Pop Ups and Ads issues
 

Really not sure where to ask this...so I hope I a in the right place

When I open a thread and click "Last Page" in that thread I get this, should I be worried?

There is most likely no need to worry,
I will ask that a technician take a look at this post,
I will relay the response.

That's a factual and thorough report. Thanks very much for the helpful and constructive feedback. :thumbup:

Wonnie
 

Am confused. The rules state we should not post anything political and I definitely agree. So why am I being bombarded by political messages and being told how to vote on certain issues?

i think you will have to be much more specific to what your situation is. I have not seen any other members posting about this.

Well, Nan, don't know how much more specific I can be. Today couldn't tell you how many times I clicked on something and VOTE NO ON ISSUE ONE appeared and on occasion Barack Obama appears with a message.

Patrice said that she will report that to the technical area. But could you please tell us what you click on when you get the pop ups, what browser you use [Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.] and what you use as a virus protection program? Thanks.

Nan maybe she means by the ads showing up.

I just got 2 ***sound ads*** on the QB!!!
 

Was reading a post and heard the most atrocious music. Scrolled the page and found an ad in the bottom left corner of the screen that was a video! Turned it off, but then another one came on right after it! I may have to turn the sound off on my computer while reading the QB now. This was distressing!!!

i have never had that

This happened to me a few months ago. Let one of the moderators know -- it is my understanding they are not supposed to be running that sort of ad.

trouble with site question
 

I am having trouble with the ads on here. when I go to a posting the ad at the top will cover the links that say , Forum*main*post title to give an example. so when I want to go back to the section that I was in I have to hit the home button and go all the way back through to get to the area where I was, my question is this is there a way for admin or me or someone to fix this problem? thanks for the help. and I am sorry if i am asking in the wrong place, just move me to the right area. and here is the thing it is not every time either. just sporadic.

I also had that happen last night. Is very annoying.

I stopped all the pop-up ads on the board, on my home page and on other sites! Download for free "adblockplus". It works so well! Just Google it. :o

That's why I always learn my sound on mute until I what to use it.

How do you turn off talking commericals while on QB?
 

I was on QB for about 4 minutes when a woman started talking about toothpaste. Does anyone know how to turn off talking ads when viewing a QB post?

Where did you hear this at? I have not come across this yet.

I'd love to know how to do this as well. It is so annoying!

I just got the talking toothpaste commercial, it sounded like one of the informercials that are on in the middle of the night, i was on qb reading vintage machine threads, i just muted it and hope it doesn't come back, there wasn't any visible ad on the screen when it came...just a mystery i guess

i do not get any commercials- talking or not- check your (pop-up) settings on your computer- then check your settings (at the top of this page-near your profile link) something is not (set) the way you want it.

I haven't heard any commercials either. I do have pop ups turned off though

try a program called AdBlocker Plus - blocks popups and animated ads. Other than that, just keep your speakers muted.

omgosh! what could possibly be next?!
hope you find some peace and quiet.

omgosh! what could possibly be next?!
hope you find some peace and quiet.

Pretty much everybody I know likes to listen to music, radio, live stream news, something that soothes or entertains whilst surfing. Muting is not an option.

I just turn off my speakers while on here.

Click on Block pop ups windows - mine is under Safari which is at the top bar of the computer...if you have internet exployer you can do the same

lol, I have never had this happen either. Are you sure it came from qb and not some virus on your computer?

All of the ads are annoying but this is a free site and it helps the folks who created this board.

I go to the lower right corner of my computer and click on the volume icon and click on the blue mute button there. silences everything until you unclick it.

I just mute sound.

who do you use for internet connection internet explorere, firefox, google chrome? i think that may make a difference

I don't like that every video has to have music playing, I like to concentrate on the directions instead. - J

It's a video playing on your screen. You can locate the video and then click on the video's control panel to stop it.

An easier method is to find the volume button on your keyboard and just kill sound while you are on the board. On mine, the -Volume, +Volume and no-Volume keys are in the far upper right. The only problem with this is that later on, if you want to watch a Youtube video or something else with volume, you will have to turn the volume back on.

questions
 

what are the envelopes on the left side of the posts for. I now find out from my hubby that they are in colors. this does not help for ppl who are colorblind or have difficulty distingushing colors. How do i find what page i am on in a thread. i hit the arrow at the end and it took me to the next 20 pages - not the next page. I couldn't even tell what page i have been reading so i could go back without rereading all the pages. when i try to click on a section i get this huge bar that looks black but DH says it is graduated from dark blue to black and i can't see what is under it so i don't know if i am on that section or not. can that be turned off. all my bookmarks have disappeared from previous board, i didn't make any of them public. can i recover them. lastly can i sign off? when i have clicked on the email link, i had to navigavte graphic pornography, apparently because of the term in the link of "lifestyle". i do not wish my family (minor children) to constantly be seeing that kind of thing. I have to leave the board up because i can't find it again without searching for several minutes, and usually come up with a WRONG webpage.

one last thing. what are superior memebers and are there any regular members any more

If a commercial came onto a corner of your television screen and overrode the dialogue in a movie you were watching every few minutes, you'd be ticked off.

You wouldn't just hit the mute button! :D

When I'm using MY computer on an internet connection that I pay for, I should be able to listen to MY choice of music or audiobooks or movies without having someone else's noise overriding what I'm trying to listen to.

Why do we allow web sites to hijack OUR speakers? We wouldn't allow it on our television.

I try not to ever go to Quilter's Cache because I think she has music on every page I've ever visited on her site.

In case it's any help to anyone, I run Internet Explorer 8 in the Medium High privacy and security settings and I use Norton Internet Security or Norton 360 to block pop-ups.

I had IE9 beta on my previous computer and it had some extra security and privacy controls for pop-ups and ad-blocking.

If you're running Firefox or Mozilla or Opera or anything else and you have run into problems with slow loading or weird things happening with this new platform, try installing Internet Explorer.

Most broad appeal and shopping sites are written to look and behave best on IE because that is the browser that the majority of visitors use.

I used to write web sites - I tried to keep the sites functional and nice-looking in a variety of browsers. But if I had a problem with presentation or function and had to choose between fixes that worked in either the alternate browser or in IE, I always went with the fix that worked for IE.

Ad Block Plus software download is great. It runs so effortlessly in the background, I forgot I had it on my computer. I could never figure out why everyone could see ads but me - :rolleyes: duh! Do a search for it; It is a free program.

increased number of junk e-mails
 

I have noticed since we have gotten the new format I have an E-Mail box FULL of junk and advertisements ...I am very sure it is related....I do not like the new looking/working boards and will probably leave it I continue to get so much junk in my personal E-mail account.