Deere Pop-Up Ads

[Muhammad]

Richard,

Yes, John Deere is the advertiser. But we can't expect everything to happen at once. What you mention might be possible in the future...

 

[brantley]

I am having the same problem with the thread options after the john deere ad pops up. I am running Windows 2000 Professional, Service Pack 2 with Mozilla 1.0.
The screen looks normal before and after the pop up, but the links no longer respond. I have to reload the page to be able to flatten a thread.

 

[EdKing]

Muhammad, I have the same thing happening in Windows ME, using Netscape 6.2. When I get the add using Internet explorer 5.5, the links under the banner work normally.

 

[Muhammad]

Hmm, I have some ideas now... should be able to correct this. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Inspector507]

I'm using ME and IE 5.50, or so I think. When the ad drops down, it is harder than usual to get to the Index/Search/Control Panel etc. But when I put the mouse pointer at Main Index and run horizontal, the ad pops back to original and I can click on the other options.

 

[OverlyRun]

Muhammad,

Sorry to misspell your name in my original post.

The Kubota ad now appearing at the top doesn't expand when you move the cursor across, so I now know the difference between a banner and a "sticky drop down" (I thought sticky drop down was what the darn birds left on my tractor seat in the barn). Moving the cursor off to the side does reduce the drop down and so it isn't a real problem for me...but then it's not locking up my buttons either (I've got Windows XP and AOL 7.0).

I wonder what proportion of users are shopping for new tractors or for implements/parts etc? or which topics they frequent. Might let you target where the drop downs run.

Thanks for the fast answers. Keep up the great work.

Chas

 

[njrqs]

Come on guys.........

I am sure we can put up with a teeny weeny bit of annoyance on this site if it means keeping it free for all of us.

I think BIG M. has done a top job thus far, and we need to ensure he can keep the quality up.

If this means the occasional annoying add, that is fine with me.

Cheers

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Hi Muhammad,

One of the problems may be... if a user "happens" to have their "mouse cursor" pre-positioned" over the JD ad (inadvertantly...), while waiting for the page to open... then of course the ad window pops opens automatically and waits for the user to do the "next step"...

You may want to try "timing" the ad out after say 5 seconds or so, if no response by the user... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[rancar]

I agree with Neil. I don't mind this ad popping up. It immediately draws my attention to something that I might not have clicked on and I just might be interested in the product or service. What's good, at least for me, is I move my mouse and the ad disappears. No problems on my end.

 

[CVHoss]

Muhammad,
I've attached a screen shot from my system. Running Netscape Communicator 4.79, Windows ME. I'm experiencing the same problem as Bill and Garry have. None of the normal TBN menu items, even with the Deere ad in the retracted position, that are where they WOULD be covered IF the Deere ad were expanded, will work. The mouse pointer does not change from the pointer to the selection hand. This includes the commands Control Panel / Who's Online / User List / FAQ / Logout, Previous Index Next Flat Threaded as well as the Favorite, Print Thread and Reply links on the first post. If you need any further information, drop me an email.

Hoss

 

[Muhammad]

We now understand what the issue is, now it's a matter of correcting it. We didn't design this ad... but we'll probably do what is necessary to stop it from rendering the links useless.

 

[Bird]

If you've already corrected it, that must have been record time. Mine got hung up today, too, and I had to reload the page earlier today, but now I can't make it hang up, and I'm using Windows ME with I.E. 6.2.

Oops, I meant XP; not ME./w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

 

[Von]

Muhammad, The buttons under the ad are still not working for me. I have a MAC and am running OS9 and using IE 5.

 

[Muhammad]

Yeah, I'll post a note when it should work. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Hawkflyer]

Muhammad-I am using a Mac G3, System 9.2, and Explorer 5.0 Mac edition. The JD ad on my system lays there quietly until the mouse passes over it (usually on the way to something else) Once the dropdown occurs, I can't get rid of it. I can change between the four tabs, but one of them stays down all the time, until I go to a new page. Once the dropdown has occured, any of your page links that might get covered by the dropdown, go dead until I refresh the page or move to a new page. This is really irritating, but at least I have found a work around.BTW, you have one of the best web presentations I have ever seen. I really like your discussion software, many sites are so poorly presented that I have quit using them. Just a thought, you might want to put a link to the user control panel some where on the home page.Keep up the excellant work, you are obviously performing a valuable service for everyone.

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

For however much or little it might be worth, I have discovered something on the Deere ad. If you pass your cursor over the far right button (Save $1,000) the drop down drops and stays until you hit the close button.

What I found today was that if you move your cursor over any of the other three buttons to the left of the 'Save $1,000' button that window will close and whichever window replaces it will close as soon as you move your cursor off it's button.

Again, I'd like to thank Deere for being an advertiser here and supporting TBN. It makes me even happier I drive green. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Alan L.]

<font color=blue>Actually, what I just noticed is more than annoying - NONE of the buttons at the top of the page immediately below the ad (e.g. Control Panel / Who's Online / User List / FAQ / Logout Previous / Index / Next / Expand ) will work for me any time that Deere add is up there. I have to reload the page to get another ad up there. I'm using Netscape. <font color=black>

Thats exactly whats happening to me, and I am using Internet Explorer version 5. I can't reply or see any posts on any page that has that [censored] JD ad on it.

 

[Alan L.]

I don't mind the ad, but any time the JD ad comes up, I can't flatten the view and I can't reply - period. Does not matter where the mouse cursor is. With my slow connection it becomes very frustrating having to start over and try not to get the JD ad.

Any links that would be where the ad expands to don't work. I'm not moving the cursor to the ad, and I'm not clicking on anything. This is not operator error at all.

 

[WVBill]

As soon as I catch sight of the Deere ad I immediately hit the reload button on my browser, get rid of the Deere ad and get full functioning of my TBN controls back. I'm sure this is not the kind of reaction the Deere marketing folks were hoping to elicit with their advertising dollars.

 

[Hawkflyer]

That has been my fix as well. See green - reload the page. Slow and irritating, but at least it works. I sure hope JD tractors work better than their software.