front-page glitch

masque · February 5th, 2006

The front-page is having some rendering problems for me. I'm using firefox 1.5.0.1. I confirmed the glitch with IE 7.0 beta 2.

Basically the four RSS style feeds at the top of the page aren't showing up as a straight line, but as a square (see pic).

I noticed that some of the graphics on the front page have been updated recently, so this may be a side-effect of some site maintenance that I don't know about.

**Chrono Archangel** · February 5th, 2006

i think Bobbi is playing with the ads that are displayed on the front page. in the left partt its now a square type add while before it was a horizontal type one that was under (or over) those links

Nevermore · February 6th, 2006

lets get rid of the ads plzkthnx

Proto · February 6th, 2006

Sure! You just cover the part on the costs of the servers, domains name and connections fee's that the ad's normally pay off. (on a yearly basis of course). If you do so Bobbi and the NGEmu community will be forever grateful to you

Nevermore · February 7th, 2006

I demmand a chicken sandwich with mustard if I do it.Is it just by displaying the ads on the website that covers a part of the costs or do the users have to click on them?

**hushypushy** · February 7th, 2006

the google ads are click based--the hosting site gets a tiny bit of money every time someone clicks on it. the graphic ads, AFAIK, just pay for display

**Bobbi** · February 7th, 2006

The 4 boxes are supposed to be displayed like that ... the empty spaces are not supposed to be there, but I haven't gotten around to fix them yet.

Cid Highwind · February 7th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by hushypushy

the google ads are click based--the hosting site gets a tiny bit of money every time someone clicks on it. the graphic ads, AFAIK, just pay for display

Who would click adds in the first place? Am I hopelesly conservative to stuff like this or are they still the perfect way to get your pc infested with spyware and all other kinds of unwanted stuff?

Proto · February 7th, 2006

Solely clicking on adds won't get you any kind of spyware (unless you have some serious security holes open, like ActiveX

)

masque · February 7th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Proto

Solely clicking on adds won't get you any kind of spyware (unless you have some serious security holes open, like ActiveX

)

It would depend of the ad, now wouldn't it? An ad for "Amazon.com" would be pretty clean, but an ad for "hot sexy co-eds" would almost definitely be infected.

Coolsvilleman · February 7th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobbi

The 4 boxes are supposed to be displayed like that ... the empty spaces are not supposed to be there, but I haven't gotten around to fix them yet.

I don't like the boxes displayed like that, just my opinion. Anyhow they also don't seem to update anymore.

dpence · February 7th, 2006

yea, came to report that, they are definately not updating...at least the message board portion....

February 5th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,228	i think Bobbi is playing with the ads that are displayed on the front page. in the left partt its now a square type add while before it was a horizontal type one that was under (or over) those links __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

February 6th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
Nevermore Psychotic Robot Master Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Angelgrove Posts: 1,362	lets get rid of the ads plzkthnx __________________ [23:02:11] <HC_Rikki> i have a list of webcomic here, you really might like. mustsee references [23:03:07] <Neverm0re> hmm, I can always look at them but references is far to be a thing that I need. [23:03:39] <Neverm0re> and I do believe representing the members the way I think they are is quite cool because they are stars [23:04:15] <Neverm0re> of course, some are over exagerated like miretank who has an afro [23:05:30] <HC_Rikki> were the herpes and other discutable features necessary ? [23:05:52] <Neverm0re> XD

February 6th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
Proto Knowledge is the solution Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Posts: 5,562	Sure! You just cover the part on the costs of the servers, domains name and connections fee's that the ad's normally pay off. (on a yearly basis of course). If you do so Bobbi and the NGEmu community will be forever grateful to you __________________

February 7th, 2006	#5 (permalink)
Nevermore Psychotic Robot Master Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Angelgrove Posts: 1,362	I demmand a chicken sandwich with mustard if I do it.Is it just by displaying the ads on the website that covers a part of the costs or do the users have to click on them? __________________ [23:02:11] <HC_Rikki> i have a list of webcomic here, you really might like. mustsee references [23:03:07] <Neverm0re> hmm, I can always look at them but references is far to be a thing that I need. [23:03:39] <Neverm0re> and I do believe representing the members the way I think they are is quite cool because they are stars [23:04:15] <Neverm0re> of course, some are over exagerated like miretank who has an afro [23:05:30] <HC_Rikki> were the herpes and other discutable features necessary ? [23:05:52] <Neverm0re> XD

February 7th, 2006	#6 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	the google ads are click based--the hosting site gets a tiny bit of money every time someone clicks on it. the graphic ads, AFAIK, just pay for display __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

February 7th, 2006	#7 (permalink)
Bobbi Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 2,030	The 4 boxes are supposed to be displayed like that ... the empty spaces are not supposed to be there, but I haven't gotten around to fix them yet. __________________ Specs: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ • 2048 MB PC400 RAM • Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT PCI-E • WinXP Pro

February 7th, 2006	#9 (permalink)
Proto Knowledge is the solution Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Posts: 5,562	Solely clicking on adds won't get you any kind of spyware (unless you have some serious security holes open, like ActiveX ) __________________

February 7th, 2006	#12 (permalink)
dpence Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: USA Posts: 1,119	yea, came to report that, they are definately not updating...at least the message board portion....

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