Banner Adverts - Changes

[Ashers]

Christ these ads are annoying and are making it near impossible to use FISO on my phone.

[Jester]

Christ these ads are annoying and are making it near impossible to use FISO on my phone.

x2

[robot]

I don't really understand how this sort off stuff works, but why do I get no adds at all on my phone, is it not simple for others to switch something off/ on.

[Spinynorman]

It used to happen a bit before the ads but it is much worse now. It's the about to click on a thread scenario and then the site skips a bit and you click on the next one up. That drives me nuts.

[murf]

Cough...

If the display issues can't be resolved by Wednesday then I'll put the ad code on our test site instead and work on it from there.

Cough.....

[Dennisthemenace]

I've no probs with ads per say, but they are too big and just annoying. It actually puts me off buying whatever's advertised!

I also thought it was a data protection thingy nowadays, where companies are not allowed to advertise based on your internet usage. Certainly, on Facebook there was an 'opt out' button which if you ticked it all adverts became random and if you didn't then all your personal internet usage was used in adverts targeted towards you. Something like that anyway.

[murf]

I've no probs with ads per say, but they are too big and just annoying. It actually puts me off buying whatever's advertised!

Not just the size but the poor implementation meaning everything jumps around as it slowly appears and/or resizes and you end up clicking on the wrong thing or losing your place half way through typing

[Hotpot]

The ads at the bottom are annoying as F****.

Please do something about it

[hancockjr]

Christ these ads are annoying and are making it near impossible to use FISO on my phone.

x2

x3

[bspittles]

The ad at the top has stopped causing the page to jump about while loading. It still obscures something, but whatever it is isn’t something I’ve missed using. The one at the bottom isn’t big enough to bother me.

I use either a desktop or a full sized iPad. I can’t imagine doing any surfing on my phone - that’s what apps are for.

[hancockjr]

I'm using a laptop and the page jumps causing incorrect links to be clicked. Utterly irritating.

[Dennisthemenace]

I've now got ebay video adverts at the bottom. I'll screen shot if it happens again.

[Spinynorman]

I've now got ebay video adverts at the bottom. I'll screen shot if it happens again.

I get those as well. At the moment it's the stuff at the bottom that seems to be most annoying.

[Dennisthemenace]

screenshot of the video advert

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[Tacalabala]

screenshot of the video advert

I get a big Lego one, crazy

[morganb]

Ironically, I've been getting adverts for the film 'Ralph Wrecks the Internet '!

[admin]

Sorry for the delay, had a busy weekend. Have just uploaded further code sent by Snack Media which should stop the forum content jumping down when the top ad banner is loaded, particularly if you have a slow internet speed. Have tested it with different browsers on my laptop and seems to work fine but please let me know if it doesn't.

[Tacalabala]

Are you considering alternatives to the bottom banner?

[wahine]

What! when i came on first tonight all these sirens and bells went off telling me my files will all be lost im not good with technology so i immediately restarted my computer and it hasnt happened this time - where did that come from? should I be concerned?

[forestfan]

What! when i came on first tonight all these sirens and bells went off telling me my files will all be lost im not good with technology so i immediately restarted my computer and it hasnt happened this time - where did that come from? should I be concerned?

Sounds like a “scareware” fake virus alert, if it didn’t recur when you restarted - they are generally trying to get you to phone a number/click a link to install something that really will damage your device or steal your money.

If those are occurring through FISO ads though there really is a problem with the supplier.

[Yorkshire Exile]

This bottom banner needs removing

Just intrusive.... Having to remove it every page in order to read anything

[admin]

This bottom banner needs removing

Just intrusive.... Having to remove it every page in order to read anything

In order for me to look into why scrolling down to read the further content does not work for you, I need to know your device and browser so I can test it. Anyone with any problems please provide this info (either on this topic or via PM).

The bottom sticky banner works fine for me on my laptop (under various browsers), on tablet (mini Ipad and Samsung tablet) and Samsung smartphone (where I find it least noticeable).

[Yorkshire Exile]

Chrome

Huawei p20

[robot]

What! when i came on first tonight all these sirens and bells went off telling me my files will all be lost im not good with technology so i immediately restarted my computer and it hasnt happened this time - where did that come from? should I be concerned?

Sounds like a “scareware” fake virus alert, if it didn’t recur when you restarted - they are generally trying to get you to phone a number/click a link to install something that really will damage your device or steal your money.

If those are occurring through FISO ads though there really is a problem with the supplier.

I got the you gave won an i phone pop up last night with fiso as the only website open, newish lap top and no previous svareware issues.

[admin]

Chrome

Huawei p20

And what exactly happens when you scroll down that means you still can't read anything?

[Striker]

What! when i came on first tonight all these sirens and bells went off telling me my files will all be lost im not good with technology so i immediately restarted my computer and it hasnt happened this time - where did that come from? should I be concerned?

Sounds like a “scareware” fake virus alert, if it didn’t recur when you restarted - they are generally trying to get you to phone a number/click a link to install something that really will damage your device or steal your money.

If those are occurring through FISO ads though there really is a problem with the supplier.

I've had that bollox warning about my Windows not being up to date and the risk of losing data three times in the last week. ALWAYS AND ONLY on Fiso. It's a pain as if you don't fancy pressing the malware or whatever loading button you can't close the thing down without logging off. While this only wastes less than a minute it suggests that Fiso should sack the idiots who are allowing this to happen and find another "supplier".

[admin]

What! when i came on first tonight all these sirens and bells went off telling me my files will all be lost im not good with technology so i immediately restarted my computer and it hasnt happened this time - where did that come from? should I be concerned?

Sounds like a “scareware” fake virus alert, if it didn’t recur when you restarted - they are generally trying to get you to phone a number/click a link to install something that really will damage your device or steal your money.

If those are occurring through FISO ads though there really is a problem with the supplier.

I've had that bollox warning about my Windows not being up to date and the risk of losing data three times in the last week. ALWAYS AND ONLY on Fiso. It's a pain as if you don't fancy pressing the malware or whatever loading button you can't close the thing down without logging off. While this only wastes less than a minute it suggests that Fiso should sack the idiots who are allowing this to happen and find another "supplier".

I think this may have been our fault. Rob and I were testing ad banners on our sub-domain test site and didn't put the same ad authoriation codes on it which looks like it impacted the quality of the ads shown on the main site. Hopefully all fixed now.

[blahblah]

Is this why "1 Day" doesn't seem to work anymore?

Is this the place to ask how to stop Ad's on my phone, which no other site has. There is a really annoying green Xmas thing which surrounds the whole screen.

[Zimmerman]

Chrome

Huawei p20

And what exactly happens when you scroll down that means you still can't read anything?

The ad at the bottom now appears to dissappear after a few seconds (has this always been the case)?

I’m not seeing the massive Lego one either.

From your comments Chris - doesn’t appear that you believe this bottom advert is an issue?

Whilst it is true and we can scroll down - it really does impact my experience (and I think others share that view). It’s not the end of the world, but it’s not great. It’s really intrusive and the fact that it’s not something that is employed elsewhere is telling. There’s a reason that even sites that are built purely to sell us stuff don’t utilise that tactic.

There is limited real estate on a mobile device. Even a small advert means the loss of say 20% of the screen is bad (iPhone 6S). Additional scrolling is bad. Appreciate these are very much first world problems.

[admin]

Is this why "1 Day" doesn't seem to work anymore?

I will look into. In the meantime there is also a 1 day link under the orange '3 line' menu bar.