the new web site

[Golly Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Golly]

Any chance of a tutorial so we can get our avatar's up and running again, seems Piggy and Pradoadmin are the only ones with active avatars.

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

I'm getting used to it slowly like everything familiarity comes with age

[William Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close William]

You can count me in as a donor if you get rid of all the ads

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

Hi William

Unfortunately ads are what makes the Internet go round, and sometimes you see something you may actually want.

Regards, Richo.

[William Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close William]

Not really, if we get enough funding every month, we can have an advertisement free forum. I know of many sites and forums that are run purely off sponsorships and donations. I'm not so sure why the forum needs to increase it's advertisement banners by 200% (perhaps Aaron was topping up out of his own pocket before?)

Being a long time user of the internet... I automatically (subconsciously) block out any and every advertisement I see on the net - it's become instinctive and habitual. It just so happens that the new ads on the posts cover half the images that are being posted that makes it hard to ignore!

For the record, I never click on ads. Nothing has ever enticed me to click on it and even if it did see something I liked, it'd be the last place I'd go... If I want something, its:

1. Google for product research
2. Ebay to get a ballpark figure on competitive prices
3. Other sources (too many to mention) to check on where to buy it at the best price depending on what I'm after.

Anyway, I suppose a repositioning of the ads would be a good idea before donations/memberships are considered.

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

Not really, if we get enough funding every month, we can have an advertisement free forum. I know of many sites and forums that are run purely off sponsorships and donations. I'm not so sure why the forum needs to increase it's advertisement banners by 200% (perhaps Aaron was topping up out of his own pocket before?)

Being a long time user of the internet... I automatically (subconsciously) block out any and every advertisement I see on the net - it's become instinctive and habitual. It just so happens that the new ads on the posts cover half the images that are being posted that makes it hard to ignore!

For the record, I never click on ads. Nothing has ever enticed me to click on it and even if it did see something I liked, it'd be the last place I'd go... If I want something, its:

1. Google for product research
2. Ebay to get a ballpark figure on competitive prices
3. Other sources (too many to mention) to check on where to buy it at the best price depending on what I'm after.

Anyway, I suppose a repositioning of the ads would be a good idea before donations/memberships are considered.

Hi William

I may be wrong but I beleive there is a thread asking if people would pay membership for the forum and the outstanding answer was no, so advertising pays for the forum. You mention various sites for research for purchases all of which contain advertising so am I missing the point? Doesn't the point of going to Google and ebay go to the ultimate advertising sites?

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

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Yes there was a thread. We closed it as it wasn't done by the admins. In the future there will be the offer to have paid membership for more access and no ads.

[William Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close William]

You mention various sites for research for purchases all of which contain advertising so am I missing the point? Doesn't the point of going to Google and ebay go to the ultimate advertising sites?

Absolutely mate, but like I said, I subconsciously block these ads when they appear on the screen. I use the sites mentioned for what they are, a tool for the purposes I've stated, and it does it very well. Likewise, I go to PradoPoint to use the forums, not read ads about wanting to buy a Mitsubishi Lancer (currently pictured on the last post). Get what I mean?

In my experience, clicking on ads have never been productive (even in google ie. the ads on the sidebar). If anything, they can cause you to catch bugs such as malware or even trojan/virii.

Cheers

[William Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close William]

Yes there was a thread. We closed it as it wasn't done by the admins. In the future there will be the offer to have paid membership for more access and no ads.

That sounds like a brilliant idea TP!

[LiveFreeAndRoam Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close LiveFreeAndRoam]

... In the future there will be the offer to have paid membership for more access and no ads.

That seems to be the most common approach with iPhone apps too. I.e. the free version of the app comes with ads and the paid version comes ad-free. Also, in the iOS realm most apps cost under $5, seemingly for life?

[kav Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close kav]

hey guys just a question , someone has probably already asked or its probably here somewhere or ive already killed that brain cell that held the information. but whats with the time on the posts , are we running on GMT . its dark outside but apparently its 10.51 am. feel free to tell me to put my head back where the sun aint shining .

[William Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close William]

You have to go into the options and change your time zone

1. On the top right click on "settings"
2. On the bottom left click "general settings"
3. Scroll down to "Date and time ..."
4. Change to your relevant time zone. It's +10GMT for where I am (melb)

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

The "Whats New" button is fantastic. Makes it easy to keep uo to date on threads even if not subscribed.
Richo.

[William Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close William]

Isn't it the same as the "active posts" link on the old site?

[Hutch Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hutch]

Not if jump on for a quick look at a couple of post earlier in the day, so then u miss a heap of posts, the active post button was better!