Ad Banners - About & Problem Reports

[Alex_Steel]

I've got a question about the amazon ads down there.

If I open a tab through one of those ads to amazon.uk and put the address(http://www.amazon.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&link_code=hom&tag=auk-001-21) in my bookmarks instead of the typical www.amazon.co.uk, do you get money each time I buy something or will the link change after a while, rendering my bookmark obsolete?

I ask this because if your special link is in my bookmarks, I will certainly not forget it when the time comes to buy something. And I don't have a very good memory.

 

[DwarvenFood]

I know they get something if you follow the GOG link throught the Codex..

 

[Taluntain]

I've got a question about the amazon ads down there.

If I open a tab through one of those ads to amazon.uk and put the address(http://www.amazon.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&link_code=hom&tag=auk-001-21) in my bookmarks instead of the typical www.amazon.co.uk, do you get money each time I buy something or will the link change after a while, rendering my bookmark obsolete?

I ask this because if your special link is in my bookmarks, I will certainly not forget it when the time comes to buy something. And I don't have a very good memory.

No, you can't bookmark affiliated links and have them stay affiliated for more than half a day. What you can do is just bookmark any random Codex page and name it "Amazon" and then when that loads, click on any of the Amazon buttons on the page. That's the only 100% certain method to make sure Codex gets a commission. The same goes for any other stores Codex is affiliated with, like GOG.

 

[Alex_Steel]

No, you can't bookmark affiliated links and have them stay affiliated for more than half a day. What you can do is just bookmark any random Codex page and name it "Amazon" and then when that loads, click on any of the Amazon buttons on the page. That's the only 100% certain method to make sure Codex gets a commission. The same goes for any other stores Codex is affiliated with, like GOG.

Hmm, I thought so. You gave a good idea though so thanks.

 

[ForeverdarkWoods]

Hello. I got this problem and it looks like it might be ad related. Lately, as of 3 weeks ago or so (don't know the exact date), my browser (firefox) randomly crashes as I open new pages on the codex. No error message or anything. It just crashes to desktop as the page loads. Right now I'm blocking the ads, which causes it not to happen for some reason. Got no idea which ad is problematic (if that's even the issue), since the browser just crashes to desktop . If the tab that loads the new page isn't active, it appears to happen way less (as in it's only happened once or twice in total instead of about 1 in every 7 new pages I open or so). Some pages also seem more affected than others. If I open the main page in an active tab without adblock on, it crashes almost every time, while it's way, way less frequent while browsing the forums. This happens on no site I frequent except for the codex. Anyone else have this problem (Swedish IP by the way in case of localized ads)? What to do? Should I just keep blocking the ads for a while and try to re-whitelist once in a while to see if the problem goes away?

If there's a way to find more info and I'm just computer retarded (definitely possible), please tell me how.

 

[Taluntain]

For a browser to CTD it's most likely that it's an issue with either your Flash installation or one of the ads, though to date I've never heard of an issue so bad that it'd cause CTDs... normally you just get a slowdown. Can you try updating your Flash plugin to the latest version?

 

[ForeverdarkWoods]

Well. I updated Flash. Had the latest version installed already, but I reinstalled it. Then I turned off adblock and opened the main page in an active tab. Immediate CTD. Then I opened it again in an inactive tab. No CTD, as long as I allow everything to load before switching to that tab. I've also switched off a bunch of Firefox addons. They don't seem to be what's causing it. What's strange is that usually when Firefox CTDs it brings up a window with a crash report. Not this time. It just crashes.

Ah, whatever. I'll get to keep blocking for a while and try to reenable later I guess. Hopefully it's temporary, since it wasn't always like this.

 

[Taluntain]

Have you tried it with ALL addons disabled? Under Help / Restart with Addons Disabled.

If it's due to an ad it should go away sooner or later since most ads are usually switched out after a while. But I find it very odd that you'd be the only one reporting this if it was due to an ad indeed - we've got plenty of Swedish users across the sites and nobody else has reported such an issue...

Of course, you could just donate a few bucks and get ad-free access across the site too, but I assume you know that.

 

[Alex_Steel]

There is an ad banner that opens when I press on the Politics, etc sub-forum. It's some kind of cryptic snake-oil ad from some (shady?) company called "Obsidian".

 

[Taluntain]

There is an ad banner that opens when I press on the Politics, etc sub-forum. It's some kind of cryptic snake-oil ad from some (shady?) company called "Obsidian".

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ut-problem-reports.11480/page-14#post-1995422

 

[Alex_Steel]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ut-problem-reports.11480/page-14#post-1995422

I'm quite sure it is administration trolling but what the heck... :D

This comes up instead of the forum.

 

[Taluntain]

That's damn shady indeed. I think you have a virus.

 

[attackfighter]

The D&D ad is nice. It actually has stuff that looks appealing (as opposed to the one right under it featuring a random women holding a baby with the caption "I Make $260 Every Day!" which I can't imagine anyone ever clicking). Hmm, but it's not a real ad is it? It's showing up in an Alert tab rather than in proper ad space. Well whatever the case, it is/would be nice having more ads like those and they can probably make you more ca$h than the alternative ads do. This is all feedback btw.

 

[Taluntain]

I thought it was nice too. It's a real ad, it's just displaying via the notices system here as the promo will only last a few days. We do make a point of pointing out specials on GOG, and this is a pretty huge one, so it deserves site-wide visibility. Aside from that, there's a GOG button in the top right corner of all pages.

 

[TripJack]

how long have the polish thieves at gog had you under their greasy thumbs tal

 

[EG]

It be big.

And done broked the other things.

Smash.

 

[Taluntain]

That's how XF handles notices, nothing I can do about it unfortunately. But since it's dismissable, it shouldn't really matter.

 

[EG]

That's how XF handles notices, nothing I can do about it unfortunately. But since it's dismissable, it shouldn't really matter.

Dismissing fails. Newly-empty messages remain ultra-large.

Futile complaint lodged.

 

[Jaesun]

closing it works fine for me. Using Chrome.

 

[EG]

closing it works fine for me. Using Chrome.

Firefox. Had to use AdBlock.

All is well!

 

[Taluntain]

I use Firefox 15.0 and it collapses just fine for me.

 

[EG]

I use Firefox 15.0 and it collapses just fine for me.

You lie.

I am not alone!

(maybe . . . )

 

[circ]

Yeah, that was huge. But dismissing, clicking on stylized X works here too, FF 6.0.2.

 

[Excidium]

There's a giant GOG ad on my screen

It goes through Patron and Adblock, what is this sorcery?

Nevermind, closing it and refreshing fixed the issue. BUT I HOPE I DON'T SEE IT EVER AGAIN OR ELSE

 

[EG]

You all lie.

It never goes away.

It's right here.

What foul entity made you put it there, in the notices section, anyway?