Forum Changes

And the ECM story is strongly going on: very good job Alan & Roel!

Hi Eddy,

I'm quite busy at the moment, and haven't had time to update the forum yet - so nothing has changed!

I can successfully access the forum from Google Chrome in both desktop and mobile mode from my three Android devices (4.1, 5.1 and 6) - so it looks like a problem with your phone.

Have you tried clearing Chrome's cache and cookies?

www.phonearena.com/news/How-to-clear-cookies-cache-and-history-in-Chrome-for-Android_id70104

Alan

It works again, even with the smartphone. Had the problem when I was traveling.
Here at home, behind my own proxy, everything works as desired.

I've found the problem.

The forum uses banners to be dynamic loaded

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<script type="text/javascript">
$(window).load(function() {
var topAd = $('#top-ad-banner');
if (topAd.prop('scrollHeight') < 90) {
var elemText = '<div id="support-message"><b>Please consider supporting this website by disabling your ad-blocker.<br />' +
'This website does not use audio ads, popups, or other annoyances. Thank you!</b></div>'
var newElem = $(elemText);
newElem.insertAfter(topAd);

var css = '<style type="text/css">#support-message { display: block !important; height: auto !important; width: 728px !important;' +
'text-align: center !important; margin: 0 auto 10px !important;}</style>';
$("head").append(css);
}
});
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I think the banner create a redirect to the *******. XYZ spam URL.


Eddy

The problems with the advertising banners have remained.
The forum can only be used if a good ad blocker is active.

Hi Eddy,

I've discovered why the reporting tool wasn't working - I needed to disable my AdBlocker for that web page!

Next time you hit this problem, please go to this URL on your phone and follow the instructions on the page. Once you have identified which page you were on when the ad caused the problem, click the Report button next to it to report the ad to Proboards, who will then investigate it further and block it.

Please keep me updated on progress.

Alan

Eddy,

Have you tried going to that page after you restart your browser? The forum page and ad history are stored as cookies, so unless you have Chrome on your mobile set to clear cookies each time, then going to that page after reloading should still recover the history. It certainly does this on my desktop.

Could you try this and let me know?

Yes, the forum can be made ad-free, but at a cost. I'm going to analyse the traffic and work out what the monthly cost would be.

Could I confirm that enabling an ad blocker within Chrome on your Android phone enables you to access the forum OK over a mobile connection? If so, this presumably gives you a workaround until such time as the rogue ad is identified and disabled?

Again, please keep me informed on progress.

Gruß,

Alan