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[ghandi]

When i open up the site all of these pop ups appear, now i realise that the site probably needs advertising but this is ridiculous! Last night the page keep closing itself down with an error message.


Bring back the old layout

[karlpowell]

all ready a big thread on this , if youy pay 18 pound a year you can see the site AD free  

[Chesh]

I keep getting the "Jave script error" pop up that I have to keep clicking time and time again to try and make it disappear. The timing of these site changes with traffic at it's highest because of the festival is rubbish.

[eFestivals]

ghandi, on 19 June 2010 - 08:44 AM, said:

When i open up the site all of these pop ups appear, now i realise that the site probably needs advertising but this is ridiculous!

"all these pop ups"?

There should be just one per session, and that's certainly what I'm experiencing, and nothing more.

No advertising = no forums.

[eFestivals]

Chesh, on 19 June 2010 - 08:48 AM, said:

I keep getting the "Jave script error" pop up that I have to keep clicking time and time again to try and make it disappear.

the error has been reported to the forum software makers and hopefully they'll issue a fix very soon.

The problem can be avoided by using a browser that isn't Internet Explorer, such as Firefox.

[siman]

£18 a year? That is a joke right???

All the adds are really pissing me off now! Might check out the ###### forum if this carry's on!

[Chesh]

eFestivals, on 19 June 2010 - 08:53 AM, said:

the error has been reported to the forum software makers and hopefully they'll issue a fix very soon.

The problem can be avoided by using a browser that isn't Internet Explorer, such as Firefox.

OK thanks.

[Mahdnyw]

I see no pop-ups. Then again, I see no ads either

[hatethisandillloveyou]

im using firefox but i still get the popup underneath the first post.. on every page

[JodiB]

Whats wrong with just keeping the ads at the top and down the sides ?

These pop-ups are really pissing me off.  Very intrusive and annoying.  Really puts me off the advertisers too.  If an ad annoys you stands to reason you won't buy into it.

Not very "Glastonbury" is it.

[ghandi]

Yes that's what i'm getting. "all those pop ups" might be a bit of an exaggeration, but when you go to a new topic it comes up all of the time and is annoying.

[Tommy]

siman, on 19 June 2010 - 08:55 AM, said:

£18 a year? That is a joke right???

All the adds are really pissing me off now! Might check out the ###### forum if this carry's on!

Because running a forum which consumes this much bandwidth is free, right?

No. It's bloody expensive! Either pay the membership or put up with the ads.

[eFestivals]

siman, on 19 June 2010 - 08:55 AM, said:

£18 a year? That is a joke right???

All the adds are really pissing me off now!

It's an option, one that you can choose to take up or not. This site has to be paid for, via ads or via another means.

There is just one more ad than there was previously, and an ad that was meant to have been on these forums for the last 18 months but hasn't been. There simply isn't the financial scope for it to not be here any longer.

[eFestivals]

Mahdnyw, on 19 June 2010 - 08:58 AM, said:

I see no pop-ups. Then again, I see no ads either

Then please don't be a freeloading c**t all of your life.

[Mahdnyw]

Tommy, on 19 June 2010 - 09:14 AM, said:

Because running a forum which consumes this much bandwidth is free, right?

No. It's bloody expensive! Either pay the membership or put up with the ads.

From what I've read, I don't think there is being a membership fee put in place - but that if there ever was, then it would be roughly £18 per year.

The site has just had a major update folks, there is bound to be glitches - think of it as Beta testing

[Mahdnyw]

eFestivals, on 19 June 2010 - 09:22 AM, said:

Then please don't be a freeloading c**t all of your life.

I get the ads pay for the site, but I find all advertising intrusive & annoying.
I have bought several tshirts, hoodies & calendars from you over the years though and will buy you a beer if I see you at Glasto.

[eFestivals]

JodiB, on 19 June 2010 - 09:11 AM, said:

Whats wrong with just keeping the ads at the top and down the sides ?

They don't generate enough revenue to support the costs of running this site. Yes, it's that simple.

JodiB, on 19 June 2010 - 09:11 AM, said:

These pop-ups are really pissing me off.  Very intrusive and annoying.

Do you shout at the TV at every ad break?

The ads are meant to be intrusive from an advertisers viewpoint. They're not going to shell out money for ads that aren't noticed, are they?

The ads were planned to be on the right hand side in a less in-your-face place, but that caused complaints too. There's now less ads than there was 24 hours ago, but no less shouting.

JodiB, on 19 June 2010 - 09:11 AM, said:

Not very "Glastonbury" is it.

So what do you think is "very Glastonbury"? Jumping the fence and f**king over the fest? Or there being a cost for the enjoyment it brings?

Just like with Glastonbury, those making use of it are expected to pay towards it. That's what the ads do.

[Tommy]

From a marketing POV, that video delivery method is a rubbish ad medium, in that it requires viewer input to actually deliver the message.

Neil, have you though of using the signature space as an ad spot? I only ask as once the user scrolls past the inline ad, the value to advertisers is gone, whereas if signature space was used, it might be more appealing to advertisers.

Edited by Tommy, 19 June 2010 - 09:33 AM.

[eFestivals]

ghandi, on 19 June 2010 - 09:11 AM, said:

Yes that's what i'm getting. "all those pop ups" might be a bit of an exaggeration, but when you go to a new topic it comes up all of the time and is annoying.

Completely wrong. It is one per session (a 'session' being essentially your visit here).

There is not a new pop-up when going into a new thread.

[eFestivals]

Tommy, on 19 June 2010 - 09:33 AM, said:

Neil, have you though of using the signature space as an ad spot? I only ask as once the user scrolls past the inline ad, the value to advertisers is gone, whereas if signature space was used, it might be more appealing to advertisers.

If I did that, they'd be an awful lot more ads. I'm not trying to over-do it, I'm simply trying to get these forums to pay their way, which they've not been doing.

As things stand, it looks like I'm going to have to make myself redundant in a couple of months, even tho I'm already earning much less than minimum wage.

Meanwhile, I'd rather not be taking all this shite for that shit money from people who think that everything they want they should get for nothing.