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This topic has 13 replies, 10 voices, and was last updated 15 January 2013 at 19:37 by Sub Mandrel.

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14 January 2013 at 21:51 #39243
Sub Mandrel
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14 January 2013 at 21:51 #108714
Sub Mandrel
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It appears there is something wrong with the ads on the right of the pages. They seem to link back to the page they are displaying next to, rather than the advertsers sites.

At the moment they link to:

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/new_thread.asp#

But this changes as you change pages. Note the "#" added to the end..

As its these ads that pay for us having this site, I thought it only fair to mention this!

Neil
14 January 2013 at 21:57 #108715
Steambuff
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They work OK for me … so someone must have fixed it

Dave
14 January 2013 at 23:16 #108719
Versaboss
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Posted by Steambuff on 14/01/2013 21:57:12:

They work OK for me … so someone must have fixed it

Dave

Not true here – just checked with two ads. Both came back full circle to this page.

Greetings, Hansrudolf
14 January 2013 at 23:21 #108720
Steambuff
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If I click on the ad, IE opens a new window with the correct companys web page in it. …. odd

Dave
14 January 2013 at 23:36 #108723
Versaboss
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Just saw that the problem only exists when I choose 'open in new tab'.

A direct click is ok.

Sorry for the slight confusion,

Hansrudolf
15 January 2013 at 00:00 #108724
John Stevenson 1
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Last 3 digital issues of MEW don't work for me, the rest are OK
15 January 2013 at 01:41 #108727
Gone Away
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Posted by Versaboss on 14/01/2013 23:36:59:

Just saw that the problem only exists when I choose 'open in new tab'.

Same for me. When I open in new tab, Firefox simply opens the original window in the new tab.

If I do the same in IE (which I don't habitually use), it opens the original window in a new tab plus the vendor's page in a new window.

Bummer really because I typically open such links in a new tab by clicking on them with the middle mouse button – it's quite automatic now.
15 January 2013 at 07:09 #108731
John Hinkley
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They don't work for me, using my iPad. All I get is a "page not found" message and a link back to the MEW homepage. I'll try on the desktop (Windows) and laptop (Linux OS) later.

John
15 January 2013 at 07:21 #108732
Michael Gilligan
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John,

[currently] They're working fine on my iPad with a single tap.

But "press and hold" reveals the # link that Neil mentioned.

… Looks like the developers have been tinkering in the gearbox.

MichaelG.
15 January 2013 at 07:56 #108733
Russell Eberhardt
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All working this morning on Android tablet here.
15 January 2013 at 10:20 #108745
dcosta
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Hello Russell,

Sent you a personal message. Can you, please, see it?

Dias Costa
15 January 2013 at 16:19 #108776
Joseph Ramon
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Here Firefox prevents the opening of a pop-up window.

The displayed link is a reference back to this page with a '#' on the end.

I wonder if it is a scripting error producing unpredicatble results depending on the browser used?

Joey
15 January 2013 at 19:37 #108794
Sub Mandrel
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Interesting suggestions. If I click it opens a child window with (e.g.) warco in it, if I 'open in new tab' it just duplicates the page.

Neil
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