you could try this – http://simple-adblock.com/

but i cant vouch for it as i dont/cant use IE

try using google to find alternatives

Edited By Ziggar on 17/05/2012 18:57:41

Hi Martin,

I hilight the post I wish to read then copy it to the reply window. Bit of a pain but saves finding some other softwear.

Good luck with what ever (with this forum you need it).

Peter.

Martin

I have only had the problem a few times and these very many months ago. If though there is something you are desperate to read then click on View>Page Style>No Style. This will isolate all the parts of the page with the adverts causing you the problem appearing isolated towards the bottom on the left hand side.

This works on Firefox and IE but have not tried it Opera, Chrome or Safari which I also have on my PC

It would be good to know how you get on with this idea.

Harold

Just an observation, but no adverts=no website at all.

Biut then I have Firefox witha few add-ins but they don't lose trade as I just look them up in ME or google..

Neil

Hi Neil,

Just an observation, there are quite a few other web forums with no adverts such as HMEM, how do they survive?

Terry

This is a stange attitude. Surely if Dianne is the editor she should also be responsible for the web designer and if necessary sack him and employ a better one.

Having said that I have no problems either with Firefox on Linux or IE8 on Windows XP pro.

Russel

Unrelated subject area, but I have run one of these for the last ten years using PHP, which is infinitely better than whatever is used on this site. How much does it cost? To put the answer into some sort of context, it's about what you'd get paid for creating 3-4 pages in MEW, per year – all up. That covers the domain registrations (there are two) and the hosting costs on a commercial server. If you made a real effort, I daresay you could probably do it quite a bit cheaper if you were desperate. Ours gets funded by a 'donate' button which pays into my Paypal account, and 10-15 people's small contributions (from all over the world) cover it completely. And no, quite deliberately, not an advert in sight.

Well you are in a better position to find out than Ian!

Russell.

This is a custom built website that is the base of about 10 websites.

Change one website, you change all 10.

It might get altered slightly but it won't be changed completely.

regards David

Well you are in a better position to find out than Ian !

Actually he isn't

He works for what looks like a private equity company with US style management

As an outsider you can dig about, shout at people, phone anyone you like in the company structure, complain, holler etc and you won't get sacked

David, like any employee, does as he's told or else

I learned 15 years ago

Walk out the back door when US style people walk in the front door

The basic scenario is here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magicalia

The ME site will be part of a set of hobby sites who use a specific providers platform

It's basically online publishing, digital ecommerce

We, as model engineering hippies, are a minority sport and do not have much clout as far as profit is concerned

To maximise profits the site will be run as a clone site, as David said, there are a number of sites involved

Remember that this is a PRIVATE company operation, not a Public PLC setup and David may also be quite severely restricted on what he is allowed to discuss in public.

On the plus side

The current setup may have saved the ME magazine from extinction

Magicalia breathes new life into moribund magazines

Edited By Ady1 on 18/05/2012 12:22:38