Claudias Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Moderators,Could you please get your advertisers to reduce the frequency of flashing on their sites.The quick flashes make me giddy and I can only read posts at the bottom of pages if I left click on the sidebar. A minor annoyance but mine own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeriebryan Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 We recently introduced 3rd party advertising to try to offset some of our costs, which have increased greatly due to the high volume of traffic the site is getting. Unfortunately, one advert in particular flashes in a very irritating way. There is nothing we can do about it, so we have decided to stop using 3rd party advertising for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Can you not use Google ads? They are apparently quite good and are all text based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudias Posted June 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Please don't let my selfish comments deprive you of a source of income. I can live with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomblands Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 If the flashing advert is a problem Claudias, you might want to consider a plugin for Firefox that allows you to block all images from loading on some sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudias Posted June 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Thanks Tomblands. A good suggestion but,there are some excellent pictures on some of these threads so,instead of using my Firefox I stick to Safari. A click in the sidebar is sufficient panacea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 You might be able to find a plugin here that might help http://pimpmysafari.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Or we could always make a donation to Shetlink to help cover their costs! Theres a link on the homepage to do this. Have to admit i've not done it yet because I dont have a paypal account and dont intend to start one. But I might meet Bryan in a pub sometime (thinks - maybe not the best place to hand him money ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Claudias wrote Moderators,Could you please get your advertisers to reduce the frequency of flashing on their sites.The quick flashes make me giddy and I can only read posts at the bottom of pages if I left click on the sidebar. A minor annoyance but mine own. This probably only works for right handed people but keeping something like a postcard handy to hold over the flashing adverts would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeriebryan Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Hey folks. I contacted the Ad Agency, and they reckon they can remove the annoying flashing ads, so I'll stick them back on for now and see what happens.... We get a cent or two everytime an ad is clicked (multiple clicks aren't counted and can result in us having our account closed). The revenue generated will go towards webhosting and bandwidth charges. It says in the Ad Agency's Terms&Conditions that we're not allowed to encourage folk to click the ads, which we wouldn't dream of doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeriebryan Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 I just activated the ads again, but the flashing one still seems to be there. Hopefully the Ad Agency will be removing it soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 There are accessability and usability guidelines on the net for websites - Disability Discrimination Act and all that jazz... Flashing images can set an epileptic off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeriebryan Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Good point Fifi. Its not worth the risk. I'll get rid of the ads now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Good point Fifi. Its not worth the risk. I'll get rid of the ads nowCan understand the need for ads though. Wonder if you can get 'user-friendly' ads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeksy Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 What about google ads? They are simple and without pics - and get tailored to the topic on the page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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