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Rob, It's your crap 3G. It's noticeably slower round your way than it is darn sarf.
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I love reading the complaints of folk, who pay nothing for this website ,about how crap it is.
It's like piggy backing on to your neighbours wifi and then complaining to them that it is too slow and then asking them to upgrade for you as it is a bit of a pain to use.
Does mumsnet have premium content and/or premier subscribers?
With pictures
#strangest
You'd think STW would notice that - I live in the next valley from them!
It's like piggy backing on to your neighbours wifi and then complaining to them that it is too slow and then asking them to upgrade for you as it is a bit of a pain to use.
It's not though is it?
What exactly was "bollocks" in what I said?I was banned for 3 days for commenting on the magazine layout.
You said you were banned for "constructive criticism." It's before my tenure so I had to look back, but as far as I can see that's bollocks on two levels.
a) your criticism wasn't constructive, it amounted to 'the magazine isn't very good', and b) it appears to me that you weren't banned for criticising, constructive or otherwise, you were banned for ignoring warnings (after being given Mark's direct dial to discuss your issues).
Junkyard - it's nothing like that at all. Pinching your neighbours wi-fi is taking something that isn't yours.
STW is giving an option, free with ads or pay to remove them. Pushing people off the site or into a sub by making the free option horrible to use isn't a great advert for the site at all.
a) your criticism wasn't constructive, it amounted to 'the magazine isn't very good', and b) it appears to me that you weren't banned for criticising, constructive or otherwise, you were banned for ignoring warnings (after being given Mark's direct dial to discuss your issues).
That's not what happened and i remember it clearly. I posted into a thread which was discussing the latest issue of the magazine. I wasn't warned, just banned straight away. I think I may have been given a phone number when I was banned to discuss things but not beforehand.
I wasn't warned at all. I didn't go on the site for a long time afterwards and cancelled my magazine sub as a result because I was so annoyed at being treated in that way. I think I've bought one issue since.
I do agree tough, these pop up ads that appear on mobile devices are putting me off somewhat. I've shut STW down more then once because of them. They REALLY should get shot of them.
Handily, I use a Mac at home which kindly removes all ads for me.
The way STW is going is like walking into a shop and having someone ask you if you will be buying something when you walk in. If you say yes and pay a deposit they leave you alone. If you say you are just having a look a staff member is tasked with following you around and shouting at you to buy something or leave.
That isn't the way I managed my large DIY store I worked in, it just doesn't work. 😉
It's not though is it?
Its closer than his example and it is the best I can do
I wasn't warned at all.
You absolutely were, I've just read it. Maybe you didn't receive it, I've no way of knowing that I'm afraid.
Anyway. In other news, I've just spent browsing the forum without being logged in to see what the fuss is about.
Stock Chrome browser on Android. Anecdotally, I can't seem to replicate the issues, it's fine for me.
the one at the bottom of iphone is a bit annoying, but it disappears for me after you hit the x a couple of times. The ads down the sides of the screen are OK anyway.
It waaaaayyyy better than a lot of chatrooms.
[quote=Cougar ]Anyway. In other news, I've just spent browsing the forum without being logged in to see what the fuss is about.
Stock Chrome browser on Android. Anecdotally, I can't seem to replicate the issues, it's fine for me.
So there is no problem everybody!
That's neither what I said nor what I was implying.
It seems to work wonders when you try to help 😉
A dig at them not you.
Sod all I can do about it anyway. It's just frustrating.
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I'm getting an annoying pop up at the bottom of the screen, on every new page (iPad mini , safari) annoying but not the end of the world!
A dig at them not you.
Stop sucking up, yer big suckup.
Do STW accept PayPal for subscription payments? Or National Express tickets? Or, maybe some Reiss Vouchers? I'd consider subscribing if any of the above methods worked.
Well, I can't work it out.
I've just reverted to the stock Android (HTC?) browser, turned off the pop-up blocker setting, enabled JavaScript, and I've been browsing the site logged out. And I still can't replicate the issue. It's very odd.
To be fair, it doesn't happen [i]every[/i] time I use the site either. Like the auto open the ****ing App Store issue. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.
Anyone seen the new season collection from Reiss? It's fabulous.
Stop sucking up, yer big suckup.
shh he might twig the double bluff
It only does it on mine when on a thread and not when on the main site if that helps any
Not doing it now on mine either
Perhaps you have fixed it?
Perhaps you should post up your mobile number and we can text you when it happens 😈
he might twig the double bluff
That sounds like a sex move.
Is that a sex move?
You disgust me with your sexy moves!
Stupid sexy junkyard.
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Getting an add in Chinese now!! Literally very new page, every single time. Been going on for months now, I've just got used to getting rid of them.
Well, I can't work it out.I've just reverted to the stock Android (HTC?) browser, turned off the pop-up blocker setting, enabled JavaScript, and I've been browsing the site logged out. And I still can't replicate the issue. It's very odd.
This is not very subtle code for "there really isn't a problem everyone".
But, there is. Or maybe everyone is just pranking the forum.
Is it ****
Jesus wept the man is trying his best to help and I have just been on and got no issues either . Are we both liars ?
He is trying to help
**** knows why when all you do is snipe at him and re interpret what he says in the most negative way possible.
If it was me the ban hammer would be smiting your moaney ass or at least making sure you get extra ads.
Cheers mate.
Is it *
Jesus wept the man is trying his best to help and I have just been on and got no issues either . Are we both liars ?He is trying to help
* knows why when all you do is snipe at him and re interpret what he says in the most negative way possible.
If it was me the ban hammer would be smiting your moaney ass or at least making sure you get extra ads.
Seems like someone needs an oil change.
For whatever reason, the problems come and go. A few days ago, the STW add that runs down both sides wasn't working, and the left hand ad covered the threads. This is on a desktop, running Win7 and Chrome.
Now ok. I haven't done anything, no clearing of cookies, turning on ad blockers etc.
Adopt a moany whinger today.
Just £1.49 per month would put an end to all this suffering.
That £1.49 could buy a pack of £1.49 price labels.
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How much for a pack of £1.99 price labels? I'm sensing an issue here....
I dont mind the adds on my home puter with fast BB
but this is what my Ipad and Iphone gets at random visits
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Seems like someone needs an oil change.
Mleh I may get a wee bit annoyed by folk who get something for nothing moaning about how poor it is - I would just say it would be betterer if you paid you free loading **** so think yourself lucky you just got the freeloader bit 😉
This thing you do for nothing its just not good enough
I know you just spend two hours of your free time helping me for no reward but
I am not sure what they want
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A free P and a reach round?
Subscribers to pay more so they could get a better free service?
EDIT: trout posted whilst I was ranting and that is fairly unusable even for free
That's what I was getting as well until I noticed that I'd been logged out. When I logged back in it started working okay.
Trout, I see the same very often. No problem with ads at all, in fact some have even led me down interesting avenues, but as per your image above, some of the current batch of ads are, regardless of the advertising intent, rendering the site utterly borked from a functional perspective.
Just tested on the wife's iPad 2 and iPhone 5c as well the daughters iPad Mini, can't replicate it either.
Liked I've mentioned earlier in the thread it appears to be happen on other sites too according to Google searches.
EDIT: trout posted whilst I was ranting and that is fairly unusable even for free
Yup, it is.
I get exactly the same layout as trouts post above. It's crap but bearable on an iPad, just need to refresh until the layout sorts itself out. The pop up national express ad that I seem to constantly get on my phone is annoying enough that I no longer bother looking at the site on there.
This is what I get,
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But if I zoom in a little it gets rid of the side adverts.
If not it would be unusable.
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Ads pay for the site. Fine, it needs paying for. But STW does seem to have some dodgy ads. Fairly often when I visit the site I get a pop up dialog box with something along the lines of "You have a virus". I even get it when I travel, but in whatever local language. This is on a new Android phone and my old one, so I don't think it's malware. Perhaps you need to check out who is placing ads on the site?
I can see that the site needs ads. But just how much of my 6-7 Megs BB are they using?
£1.49 worth?
Yep see exactly what Trout and chip have posted. Wish I was tetchy enough to post a pic. It is not all the time, completely at random on iPad. I've not be able to work out the trigger but it does make the site unusable when it happens. Right now just standard RH banner and headers and footer.
Reduced in the sale. Nice.
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Is that a Reiss? Noice!
*checks paypal account*
There's lots I could say to lots that's been said, but it won't placate the ones who think there's too many ads and that's not changing. So I decided to fix the misfiring Hargroves ad that was breaking the site template instead.
[quote=deadlydarcy ]Reduced in the sale. Nice.
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I'll give you £1.49 for it.
Does STW employ a tea person perchance? A jolly one? Who serves crisps and tea? And takes PayPal? I bet her fees are sky high.
So grumpy Mark found something, what do the mods do around here???? 😉
I dont think there are too many ads just dont like them screwing up the screen as chip and Trout demonstrated.
Loving Junkys little tantrum 😆
ITV on our telly and Spotify completely stop on a regular basis to run ads.
As a subscriber, I get none on here.
The excuse I have heard for the ads is that they are needed to pay for the site.
You are aware they have to pay for hosting and that most of the STW side bandwidth is for this forum, right?
That said, when I log out, the ads ARE pretty intrusive.
what do the mods do around here????
Would sir care for a demonstration? (-:
He should of had a Snickers... 🙂Loving Junkys little tantrum
As said above, I don't mind the normal adds, but as the pics above show, sometimes they were just stupid...
Let's hope grumpy nickers has sorted it..
😆 Nooooooooo Mr Cougar (mutters under breath) 😉
Does the site earn from click throughs on ads?
How much?
If everyone clicked through on say 5 ads/day (based on daily average users), just how much would that improve the STW coffers?
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If everyone clicked through on say 5 ads/day (based on daily average users), just how much would that improve the STW coffers?
It might decrease the coffers due to the ad network detecting "false" clicks i.e. deliberate attempts to generate revenue via ad clicks. Google certainly withhold ad payments when this occurs.
Best to click only if you're genuinely interested.
Loving Junkys little tantrum
FLOUNCES 😉