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Problems with Ads

Hi Nic, i think i'm having some problems with advertising ads on the site. Everytime (from home) go to edit a article, the ads on the webpage interfer with my computer. It normally, is broadcasting what i'm doing to what ever website is the sponsor for Sarna's ads. However, these things are becoming a problem. One point, i almost lost a article i was working on, because stupid ad faded in when i was doing preview of what i had typed. I managed to get it back by press the (back arrow) on my IE i use. I don't quite have same problem other location, since the network computer system is bit stronger in security. I realize that ADs are important way to sustain the Battletech Wiki, but when it interfers when i'm trying edit something i have to say something. I believe interference depends on the ads themselves. I wish there was something that could be done about this. I hate see this place become viral environment. This was webpage that comes up recently. http://mywebface.mywebsearch.com/download/index.jhtml?partner=GRxdm255&sub_id=203327_8891. It hijacks the page from what person is doing. It doesn't need to be editing. -- Wrangler 03:01, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Wrangler! Sorry to hear you're having problems with the advertising. The next time you have an ad that interferes with what you're doing, can you take a screen shot of it and send it to my email? nic at nicj dot net. I have not seen any ads that would interfere with your editing. Namely, the only ads that are on the site are the banner ads at the top of the screen. They cannot get larger, nor should get they in front of your keyboard input or anything. If you are seeing that happen, I would be worried that you have a virus or other spyware on your machine that is inserting these ads instead. Another thing that you can do, as a logged in editor, is change your "Skin". Click on "my preferences", then the "Skins" tab and select "Sarna" instead of "SarnaAdsense". This changes your skin to not show any ads at all. If you do that, and you still see advertising, it is very like that you have a virus on your computer. Best of luck! Let me know what you find. Nicjansma 06:09, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Alrighty, I'll give it a shot. I just changed my skin to Sarna verse SarnaAdsense. Hopefully it will resolve the issue. If does happen again, i'll send you a screen shot.I'm not sure what it will show, since the weblink above litterly what came up. -- Wrangler 10:55, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Front Page Question

The Front page (since i've changed my skin) has been acting funny. Search and tool bars on the left of ths screen have been displaced below entire page. I can't tell if me or the page. -- Wrangler 13:29, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

• There has been a change, but it is only positive for me. The exact opposite of what happened to Wrangler (sidebar moved below mainpage) is now visible in its correct location on my mobile and remains in that location on my various PC browsers. Now, I haven't changed my skin, as Wrangler has, so that indicates a change has either occurred to the code that displays positioning of main page elements or Safari on my mobile has been upgraded (less likely). --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 14:20, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
• Now I'm seeing it the way Wrangler reported. At work, I'm using IE7. However, with Firefox and Safari Mobile, I'm seeing it correctly. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:21, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't care for the changes to the front page myself. The left navbar looks off. It doesn't do this on the other pages, nor is it a major hindrance. But I vote "nay". ClanWolverine101 21:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

There haven't been any changes to the Front Page or Skins for several months. Would you be able to capture a screen shot and send it to me at nic at nicj dot net? Please include the browser version you're using, and I can look into it! Nicjansma 06:01, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I wish i could send you a picture, but work computer at work has no paint programs to convert it to image to e-mail. Other pages do not have this problem, so know. -- Wrangler 12:37, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Revanche was able to send me an image, and I think I figured out the problem. Please hit CTRL-F5 in your browser to force a refresh of the styles, and let me know if it's fixed. Nicjansma 03:55, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I did CTRL-F5 and it worked! I went back to screen and it still held. Will I have to do this everytime? Or once in a while? -- Wrangler 11:51, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Glad to hear it worked for you. You shouldn't need to CTRL-F5 any more -- that was only to ensure you had the latest CSS that I updated. Nicjansma 06:28, 31 January 2011 (UTC)