Please Help Us. Is our Forum Interface Behaving Badly?

[dtcerrato]

What epretot said...

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

I dislike pop-ups as much as anybody and probably even more. I was not even aware they were there.

I have asked our Forum guru to remove them.  Hopefully, they will be gone soon so the only ads remaining will the two Display Ads at the top of all of our pages.  They are the ones that pay to keep this going.  And the Google Ads on the right side of the Forum which pay for maintaining our Forum.

Thank you for your support and we are always open to suggestions. You can use our Contact Us button at the top of the page if you would like to reach us quickly.  I cannot always read the Forum on a daily basis as believe it or not, it takes a lot of hours in a week to produce a high-quality magazine, website, and Forum to the best of our abilities.

[silversport]

I see no differents

[richard5933]

Starting to have problems with ads again. Using Safari on a MacBook, and until today it was just the annoyance of an occasional full-page popup ad that needed to be dismissed before moving on.

Today I started to see ads rolling up from the bottom of the screen, sometimes blocking a third of the screen with no way to get rid of them. When it happens the site is not easy to read.

[epretot]

The interface looks fine.
However, I have never experienced so many ads.

The FB ads that cover my entire screen are the worst.

But no real complaints. 1st world problems

[chessie4905]

I get a big one on center of page with buttons to open or dismiss or close. Once I close it, no more come up for rest of session.
I do get a gofundme page for Gary to help him buy a Prevost......🤣

[CrabbyMilton]

Seems to work fine for me but thanks for asking.
However, when in doubt about making upgrades, just leave it the way it is otherwise things tend to get putzed up when upgrades take place. That's been my experiences for decades with workplace and home computer systems.

[Dave5Cs]

Works fine in Firefox, Edge and Chrome. All is good.

[richard5933]

Here's a screen shot of what I'm seeing. That ad at the bottom will at times cover 1/3 of the screen.

[benherman1]

Seems to work fine for me but thanks for asking.
However, when in doubt about making upgrades, just leave it the way it is otherwise things tend to get putzed up when upgrades take place. That's been my experiences for decades with workplace and home computer systems.

While Microsoft and Apple leave a lot to be desired with the crappy updates they push out you really ought to run them to keep your information secure. Those updates close up any new security holes that get found before anyone uses them. Obviously your personal computer being compromised won't affect us as much as on at a certain pipeline company... but they could still get your credit cards, bank information, tax information, and anything else that can be scraped from your machine. They can even encrypt all your family photos and demand you pay a ransom to ever get them back.

[richard5933]

Seriously doubt any Apple updates are to blame here. The ads I'm seeing roll up from the bottom of the screen are clearly Google Ads. There is no way Apple is responsible for them, and I'm not using a Google browser product.

[Tedsoldbus]

I use Chrome, and same as Chessie (except for the Prevost thing... LOL)
see you in Ohio. I'm site 42

[Krash]

I don't see any ads in FF with all security/privacy settings maxed.  IE displays broken header ads (someone's been messing with the forum), but those are not Google ads.  Google ads are set up to display in right column and at bottom, I see only blank right column in both browsers.  It's possible the forum's been hacked (anything's possible on GoDaddy), but I'm not seeing it.  Also possible that Google is pushing unwanted/intrusive ads through Adsense.  I've disabled all Google ads, you should only see header ads above forum, and they may be broken in some browsers. 

We're in the process of moving everything to a better host but it's slow going because Gary's on the road.  Once that's done I'll clean up the forum, repair damaged header, and see what can be done with the ads.  Not much point in doing any major work til we're off GoDaddy.

[buswarrior]

How the beepity did you get Gary weaned off GoDaddy???

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[richard5933]

I don't see any ads in FF with all security/privacy settings maxed.  IE displays broken header ads (someone's been messing with the forum), but those are not Google ads.  Google ads are set up to display in right column and at bottom, I see only blank right column in both browsers.  It's possible the forum's been hacked (anything's possible on GoDaddy), but I'm not seeing it.  Also possible that Google is pushing unwanted/intrusive ads through Adsense.  I've disabled all Google ads, you should only see header ads above forum, and they may be broken in some browsers. 

We're in the process of moving everything to a better host but it's slow going because Gary's on the road.  Once that's done I'll clean up the forum, repair damaged header, and see what can be done with the ads.  Not much point in doing any major work til we're off GoDaddy.

Is IE still out there or are you talking about Edge?

When I had a PC I used FF with all the ad blockers and privacy settings. Now that I'm using a MacBook with Safari for a browser I'm just running with it as it comes, and it's amazing how many ads there are all over the place.

What ever you did has removed the more annoying ads, and all that's left are the two across the top right now.