Pop-up ads making this site unusable

[Selket]

I know it's been a problem for awhile but I can't find any solutions - I use an ad blocker and I don't see any "wide screen" option to click on the "bottom left" of the page. I'm almost loathe to try reading or posting here anymore because of it. I don't have this issue on any other site I visit.

 

[Karin1984]

There is a tech-help section DIS boards: https://www.disboards.com/forums/technical-support.43/
And you can tag Webmaster Corey in your post, maybe he has an solution.

In the tech-help section there are more people who experience or have experienced ad-issues.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Please see the post above as linked by @Karin1984. I made the adjustment suggested last week (switched to wide mode) and have had no problems since then.

The Technical Support board is a great place to check or note if you are facing any technical challenges while using DISboards.

 

[lanejudy]

@Selket You can find "wide" mode here:

Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, where you can't go any further.
Look at the bottom left corner and you may see this:


If you have a white background, most likely it says "Default" as pictured above. It might say "Medium Mode" if you have a light gray background or "Dark Mode" if you have a black background.

Click the paintbrush and change it to "Wide" which looks just like default and (at least for me) I see no other difference but it does seem to stop some of the crazy ads that pop in at weird places.



Personally, I prefer the Medium Mode with a gray background. It's easier on my eyes than the bright white. What I have done at times is switch to Wide for a day and then switch it back to Medium. Whatever change occurs with the ads seems to stick at least for a few weeks. If I start having problems again, I switch back to Wide for a few hours and then back to Medium.

 

[Selket]

You can find "wide" mode here:

Oh my goodness - this is the help I needed! Thank you SO much for the screen shots. I had to battle through constant pop-ups and re-directs to just scroll down the page but I got it so I'm hoping that works!

I read through the tech board posts about this issue and still couldn't find the wide mode @scrappinginontario - and I posted over there and people just say find the blue bar. When you're trying to find that blue bar and you keep getting pop-ups and redirected to another website it's hard to do.

Please feel free to close this topic and it would be great to have @lanejudy 's post over there with the screen shots stickied so people can immediately find it. Maybe some people need to see it visually as it really helped me.

 

[lanejudy]

it would be great to have @lanejudy 's post over there with the screen shots stickied so people can immediately find it.

I can copy it to that thread. I’m glad it helped!

 

[Selket]

It's started happening again - the full screen pop-up ads that make it hard to use this website. I've double checked that I'm still set to "wide" - any other suggestions? I'm on a MacBook and have pop-ups blocked. I don't have this issue with any other website.

 

[Erika10021]

While it affects functionality, I find that turning off Javascript gets rid of all the pop ups.

 

[iuki]

@Selket You can find "wide" mode here:

Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, where you can't go any further.
Look at the bottom left corner and you may see this:
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If you have a white background, most likely it says "Default" as pictured above. It might say "Medium Mode" if you have a light gray background or "Dark Mode" if you have a black background.

Click the paintbrush and change it to "Wide" which looks just like default and (at least for me) I see no other difference but it does seem to stop some of the crazy ads that pop in at weird places.

View attachment 867149

Personally, I prefer the Medium Mode with a gray background. It's easier on my eyes than the bright white. What I have done at times is switch to Wide for a day and then switch it back to Medium. Whatever change occurs with the ads seems to stick at least for a few weeks. If I start having problems again, I switch back to Wide for a few hours and then back to Medium.

Helped me. Mahalo.