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I think we can all agree that advertisements in VDr are essential to keep these forums free to use. But the latest moves to put the Ads in the top right corner, shortening the reply box has upset many. In order to see just how many are for/against this move, I am making this poll. I am hoping to get as many answers as possible.
On top is my first choice by a vast margin.
My second choice would be on the right, but of a consistent and quite narrow width. That's probably harder to do since it requires getting specifically sized artwork from your advertisers.
Thanks for asking.
Ditto to the majority
I do not care where the ads are as long as they do not simultaneously use up the whole column underneath as blank space.
I think that the ads should be well designed and be at the top or at the bottom of the discussion thread.
Linda
I like them at the top of the page, going across like it was before
In IE, you can click on VIEW->Text size and adjust the heck out of the pages.
Or hold your CTRL key and use your scroll wheel ;)
I don't care how you do it... there are horizontal ads, and there are vertical ads. But the big block ad that is currently in use is the the worst.
Replace it with a tall, thin vertical ad along the right side, keyword thin.
Or, use a horizontal ad up top and allow the forum area to have the width of the screen below...
Or, if the block ad stays... then there's one solution. There are a number of pages where the impact of the block ad is not really that horrible. Until you get to the actual thread, once you get into the thread for a particular question simply remove the ad from that page view. Or, change the ad for the thread page view to a horizonal ad up top.
The current situation is pretty horrible.
I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by LindaHewitt
it would be good if they "meshed" them in with the VirtualDr/Earthweb banner
at the top
I preferred them at the top and bottom as they were before, as a lot of others have said, but I voted for "I don't care", and here is why.
Not being an advertiser but trying to think as one, I would want them right where they are, where they are most visible. Afterall, I'm paying to have it displayed in the hopes and chance that it will be seen by potential consumers. So when I saw the new board and the placement of the ads I figured this was the reason for it.
As I said, I don't like them where they are either, but what I do like is free, and being able to come here and obtain this invaluable, free information that I so often do, I really don't care where they are if it if it keeps things rolling along as they are.
And that is why I voted for "I don't care"...just keep it FREE. :D
At the top of the page. Soon :) please.
I voted for the top of the page like it used to be. But I'd also be happy for them to be at the bottom after the last post on a page.
After all if you read all posts you will end up at the bottom of the page and if you actually post to a thread you will end up at the bottom of the page.
I would prefer them at the top of the page because when they are at the side it narrows my view of the forum pages themselves causing me to have to use the scroll bar at the bottom of my browser, scrolling right, left, right, left, to read the posts.
Even on a 1024x768 screen I had to scroll 27, that's 27, yes 27 times to get to the bottom of a screen that had 40 replies on it.
That's gonna do one of a few things:
Give me RSI of the finger
Wear out my scroll wheel
Cause me to have to press space bar to page down a page
Use the scroll slider
All of which I don't want to happen.
That would be my main claim against the current (?) set up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Welshjim
From what I see here today.... THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!
If anyone has noticed, Joe was given permission to change back to the old format at the thread level which makes the threads much easier to read. Hopefully this compromise will satisfy everyones distastes for the forums layout. BJ
I'm pretty certain I noticed! Very noticeable and precisely the solution I preferred and the one I felt you could get away with. Once again, thank you.
I will burn incense at the temple of Jupiter tonight. Thanks. ;)
Please, not the potpourri one. Anything but.......
Thats great news...
Well done to all :)
Bravo!!!!....Bravisimo!!!....Kudos!!!! and the biggest THANKYOU... :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BIG JOHN
This is good news. Definately a postive step.
Well done and thankyou I can see the membership increasing dramatically alerady and our postion in Google is on the rise as well.
Although we're clearly doing better when using PC instead of Computer
pc help - 9th
pc help forum - 2nd
pc help forums - 2nd
computer help - got a hit at 181 unless I missed it on an earlier page
computer help forum - 18th
computer help forums - 11th
I would like to see the ads at the top and bottom also, like it was before. I think if the purpose of the forum is to help a poster, or person with a problem they should get to use the most of the page for their information. I do not care for the way the post area is now crunched as it currently is.
This makes it look just like all other forums. I started to think about moving on at first, but will give it a chance to correct first, maybe some focus will be given back to the people with problems again.
However, I do realize that the ads are a necessary evil to keep the forum free for us too. I know too, that I, as an individual really have no control over the ultimate outcome and the dollar bill is the main player in this scenario.
Thank you for letting me sound off a bit. :(
Ecrosson, the ads are now onthe side for index pages, searh pages etc for threads, they are now at the top.
Are you not seeing things that way ?
Thank you Nix, I am now seeing things that way. At first I was not though. On my displays it had the posts crunched on the side with a big blank space on the right.
It has been amended to just show that way on the indexes, etc, just as you say.
Thank you my friend... :)
That's good.
Although I'm only the messenger, JPNYC was probably pivotal in getting those changes across to the JM powers that be.