FAQ: ADS Control, Support - Page 4

MarkG · February 23, 2003, 14:37

something like this?

Dauphin · February 23, 2003, 14:43

Is there any possibility of allowing users to turn off those links? If we already can, could you let me know how (which settings I need to change)

On a similar subject, is it possible to turn avatars into pictures links. That way you can use that as your alternative advertising space.

MarkG · February 23, 2003, 14:46

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Is there any possibility of allowing users to turn off those links?

seriously now, how often do you see a post of mine?

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On a similar subject, is it possible to turn avatars into pictures links.

i dontthink i get it. the avatar would not be shown and instead there would be a text link to the avatar?!?

Abdul-Aziz · February 23, 2003, 15:01

MarkG, you are the admin here? Well, hi :-)

Anyway, I bet he ment that he wanted to make avatar a link (click on avatar picture and get thrown somewhere else), like a banner.

MarkG · February 23, 2003, 15:04

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I bet he ment that he wanted to make avatar a link (click on avatar picture and get thrown somewhere else), like a banner.

ah, well, interesting thought but why would someone click on an avatar in the first place(when usually avatars are plain images not ad banners)?

Dauphin · February 23, 2003, 15:05

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Originally posted by MarkG

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Is there any possibility of allowing users to turn off those links?

seriously now, how often do you see a post of mine?

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On a similar subject, is it possible to turn avatars into pictures links.

i dontthink i get it. the avatar would not be shown and instead there would be a text link to the avatar?!?

I was under the impression that it was going to be more than just you having the link.

RE: Link pictures, something like this:

Dauphin · February 23, 2003, 15:06

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Originally posted by MarkG

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I bet he ment that he wanted to make avatar a link (click on avatar picture and get thrown somewhere else), like a banner.

ah, well, interesting thought but why would someone click on an avatar in the first place(when usually avatars are plain images not ad banners)?

Whatever reason you may want to make it a link. To your homepage/profile maybe? Or maybe to replace a sig link with an avatar link?

mrmitchell · February 23, 2003, 20:58

Markos, I meant my title (Prince) to be an ad. Just a link to the store, saying something like "Apolyton Store." (I.e. my title is Apolyton Store and it is linked to the store.

However, this is fine.

It compells me to make posts that are long enough for the ad not to mess up the borders to my post

FlameFlash · February 24, 2003, 11:07

Long thread... so just quote it and throw it at me if I've missed something... but more often than not the top banner says "action canceled." Is this an error? I can't click on it as if it were a banner...

MarkG · February 24, 2003, 11:39

a screenshot would help, as well some info on what style you use

Abdul-Aziz · February 24, 2003, 12:23

For me it never does say so (action cancelled)...

H Tower · February 24, 2003, 15:07

most likely because you are in a different region than flameflash

Sirotnikov · February 24, 2003, 18:52

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Instead of banning people, Markos can put ads under their avatars

ROFLMAO

this is true.

mrmitchell · February 25, 2003, 10:24

1. Get rid of the current thing.
2. Make my title 'Apolyton Store'.
3. Make my title a link to the Apolyton store.

This time I posted a picture if it helps. (You can make the text color different

)

Moving it below my avatar is better tho, messes up the borders a little less. (And still prevents me from making one-smiley posts!

)

DrSpike · February 25, 2003, 13:58

It seems your cunning attempt to get a custom title failed miserably.

What a shame.

Skanky Burns · February 25, 2003, 14:12

Gloat, why don't you.

mrmitchell · February 25, 2003, 22:17

Anyways, it seems to me that the text is smaller, which is good too. It grabs attention already, and it's another convenience to Poly-ers.

loinburger · March 6, 2003, 11:46

The popup(s) that requires Flash is killing my work/school Internet Explorer browser (which does not have Flash enabled). The popup comes up, says "Do you want to install Flash?", and when I select "No" it locks up Internet Explorer (requiring a restart to get it working again). If I just leave the popup alone then IE still works, but this means that within about two minutes I have over a dozen popups cluttering up my screen (since I can't close them without crashing IE).

Skanky Burns · March 6, 2003, 17:24

Can't you kill IE (and hence the popups) by the three finger salute? (Ctrl-Alt-Del)

Actually, you chould just change your style when at work/school to the banner one - thereby avoiding a majority of the popups.

Incidently, I don't have flash on my computer, and the popups die just fine.

loinburger · March 7, 2003, 13:50

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Can't you kill IE (and hence the popups) by the three finger salute? (Ctrl-Alt-Del)

Nah, the school computers are set up all screwy, presumably so that people can't mess them up (though I don't know why they'd want to, they crash plenty fine without anybody messing with them).

What's this about changing my style to a banner style? Which style(s) would do this?

Straybow · April 7, 2003, 12:01

I keep getting an error "Unknown status reply from server: 0!" that seems to be generated by atomant's avatar (see here). It shows up as a broken link. Yes, I'm still using N4.79.

He seems to be using the ctp2 empathic diplomat avatar

Nubclear · April 13, 2003, 02:58

Another evil ad:

Britney Spears Photo Gallery.

It is provocative and clearly targeted at a certain auidence. Also, I only seem to get it when I visit poly.net homepage or RON.

MarkG · April 13, 2003, 05:23

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clearly targeted at a certain auidence

unfortunately it's hard to target specifically you

Frozzy · April 13, 2003, 06:04

Great comeback...

DrSpike · April 13, 2003, 08:38

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Originally posted by MarkG

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clearly targeted at a certain auidence

unfortunately it's hard to target specifically you

Game, set and match. Do not remove the Britney ad.

badams52 · April 13, 2003, 11:31

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Originally posted by Tassadar5000
Another evil ad:

Britney Spears Photo Gallery.

It is provocative and clearly targeted at a certain auidence. Also, I only seem to get it when I visit poly.net homepage or RON.

You can always get a pop-up blocker or Netscape 7 which has built in pop-up blocking capabilities (I've never seen the britney add in question).

Panag · April 13, 2003, 12:31

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Game, set and match. Do not remove the Britney ad.

hi ,

you know , after a while you know every single detail on her face , .......

maybe a couple new ones would be good , ..... , Mark , ....

have a nice day

DrSpike · April 13, 2003, 12:55

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Originally posted by panag
hi ,

you know , after a while you know every single detail on her face , .......

You have a Britney shrine in your room or something?

mrmitchell · April 13, 2003, 13:19

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You have a Britney shrine in your room or something?

No, but I kidnapped her and keep her in my basement.

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BTW I get enough time seeing her down there

but when I click on the ad it only leads me to some gambling links site...

DrSpike · April 13, 2003, 14:21

You think you are getting a hot babe but all you really get is a way to lose your cash.

Sounds about right.