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[Hi-FiOutlaw]

While we're having a forum b*tch fest I'd also like to add that I hate the way the advert at the top of the page loads last. On a phone/tablet when a try to click on a thread the whole page suddenly jumps down and I end up selecting the wrong thread. It's really annoying!

*dash1*

+5

 

[Joe Cox]

We're going to make some changes to the spam filter options, which is what causes the verification to pop-up, and see if that improves the whole CAPTCHA issue.

 

[spiny norman]

We're going to make some changes to the spam filter options

 

[Joe Cox]

The change has been made. Stand by your beds. I for one welcome our new 'best price wellington boots size 8' overlords.

 

[Snooker]

WHF

I don't suppose we can stop you from putting adverts on this site, but could you please get rid of the adverts on both side panels when reading a forum post etc, it really is annoying and looks a little bit stupid really and very unprofessional *smile*

 

[SteveR750]

see above. There is another section of the forum for these issues, this is not "hi-fi". C'mon!!!!

 

[ID.]

WHF

I don't suppose we can stop you from putting adverts on this site, but could you please get rid of the adverts on both side panels when reading a forum post etc, it really is annoying and looks a little bit stupid really and very unprofessional *smile*

That was part of the point of the redesign, to give advertising more real estate. Who do you think pays for our free forum?

While we're at it, can we have a search function for the forum because not everyone knows how or wants to do the search through Google, etc.

Also, who makes it so it takes one to the Your Account page whenever one logs in? This is the only forum I've ever used that does that. Standard procedure is to leave you where you are. Generally someone logs in to comment on something, although I guess you logs more page views by having people work their way back to the forum or whatever page they were on at the time and views are money.

 

[spiny norman]

That was part of the point of the redesign, to give advertising more real estate. Who do you think pays for our free forum?

Yes, but when I open up these forums on my laptop, and so much space on the screen is taken up by ads that I actually have to scroll down to see any of the stuff I have actually opened the page to see, surely that's a) rubbish design and b) advertising placement gone mad.

The only way to use this site these days is with an ad-blocker running, which is surely self-defeating for those buying and selling the advertising. I'm aware of the need for ads to pay for things like the site, the frequent and helpful contributions to the forums by the WHSV staff, and so on, but it the ads were more subtle, and didn't give the impression of an advertising site with a few words to fill up the spaces the publishers haven't yet managed to sell, then there would be no need to use a blocker.

 

[SteveR750]

That was part of the point of the redesign, to give advertising more real estate. Who do you think pays for our free forum?

Yes, but when I open up these forums on my laptop, and so much space on the screen is taken up by ads that I actually have to scroll down to see any of the stuff I have actually opened the page to see, surely that's a) rubbish design and b) advertising placement gone mad.

The only way to use this site these days is with an ad-blocker running, which is surely self-defeating for those buying and selling the advertising. I'm aware of the need for ads to pay for things like the site, the frequent and helpful contributions to the forums by the WHSV staff, and so on, but it the ads were more subtle, and didn't give the impression of an advertising site with a few words to fill up the spaces the publishers haven't yet managed to sell, then there would be no need to use a blocker.

Agree, and worse is the way that they jump down the page as it's loading, causing you sometimes load them if not patient enough. TBH, I hate using this website, and whilst WHF don't manage it themselves, their publishers do. It must be very very cheap.

 

[spiny norman]

causing you sometimes load them if not patient enough.

Perhaps that's the idea!

whilst WHF don't manage it themselves, their publishers do. It must be very very cheap

I got the impression they (ie the WHSV staff) did manage the site. If not, I'm not sure what all those 'editors' do, though I agree with you that this has the look of a site where the advertising needs rule the editorial content to an unacceptable degree.

 

[rainsoothe]

Dear WHF, I don't know if you're aware of this, but a word that begins with "c" and ends with "rappy" triggers your spam filter. In other words, the spam filter is... damnit, I can't describe it, because of the spam filter...