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Offline Sandwich

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HLP Theme and Ads
on: May 10, 2006, 04:50:16 pm
I've done some work on a basic HLP theme and reset everyone to use it by default. You can still select another theme in your personal profile if you'd like to. However, everyone should take note - it's not perfect. It still shows the SMF logo, the nav is still blue, etc. Some of that will change soon, some won't - there's a limit to how much I'm willing to modify beforeSMF version 1.1 is finalized (we're running Release Candidate 2 currently). So please don't go around reporting rough edges and stuff quite yet. ;)

Also, you may notice the new advertising banner, via some ad company called Clicksor. Google banned us from their ad program due to what they called "invalid clicks" - generally taken to be when someone from the same IP clicks on ads "too much". That's water under the bridge now, but I mention it because I'd rather not see a repeat of that again. So, don't just go clicking away because you want to "help the site" - it hurts, not helps. If an ad interests you, find out more. If not, don't. Simple as that.

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Offline neoterran

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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #1 on: May 10, 2006, 04:52:33 pm
Thank god the colors are back, the default was way too bright...
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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #2 on: May 10, 2006, 04:58:59 pm
Please tell me the annoying middle of the page ad-keyword popups are a mistake. :(
 

Offline Jetmech Jr.

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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #3 on: May 10, 2006, 05:02:45 pm
Quote from: SadisticSid on May 10, 2006, 04:58:59 pm
Please tell me the annoying middle of the page ad-keyword popups are a mistake. :(

Seconded.
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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #4 on: May 10, 2006, 05:11:57 pm
Eh? Where? What thread triggers them??
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #5 on: May 10, 2006, 05:18:32 pm
sweet, the colors are back, this is very good, it made things way too bright for looking at screenshots and stuff :nod:
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Offline Nuclear1

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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #6 on: May 10, 2006, 05:25:26 pm
This feels like HLP 2.0.

Which is terrific. Great work guys. :yes:
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Reply #7 on: May 10, 2006, 05:30:59 pm
HALLELUJAH! no more nekkid forums!!

the default theme was starting to grow on me. :shaking:
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Offline SadisticSid

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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #8 on: May 10, 2006, 05:33:59 pm
Quote from: Sandwich on May 10, 2006, 05:11:57 pm
Eh? Where? What thread triggers them??

Not a thread for me, just the root page of the board.



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Offline redsniper

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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #9 on: May 10, 2006, 05:46:45 pm
yeah, I've been seeing them too. They make me sad. :(
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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #10 on: May 10, 2006, 05:53:12 pm
I think I accidentally let that option slip through in one of the testings. Please force-refresh your cache and let me know if those continue to show up.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #11 on: May 10, 2006, 09:31:55 pm
They remain in several of the forum descriptors.
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Offline Jetmech Jr.

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Reply #12 on: May 10, 2006, 09:43:31 pm
Is it just me, or are they getting worse? Like, 5 of them on a page at any given time...

And the new image ads were a bit of a surprise.
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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #13 on: May 11, 2006, 12:28:52 am
Thats part of the ad service. Happy happy joy joy.
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Offline Fury

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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #14 on: May 11, 2006, 12:53:41 am
I don't enjoy it either, but since we can't use Google AdSense anymore and it does not look like we'll ever will, so we have to look out for poorer quality adservices, like this Clicksor which I have never even heard of. Sandwich still has to pay for the server every month and by now he has already lost quite a bit of ads revenue to pay for it, so he's paying for it from his own pockets. And because Clicksor apparently cannot even show content relevant ads, I doubt income from it will ever be high enough. So enter the donations, except that nobody wants to donate even a small sum every bloody month. This situation could be solved by adopting an ads service that is at least close to AdSense in terms of service quality and especially has content relevant ads, so that someone would actually click the damn ads, I don't know any, do you?
 

Offline Goober5000

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Reply #15 on: May 11, 2006, 02:03:43 am
Yahoo ads?
 

Offline Fury

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Reply #16 on: May 11, 2006, 02:16:38 am
Can't be worse than clicksor, I hope.
 

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Reply #17 on: May 11, 2006, 02:37:57 am
Yeah, I'm getting those inline ads now, too. *grrr* Ok, screw Clicksor. Over the weekend I'll look into what kind of ad system places like Gamespot run, see if we can get some game-related ads or something.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Col. Fishguts

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Re: HLP Theme and Ads
Reply #18 on: May 11, 2006, 05:01:38 am
Is it just me, or does the "back" button now work on a random basis in Firefox ?
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Reply #19 on: May 11, 2006, 05:03:40 am
nice and all but my back button doesnt work anymore unless i click it a bunch of times really fast and even then its iffy.

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seems im not the only one with this problem
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