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bert |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 6:07pm |
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LocationThat's me in the corner Posts4232 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
I am getting unbidden pop-ups again on this site -- in the form of stupid magazines that I have no interest in.
Dr. Oz and other lunatic health crap, or Oprah, or I don't even know what else because I do not read them. I have to step back to this page, but maybe 3 or 4 times in a row before they finally stop.
It happens on no other site, and on both my computers, so it can't be just me, can it?
I keep waiting for somebody to say something, but I will go out on a limb and say it first, I guess.
Anybody else? It is driving me nuts over here. |
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Posted: January 11th, 2015, 6:12pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7582 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Download Adblock Plus, Bert. You should then get no nasty ads bothering you. Or try turning pop-ups off in your browser settings. |
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rc1107 |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 6:28pm |
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LocationYoungstown Posts1241 Posts Per Day 0.20 |
Yeah, I was getting pop-ups for a minute there. I downloaded AddBlocker Plus last week and haven't gotten any since. |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 6:31pm |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.36 |
Same here. I thought it was just my laptop because it's having lots of issues lately. Still waiting for Apple to roll out there new MacBook Pros. It reloads the pages here with bullshit magazine ads. For some reason, I'm getting Fit Moms ads!!!!!! |
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Don |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 6:43pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Bert and Pia,
I'm not having the same problem, however, I've pulled all the ads off the discussion board. The ad for Android Night Punch is just an image and a link. Please let me know if you are still getting popups on the discussion board.
Don
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bert |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 6:54pm |
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LocationThat's me in the corner Posts4232 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
Bert and Pia,
I'm not having the same problem, however, I've pulled all the ads off the discussion board. The ad for Android Night Punch is just an image and a link. Please let me know if you are still getting popups on the discussion board.
Don
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It seems to have stopped, Don, but it was something new. Just within the last week or so. So how much it was related to the Discussion Board ads I am not really sure. It was not a true "pop-up" really -- I would see the SS board for a split-second, and then get shuttled off to a whole new page and url. It was weird. I use Mozilla -- and do have pop-ups blocked -- but it was happening anyway. Do you think it might be something browser-specific? |
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Don |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 6:59pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
It seems to have stopped, Don, but it was something new. Just within the last week or so. So how much it was related to the Discussion Board ads I am not really sure.
It was not a true "pop-up" really -- I would see the SS board for a split-second, and then get shuttled off to a whole new page and url. It was weird.
I use Mozilla -- and do have pop-ups blocked -- but it was happening anyway. Do you think it might be something browser-specific?
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I have heard another report on this. I think it may be someone slipped something into a Google ad. The only other report the user was using I.E. I have not been able to reproduce this. Please keep me in the loop if it keeps happening. Don |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 7:20pm |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.36 |
It's still happening for me, but if I scroll down the page real quick it seems to be better than it was. Good Housekeeping????? Really???
I use Safari, btw. |
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Don |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 7:37pm |
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bert |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 7:49pm |
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LocationThat's me in the corner Posts4232 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
That screenshot is definitely one of the bullshit magazine ads I've been getting. |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 8:00pm |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.36 |
I've seen that one too, but I mostly get this one. |
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Mr. Blonde |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 8:46pm |
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LocationNowhere special. Posts3064 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
I haven't gotten the one that you did, Pia, but I was getting the one Bert did. I think it was some French gossip site or something like that. |
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mmmarnie |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 9:13pm |
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Happened to me too. Same Good Housekeeping ad. And just when I thought it stopped, it started up again. |
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Don |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 9:36pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Are you all still getting pop up ads on the discussion board?
Don |
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ghost and_ghostie gal |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 9:59pm |
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LocationA helluva long way from LA Posts1565 Posts Per Day 0.29 |
I believe it has something to do with a possible phishing attack ahead. Lemonde magazines or something like that. I've got it a few times. Google is working on the issue, from my understanding. I assume others like firefox are having this problem as well. I haven't had any security issues though. |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 10:28pm |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.36 |
Are you all still getting pop up ads on the discussion board?
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Yes. It was sort of similar to what happened on the home page awhile back. Except back then, it was a truck ad that started playing. That has stopped. This new issue only happens on the forum and instead of an ad playing, it reloads the page to the ad's home page. It seems to have calmed down now. Btw, this only happened when I used my laptop which is why I thought it was an issue with it rather than the SS site. There were no issues on my phone. |
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bert |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 10:37pm |
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LocationThat's me in the corner Posts4232 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
Are you all still getting pop up ads on the discussion board?
Don |
Whatever you did, they have stopped for me. Sounds like a problem with Google that will be rectified soon. But the ads were so stupid. Why would companies even bother spending all that time and energy to accomplish something so inherently useless? Do they actually make money by annoying people in that way? |
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Don |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 10:37pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Pia,
Indulge me one more time. After reading this message, are you still having the popup?
Thanks,
Don
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: January 11th, 2015, 10:54pm |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.36 |
I'll indulge you as many times as you want.
No, they seem to have stopped.
"Why would companies even bother spending all that time and energy to accomplish something so inherently useless? " I felt bad because it seemed I was targeted as a group who needed to lose weight. That might be true, but I don't need that reinforced by ads!!!! |
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DustinBowcot |
Posted: January 12th, 2015, 2:47am |
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Might be time to move to targeted ads. You could get sponsorship from all the screenwriting comp's IMO. 10% of every click that results in a sale from this site. Or even a fixed monthly fee for advertisements.
At least the server would be paid for. |
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mmmarnie |
Posted: January 12th, 2015, 8:08am |
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I had none yesterday and so far, so good today. |
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Don |
Posted: January 15th, 2015, 8:25pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Pia,
Again, using you as a test subject as you are the only person in the world who uses the old theme. Any weird stuff happening?
Don
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: January 15th, 2015, 9:37pm |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.36 |
What do you mean by old theme? You told me years ago to use the "winter" or something like that theme. Are there other ones?
My issues are with my MacBook Pro being "old". Somehow the 2011 MacBook Pros have a crappy graphics card (you can look it up). Some websites I go to that have a lot of ads on the page and causes my computer to crash. The SS home page used to be one of them. It seems it has got better since Bert alerted you to it.
I'm going to get a new computer, I'm just waiting for Apple to roll out their new ones.
I refuse to by the last computer of the last model year... |
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Don |
Posted: January 15th, 2015, 10:53pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Pia,
Converted Theme is now the default theme. Platinum Winter is an old theme that I only maintained because I somehow got it in my head that you liked it.
Don |
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bert |
Posted: January 15th, 2015, 10:57pm |
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LocationThat's me in the corner Posts4232 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
Platinum Winter is an old theme that I only maintained because I somehow got it in my head that you liked it.
Don |
Yeah...it's all about Pia A lesser moderator might be jealous. |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: January 15th, 2015, 11:07pm |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.36 |
Ok, I changed it. Now it looks like it does when I check in while logged out.
I do check in while logged out you know so I won't look like a nerd spending hours here every day...
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Don |
Posted: January 15th, 2015, 11:15pm |
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LocationVirginia Posts16381 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Yeah...it's all about Pia A lesser moderator might be jealous. |
But Bert, you are a God King of the SimplyScripts Universe. You are a benevolent God. You wouldn't, like, go off and create your own website or anything like that? SimplyScripts would be well and truly fucked. |
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