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  1. Jwest7788

    Unable to post in the banner ad thread

    Just wanted to double check that this is all sorted out now, correct?
  2. Jwest7788

    We're Going to Try Some Banner Ads for Guest (Not Logged In) Users

    Sorry folks, had an errant code impacting logged in users. The ad network has this dumb "feature" "auto optimize" which adds popups and crap. Should be cleaned up for folks, please confirm. Still working on the ungodly high volume of ads for unregistered folks. Update coming as ready.
  3. Jwest7788

    We're Going to Try Some Banner Ads for Guest (Not Logged In) Users

    We've explored sponsors in the past, but we had trouble showing the value of the forum to their bottom line. There doesn't appear to be a good way to show vendors ahead of time if they will recoup any money invested, so it never really went anywhere. If you have a contact, we're open to the...
  4. Jwest7788

    We're Going to Try Some Banner Ads for Guest (Not Logged In) Users

    Man, that stirred up a flurry of communication. Here's a super reply to keep it all in one spot. Seems we split into a few common themes: The "This Sucks" Camp Firstly, I agree, that sucked. I am also a user here consuming the content like anyone else. Rest assured that I know a terrible...
  5. Jwest7788

    New Feature 2022 Updates

    Good lord that ad experience was awful. Fixed for logged in users, going to fix for non-logged in users too, because that way too gross. lol --> The ads view for logged-in users may cache on your browser, it's fixed now, if you still see ads, clear your browser cache. (Google "clear your...
  6. Jwest7788

    New Feature 2022 Updates

    Yeah, sorry, I am going to fix that. Nice of the ads folks. I applied for the account weeks ago, then they turn it on without giving me a heads up, and clearly they're targeting all users (which is probably a config error on my end) I'll have this fixed shortly!
  7. Jwest7788

    We're Going to Try Some Banner Ads for Guest (Not Logged In) Users

    Thanks Folks! We appreciate the kind comments. 1) This is the last year or so, looking just at unique IP addresses ("Users") 2) The second question is harder to suss out with accuracy, and telling a real user from a bot, from web analytics alone is a tricky one. I could guess, but it is...
  8. Jwest7788

    We're Going to Try Some Banner Ads for Guest (Not Logged In) Users

    Yes. We see significantly more non-member visitors than we do member visitors (~90% unregistered) In the month of June we saw: 26,277 site visits 432,310 pageviews, and 938,224 Hits (Individual file resources loaded) Yes, we started on our own server, then migrated hosting to my company server...
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    We're Going to Try Some Banner Ads for Guest (Not Logged In) Users

    Hey folks, This is a heads up that we're going to be trying some banner ads on the website. (Don't panic just yet!) Who will be impacted? This will be limited to anyone who is not logged into an account. --> To be clear, you do not have to be a supporting member in any form to have an ad-free...
  10. Jwest7788

    New Feature 2022 Updates

    This one fact may make resolving this issue exceptionally difficult, and also would explain why other users aren't experiencing any issues... even though it is just this forum you're having issues with. Using unsupported software is very difficult to debug for, as we risk breaking functionality...
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