HELP What is that annoying screen in the Top Left hand side?

Judio · **Posted:** 31 Oct 2011, 23:33

Universal Advert on my FISO Forum ??

It is over the top left hand corner in a big box

When you try to navigate between forums it starts playing

Have to cut the Sound

GET RID OF IT PLEASE !!!!

sted · **Posted:** 31 Oct 2011, 23:37

barry · **Posted:** 31 Oct 2011, 23:37

yip..

golden bear · **Posted:** 31 Oct 2011, 23:38

grob · **Posted:** 31 Oct 2011, 23:49

+1 for getting rid of it pronto

DixieDean · **Posted:** 31 Oct 2011, 23:54

Not seen it myself.

Use AdBlockPlus... it gets rid of lots of these issues tbh

rossn13 · **Posted:** 31 Oct 2011, 23:55

I suddenly feel like organising a FISO outing to Universal Studios. Who's in?
More importantly, who knows how to make Molotov cocktails!?

grob · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 00:03

DixieDean wrote:

Not seen it myself.

Use AdBlockPlus... it gets rid of lots of these issues tbh

The thing is Dixie that most of us tolerate some very irritating adverts,as the site depends on the revenue to cover costs,but to install such ads shows a complete disregard for the membership and will drive many more to install Adblock

bigsheff · **Joined:** Thu Oct 15 2009 **Posts:** 1696

been to both universal & islands of adventure would highly recommend...

but anybody know how to get rid yet?

grob · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 00:20

Log out ?

Bramernic · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 00:25

grob wrote:

DixieDean wrote:

Not seen it myself.

Use AdBlockPlus... it gets rid of lots of these issues tbh

The thing is Dixie that most of us tolerate some very irritating adverts,as the site depends on the revenue to cover costs,but to install such ads shows a complete disregard for the membership and will drive many more to install Adblock

The other sad thing is that it probably wasn't a deliberate choice by admin. The advert serving sites are a law unto themselves at times, and it's not completely unknown for a company providing the ads to cause problems as well. Thing to do is to PM admin who is usually quite good at sorting these issues out once he is made aware of them.

pa102aw · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 00:46

I don't seem to be getting it so I couldn't comment.

barry · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 00:56

seems to have gone now.

barry · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 01:13

nope, still there..... :evil:

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Billy Whiz · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 5978

I don't mind Fiso carrying ads - I welcome it - but this is a shocker. It's like the Aviva ads currently bookending Downton Abbey - it will actually put people off the product. And isn't the guy doing the moronic voice-over the same unseen hysterical idiot who does the introductions on the X Factor?

admin · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 07:52

I have informed Adjug who serve the ads that they've put a wrong-sized ad in that space.

It may already have been removed as I don't see it this morning.

(Thanks to Bramernic for sending me a PM informing me of this issue).

Judio · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 09:24

Thank you very much Chris

grob · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 11:17

Bramernic wrote:

grob wrote:

DixieDean wrote:

Not seen it myself.

Use AdBlockPlus... it gets rid of lots of these issues tbh

The thing is Dixie that most of us tolerate some very irritating adverts,as the site depends on the revenue to cover costs,but to install such ads shows a complete disregard for the membership and will drive many more to install Adblock

The other sad thing is that it probably wasn't a deliberate choice by admin.

I'm sure no one thought for a moment that Admin was responsible for placing it. It was irresponsible of Adjug to do so without due care however. Thanks Chris for your prompt intervention.

blahblah · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 11:41

Never had it, myself; but then I get the intermittent freezing\crawling.

pa102aw · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 11:51

blahblah wrote:

Never had it, myself; but then I get the intermittent freezing\crawling.

I never got it either, but for the last week Fiso has been incredibly slow for me. Do you think that this advert was the cause as it must have been running in the background somewhere. ?

blahblah · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 11:57

pa102aw wrote:

blahblah wrote:

Never had it, myself; but then I get the intermittent freezing\crawling.

I never got it either, but for the last week Fiso has been incredibly slow for me. Do you think that this advert was the cause as it must have been running in the background somewhere. ?

From experience, it is normally worth floating ideas like this in the mysterious world of software. Nothing ventured, nothing gained etc; and if those of us not seeing the ad are getting the freezing etc then it might help solve the freezing issues.

admin · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 12:06

pa102aw wrote:

but for the last week Fiso has been incredibly slow for me. Do you think that this advert was the cause as it must have been running in the background somewhere. ?

No I don't think the ad would be the cause as it was only just served on fiso last night.

murf · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 12:07

I didn't get the ad or the freezing - does that help? :wink:

I think some ads get blocked but I see plenty too. 2 on the top of the page as I type this.

I won't pretend to understand.....

blahblah · **Posted:** 01 Nov 2011, 12:08

No ads here.

HELP What is that annoying screen in the Top Left hand side?

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