New ads ?

[Brennan]

Making the site look awful on my Mac.

 

[Milk]

Thank ****, thought it was only me.

Making navigating around the site somewhat interesting to say the least

 

[bluelife]

Getting horrible big ones at the top and the ones inbetween the posts look messy and intrusive and don't do the site any good at all IMO.
But then again you have to get some money so beggars cant be choosers

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Getting horrible big ones at the top and the ones inbetween the posts look messy and intrusive and don't do the site any good at all IMO.
But then again you have to get some money so beggars cant be choosers

We'll fix it, clearly not acceptable to have intrusive adverts

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Hi all, please see below.

Hi Dan,

I think I know where this may have been coming from. Should be fixed by now.

Is there any chance you could post an update into forum thread that we have applied a fix? And if anyone is still experiencing problem, ask them to post a screenshot?

Thanks a lot

 

[penev10]

Still having the same issue. CSS conflict?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Still having the same issue. CSS conflict?

Thanks. May have cached CSS. Would it be possible for you to clear browser history and visit again? Also would be good to know what operating system/browser your on.

 

[penev10]

Thanks. May have cached CSS. Would it be possible for you to clear browser history and visit again? Also would be good to know what operating system/browser your on.

Clearing the cache sorted it, cheers.

Chrome on Win7 btw.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Browsing the site on Firefox and the banner at the top of the page looks a bit out of place and interferes with the menu. Doesn't affect functionality but looks a bit messy.

Tried it in a new browser (with no cache) and it displays ok.

I would urge caution though with banners. The cycling forum I go on has the kind of banners that extend out, so you'll be reading a thread and the page will scroll up and down because of the ad doing things.

Likewise, it seems common for newspapers to have auto-playing videos and growing banner ads.

Both are horrendous for usability and I'm sure any clicks are purely by mistake by people thinking they're interacting with the page and an ad pops up out of the blue.

Unless banner ads pay a whole lot more per thousand impressions than they used to, I'm not sure they're worth the while.

 

[bluelife]

Also just cleared my cache on chrome and looks a lot better now

 

[roydo]

Me too. Cleared it for 1 day, and all ok. Thanks lads.

 

[Eggs]

I am getting big arrows in the menu bar as well. Nearly cover up the tabs. On Chrome.

.....yep, same here. Very annoying, making navigation more difficult. Mega big advert at the top.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Browsing the site on Firefox and the banner at the top of the page looks a bit out of place and interferes with the menu. Doesn't affect functionality but looks a bit messy.

Tried it in a new browser (with no cache) and it displays ok.

I would urge caution though with banners. The cycling forum I go on has the kind of banners that extend out, so you'll be reading a thread and the page will scroll up and down because of the ad doing things.

Likewise, it seems common for newspapers to have auto-playing videos and growing banner ads.

Both are horrendous for usability and I'm sure any clicks are purely by mistake by people thinking they're interacting with the page and an ad pops up out of the blue.

Unless banner ads pay a whole lot more per thousand impressions than they used to, I'm not sure they're worth the while.

The biggest reason we're exploring other publishers as Google become rife/began to priorities rollover/auto play adverts and their exclude system wasn't proving effective.

Does the site look ok now for you? If not, please screen grab so I can pass on to support. The new adverts should be like-for-like to the last, with the single (and possibly temporary) advert in the header (Which if remains, may mean removal of the one in the footer).

 

[GrandOldTeam]

.....yep, same here. Very annoying, making navigation more difficult. Mega big advert at the top.

His is working now after clearing cache, can you do likewise please mate? If not, screen grabs appreciated.

 

[roydo]

I am getting big arrows in the menu bar as well. Nearly cover up the tabs. On Chrome.

You got the same mate? @Eggs

 

[Eggs]

His is working now after clearing cache, can you do likewise please mate? If not, screen grabs appreciated.

...not sure what you mean by 'clearing cache'?