Giant banner adverts in the middle of posts.

[Lappa]

Maybe it’s just my iPad but this moning I am sometimes getting giant banner adverts in the middle of post replies. They are intermittent and come and go ie. log into same post reply and they may still be there but they may have moved and are now at the bottom between the post and the reply button. When they are there, replying to a post in very clunky re type and slow.
Anyone else seeing this?

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[Mobyturns]

I'm getting them on my PC as well.

[Chief Tiff]

Yep, I have them too.

[Ironwood]

I’m getting them on my iPad as well. Haven’t tried any other devices yet.

[Chesand]

Just happened to me also on PC. Large advert at the top and a different one in the middle of the thread about upgrading the motor on a Sherwood thicknesser.

[yvan]

Got one in the middle of a recent PM...!!!

[ubeaut]

Log in and the middle one won't be there.

It is for non members/websurfers and will also show to not logged in members.

It shows below the first post, between first and second posts or in the second post.

The ad(s) at the top of the page are for logged in members and help in a small way to pay for the forums to stay online. Been there for years.

Both top and middle will show if you are not logged in. The program isn't clever enough to know you're a member if you don't log in.

:U

[Mobyturns]

Neil I was logged in. The second banner advert was incomplete, or did not load fully. I should have taken a screen shot.

[Chief Tiff]

I am also logged in yet I have 6 additional advertising banners spread around the posts in this thread. One of them is bang smack in the middle of Ubeaut’s post; none of them are “between posts” they are all “in posts”, at the top.

[Beardy]

My experience is the same, I am logged in also. The pages don’t load up properly as you scroll down and it runs slower

[ajw]

Me too. Logged in, and getting ads in the middle of posts. Very annoying.

[poundy]

I too concur with the others. I stay logged in all the time, and did see the second ad (not the top-banner ad, that's expected) on more than one occasion yesterday. And given I always use the "new posts" search I had to have an "active" logged-in session...

[Ironwood]

I always stay logged in. But last night in an effort to get rid of the adds, I logged off, then back on, made no difference, the adds are still there, in the middle of every post.

[Uncle Al]

I will have a 'me too' for this problem as well.
The following screenshot shows banner ads strewn throughout the post I was viewing just now.

Alan...

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[Cliff Rogers]

Ads? What ads?
I have 4 different ad blockers running & rarely see any. :D
There are less available for the iPad but I have one, some of the ads get past it.

[poundy]

the common comment here is that ad blockers just jeopardise the cost-offset that the ads help the WWF team to help run the forum, so turn em off.

[Lappa]

Sorry Neil to put a dampener on your explanation but this screenshot shows I am logged in and I’m still getting the giant advert banners in the middle of the posts as can be seen in the second screen shot taken minutes later.

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[poundy]

actually that just shows the top-banner, expected ad, not the in-stream ads that we're concerned with here

[Lappa]

actually that just shows the top-banner, expected ad, not the in-stream ads that we're concerned with here

There are TWO pictures Poundy.

The first one shows that I’m logged in - that was the point of that picture and it is actually stated in my post:?

The second picture shows the problem which, BTW I was the first to report so I think I have a handle on the problem.

[rwbuild]

Could I suggest that if your going to post 2 nor more consecrative photos you include a space between them, saves a lot of confusion

[Mobyturns]

There are TWO pictures Poundy.

The first one shows that I’m logged in - that was the point of that picture and it is actually stated in my post:?

The second picture shows the problem which, BTW I was the first to report so I think I have a handle on the problem.

Seems Google Ads are pushing the envelope, which does not surprise me given the current ACCC action against Google.

This is exactly what I experienced. I'm currently logged in and always access threads from the "new posts" icon, which by the way does not update or show for "members not logged in."

Rather ironic this screenshot,

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a few minutes later,

[Lappa]

Could I suggest that if your going to post 2 nor more consecrative photos you include a space between them, saves a lot of confusion

there is a space between them and the actual post states “ second screenshot”.

[poundy]

There are TWO pictures Poundy.

The first one shows that I’m logged in - that was the point of that picture and it is actually stated in my post:?

The second picture shows the problem which, BTW I was the first to report so I think I have a handle on the problem.

Weirdness - when i saw your post there was only one image there.

[Handyjack]

What I am often getting is ads (only at the top) for 25% off fares on Puffing Billy. Google has not worked out that I am actually a member and can get member discounts!
For everybody else though, November would be a good time to travel.

I am only getting ads at the top of the page. Some are relevant, some are not.

[NeilS]

I'm not getting any 'in post' adds now at 10:00am on 10-11-2019.

[Chesand]

They seemed to have stopped for me also.

Still getting ads at the top which are completely irrelevant to any searches that I might have done but am prepared to tolerate and ignore them to enable the Forum to continue for our benefit.

[Lappa]

Nah, still there at 5.01pm :doh:

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[ubeaut]

Sorry for the delayed response been a bit out of tough for the last few days.

Trying to find out what's going on. Those ads are not supposed to show for anyone who's logged in.

Will most likely be a glitch from latest upgrade. Hopefully be fixed by Monday night..... Hopefully.

:~

By the way I'm not seeing any of the ads other than top and side no matter how I login so not easy to see the problem or where it's coming from.

[arose62]

Still getting ads at the top which are completely irrelevant to any searches that I might have done but am prepared to tolerate and ignore them to enable the Forum to continue for our benefit.

The official line I got was that all ads *are* a result of my search history. Hopefully that's being reconsidered these days...

[ubeaut]

Just had a good look at the settings/permissions for the ad "after second post". Below is a list of the only ones who should be seeing those ads.

All others should only see top and side banners only. Apart from those who don't seem to be inclined to support the forum advertisers by using ad blockers or tapatalk.



(COPPA) Users Awaiting Moderation

Imported Banned Users

Unregistered / Not logged in

Users Awaiting Email Confirmation


Please let me know if "after second post" ads are still showing for anyone when logged in, if they are I will pass the problem on to Steven for some more in-depth detective work.

:U

[Lappa]

Still happening.

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[dmorse]

fwiw:

Using Firefox, Chrome, or Edge on Windows 10 I'm seeing none of that. With the exception of Chrome, I don't even see the top banner ad. Chrome shows a broken link in that space.

My adblockers are disabled. If I enable them on Firefox or Chrome I don't see the Sponsor ads on the right. I don't have an adblocker for Edge.

My iPhone is a different story. Safari and iOS13 performs exactly as the other posters have indicated, i.e., banner type ads in and between posts.

I am logged in in all of the above browsers.

[Chief Tiff]

Still happening for me too.

[poundy]

Not happening for me any more. I am ONLY using Edge on Windows 10, no other browser, not even on a phone. Having said that, when this first came up I do recall seeing those "after 2nd post" ads a couple of times, but it was a relatively small number of times I can remember.

[Mobyturns]

The additional ads are more a distraction than an annoyance to me, more so when they are in a post which already has included photos. They disrupt the context of a post when they are about a similar product to the subject of the thread. Perhaps we could run a comp for the funniest ad / thread subject mismatch. :D

We can't escape the advertising unless we use adblockers. hmm.... :rolleyes:

[ubeaut]

Steven's on it but we are both bamboozled as to what it is or how the ads are being injected into the posts.

They are definitely not of our doing and definitely shouldn't be there.

More info as it comes to hand or when we find the problem.

:~

[ubeaut]

Neither Steven or myself can get any of the ads to show even if logged in as regular member or logged out.

Could someone put a link to the pages where the ad has shown up along with pic of ad. This may be of some help in tracking down the problem.

Also if you have this problem could you please log out and back in again and this will clear any cached views. Probably not the problem but will try anything right now to see if it helps.

:C

[poundy]

happy to be a guineapig if you want to add me to one of those groups you mention previously, if that helps ? (I suspect it doesn't, except to confirm the behaviour there is as-expected.... won't do anything for the unknown situation for regulars)

[Lappa]

Happy to help out Neil.

Heres a screen shot from the wood turning forum

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Heres the link to the thread post showing the advert
Simple Chuck Mounted Drive Centre (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/simple-chuck-mounted-drive-centre-231253)




Heres another from the General woodwork forum



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Heres the link


a question re capacity of casters (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/question-re-capacity-casters-231272)

Typing is also very slow. Letters come on about 1 per second.

I am on an iPad using Safari.

[Ironwood]

I have been affected by this for the last few days, and I was still seeing the ads at 7am when I was last on.
But just came up to the house for a coffee and a biscuit, they seem to be gone now, things appear back to normal for me.
Thanks Neil and Steven for whatever you did to fix it.

[ubeaut]

Sorry... Work interrupted the posting of this.

I tried both the links above in Lappas' post and nothing came up for me.

About 2 hours ago I disabled all the ads on the forums except for the side sponsors ads.

Please let me know ASAP if there are any of the offending ads still showing for any of you.

Offending ads, are the ones inside a post. Not the top or side banners they will be replaced later tonight or tomorrow and will remain to help keep the forums up and running.

Ads will be replaced one by one with a few hours between the replacements so if anyone sees one of the offenders please post in here ASAP so we can isolate it but I'm still of the opinion the offending ad wasn't of our doing, or at least, wasn't intentionally of our doing.

Cheers - Neil :U

[ubeaut]

108 members have read this thread but only 15 have posted.

Just wondering if it's a problem isolated to a few rather than all and maybe it's something that's isolated to the posters computers.

[Lappa]

side adverts only now Neil. No top banner adverts or any adverts within threads:2tsup:

Looks good,

[Chesand]

side adverts only now Neil. No top banner adverts or any adverts within threads:2tsup:

Looks good,

Same here. I have been out all afternoon so hence late reply

[eskimo]

Happens only on my samsung S8 mobile. Does not happen on my pc as I am running a decent Anti VirusMalware program. Not sure what its set to.
However this were not appearing on my mobile before I reported it on the MWF ...last week sometime.

Just wish the mod over there was as objective as the mod is here.

No updates to phone or new apps since mid oct.

Also I am in full pc mode or whatever its called and not the mobile page stuff or whatever thats called. Ie the site looks the same as it would on any pc.

No adds here in this post but they are still visible on the MWF page.

[AJ.]

I am seeing the adds, this thread is full of them. Using Chrome on my iPad.

cheers Andrew

[Lappa]

Are you sure they aren’t screenshots people are posting?

I’m using an iPad and since Neil turned the adverts off, I’m only seeing the normal side adverts.

[AJ.]

Definitely adds, not screen shots. A number of them in ubeuts posts.

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Cheers Andrew

[eskimo]

Really odd.
This thread on my phone no adds other the screen dumps by others.
But over on the MWF with phone i still see the adds...

Not on pc at MWF...havent tried pc here on WWF

[NeilS]

side adverts only now Neil. No top banner adverts or any adverts within threads:2tsup:

Looks good,

Ditto

Using Google Chrome on Windows 10 and no add blockers.

[Lappa]

Went in on my iPhone not being logged in - adverts everywhere as Neil said there would be.
Signed in and only side adverts

[dmorse]

I still have the ads on my iPhone, not W10 PC.

[homey]

I have not experienced any ads appearing throughout posts - all has worked perfectly for me.
i’m using an iPad, iOS13.2.2 and Safari.

Brian

[dmorse]

Another bit of information-

Using iPhone Safari IOS 13 and changing "Style" to "Default vB" eliminates the ads in posts. They are there with any other style.

[Chief Tiff]

All ads went sometime this arvo; currently I’m on my I-pad using Chrome and viewing everything in “desktop” mode (my normal method). Even the large banner advert at the top of each thread has gone although I expect it will return.

I don’t run adblockers; I simply avoid websites that insist on filling 80% of the screen with junk, like MSN feeds or whatever.

[ubeaut]

Another bit of information-

Using iPhone Safari IOS 13 and changing "Style" to "Default vB" eliminates the ads in posts. They are there with any other style.

The info links ads as per link only show at bottom of forum page as links and also as a popup but only if you are not logged in.

[dmorse]

The info links ads as per link only show at bottom of forum page as links and also as a popup but only if you are not logged in.


Correct. I was referring to the banner type ads inside of posts when I am logged in. Those appear with any style type other than "vB Default".

[AJ.]

Another bit of information-

Using iPhone Safari IOS 13 and changing "Style" to "Default vB" eliminates the ads in posts. They are there with any other style.

That was the answer for me, changed to default vb and adds gone.

cheers Andrew

[eskimo]

Havent changed a thing...Mobile S8 on MWF all good now...all good so whatever they did they fixed it

all I gotta do now is figure out why some pages load fully and then on another day they only load half?,
on pc that is...happend here on this page but happens more often over on MWF as that is where I lurk.

reload generally fixes the it and its intermittent

[ubeaut]

NOT FIXED......

Not by a long shot.....

Steven's still working on it.

[eskimo]

NOT FIXED......

Not by a long shot.....

Steven's still working on it.

I was a bit too quick on both here and MWF...thanks for letting us know

[steven]

Hi guys

We haven't been able to replicate this, so appreciate all your screenshots and descriptions of what was going on. I'm pretty sure this is resolved now, if any of you get a chance to check today that would be fantastic.

thanks

[dmorse]

It's still happening on my iPhone.

[eskimo]

Steve
Both sites with Samsung S8 all okay..no banner ads in middle of posts (other than screen dumps)

Ditto on pc win7


ps is it Stephen or Steven..Ubeaut says Stephen and yet you say Steven???

[steven]

Steve
Both sites with Samsung S8 all okay..no banner ads in middle of posts (other than screen dumps)

Ditto on pc win7


ps is it Stephen or Steven..Ubeaut says Stephen and yet you say Steven???

Awesome thats good to hear. thanks

[Lappa]

Fine on my iPad. No Upper, Lower or “in post” banner adverts. Only the side bar adverts :2tsup:

However, iPhone has Upper, Lower and “in post” banner adverts. I’ll post a screen grab and link from my iPhone.

[Lappa]

Posting from my iPhone

Link
Stihl 2 in 1 chainsaw blade sharpener (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f132/stihl-2-1-chainsaw-blade-sharpener-231189)

Screenshots
Can’t see how to add photos from iPhone “Go Advanced” doesn’t have that option?

I can add the photos from the iPad but would rather post the problems from the iPhone because that where the problems are - any help on adding photos on the iPhone?

[steven]

Posting from my iPhone

Link
Stihl 2 in 1 chainsaw blade sharpener (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f132/stihl-2-1-chainsaw-blade-sharpener-231189)

Screenshots
Can’t see how to add photos from iPhone “Go Advanced” doesn’t have that option?

I can add the photos from the iPad but would rather post the problems from the iPhone because that where the problems are - any help on adding photos on the iPhone?

Hey thanks!

I'm not sure if this helps or is still current? since i've never used an iphone haha perhaps you can save it to the cloud or email it to yourself then add it here? it's a bit of mucking around either way sorry

How to take a screenshot on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch


Press the Side button and the Volume up button at the same time. Quickly release both buttons.
A thumbnail of your screenshot appears in the lower-left corner of your iPhone. Tap the thumbnail to add drawings and text with Markup, or press and hold the thumbnail to share the screenshot.

[Lappa]

Thanks. I have no problems taking the photos, it’s uploading them from an iPhone to the forum. There is no option like there is on the iPad or PC. On those you select “Go Advanced” then “Manage Attachments”.

The “Manage Attachment” option does not appear on the iphone when you select “Go Advanced”

Rather than waste time, here’s the screenshots but I have uploaded them from my iPad.

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[ubeaut]

ps is it Stephen or Steven..Ubeaut says Stephen and yet you say Steven???

Stevens' name is in his posts.

I call him Steven, or the Puter Guru, but never Stephen. Pauline calls him The Steven.

Same as I never call myself Neal or Niel only Neil, silly old bugger (or fart) or Grumpy.

:U

[eskimo]

Stevens' name is in his posts.

I call him Steven, or the Puter Guru, but never Stephen. Pauline calls him The Steven.

Same as I never call myself Neal or Niel only Neil, silly old bugger (or fart) or Grumpy.

:U


Steven's on it but we are both bamboozled as to what it is or how the ads are being injected into the posts.

They are definitely not of our doing and definitely shouldn't be there.

More info as it comes to hand or when we find the problem.

:~


Hey Grumpy ole fart... i can only assume then you were refering to the other Stephen in post #36 :U...the Steve we didnt know about

[ubeaut]

:lolabove: Hahaha.... What the???

[eskimo]

:lolabove: Hahaha.... What the???


what the... you changed it, thats skuldugery....now every wont know that you wrote Stephen in reply #36, but I will tell them..hahaha

[lovetoride]

I tend to access the forum everyday and just now has been the first time I am seeing the large ad in the middle of a post. There weren't any earlier today when I went through the New Posts. Now twice on the 5th page of this thread and on also on the previous thread I went to. Using Windows PC and Chrome.

Jane

[Sam]

No ads for 2-3 on my iPhone safari browser.

[Sam]

No ads for 2-3 days on my iPhone safari browser.

[steven]

I tend to access the forum everyday and just now has been the first time I am seeing the large ad in the middle of a post. There weren't any earlier today when I went through the New Posts. Now twice on the 5th page of this thread and on also on the previous thread I went to. Using Windows PC and Chrome.

Jane

Hi there

Would it be possible to take a screenshot next time you notice this? either post it here or send it to neil or myself.

thanks

steve

[Lappa]

My iPad, with Safari, has been fine for the last few days:2tsup:

My iPhone, when the forum has a blue background (default mobile style) it still has the adverts in the posts however, when I selected the “Full Site” option(which I believe is the single column style) from the top menu, the forum background went brown and the in-posts adverts have gone. NB. There is no Style selection at the end of the forum when it’s in the Default Mobile Style on my iPhone but it has the Full Site option

Top menu button

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Full site selection

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Full Site selection at the end of the forum

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I now have the style option selectable at the end of the forum and the only style that allows the in-
post adverts to return is the default mobile style.

Hope that helps.

[ubeaut]

Most of the ads went back on again last night.

For now the ads will be shown like this:


Members with over 100 posts:
no ads apart from the Sponsors side banners which also includes one Google Ad.
Members who haven't posted since joining
will see all ads, the same as anyone who's not logged in.
Members with 1 to 10 posts:
will see top banners and not the one after first post
Members with 11 to 60 posts:
will see the top banner only.
All forum users will see the Sponsors side banners, some may have the Google ad some may not.

Anyone seeing problems or anything they think doesn't seem to be right please post in here, preferably with photos, link to problem, forum style, browser, and whether desktop, laptop, or mobile and what type.

Any and all information would be very useful.

[Huon pine fan]

That's not what I am seeing Ubeaut. I have 164 posts and still seeing the ads.
Do I need to log out to stop it?

[AJ.]

Most of the ads went back on again last night.

For now the ads will be shown like this:


Members with over 100 posts:
no ads apart from the Sponsors side banners which also includes one Google Ad.
Members who haven't posted since joining
will see all ads, the same as anyone who's not logged in.
Members with 1 to 10 posts:
will see top banners and not the one after first post
Members with 11 to 60 posts:
will see the top banner only.
All forum users will see the Sponsors side banners, some may have the Google ad some may not.

Anyone seeing problems or anything they think doesn't seem to be right please post in here, preferably with photos, link to problem, forum style, browser, and whether desktop, laptop, or mobile and what type.

Any and all information would be very useful.




using VB default I don’t see any adds except the side bar, but I should see the top banner. Switched back to WWF default and seeing all the adds, but I shouldn’t see the in post adds.

cheers Andrew

[russ57]

Log out, log in, ads gone...
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Thanks admin, it guy...

[russ57]

Hmm
Maybe spoke too soon
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[ubeaut]

Doing some more background work on ads today.

How are you viewing the forums. Computer, tablet, phone?

Have a look now and see if in post ad has disappeared.

[NeilS]

Using Google Chrome on Windows 10 and no add blockers.

With above and logged in I'm currently only seeing sidebar sponsor adds.

With Chrome on Android and logged in and in 'Full Site' mode I'm only seeing sidebar sponsor adds.

With iPad OS 13.2.2 and Chrome browser, logged in, I'm only seeing sidebar sponsor adds.

With Chrome on Android and in 'Mobile' mode and logged in I'm getting both top adds & in-post adds (but in that mode I don't get the sidebar, so no sponsor adds).

[ubeaut]

Working on permissions for ads and different member settings today, hopefully it will all be sorted out later today, tonight or tomorrow.

Quick fix on last Saturday wasn't right for all. My fault, update of member settings needed and will take some time to do.

I will put a full list of who will/should see what ads when all properly sorted out.

When done the ads will disappear for members on a sliding scale as they are promoted from Unregistered to Gold. Promotions come through members post count.

[ubeaut]

Still working on it. Having trouble finding enough time to get it all done. :C

[Lappa]

Everything is working fine on my iPad, iPhone and PC. It has been for a number of days. Thanks for the work you and Steven are doing.

[russ57]

Looks to be all good now.
(chrome on android)

[eskimo]

all good on PC and S8.....same for MWF

[russ57]

Hmm
Maybe spoke too soon
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Actually, and apologies for the late reply, it is all good. For some reason I was getting logged out..

[RossM]

I'm getting a bazillion of these in post ads on my Android tablet (using Chrome, not the forum App) I'm logged in.

[RossM]

Hi admins,
Any work being done to fix this?
I am really not in the market for handbags, shooet-em-up games etc that are peppering and separating the paragraphs in posts!!

[RossM]

Just tried from the PC - no issues here, so it seems there is only a problem with Android??

[NeilS]

With Google Chrome on Windows 10 and logged in I'm currently only seeing sidebar sponsor adds.

With Chrome on Android and logged in and in 'Full Site' mode I'm only seeing sidebar sponsor adds.

With iPad OS 13.2.2 and Chrome browser, logged in, I'm only seeing sidebar sponsor adds.

With Chrome on Android and in 'Mobile' mode and logged in I'm getting both top adds & in-post adds (but in that mode I don't get the sidebar, so no sponsor adds).

Windows 10 with Chrome still good.

Android with Chrome getting the in-post adds back again.

[rwbuild]

Chrome is your problem, I only EVER use Firefox, not a single unwanted ad on laptop or android tablet

[Lappa]

I do not have an android device so I can’t comment on that, but I use Chrome on my laptop. No problems at all over the past 3-4 weeks.
Also, no problems on the iPad or iPhone.

[RossM]

STILL getting the spam ads in the body of posts in threads on Android tablets. In fact it seems worse, as there appears to be more of them.
:frustrated::spam::frustrated:

[russ57]

Check you are still logged in when you see the ads. That was my issue (chrome on android)

[rwbuild]

Chrome is a PITA