joshroot Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Isn't it nice that everything seems to happen all at once? We just got through the graphic upgrade and glitches. And now Gorilla Nation somehow serves us up a bunch of flashing/bouncing/pop-up ads that we didn't ask for. In any case, the glitch isn't on our end. Gorilla nation made some sort of change to their back end server that caused the problems. And there are people working on correcting it as soon as possible. I would love for there to be a way to interact with all the users when something like this happens. However, given the sheer number of users we have (and the fact that lots of the emails in our database are out of date or bogus), email is out of the question. I have brought up the idea of some sort of internal messaging system. But that's the sort of thing that can't happen until we get the software upgraded and the site revenue stable again. We need the advertising/referral/subscription revenue to be able to upgrade the site. I know it sounds like a catch 22, we need money to make things cool, but people aren't going to want to pay if things aren't cool. But we will make it happen. I know I sound like a broken record, but please be patient. We aren't idiots, and we aren't out to alienate our users. We are just trying to make the site better for everyone, that includes users, volunteers, staff, and investors. It is taking longer than we thought it would, but we are moving forward. Josh www.photo.net director of community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megansteen Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Up until now, I have NEVER seen an ad in the middle of a page here on photo.net. Now, no matter what page I go to I get a big flashing "You Won!" banner. I'm not complaining, I know you guys will figure it out eventually, I'm just curious as to why this ad is just showing up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 It's showing up because Gorilla Nation served us up a bunch of weird ads that we didn't ask for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_smith6 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 All the pictures etc. has disappeared now, there's only text. No photo.net logo, nothing. But these advertisements are everywhere :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_smith6 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Everything works fine again, Good night! (the time is 00:00 here :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripanfal Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Thanks for the explaination Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_g1 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I thought paid subscribers were not supposed to be innundated with any ads? Or has this policy changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmccracken Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 It's annoying as hell! I hope it will be fixed soon. I can't be bothered looking at photographs because of the annoying flashing ads. In any case, I will never click on any ads on displayed on this site. I am here to look at photos and to post photos and to learn.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmccracken Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Apologies. I didn't meant to upload such a large photo attachment.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 Don't think that I don't know how annoying it is. Not only do I have to look at the ads, but I get to field all the complaints and questions from an annoyed user base. We have every reason to get things fixed as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photomark Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Josh, Maybe rather than some sort of site-wide messaging system, photo.net could set up something akin to a blog for site-wide news and announcements. People who are interested in such things could subscribe to the RSS feed. This would save the trouble of sending out zillions of emails to people who aren't interested or have given p.net a bad address. Also, if it had a more prominent placement unlike this rather tucked away forum, you might reach a considerable percentage of the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 That idea has been floated as well. And it's probably the most likely one to have happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfimages Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Josh, is it possible to place your post about the ads as a "sticky" at the top of all the forums? I haven't seen the ads - not sure if that's cause I've only been in the forums not the gallery, or due to my pop-up blocker - but I've seen plenty of forum posts about the ads. It must be taking a fair bit of time for you (and others) to respond, or give links to the response each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 A good idea Craig. But one that would have to be done manually. Posting across all forums is something that I have on the list for the programmers to work on. But it is pretty far down that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Maybe I've got some super-dooper pop-up blocker but I have yet to see a single ad. I'm not complaining, mind you! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Thanks for the updates and the continued efforts, Josh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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