The advertisements are a problem...

[Brandon]

I understand the need for the advertisements in order to support the costs of the forum, however they continue to cause problems.  When you respond to a post or a PM the page will freeze up at times when the ad is loading so nothing happens when you type. The other problem that keeps happening is when you open a post and scroll down and start reading replies, suddenly the whole page moves up and you are looking at a whole different spot on the page....this seems to be from the advertisement at the top, they take awhile to load in (like the other problem I mentioned above) and when they finally do the whole page seems to reformat itself.  Can you look into these issues....I’m using an iPhone 10 if that helps at all.

Edited November 27, 2019 by Brandon

[71bmr02]

Same here, I believe it is the aid's slowing and glitching the site.  I went back to my original search engine that has a working ad blocker and it is some better. I still have the problem of the  cursor ocasionally jumping back while typing but it's been that way for a while and I've learned  typing slower on this site seems to help but doesnt completly solve the problem. 

[M3M3]

I see you are both "free" members.   If you make a donation and become a member, the advertisements go away.

 

Problem solved.

[02Les]

I'm a member, but as of today, I see a Blunt or a Pro-Bimmer ad, when I click on someone's post.

[M3M3]

20 hours ago, 02Les said:

I'm a member, but as of today, I see a Blunt or a Pro-Bimmer ad, when I click on someone's post.

But you probably don't see the hotel, computer, clothing, video based ads, etc ads that free members do.  Big difference.

Edited November 28, 2019 by mlytle

[Brandon]

23 hours ago, mlytle said:

I see you are both "free" members.   If you make a donation and become a member, the advertisements go away.

 

Problem solved.

I pay for the sticky at the top of the parts forum with my name on it...so not really a ‘free’ member here....That aside, I don’t think the speed of the site should be any different for those with a membership vs those without it.

[02Les]

57 minutes ago, mlytle said:

But you probably don't see the hotel, computer, clothing, video based ads, etc ads that free members do.  Big difference.

Understood; however, according to the Faq Membership page, I shouldn't see any. This just started yesterday.

https://www.bmw2002faq.com/store/category/8-memberships/

[M3M3]

22 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I pay for the sticky at the top of the parts forum with my name on it...so not really a ‘free’ member here....That aside, I don’t think the speed of the site should be any different for those with a membership vs those without it.

Speed of the site will be different.   It takes time and bandwidth to load all the ads, especially the videos.  This is stated in the membership benefits.....

 

Your profile says "solex", so site still treats you as free member.

Edited November 28, 2019 by mlytle

[steve k.]

The ads should not be showing up for people with payed memberships. If they are, I will fix that. 

 

Sometimes, based on some add issues the site will run a little slower with ads. 99% of functionality should be there as they are a "lazy load" last thing to show up, but the script that pulls them in will run until completed. I see all the ads, and at the moment do not see issues in functionality on my side. I will investigate and see what slows things down. 

 

Are you seeing issues on desktop, tablet, or mobile?

 

Steve K. 

[Brandon]

29 minutes ago, steve k. said:

The ads should not be showing up for people with payed memberships. If they are, I will fix that. 

 

Sometimes, based on some add issues the site will run a little slower with ads. 99% of functionality should be there as they are a "lazy load" last thing to show up, but the script that pulls them in will run until completed. I see all the ads, and at the moment do not see issues in functionality on my side. I will investigate and see what slows things down. 

 

Are you seeing issues on desktop, tablet, or mobile?

 

Steve K. 

I’m seeing the problem on my iPhone 10, I never look at the site on a computer anymore so I don’t know if the problem is any better or worse there.  This is something that started in the last week or two, up until then it was fine.  Thanks for looking into it.