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Sep 23, 2004, 09:37 AM
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Deity
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 2,461
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Advertisement annoyances
Hi all,
I'm sure this has been mentioned before but I will voice my concern in a new thread. I visit Civfanatics at least once daily and sometimes more. More often than not I'm visiting from a computer which does not have popup blocker nor am I allowed to install this program. When arriving at the main front page those popup ads always cover the Forums link button just as I'm clicking on it. Very annoying to have to close a popup then the popup of the popup. To add insult to injury we have to see a once a day ad screen prior to entering the forums. I understand that websites need to make money but these ads are annoying. Is there any way to either eliminate them or at least move them out of the way so as not to become a nuisance? |
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Sep 23, 2004, 10:09 AM
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The Quiet Moderator
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Southern CA, USA
Posts: 9,322
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The main site will have pop-ups, but the forums won't.
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Sep 23, 2004, 11:11 AM
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True Believer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Red Sox Nation
Posts: 2,683
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You could always just link directly to the forums. I don't think I've seen the main page in a couple of months, at least.
 The once a day ad can be skipped by clicking the linkat the top of the ad page.... |
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Sep 23, 2004, 05:54 PM
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Just wait for the popup to finish loading first, then close it.
That said, we do plan to replace the popup ads on the main site with other types of ads, most likely before the end of the year.
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Sep 23, 2004, 06:05 PM
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Watching.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 27,516
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I got a pop-up in the forums yesterday
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Sep 23, 2004, 06:14 PM
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Space Travel is Boring
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set http://forums.civfanatics.com as your homepage. That way, you should automaticly get there, no popup  Also, try getting a better browser. You never experience the problem with Mizilla |
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Sep 23, 2004, 07:33 PM
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CFC Scribe
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 5,849
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I don't have any ads...got to love Mozilla
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Sep 23, 2004, 10:38 PM
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Deity
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Randomistan
Posts: 25,973
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The ads don't bother me, so long as we don't have ELECTRICAL SUPERSTORMS. Pop-ups are annoying, true, but the takeover ad isn't so bad. 'Cept for that one that had the trojan in it.
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Sep 23, 2004, 10:44 PM
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Banned
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,281
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Popups aren't annoying...........
As long as you have a good firewall/popup blocker |
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Sep 23, 2004, 11:53 PM
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Trousers
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Posts: 4,786
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on the topic of ads, have people seen this one?
it flashes like a strobe light and is very irritating... i don't mind the takeover ad, it's fine, i only have to see it once. i don't mind having banner ads either, but i don't want them flashing away or moving about constantly :unsure: |
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Sep 24, 2004, 12:43 AM
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Deity +2
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Trondheim, Norway
Posts: 2,712
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Ironically I got a pop-up when I opened this thread.
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Sep 24, 2004, 02:07 AM
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Yip Thats Me
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: New Zealand Last Time I Checked
Posts: 330
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change your hosts file then you get no adds.
Very handy I changed the one on my server. you can make a hosts file here http://ssmedia.com/utilities/hosts/ |
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Sep 24, 2004, 07:09 AM
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Take a break
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: London
Posts: 15,881
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Sep 26, 2004, 10:23 AM
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Warlord
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 260
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Well, I got a few of those to, one even while I was reading a thread and didn't change pages or anything.
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