fact, I liked ads as they were before the change.They had a style and not that much space on screen.
It would be better to make ads 2 (3? more? :eek: ) screens in height if they preserve the old width.
This is now ridiculous. It forces the ad in the individual forum sections and even if you click on the thingy it will still reset itself if you use your back button from a thread page. The ad forces extra mouse clicks or worse massive amounts of down scrolling. Please give the manager that made this decision a book on web usability.
I really don't see a reason to come here anymore until management gets a clue.
It somehow often doesn't show me any ads, just white space with "Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width" below (sometimes 1.5 screens from the top of the page)... If this thing is to grasp half a screen, it at least should have a purpose!
Amazingly, i have not even observed any of these ads (Until now - have become a little consious). I know they r there, but i never see em or read em, forget about me clickin on em.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnW@Wessex
Wait a minute dude...Quote:
Originally Posted by NatThoelecke
We may get used to it at some point, but the inconvience caused to regular users CANNOT be compromised, especially to the ones who help other people.
There are things that the Administration or whoever, have to note.
1. Take people who visit CG INFREQUENTLY, which is "THE BIG NUMBER"......,
They will come here because they are looking for something and this is a very likely place to find a solution..., search in google - good chance u'll end up here. So they will be here no matter what because, they need a solution desperately, so the ads won't bother 'em THAT MUCH..., if at all it does.
2. Take the reason why they are here....
"The Gurus" (who are few in number), choose to voluntarily reply to posts. Now THIS is something you HAVE to consider.
THEY are the backbone of CG.
You have to consider what they want and what they don't.
You exist now this popular because of them.
You do not want to lose any of them because of some pesky ads. In the long run IT WILL hit back CG. Why????
3. If you have a problem, and if u really seach around a little, you will find the solution in code guru. OK, so what's new. Everyone knows it. So who cares if the Gurus stay or not, Right?????
WRONG!!!
If you lose just a few, of the few gurus u have, there will be lesser replies to some "unsolvable" problems that people come here for.
With new technologies creeping in every year, you need them to be here, because they are the gurus and they will learn quicker, and master it before most others come to know that something like that exists!!! So give them what they want.
If u lose some of them you WILL and SHOULD lose a H-E-L-L lot of people from (1) in the long run.
The ball is in your court like always.
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One way to help with the massive scrolling problem is to place the "Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width" link above the add where it will always remain in a fixed position.
Arjay
Well again... I see this ads problem is going to create a lots of opinions... but mine's...Quote:
Originally Posted by Luchin_plusplus
I did check the AUP before posting that, and AFAIKFS I didn't "suggested a violation of the acceptable usage policy". Asking for a plugin or a tool that fixes the viewing of the forums in screen in no way afects the forum or the ads temselves. It is pretty much the same job a pop-up blocker, except that the plugin has to do the job after the page loads successfully. Please note I had posted the words:
...then the plugin clicks the expand link before the user has to...
In other words, let the page to load successfully (with ADs and everything) and then do something about it, before the user has to trouble himself with all that matter. It is not like cracking the forum software or catching the ad in real-time the same way popup-blocker do (as that wuld also be much more difficult to do).
If, please, someone can explain me why and where exactly I'm breaking protocol I would be glad, as given the AD problem, I consider my suggestion a nice, legal, just and fair way to go around.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: sorry for the incoveniences. And, coming up to the thread, I had already suggested the idea of letting the "Expand" text before the ad. I support this better that trying to resize windows or other means.
is this normal, an add inside my text box..??? :confused:
What browser? No, that shouldn't be. I bet it's firefox though. It's doing all kinds of weird things.
Is it the browser - or the site that does weird things?Quote:
Originally Posted by JPnyc
My guess is that i'ts the browser... IE, Opera and Konqueror have no trouble putting the ads where they are intended to be. At least nobody's complained, excepto for some instances in which the ad box overlaps with the forum area.
I think it's the browser also. It's not the 1st FF issue we've had. We had a whole toolbar and nav remotely hosted that was included in a page. When loaded directly it displayed fine, but when included FF alone showed it incorrectly. So much so that we had to ditch it entirely.
Sigh... let me just join the choir. This new ad placement is pure stupidity. Not only is it in my way when I'm browsing the forums, it also wastes an awful lot of screen real-estate (Something I have limited amounts of). It's just plain bad web-design. If you can't make it fit, just don't put it there.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that running this site is expensive, and therefore you need ads, that's not the problem. I have no problem with the other ads here and I even click them once in a while to support the site. The problem is that this particular ad, instead of tempting me to click it, is pissing me off. I'm sure that is not the intention of the advertiser.
I mean, do you really think this is fair to all of us using of our own free time to help to keeping CodeGuru alive? After all, if it wasn't for us regulars, this site would be useless. If we all went somewhere else, where would you be? I basically feel like you're slapping a big ad in our face as a thank you for making you money.
Oh, and just for the record: I'm talking to the people at the top who decided this ad was needed, not JPnyc and Brad. I know you guys are only "following orders", so to speak.
I am not against having large advertisement. However, the wide advertisement located on the right-hand-side creates a wide white gap which is not only wasteful but also displeasing to the eyes. Worst till, it causes the table which displays all threads to be inappropriately scaled. As a result, it is very difficult to read especially on smaller display. Probably I am a bit too fussy but I believe that the professionism of the people running the website can be seen from the layout of the webpage.
Even though, "Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width" helps to ease some pains, I do hope that it is a temporary solution. This is because it doesn't solve the problem since it will be reverted whenever the page is reloaded. In addition, some people may regards this as an equivalent to pop-up advertisement. In other words, it can be easily assumed that most people just click to close the advertisement whenever it appears. Please correct me if I am wrong. Having such advertisement not only pisses people off but also it is not in the interest of the advertisement people. If I want to advertise something, I wouldn't want my advertisement to only appear momentarily.