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Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Drugar, Sep 30, 2005.

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  1. Drugar

    Drugar And now... we wait! Veteran

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    Remove all ads!
    I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but every day at the first login at Sorceres.net or the BoM I get a really annoying Nokia banner.

    It can be found here

    Is this banner there on purpose or not? If so, I don't mind. If not, how can I prevent it from appearing?
     
    Drugar, Sep 30, 2005
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  2. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I presume this is a pop-up? Yes, you're supposed to see one every 6 hours or so on the site or the boards. It helps to pay the bills and all...
     
    Taluntain, Sep 30, 2005
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  3. Mesmero

    Mesmero How'd an old elf get the blues?

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    That's the problem (at least for me, and I think Drugar means the same thing), the Nokia add doesn't pop-up, but instead it loads in the same window. If I then use the back button, it returns me to the page I visited before I visited SP, instead of the SP main page.

    I use Firefox, if that matters (don't worry, SP is on my "allowed" list).
     
    Mesmero, Oct 1, 2005
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  4. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    Nokia banners doesen't bother me the slightest, hell my phone is a nokia... And if the banners helps SP too, then bloody hell, Nokia rocks!

    [ October 01, 2005, 02:01: Message edited by: Shadow Scorpion ]
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Oct 1, 2005
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  5. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Mesmero, I have no idea how that could happen... could you take a screenshot of how this looks when it happens? I certainly want to look into this.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 1, 2005
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  6. Drugar

    Drugar And now... we wait! Veteran

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    @Mesmero: that is exactly what I mean.

    @Tal: Here is that screenshot you wanted. This happened this morning and is going on for weeks now. I use Internet Explorer 6.0.2
     
    Drugar, Oct 1, 2005
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    So you don't get to see the frontpage at all ?
     
    Lynadin, Oct 1, 2005
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  8. Drugar

    Drugar And now... we wait! Veteran

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    No, when the frontpage starts to load the Nokia banner page directly appears. If you push the Back button, you do not go to the frontpage but to the page you visited before the Sorcerers.net frontpage.

    The Nokia banner does the exact same thing if you have a link directly to the BoM (as I have).
     
    Drugar, Oct 1, 2005
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  9. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] This has been going on for weeks, and no one's said anything or thought it strange? Unbelievable... I haven't a clue what the hell that could be from, but I'm going to find out. Obviously one of our advertisers pulled a fast one on me. I'm majorly pissed...

    In the future, if you notice anything out of the ordinary like that, please let me know ASAP.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 1, 2005
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  10. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    There's always been a problem with those Nokia ads, Tal, remember? Like those square ones that didn't properly centre the left one or left a blank space around.
     
    chevalier, Oct 1, 2005
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  11. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    That's nothing compared to this...
     
    Taluntain, Oct 1, 2005
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  12. Drugar

    Drugar And now... we wait! Veteran

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    I'm sorry that I didn't report this earlier.

    At first I thought it was spyware, but when I checked my computer, there wasn't anything related to this. After a few days of having this problem, I gotted irritated and so I posted this.

    Next time, I will be quicker in responding.

    Could you let me know how this turns out?

    Thanks!
     
    Drugar, Oct 2, 2005
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  13. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Yea, I'll post about it here as soon as our advertiser gets back to me, but that won't be before Monday, since they don't work on weekends.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 2, 2005
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  14. Drugar

    Drugar And now... we wait! Veteran

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    Just to let you know, I got it twice today.
     
    Drugar, Oct 2, 2005
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  15. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    I've never seen this, by the way.
     
    Harbourboy, Oct 2, 2005
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    I keep reading this thread as "Daily Nakia banner"...
     
    Bion, Oct 2, 2005
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  17. Drugar

    Drugar And now... we wait! Veteran

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    @HB: it strikes me that both Mesmero and I are from the Netherlands and we are the only ones reporting this.

    Could there be a connection?
     
    Drugar, Oct 2, 2005
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  18. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Yes, the ads are geo-targeted.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 3, 2005
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  19. Drugar

    Drugar And now... we wait! Veteran

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    Well, that explains it :)
     
    Drugar, Oct 3, 2005
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  20. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Well, this has supposedly been fixed yesterday. I was issued an apology, and that was that. So, again, if anyone notices something like this in the future, please let me know ASAP. Getting it removed is about as much as I can do.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 4, 2005
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