Flash-Flash-Flash… Turn The *&^&%$ Thing Off!

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

May we ask whose bright idea it was to put that blasted flashing subscription advertisement up, just below the Forum header bars?

Some of the quick-change trade ads are bad enough, but this is worse. It is an awful gimmick, changing about three times a second, in a sort of headache-inducing attempt at subliminal advertising.

You are not appealing to young teenagers with the concentration span of a gnat, generally, so please get rid of it.

Advertise the service yes, but can you please do so properly in a style that matches a generally fairly serious, technical forum?

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

It does move out of sight when you scroll down through the threads.

[lee websterParticipant @leewebster72680]

It's begining to look a lot like Christmas, la de da da da.

It is a bit awful.

[BazParticipant @baz89810]

Cheap and tacky, get rid of it !

[Grindstone CowboyParticipant @grindstonecowboy]

Odd, I'm not seeing that. There's a yellow bar that changes text every three or four seconds (same rate as the Eccentric Engineering advert), but hardly intrusive

Rob

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

NOT NEEDED OR WANTED – GET RID OF IT ! Noel

[Anonymous]

Not the first time the ME/W forums have had flashing ads. They were quite common 10 years or so ago and someone at that time suggested a way to turn off the flashing which I implemented and it has worked ever since. I still see the underlying ad (as in this case) but not the flashing.

Trouble is I can't remember how it was done (sorry) … other than that it was a change to the browser setup.

There may be some info in this thread if anyone wants to plod through it.

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 11/04/2023 22:29:39

[phillip gardinerParticipant @phillipgardiner]

It's working it has got your attention, that is what it us supposed to do.

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

It is indeed, but not so it makes us shout naughty words about the administrators.

[Paul LousickParticipant @paullousick59116]

I have an add blocker on my browser and I do not see any flashing lights or advertisement. I use Firefox and it is included in the software.

[DMRParticipant @dmr]

I'm with Paul Lousick on Firefox. And a Mac – abandoned MS some years ago now and never looked back. There is a learning curve but it's worth it.

[Anonymous]

Posted by phillip gardiner on 11/04/2023 22:55:26:

It's working it has got your attention, that is what it us supposed to do.

Yeah …. but when I go there I don't understand it. For each mag, there are two listings in each category identical except for the price.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

For anyone interested: This is all it took to insert that hideous annoyance

<div id="ForumSponsorBanner">Forum sponsored by:<br><a href="https://www.classicmagazines.co.uk/modforum23&quot; target="_blank" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outbound Links', 'Forum Banner', 'https://www.classicmagazines.co.uk/modforum23&#39;, 1, false]);"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/images/banners/me-mew-468×60-ccc-.gif" alt="Forum sponsored by Forum House Ad Zone" class="StdImage"></a></div>

… and a few seconds work is all it would take to remove or replace it.

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

**LINK**

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/images/banners/me-mew-468×60-ccc-.gif

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Don't go blaming us Mods and Admin. When I first saw the sample forums that we will be changing to one of the first thing I commented on was flashing and pop up adverts and said they would not be welcome.

But on behalf of Classicmags I would like to thank you for drawing a lot more clicks and attention than it would otherwise have got

[Pete WhiteParticipant @petewhite15172]

It is a tad annoying and I like to moan, so It needs to go IMO.

Just because it gets alot of attention might not be a good thing, a fire engine in the street would get alot of attention and might be good news for somone ?????

[Bo’sunParticipant @bosun58570]

DITTO. GET RID OF IT!!!

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

**LINK**

https://allthatsinteresting.com/chinese-water-torture

MichaelG.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

The bit that got my attention, (only as a result of this thread as the add just scrolls out of view otherwise) was the "continuous monthly credit card payments" eeeeek last thing I want to be reminded of.

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

It's not advertising the subscription method that's the problem. We buy the magazines, after all, so being told of another method is fine.

The problem is its presentation: the extremely irritating flashing you can't always avoid simply by manipulating the screen. It's a gimmick that looks borrowed from the childish world of pop-music videos and sports-TV titles; whence it should be returned!

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

[Henry BrownParticipant @henrybrown95529]

Hate flashing adverts, never respond to them for that reason.

Please turn it off, it looks like something a 10 year old has done which makes it worse.

Edited By Henry Brown on 12/04/2023 11:39:07

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

Dreadful! Please remove it from the forum.

Andrew.

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

Posted by Paul Lousick on 11/04/2023 23:21:30:

I have an add blocker on my browser and I do not see any flashing lights or advertisement. I use Firefox and it is included in the software.

Same for me. I too use the built-in add-blocker of Firefox and have never seen the flashing advertisement.

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