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09-27-2006, 01:17 PM
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Forum Upgrade - 09/27
I will be updating the forums today, Wed sept 27th to the latest version of the vBulletin software. During that time, the forums will display the board down for maintenance message.
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09-28-2006, 11:24 AM
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Location: Upstate NY
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Obviously this didn't happen yesterday, due to both lack of time on my end as well as me just not taking the forums offline because people were on them. Today when I DO get the opportunity, I'll be shutting them off to get this done.
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10-01-2006, 07:27 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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anybody else notice the ads have gotten a little obtrusive? i kinda liked having them at the top, but the sponsored links in the posts are a little annoying..
i was going to post about this the other day:
i kept getting this ad over and over again. rather funny,
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10-01-2006, 07:29 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ohio
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dvshadow
anybody else notice the ads have gotten a little obtrusive? i kinda liked having them at the top, but the sponsored links in the posts are a little annoying..
i was going to post about this the other day:
i kept getting this ad over and over again. rather funny,
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Someone change his tampon please
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10-01-2006, 09:02 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Posts: 4,632
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every page has a maximum of 10 posts and a maximum of 1 ad. these ads are about 1" high X 6" long on a 21" monitor. i don't see how they can be considered obtrusive. most of the time i scroll right through a page without even noticing them.
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10-01-2006, 09:43 PM
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Senior Admin
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: CT
Posts: 600
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I have noticed the ads, but I don't think they get in the way at all. The ones I have seen aren't any bigger than most of the signatures on the posts..
It's all good with me.
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10-01-2006, 09:45 PM
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BF2, WC3 Admin
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Waukesha, WI
Posts: 1,252
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The only thing I don't like is they catch my eye. That's kinda what they're supposed to do, but when I'm skimming the page I end up scrolling back up because it looks like a post. But I'm not in that big of a hurry so it doesn't matter much to me.
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10-01-2006, 11:27 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Upstate NY
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They're set to show up at the end of each page of posts... Hvaing them up at the top was actually more annoying to me, as they were just there and I couldn't get them formatted all the way to the right of the header as I wanted.
Anyhow, look at it this way, an ad or 2 a day could end up paying for a server  |
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10-02-2006, 01:55 AM
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Not A Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CannonFodder
Anyhow, look at it this way, an ad or 2 a day could end up paying for a server |
Was that supposed to rhyme 
First thing is that I have never seen them at the end of the posts, they have always been inside the thread. I found them much more appealing to my eyes when they were at the top of the page, not to mention I saw them with every page loaded as the first thing that I looked at.
When the ads were at the top of the page, they were not obtrusive and I was actually clicking on them. Inside the posts, I doubt I will ever click on them because all I do is recognize them as ads and skim straight over them, and in that is where the ad campaign is flawed. I know the reason we have ads is that there are not enough donations.
I wish I COULD continue to donate, however paypal has closed my personal account and in their terms, it states that I cannot create a new one.
edit: my point
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In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear. - John C. Dvorak
Name's DV Otherwise known as the Zig Zag Man - Catch me if you can
Last edited by Dvshadow : 10-02-2006 at 02:06 AM.
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10-02-2006, 03:14 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canada!!!
Posts: 355
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Where are these ads you're talking about?
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