redirect screens

TCO · May 9, 2002, 04:21

What is the purpose of the redirect screen when linking outside apolyton. I liked it better before without that. Seems like we are trapped in poly land. What is the purpose of another screen?

If this is what BC was talking about in his thread (can't really tell to be honest), I don't think any cogent explanation was given. Especially for computer dummies.

MarkG · May 9, 2002, 04:23

it helps us stay gamespot-free

notyoueither · May 9, 2002, 04:27

Gamespot free is a good thing.

MrWhereItsAt · May 9, 2002, 04:28

Free Gamespot was better.

Eli · May 9, 2002, 06:24

Hey, why my thread was closed and this one stays open?

MikeH · May 9, 2002, 06:25

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
it helps us stay gamespot-free

I don't understand that but the redirection screens are annoying.

MarkG · May 9, 2002, 06:31

Quote:

Originally posted by Eli
Hey, why my thread was closed and this one stays open?

cause i've closed too many of GP's threads these days and i'm afraid that if i overdo it i'll brake his heart

TCO · May 9, 2002, 06:45

Thanks Mark.

I honestly didn't understand the explanation in eli's and Big Crunch's threads? Could you make it mind numbingly simple please? What does the redirect screen have to do with gamespots or paid circulation if that's what you're alluding to. (I mean there are no ads on the redirect screen. How could this relate to money stuff?) I really don't understand what you're talking about .

MarkG · May 9, 2002, 06:58

http://apolyton.net/forums/misc.php?...page=2#special

find the correct text that answers your question and win a discount on a <a href=http://apolyton.net/store/i.shtml?http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/productdetail.aspx?prodno=apolyton_civ.1416274>Civ ilized Large Mug<sup>TM</sup></a>!!

TCO · May 9, 2002, 07:09

Ok...I think I finally get it.

"Pop-ups in other parts of the site
We do have pop-up ads on the intermediate pages that appear in most times that you download a file or follow a link outside Apolyton. The 1 popup/24 hours/visitor rule applies here as well."

1. Can I choose a style setting which will disable this?

2. If we have to have this, ok. But I vote against. I just don't like the redirect screens and the use of ads when leaving the site. It is walled gardenish. Um. and we're not even leaving the site. Since forum links open up in a new page...

MarkG · May 9, 2002, 07:36

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Can I choose a style setting which will disable this?

sorry, no

Quote:

If we have to have this, ok

we do

Quote:

we're not even leaving the site. Since forum links open up in a new page...

links in the forums to apolyton pages(not files) do not have (= should not have) a redirect page. let me know if you have an example of the opposite

i'll try to implement gramphos' suggestion to not get the redirect if you've goten your daily dose of popup but i'm working on something else right now

MarkG · May 9, 2002, 08:05

just because GP is bothered from it, the previously mentioned change has been made

MikeH · May 9, 2002, 08:28

I've disabled pop-ups on Opera anyway. Unfortunately this site is too slow under opera so it's the only site I still need IE for.

TCO · May 9, 2002, 15:59

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
just because GP is bothered from it, the previously mentioned change has been made

Thank you markos. (The reast of you may thank me. It's transitive.) I understand the ads. I just didn't like the screens.

What I meant wrt not leaving poly is that if you click on a thread in the forums, it opens a NEW PAGE. So yes, you are outside Poly but you're not LEAVING poly. Poly is still open in the original page.

Chowlett · May 10, 2002, 19:20

Ok, good skills on the "redirect without loading if not popping-up" front, but...

One pop-up/24 hrs/user is it? I seem to be getting about 1 every 4 or 5 hours. Any idea why?

Gramphos · May 10, 2002, 19:54

Quote:

Originally posted by Chowlett
Ok, good skills on the "redirect without loading if not popping-up" front, but...

One pop-up/24 hrs/user is it? I seem to be getting about 1 every 4 or 5 hours. Any idea why?

You cookies get cleared?

Browser?

Chowlett · May 10, 2002, 20:13

IE 6

TCO · May 11, 2002, 00:06

chowser, didn't you ge my kjoke>? "It's transitive!"

devilmunchkin · May 11, 2002, 01:24

what exactly is gamespot ?

Gramphos · May 11, 2002, 03:37

Quote:

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
what exactly is gamespot ?

The old network Apolyton were on before to two Moves.

Thue · May 11, 2002, 04:09

<A HREF="http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2002/05/06/tomo/index.html">test</A>
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/200...omo/index.html

Chowlett · May 11, 2002, 09:02

GP - I just didn't find it very funny

. Possibly because transitive is just another word for me now, and it doesn't have a "special" meaning, anymore than "green" would for a normal English speaker.

Hueij · May 11, 2002, 17:46

Quote:

Originally posted by MikeH
I've disabled pop-ups on Opera anyway. Unfortunately this site is too slow under opera so it's the only site I still need IE for.

Huh? Apolyton works like a charm under Opera...

DanQ · May 12, 2002, 00:14

Quote:

Originally posted by Gramphos

The old network Apolyton were on before to two Moves.

To correct you, Gramphos, the host of Apolyton that you refer to above was GameStats -- not GameSpot -- the former of which become deceased earlier this year (as of February 1st).

To answer your question, devilmunchkin, you can find GameSpot <A HREF="http://www.gamespot.com" TARGET="_new">by clicking here</A>.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Dauphin · May 12, 2002, 06:27

Quote:

Originally posted by GP
Thanks Mark.

I honestly didn't understand the explanation in eli's and Big Crunch's threads

I must have been as pissed as a newt, I have no recollection of such a thread.

Gramphos · May 12, 2002, 06:48

Quote:

Originally posted by DanQ

To correct you, Gramphos, the host of Apolyton that you refer to above was GameStats -- not GameSpot -- the former of which become deceased earlier this year (as of February 1st).

To answer your question, devilmunchkin, you can find GameSpot <A HREF="http://www.gamespot.com" TARGET="_new">by clicking here</A>.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

But what did Markos then mean with gamespot-free?

MarkG · May 12, 2002, 07:48

Quote:

Originally posted by Gramphos
But what did Markos then mean with gamespot-free?

to another discussion with GP on gamespot.com making people pay to access parts of their site...

TCO · May 12, 2002, 17:51

Quote:

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin

I must have been as pissed as a newt, I have no recollection of such a thread.

Understood. I actually went and apologized for a recent PUI episode. On a professional board, I was embarrassed to find that I had wrote a post accusing some people of being "nadless weener dogs".

Gramphos · May 13, 2002, 09:20

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
to another discussion with GP on gamespot.com making people pay to access parts of their site...

Aha... That explains everything...

(that stands for :aha!:

)

St Leo · May 13, 2002, 14:24

<i>I've disabled pop-ups on Opera anyway. </i>

Opera slow? IE fast? Next, you'll be telling us that Lynx is visually stimulating.