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I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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Just reporting so far for me the ad's are acceptable. no audio animated but not flashing/fit inducing.
P.S from experience 6-8months after signing up for ads on your site they start to become more tacky less welcome in content. pay attention to feedback around this time.
P.P.S to keep the running cost of the site lower provided you have the RAM on the server check the vbullletin tuning guides. huge difference in CPU load / query speed if MySQL if set-up right. PHP caching also helps.
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I'm not a fan of animated ads. I understand the change to having ads, and I'm okay with it, I'd just rather not have something always moving. So far I've only had one ad that I found to be a bit too much though. I'll keep adblock off as long as they don't get worse from what they are now.
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Quoth Shyla View PostIs there any update on the Forum Runner issue? I would like to be able to use the app again if possible.
The ForumRunner plugin has just been updated to the latest version.
I don't know if the app has any sort of configuration or if you have to tell it what things you want push notifications on, or whatever... but check it, take a look at whatever settings it has. If you need to tell it to bookmark or subscribe to things, check your thread subscriptions, etc... you may need to reset that info.Veni, Vidi, Velcro
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Quoth Mikkel View PostAre you paid just to show the banners, or are you only paid per click?
They slow the loading of a new page perceptively down. I'm thinking about turning them off, but I'd rather not if those few additional seconds will pay some of the expenses.
ETA Mine are animated, not static. No sound.
They should generally load fairly quickly, but I suppose that could depend upon a few variables. What sort of internet connection do you have?Veni, Vidi, Velcro
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Quoth Hibble View Post
P.S from experience 6-8months after signing up for ads on your site they start to become more tacky less welcome in content. pay attention to feedback around this time.
P.P.S to keep the running cost of the site lower provided you have the RAM on the server check the vbullletin tuning guides. huge difference in CPU load / query speed if MySQL if set-up right. PHP caching also helps.
I actively disallow certain types/categories of ads from being shown with the explicit intent of not permitting the more tacky Ads.
As for the config stuff... I'm holding off on that type of tuning until after I have functioning all the features that are supposed to be working. We have well more than enough ram(32GB) for most anything, so that's not a worryVeni, Vidi, Velcro
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Quoth Mikkel View PostBroadband, but shared with my neighbours. Speedtest.net says that I have at the moment (when everybody is just home from work and going online) 7.49 Mbps down, 3,95 up.
The ads are served by Google's servers (it's just the javascript telling your browser to get the ads from them that is in our pages), so that should be plenty fast enough as well.
That said, I *HAVE* seen occasions where ads have taken longer than expected to load, but it typically isn't the norm; it's always been more of a once-in-a-while thing (and usually it seems to have been when there is something else going on like peak internet hours, or I have a movie downloading, etc..).Veni, Vidi, Velcro
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Quoth Kogarashi View PostHmm...I'm not seeing the ads on IE11, which doesn't have an AdBlock that I know of. I wouldn't mind having them on the site if they're discreet and it helps server costs, so does anyone know how I can make IE let them through for this site?
My thoughts are to check to make sure JavaScript is enabled - Google loads the Ads via JavaScript, and also to check to see what Add-Ons you have enabled - there may be something in there blocking without you even knowing.
Can you see Ads anywhere on other sites??Veni, Vidi, Velcro
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Quoth Lace Neil Singer View PostNever saw any ads; then again, I do have Adblock enabled."They gave me a badge with my name on it. In case I forget who I am." Dr Who - Closing Time
"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Adam Savage-Mythbusters
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Quoth PrplPplEater View PostWhat is the Ad for? I'll take a look and see if I can remove it.
It's for The Blood Pressure Solution
bloodpressuresolution.com
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Quoth PrplPplEater View PostI am testing and posting this under IE11, and I'm seeing the Ads, so I know the browser does it. Inside a thread, there are only two ads - one at the very top, and one at the very bottom.
My thoughts are to check to make sure JavaScript is enabled - Google loads the Ads via JavaScript, and also to check to see what Add-Ons you have enabled - there may be something in there blocking without you even knowing.
Can you see Ads anywhere on other sites??"Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
- Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V
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