Deleting Adverts so that posts can be read

[Sandy MortonParticipant @sandymorton10620]

No problem at all here – using Windoze 7 and Sea Monkey as the browser.

[Martin CottrellParticipant @martincottrell21329]

Hi,

I have experienced a big increase in the "ads obscuring posts" problem in recent days. I am running Windows 7 using IE8 as my browser. I have just clicked on the "Compatibility View" icon and as if by magic all the threads which were giving problems are now back to normal and perfectly readable.

For those using IE8, the icon is at the right hand end of the box at the top of the browser where URLs are entered. It looks like a sheet of paper torn in half. If you hover your mouse over the icon an information box pops up saying that it corrects picture, text & menu misalignment. Certainly worked for me!

Regards, Martin.

Edited By Martin Cottrell on 19/05/2012 20:48:56

[Martin WParticipant @martinw]

Hi

Most of this re text clashing with adverts etc. has been covered in the post 'Not sure if it is me or not!!1' that has been running concurrently with this post. If a permanent cure is required then just select the 'Tools' under the IE menu bar and then on the drop down list select 'Compatibility View Setting' then either enter this site into the table or select 'Display all websites in Compatibility View'; tick the box.

The adverts, in my opinion, are not a problem as they roll over/change fairly slowly rather than flash. If what has been said before is correct then this forum is only part of a much larger site and as such possibly a minority part. Therefore to get changes made quickly or even at all could prove difficult for David and/or Dianne .

Yes it can be annoying when text is obscured but we as users have the software options at our disposal to display the site as intended. This is not the only site that benefits from using the the optional compatibility view function, perhaps we should learn how to use the tools we have rather than diving in and criticising the provider. If one was running a CNC system then I bet the software interface/command system would be studied very carefully prior to taking the first cut .

Martin

[wheeltapperParticipant @wheeltapper]

It seems to me that the whole problem of overlapping ads only happens when someone pastes a two foot long link into a post instead of using the link button and shortening it.

If it's not going to be fixed by the web gurus then we are all going to learn how to shorten links.

This is one of those subjects that comes up with monotonous regularity but it can be fixed quite easily by not posting loooooooong links.

So, come on guys, learn to do it properly and all these problems will go away.

My two pence.

Roy

[wheeltapperParticipant @wheeltapper]

oops double post.

Roy

Edited By wheeltapper on 20/05/2012 14:53:45

[ASFParticipant @asf]

I am sure you can fix this problem at source. Maybe the coder can have a little look at this link and implement it?

**LINK**

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

It looks like the links have been sorted for a while,

Hence the **LINK**

regards David

[Martin WParticipant @martinw]

ASF

Why would anyone want to link to and open a page that is flagged up as , and I quote, 'Dangerous This page contains malicious software or has been associated with fraud'. Unless there is another agenda of course.

Martin

[ASFParticipant @asf]

lol – okay. Then this topic must be closed if as you say it has been fixed…

As far as 'Dangerous This page contains malicious software or has been associated with fraud' My browser does not flag it up as that at all.

Another agenda? you make me laugh!

I will go and retire to my safe place and wont bother commenting again on the subject.

[Mark BusParticipant @markbus97330]

Hi,

I used compatibility view? I think it's called, to move the advert box .

[Lawrie Alush-JaggsParticipant @lawriealush-jaggs50843]

Hullo Ev'ry Bardy!

Here is the simple technical answer to the problem.

If the problem exists in one browser and not another, then the problem is with the browser and not the web site!

Simple eh? Diane and David have nothing to do with it.

Martin does not mention which version of IE he is using which is not terribly helpful. I doubt that he is using IE6x which were dreadful. IE 8 has it's problems. IE 9 seems to be pretty stable and standards compliant which means that there are virtually no problems with it when visiting web sites. That said there are occasion "Issues". Click the compatibility view icon in the address bar, press F5 and see if that fixes it. If not, then go to ToolsManage Add ons and disable anything not Microsoft (just for testing purposes). See if the problem persists.

Update Java

Update Flash

Update Shockwave

Update Windows.

Have fun and remember what Dr. Johnson said: " sir, I have read your book and it is both good and original. The problem is that the parts that are original are not good and the parts that are good are not original".

[EddieParticipant @eddie]

Hi

This issue about ads running over the post is as recurring as days on a calendar.

Some Pages get it right on the site and some not on the same site. Look at this post and the one about fitting a workshop in a space.

Sure it is a setting on the page itself that causes this repeating occurrence.

Come on Software developer get your act together. It is called Programming Standards

Eddie.

[Martin WParticipant @martinw]

Hi Lawrie

Yep your right I should have given the IE version number as things can and do vary between editions, currently I am using IE8 with XP. If I use Safari then there are no problems. This also applies to the home page of Chester UK site if the favourites menu in IE is enabled and made a bit too wide.

Cheers

Eddie, neither IE8 with compatibility set nor Safari V5 can help with the post you refer to. It looks like it may be something to do with the size of pictures as I didn't notice any long URLs so that is one for the forum/site designer.

Cheers

Martin

Edited By Martin W on 22/05/2012 11:23:11

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Posted by Lawrie Alush-Jaggs on 22/05/2012 09:31:36:

 

Here is the simple technical answer to the problem.

If the problem exists in one browser and not another, then the problem is with the browser and not the web site!

Simple eh?

Simple but not necessarily true.

Browsers are designed (or should be) to comply with the standards as published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). These standards define how a browser should handle valid code, however they do not define how they should handle incorrectly coded pages so if a page contains coding errors it may well respond differently in different browsers.

I have just checked the page your post is on with the W3C Validator and it came up with seven errors and two warnings.

Russell.

Edited By Russell Eberhardt on 22/05/2012 11:34:04

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Lawrie,

Just in case there is any confusion I also stated my Browser and I'm updated to the hilt and still get the problem, so not my computer.

Martin P

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Posted by Lawrie Alush-Jaggs on 22/05/2012 09:31:36:

If the problem exists in one browser and not another, then the problem is with the browser and not the web site!

No, it means the web design has been done to suit a specific browser rather than generically to suit all the major ones.

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