Are y'all getting the wacky banner ads?
Oct 2, 2007 | 6:23 pm
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Are y'all getting the wacky banner ads?
I have Norton antivirus, firewall, etc. But just tonight I've noticed that FlyerTalk has gone electric with very annoying banner ads. I'm not sure if it's due to something I did or if it's something indigenous to the site.
Oct 2, 2007 | 7:42 pm
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Join Date: May 2007
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Actually, the easiest thing to do is learn what a hosts file is and what entries to put in it. There are numerous sites on the web that will let you download a host file (just a text file) with entries that block most ads and popups. It works as well as anything I've tried in the past 10 years.
Oct 2, 2007 | 8:04 pm
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This is not a CommunityBuzz! issue so we'll transfer it to our Technical Issues forum.
Please continue to follow at it's new home.
Thanks.
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Cholula
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Please continue to follow at it's new home.
Thanks.
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Cholula
CommunityBuzz! Co-Moderator
Oct 2, 2007 | 8:45 pm
#6
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Those long banners are back on the side of the page- it looks to me like the FT html code might have gotten mangled for a few hours, a missing <TD> or <TR>, so the table cell was landing on top instead of the side.
Seems fixed now.
Seems fixed now.
Oct 2, 2007 | 10:21 pm
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Oct 3, 2007 | 5:08 pm
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Oct 3, 2007 | 6:57 pm
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Oct 4, 2007 | 7:54 am
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Exactly. I found out I was missing on some potentially great promos, such as the Crown Room Club promo last December. Had I not happened upon discussions where people said, "Click on the ad above" I would not have known that I was missing out.