My new SE:IV Website! - Page 3

Rasorow · #21 November 2nd, 2004, 01:08 PM

nice show of what flash can do, but maybe some other way to get to the meat of the site? The RP is nice, but you really have have 2 sites. A site about the RP of your race in SEIV and a site about resources for SEIV. Perhaps (to keep in line with the RP) question at the beginning - Are you looking for the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Ministry of Forgien(sp) Relations. Have the Internal Affairs take you to the Flash free resources and references section for SEIV and have the Foreign(sp and I give up) take you to the Flash content of the message being transmitted and the rest of the Flash RP content.

Just 2 cents

Rasorow

bbq · #22 November 2nd, 2004, 03:09 PM

Nice site...once I got through the ads. But man do I dislike geocities.

Having one animated ad when I click on the link was bad enough, but when another Sponsored Links opened on top (and STAYED on top) I was tempted to just close the thing. Nothing bothers me more than the in-your-face spam like that. I realize this is not the fault of the owner of the site of course, but its geocities'.

Do anyone know what exactly do you need to do to DISABLE those flash ads (not sure if the Sponsored Links pop up can be disabled even though I have a pop-up killer). I am using I.E. with Win XP Pro. Thanks if you can help.

Fyron · #23 November 2nd, 2004, 03:53 PM

Ditch Internet Exploder and get the Firefox browser. Install the Adblock extension. You can permanently block specific ad banners, including flash ad banners. Just replace everything after the server name with a single *, a wildcard. Bye bye heinous ads! You can even import the filters in the attached text file into Adblock, which will kill a lot of ad banners from common ad servers for you to get you started.

bbq · #24 November 2nd, 2004, 08:18 PM

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Imperator Fyron said:
Ditch Internet Exploder and get the Firefox browser. Install the Adblock extension. You can permanently block specific ad banners, including flash ad banners. Just replace everything after the server name with a single *, a wildcard. Bye bye heinous ads! You can even import the filters in the attached text file into Adblock, which will kill a lot of ad banners from common ad servers for you to get you started.

Thanks for the suggestion but installing a new browser to get rid of ads is a bit too drastic for me, that's not really an option for me.

TurinTurambar · #25 November 2nd, 2004, 11:39 PM

Re: the flash add for Pro:fx, that has to stay unless I want to pay them a monthly fee, which I don't.
Re: the GeoCities thingy on the top, once I clicked on the page (mine) it went to the rear. I don't know why yours stayed on top.

I have a 10yr. old with homework and voting polls to get to yet; I'll start my suggested repairs around 10PST I guess.

Fyron, what's our GMT+/- here? Mine's all screwed up again.

Turin

Suicide Junkie · #26 November 3rd, 2004, 12:52 AM

Its a security upgrade too.

Just go with the basic browser to keep it simple.
Quick setup suggestions:
Hit the menu; Edit->preferences

Under Navigator:
- home page location := http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...t=&Board=UBB23
under Navigator -> internet search:
- default search := google
under Navigator -> tabbed browsing:
- uncheck "hide tab bar ..." (so it dosen't jump around when going back and forth between 1 and more tabs)
- check off: "load links in background" and the two at the bottom (open tabs instead of new windows).
under Navigator -> downloads:
- select "open a progress dialog"

Under Privacy & security -> popup windows
- check "block unrequested popup windows"

And hit OK, you're all set with a nice starting point.

Fyron · #27 November 3rd, 2004, 04:51 AM

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bbq said:
Thanks for the suggestion but installing a new browser to get rid of ads is a bit too drastic for me, that's not really an option for me.

As SJ said, it is quite a lot more than just a way to get rid of ads... Browsing the web with Firefox is a lot more convenient than with IE... It is a small download, so at least check it out...

Turin, we are officially GMT -8. I believe this is the time of year when we are really -8. The summer months are -7 due to adding an hour for daylight savings.

TurinTurambar · #28 November 11th, 2004, 02:17 AM

I have ditched Internet Exploder. Bye bye. Firefox rules.

Aa' Turam Website
Intro Page - new skip button
Race Description Page - less flash, no warp effects
Links/Credits Page - majority of flash removed, credit to Tolkien added

I was hoping for some comments on the audio that changes by page and am suprised to have none thus far.. only comments on visuals... hmmm...

Turin

Fyron · #29 November 11th, 2004, 02:38 AM

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I have ditched Internet Exploder. Bye bye. Firefox rules.

I concur.

The audio must have been drowned out by WinAmp...

Generally, background audio should not be played by default. Instead, there should be a start/stop button for it...

What exactly is the frame on the right side? It loaded blank, leading me to suspect it was some sort of ad thing that Adblock killed.

TurinTurambar · #30 November 11th, 2004, 03:03 AM

Yeah, that piece o' crap on the right is the GeoCities ad-panel. It's a fickle thing too; sometimes there sometimes not. Sometimes I can click on the site and it'll move behind it. Whatever the case, I hate it and will eventually go to paid hosting to get rid of it.

Turin

You actually use WinAmp? Ugh. I HATE that thing. What Version?