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Thread ID: 49248 2004-09-13 22:06:00 Minor problem with P F1 JJJJJ (528) Press F1
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272128 2004-09-14 00:11:00 I Noticed the same thing yesterday and yes, Bruce, I have propel accelerator set to block pop ups but not inpage adverts.
Rob
theother1 (3573)
272129 2004-09-14 00:25:00 Bruce, I just logged back on and the problem was gone.
BUT, just for the hell of it I clicked on the Xtra ad. and it came back again.
Jack
JJJJJ (528)
272130 2004-09-14 02:05:00 Have you noticed it stops you pasting? I went to paste in a portion of someon'es post to quote and no dice, until I refreshed to get rid of the ad. Biggles (121)
272131 2004-09-14 02:11:00 Apparently there's only 5 days left to run on the ad, which is a shorter time than would be involved in trying to get the ad agency to check its code, I suspect. Biggles (121)
272132 2004-09-14 03:17:00 > Apparently there's only 5 days left to run on the ad,
> which is a shorter time than would be involved in
> trying to get the ad agency to check its code, I
> suspect.


Er... are you saying that you allow ad agencies to put their own code on this forum for their ads? Without it being checked first? :O
Fire-and-Ice (3910)
272133 2004-09-14 03:48:00 I'm saying that

1] I don't have any control over ad code.

2] ads are booked across an entire site using the DoubleClick ad trafficing service. The ads shown here will be the same as one shown on a whole range of sites (not just ours). They do get checked, I understand, but that's no guarantee than any specific problem will get found. For example, this problem only shows up when you've got an input form on a page. Same way software gets beta tested but still ends up with flaws. People are fallible you know.

3] I've raised the issue with the people responsible here for putting the ads up but from my own experience, by the time you've convinced someone at the agency that they've got a bug in their code and got them to find it and got them to fix it and got them to reload the fixed ad into the system ...... well, the 5 days are probably going to be up anyhow. But the issue has been raised with those responsible.
Biggles (121)
272134 2004-09-14 12:16:00 Bit like complaining about Radio T/V ads, by the time your complaint gets to the commission the ads been off air for 6 months.

Interesting to learn sub Advertisers get stuck like that to.
drb1 (4492)
272135 2004-09-14 14:23:00 Me to, right now. Vince Vince (406)
272136 2004-09-14 14:27:00 It is happening to me and I haven't touched any keys. Vince Vince (406)
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