Deleting Adverts so that posts can be read

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Gentlemen,

I've just tried to read the post regarding ball turning tools but have given up because I cant see through adverts, its a pain in the rear.

Martin P

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

[ZiggarParticipant @ziggar]

use Firefox as your browser and install adblock plus to block all adverts on this and every other site

basically this website and forum is an after thought from the publishers of MEW and they and the editor arent really bothered with it

minimal fuctionality and usablity

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Can I use adblock with Internet explorer, I dont want to change as IE works perfectly happily with every other forum I post to which also have adverts on them.

Martin P

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

I run Firefox without the adblocker and these threads are not affected by ad overlap, must be your setup.

[ZiggarParticipant @ziggar]

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

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi There

Diane is the web editor and she is bothered but she is not the web designer so can do nothing about it.
Neither can I.

Not our job or it would be sorted.

regards David

[Peter TuckerParticipant @petertucker86088]

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.

[mgnbukParticipant @mgnbuk]

use Firefox as your browser and install adblock plus

I use Firefox and Adblock Plus, but still get the adverts either side of the text & have the overlapping problems. How do you configure Adblock Plus to get rid of the adverts on this site, please ?

Maybe doing away with them would speed up the page load times – I have 30Mb cable broadband, but this site is always sluggish & un-responsive.

Regards,

Nigel B.

[Harold Hall 1Participant @haroldhall1]

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

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by David Clark 1 on 17/05/2012 19:25:19:

Hi There

Diane is the web editor and she is bothered but she is not the web designer so can do nothing about it.
Neither can I.

Not our job or it would be sorted.

regards David

David

I know it is not your or Diane's responsibility to sort out the website problems but I would like to ask a straightforward question which I am sure many other members must have thought of asking.

Who then is responsible for the policy and operation of the website?

Since you and Diane, and probably others too, have presumably passed on details of the many problems encountered by users of this website with very little visible result I can only assume that the way it exists now, is the way company management want it be.

Ian

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

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

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi Ian

When you find out, please let us know.

regards david

[TerrydParticipant @terryd72465]

Posted by Stub Mandrel on 17/05/2012 20:56:58:

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

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by Stub Mandrel on 17/05/2012 20:56:58:

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

I'm not objecting to the adverts, I actually look at them but prefer to look when I want or need to, not have them obliterating some text I am trying to read.

Ian

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Posted by David Clark 1 on 18/05/2012 08:51:25:

Hi Ian

When you find out, please let us know.

regards david

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

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by Russell Eberhardt on 18/05/2012 10:33:48:

Posted by David Clark 1 on 18/05/2012 08:51:25:

Hi Ian

When you find out, please let us know.

regards david

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

Strange attitude is putting it mildly. I had to read it twice and still dont know what to make of it.

I have reached the conclusion that MHS is a dark and mysterious organisation and its staff members are informed only on a 'Need to Know' basis.

Ian

[Steve GarnettParticipant @stevegarnett62550]

Posted by Terryd on 18/05/2012 09:45:48:

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

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.

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi Ian

Diane is not responsible for the web designer.

We do not know who is in overall charge of the website.

regards david

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Posted by David Clark 1 on 18/05/2012 10:54:54:

Hi Ian

Diane is not responsible for the web designer.

We do not know who is in overall charge of the website.

regards david

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

Russell.

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

David, I appreciate that yourself and Diane do nto have any control over the website, but as you both work for a magazine that is published by MHS, I would have thought that you would be able to get to the bottom of the mystery as to who is responsible for the design and maintenance of this site and forum.

I have tried on several occasions to communicate with MHS on this subject and each time have reached the proverbial brick wall.

I know you guys do your best and often get the 'dirty' end of the stick but, there must be a way to get this issue resolved. The site construct is abysmal and the forum is a complete joke, lacking in features that are readily available in many open source forum packages.

This has been an ongoing discussion and has generated numerous threads on the subject since the site was first set up, surely it is about time MHS listened to their customers and sorted this out once and for all.

Graeme

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

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

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

David

On the one hand you say it has nothing to do with you, and on the other you are making statments as to what will and wont happen.

Now I'm really confused

Ian

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

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

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi Ian

I know it won't get changed, I have not been told, just applying common sense.

Too much time and money has been invested to change it.

regards David

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