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Cameron Zemek

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Nickname: grom358
Registered: Dec, 2006

Artima and Ads

Posted: Feb 11, 2008 4:51 AM

I don't know where else to post this. I understand the need for artima to have ads. However I am finding it very annoying the large wide ad images now on the front page that currently destroying the formatting of the page (at least in Firefox 2). In fact I have resorted to using Ad Block addon to remove them so the front page of artima actually looks like before these ads where added.

Someone at artima needs to look into this problem. It has to be putting off some people in staying at this site.

Admin Admin

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Registered: Jan, 2002

Re: Artima and Ads

Posted: Feb 11, 2008 6:41 PM

> I don't know where else to post this. I understand the
> need for artima to have ads. However I am finding it very
> annoying the large wide ad images now on the front page
> that currently destroying the formatting of the page (at
> least in Firefox 2). In fact I have resorted to using Ad
> Block addon to remove them so the front page of artima
> actually looks like before these ads where added.
>
> Someone at artima needs to look into this problem. It has
> to be putting off some people in staying at this site.
>
Someone else reported this problem this weekend. I've been unable to reproduce it. Can you tell me what browser and OS you are using? Can you reproduce it consistently? Any info would help.

Thanks.

Bill Venners

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Nickname: bv
Registered: Jan, 2002

Re: Artima and Ads

Posted: Feb 11, 2008 6:43 PM

Oh, also, is it always the same ad? If so, which one?

Thanks.

Bill

Cameron Zemek

Posts: 17
Nickname: grom358
Registered: Dec, 2006

Re: Artima and Ads

Posted: Feb 12, 2008 8:11 PM

These are the images I blocked with Ad Block that have caused me problems:
http://www.artima.com/azm/lproginscala.gif
http://www.artima.com/azm/l_desobjsys.gif

Using firefox 2.0.0.11 on both Linux and Windows.

Going to the front page just now turning off my Ad Block addon and its fine (on my Linux box using 2.0.0.9).

I'll post more details with screenshots when I see the problem again.

I'm glad this is just a bug.

Cameron Zemek

Posts: 17
Nickname: grom358
Registered: Dec, 2006

Re: Artima and Ads

Posted: Feb 24, 2008 4:33 PM

The ad http://www.artima.com/azm/sdw08-728x90static.gif has broken the front page. RUnning firefox 2.0.0.12

Here is a screenshot of the problem
http://grom.zeminvaders.net/broken_ads.png

Bill Venners

Posts: 2284
Nickname: bv
Registered: Jan, 2002

Re: Artima and Ads

Posted: Feb 25, 2008 8:14 AM

Hi Cameron,

Those ads are placed with a little bit of JavaScript at the bottom of the page. We do it that way so that pages load quickly, and ads are placed after the page is visible. We think the problem is the top ad is being placed in all three spots for you, but aren't able to reproduce the problem. I wonder if you could tell us what plug-ins you have installed into Firefox. We're thinking perhaps one of those is interacting badly with our JavaScript.

I attempted to send you an email. If you didn't get it, please email webmaster AT artima.com. I think it would be easier to do this over email.

Thanks.

Bill

Elizabeth Wiethoff

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Nickname: ewiethoff
Registered: Mar, 2005

Re: Artima and Ads

Posted: Mar 4, 2008 6:52 PM

FWIW, I use Firefox 2.0.0.3 with the Stylish 0.5.1 add-on. The following bit of Stylish code works like a charm at blocking Artima's ads and closing up the space they need:


@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@-moz-document domain("artima.com") {
#topbanner, #leftskyscraper, #rightrectangle { display: none !important }
.horizontaltextadbox, .floatingbox { display: none !important }
.adnotice, .adtitle, .adheadline, .sponlink { display: none !important }
}

I block ads because I'm confused by too many colors, boxes, and columns, and I don't enjoy getting a seizure at the sight of animation :-(

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