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Subject: 
Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:01:55 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Gereon Stein wrote:
> Since I'm getting mostly positive feedback so far...
> 
> I have now also included ads code in the LUGNET Guide pages. This code is also
> dependant on the Signed-In status, i.e. signed in users will not see the ads.
> 
> Please keep me updated with issues or suggestions for improvements.

The ads in the LUGNET Guide pages are ok, they aren't annoying, it's a good
thing. In the newsgroup pages, instead, I would suggest you to change the ad box
with a banner in order to limit the scrolling. Even if LUGNET member, I wouldn't
log in every time just for read the forums (for security reasons I don't allow
any cookies or temporary internet files). This is just a suggestion.

Luca



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
 
(...) Hi Luca, I have received the same suggestion from other users as well - I will make the box above the "Active threads" display somewhat smaller to reduce scrolling. Where there are no active threads to display, a vertical banner is inserted. (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
 
(...) I take issue with this problem of scrolling too. The layout and usability on LUGNET newsgroups has been by far the best of all web-based forums. Although there now arises a need for ad-based support I would ask that the LUGNET admins try to (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)

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  Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
 
Since I'm getting mostly positive feedback so far... I have now also included ads code in the LUGNET Guide pages. This code is also dependant on the Signed-In status, i.e. signed in users will not see the ads. Please keep me updated with issues or (...) (19 years ago, 13-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)

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