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Seems to have been a huge increase in adverts plastered all over the site, most of which are animated and slow the site so much on my laptop as to almost be unusable.
Tell me I'm not going mad and if there's a way to stop it. I understand the need for some ads but it's getting beyond a joke.
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Pay £1.49 a month?
PWhat Pads?
I used to get almost as annoyed with the "just get a premier membership" posts as I did with the adverts themselves...then I bought a premier membership...
Wonderful blissful, ad-free browsing all for the price of 1/2 a pint per month. Go on, treat yourself, it's a no-brainer.
wwaswas - Memberif there's a way to stop it
Pay £1.49 a month?
BOOM - hero post on the first hit, amazing.
Weirdly I don't pay for any other forums and don't have ad issues. Admittedly I haven't seen any problems on this one either (since EPICTV that is)
Might well do that if it's ad free although it feels like I'm being bullied in to it with the recent increase in ads.
Does membership get rid of those stupid mag 'stripes' down each side?
Please see one of the 37 other threads on the subject.
Does membership get rid of those stupid mag 'stripes' down each side?
Yes.
[i]BOOM - hero post on the first hit, amazing.[/i]
nearly as predictable as the four 'how can I stop the ads' threads that appear each day 🙂
Just reopened this thread to point out that we've actually reduced the number of ads in the site in the last two weeks. The mag stripes I'm baffled by. That's what we are. We ARE that magazine. This website is not separate from the printed magazine. We are all here, bashing at our keyboards on this forum because of that magazine. It's as much an ad as the signs inside Tesco pointing you at where they keep the milk.
Just reopened this thread to point out that we've actually reduced the number of ads in the site in the last two weeks. The mag stripes I'm baffled by. That's what we are. We ARE that magazine. This website is not separate from the printed magazine. We are all here, bashing at our keyboards on this forum because of that magazine. It's as much an ad as the signs inside Tesco pointing you at where they keep the milk.
that may be but the website design is shockingly bad imo
that may be but the website design is shockingly bad imo
IMHO there are several other sites with similar content to this one so if it offends you so much you can always vote with your touch pad. Close the door on your way out.
oooh touchy 😆 I didn't say it offended me, and I've never moaned about the adverts. I'm happy to put up with them as its not a big deal. All I said is that the graphical design of this website is shockingly bad, which in my opinion it is. If you don't share that opinion then fine but I'm entitled to mine.
IMO it looks overly cluttered and the side banners don't display correctly (unless I zoom out). The website looks a bit cheap and tacky which is opposite to the overall image of magazine and ST. Having said that it's not bad enough to make it unusable, but definitely has room for improvement.
There's always room for improvement
No clutter here. Or side banners.
Perhaps it's time to sticky one of these threads as suggest elsewhere?
I like the adverts.
Nice to see a new BMW 520d for £289 per month or a free tool kit at Evans cycles lol.
Do we really feel bullied into buying a subscription? seriously.
Magazine subscription gets you a bunch of lovely mags through the post, ideal for reading in your private 'meditation suite' AND at a reduced price AND the option of an advert free website.
It's a bargain to be sure!
C. 8)
Not a whinge, but if any of the webbies or Mark are reading...
I get this thing when I load it up on an iPad (that's after getting rid of the watch ad...another deadline 🙄 missed) I often end up then clicking on eg. a CRC ad because of the way the site renders and jumps about for the last second or so meaning that aiming to tap the "Chat" button means I inadvertently tap an ad. Is this a problem with the way the page "renders" (sorry if that's the incorrect term) or with the processing speed of the device used?
Honestly, not a whinge, just curious.
Go on.... show us a screen shot of a paid up member....?
just to tempt us?
I'd happily pay extra on top of "P" if I could block posts from certain users
I paid to get rid of the adverts and now they’ve started sending me a bloody magazine in the post!
Who do I complain to?
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Just to tempt you!
I want a Bionicon Chain Guide now... and a kinesis Tripster...
Zombie needs brainz...
kendo954 - Member
Go on.... show us a screen shot of a paid up member....?just to tempt us?
This would have been a prime Jamie moment.
I'm still puzzled as to why I'd want to pay money to not see Bravissimo adverts?!
They send me stuff in the post also
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It's turtles all the way down.
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Wonderful blissful, ad-free browsing all for the price of 1/2 a pint per month. Go on, treat yourself, it's a no-brainer.
It is once you change the settings on your account. Something I've just discovered!
Was queuing at the bike show in London for a ticket on the Saturday. A very nice man came up to us and gave away the three tickets from his group who couldn't make it.
Adding just £3 to my ticket money, I Popped onto the Singletrack stand and signed up. Nice pair of shiny new pedals for the pub hack too.
Although about to improve, times is a bit hard at the mo, was given my entry money and a lift to the show as a present. Getting rid of the ads was a bonus.
I'm still puzzled as to why I'd want to pay money to not see Bravissimo adverts
Is there an option to turn these, but only these, back on? I'll pay another £1.49
Is there an option to turn these, but only these, back on?
+1
I appreciate it is the mag cover but it does seem weird to put it over the top of the forum.The mag stripes I'm baffled by. That's what we are. We ARE that magazine. This website is not separate from the printed magazine.
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Annoying isn't it?
dd, many a true word, eh?
Sorry I'm late to this one.
Anyone banned yet?
Popcorn?
I struggle with long sentences 😉
creamegg - Member
oooh touchy I didn't say it offended me, and I've never moaned about the adverts. I'm happy to put up with them as its not a big deal. All I said is that the graphical design of this website is shockingly bad, which in my opinion it is. If you don't share that opinion then fine but I'm entitled to mine.IMO it looks overly cluttered and the side banners don't display correctly (unless I zoom out). The website looks a bit cheap and tacky which is opposite to the overall image of magazine and ST. Having said that it's not bad enough to make it unusable, but definitely has room for improvement.
Pretty sure you've not used many other fora, then. This is a shining example of clarity and ease of use compared to pretty much all others I've checked out over the years; they all follow the same tired old template.
Seems to have taken you a while to notice.
Which design agency do you work for, BTW? Just curious about your graphics/design background.
Other than the obtrusive ads which have been the subject of much discussion of late, I repeat what I've said before about the sidebar ads; I have zero issues with them, the layout works perfectly well on a touch-screen device, a double-tap in the main discussion/threads section zooms in and the ads disappear off the sides. Rotate into landscape, it expands to fill the extra real-estate.
What's so bad about that? Works fine for me, perfectly good UI that balances the need for ads and the day-to-day usage of the forum.
I admit my nearly forty years in the print/graphics industry leaves me at something of a disadvantage against the more experienced members, though...
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Is it just me that this happens to but I am a premier subscriber and keep getting logged out which means on first loading I have to wait for all the ads to load before I can log in and get rid of them?
Must remember that I can't have an opinion on how anything looks as I don't work as a graphic designer.
Similarly I will stop having opinions about food as I don't have forty years experience in a kitchen.
Last night I got a full page add appear for a pizza company!
mmmm Pizza
Your pizza box lid fell across the screen really didn't?