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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Adding ads
Sup guys, going to try once again to insert ads into a style which does not apparently support any mods whatsoever.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:28 pm |
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DarkHeartsAndSuch
Joined: Mon May 24, 2010 2:14 pm Posts: 887 Location: A few (hundred) miles north of NYC.
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 Re: Adding ads
is this why the forums were just down?
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:32 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Re: Adding ads
I got a handle on it! *hefts oversized monkey wrench overhead, turns toward server*
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:50 pm |
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Dubiousity
Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:13 am Posts: 5257 Location: Someone save me from Jersey
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 Re: Adding ads
I know this is going to help you out a lot and all, but man, does that look ugly!
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:56 pm |
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Buckdida
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Joined: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:59 am Posts: 2350 Location: Richardson Valley
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 Re: Adding ads
Yeah...maybe put them at the bottom of the page instead? Me no wanna turn on adblock for the site; I've had it disabled before but if that ad is always sitting up there...
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:59 pm |
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ChewyChewy
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:23 pm Posts: 5460
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 Re: Adding ads
That actually makes more sense anyway, to have it at the bottom instead of the top....
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:00 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Re: Adding ads
Well give it a little bit; it might look better once there's an actual ad on it. Also I can change it to get rid of the text on the bottom.
I sort of want it on the top because that is where the most eyeballs go. But if it still looks too intrusive in a few hours, I'll move it.
How about I also prepare for a bottom-of-site version too just in case the top isn't gonna work out.
Also be reasonable; it's a LOT better than interstitial post ads.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:02 pm |
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Dubiousity
Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:13 am Posts: 5257 Location: Someone save me from Jersey
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 Re: Adding ads
So, I'm guessing you're doing this because you need a bit more income?
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:04 pm |
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ChewyChewy
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:23 pm Posts: 5460
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 Re: Adding ads
That last part is true.... Like on deviantArt?
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:04 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Re: Adding ads
I am largely doing this because I know that the forums take up a lot of space and if I can generate SOME revenue from it, that will make things a lot easier.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:06 pm |
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Alex
Joined: Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:41 pm Posts: 3792 Location: End of Time
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 Re: Adding ads
Yeah, I'm glad this helps you, but it does look ugly >_> Whatever, we'll get used to it sooner or later.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:07 pm |
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Dubiousity
Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:13 am Posts: 5257 Location: Someone save me from Jersey
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Ah, I wish you luck then.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:11 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Re: Adding ads
Now instead of having a large leaderboard ad up top, I could have button ads or half-banner ads up there instead and keep the leaderboard on the bottom.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:13 pm |
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ChewyChewy
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:23 pm Posts: 5460
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 Re: Adding ads
That would be much better--I just now noticed you have TWO of these things, one on the top and one on the bottom. 
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:14 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Re: Adding ads
Right now it's just the same ad cloned.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:16 pm |
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yoyodude
Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:23 pm Posts: 546
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 Re: Adding ads
Is the text always going to be centered or is that a work in progress?
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:42 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Re: Adding ads
. . . is this somehow a problem?
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:35 pm |
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yoyodude
Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:23 pm Posts: 546
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I find it a tad bothersome. It's not like I'm going to visit the forum less or anything, I'd just rather have my sideways scrolling less wacky (Wii  )
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:55 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Re: Adding ads
Why do so many people browse this site on the Wii I don't so I don't know what the issue is; you're going to have to explain that
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:00 pm |
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Sleet
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Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:32 am Posts: 16940 Location: Nephelokokkygia
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I browse using my own custom browser on my own custom OS on the smartphone that I build with my bare hands. You better make the forum work for me.
Nah, it works fine for me. But the "your ad here." sign is really obnoxious. I'd much rather have an actual ad. Hopefully you'll get some up soon.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:02 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Re: Adding ads
Well apparently soon after I started this, Project Wonderful immediately went down in order to do coding updates. Sigh. We should know by tomorrow or something.
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FlintTheSquirrel
Joined: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:30 pm Posts: 2374 Location: Sweden/North Carolina
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Well I hope it funds you well. There are actually some ads that I have clicked on from this comic. FW! Adventures and Sandra & Woo. (I like the first one better) Seems like good advertising for whoever posts it here. I hope it is appropriate. :s
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yoyodude
Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:23 pm Posts: 546
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It's the only thing I can use to browse the internet at the moment. When I zoomed in, it was nice having the avatars and signitures relatively on the same side or the screen as the message. when the text is centered I find myself spending extra time scrolling sideways to see what user posted which text and vice versa. For short 1 sentence posts I actually found myself accidentally passing them. All in all it's a bit wonky. I'm not going to complain though, it's your forum 
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:13 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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So what you're saying is that all the text is centered? (It would have been nice if you actually said that.) . . . aaaand PW has extended their downtime by five hours, great
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:49 pm |
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ChewyChewy
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:23 pm Posts: 5460
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 Re: Adding ads
It's not so much the lack of an ad period that bothers me, it's where it is (and how BIG it is). The bottom one doesn't bother me so much, the top one does, and two of them seem redundant to me. If there must be one at the top, it would seem to make more sense to have it be between the logo on the left, and the text on the right (in other words, above the "User Control Panel, Private messages, FAQ, Search, Members, Login/Logout" bar), rather than where it is. And I don't see the point of having two at all.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:15 pm |
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Koda
Joined: Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:18 am Posts: 118 Location: Washington, USA
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I don't really mind too much. If at all possible, it would be nice to have no Evony ads.
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:51 pm |
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yoyodude
Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:23 pm Posts: 546
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The ads dont bug me one bit. As long as they aren't everywhere it's fine in my book.
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:17 am |
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Tiggy
Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 2:38 am Posts: 3916 Location: Sweeeden :3
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Some of them look silly and make me giggle :3
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valerio
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Joined: Mon May 25, 2009 6:53 am Posts: 18896 Location: Italy
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nothing wrong with these ads. Granted, it was that 'YOUR AD HERE!" that was burning my eyes, but these ones are good. 
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:31 am |
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Tiggy
Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 2:38 am Posts: 3916 Location: Sweeeden :3
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Guys, you gotta Believe!
Eh.eh.eh.
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:37 am |
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Dubiousity
Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:13 am Posts: 5257 Location: Someone save me from Jersey
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It's only for 6 Cents? What is the rate at which you get it?
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:50 am |
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Alex
Joined: Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:41 pm Posts: 3792 Location: End of Time
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They're okay, now. I already got used to it  .
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Sketcherofstuff
Joined: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:54 am Posts: 532
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Uh... I'm supposing that this might be related to the changes in ad format, so... am I the only one who is now seeing everything that used to be to the left now centered?
Never mind, I can now see that some other people have mentioned it as well. It's not annoying or anything, I just thought that something might be wrong with my computer.
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:37 am |
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Sleet
Bringing Foxy Back
Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:32 am Posts: 16940 Location: Nephelokokkygia
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Perhaps it's 6 cents per rotation.
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:45 am |
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Liam
Joined: Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:25 pm Posts: 1756 Location: BMW-topia
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It's just a nickel now. <_<
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:57 am |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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 Re: Adding ads
Project wonderful ads sell per-day but it takes about five days for the statistics to normalize
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:01 pm |
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Sinder
Joined: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:48 pm Posts: 1729 Location: The Internet
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mmm, delicious nickels
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:16 pm |
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rickgriffin
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Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm Posts: 1842 Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
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Okay it might be better if the price was not displayed
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Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:25 pm |
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Tiggy
Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 2:38 am Posts: 3916 Location: Sweeeden :3
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*puts ad at your ad here*
Did it work ?:3
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DarkHeartsAndSuch
Joined: Mon May 24, 2010 2:14 pm Posts: 887 Location: A few (hundred) miles north of NYC.
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i think the top one broke... it's four "your ad here" signs now...
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