Anyone else having problems viewing the classifieds ?

[cosworth330]

Everytime i click on an advert i get a picture of '4 other cars that i might be interested in' and the rest of the page is blank. I can view the photo's but can't view the description.HELP PLEASE.

Simon.

[Stuart]

Are you using an adblocker? Try disabling it or adding an exception for Pistonheads.

[130R]

Stuart said:

Are you using an adblocker? Try disabling it or adding an exception for Pistonheads.

This is very annoying and counterproductive. A lot of people use an adblocker and most of them will just give up thinking the site is not working correctly when they get this behaviour ..

[balb0wa]

yes me too, thought the site was dodgy, was fine yesterday

[Stuart]

130R said:

his is very annoying and counterproductive. A lot of people use an adblocker and most of them will just give up thinking the site is not working correctly when they get this behaviour ..

I agree, which is why we did a small piece of work at the end of last year which means that people should be able to use the site with an adblock running. It certainly isn't a back handed way of making people look at display ads!

I'll log this as a bug so that we can look at it again.

[130R]

Stuart said:

I'll log this as a bug so that we can look at it again.

Great, thanks

[Jalexp]

I've also been getting the same issue with Chrome using AdBlockPro.

I looked into the code and think the issue might be as simple as your CSS class declarations.

The HTML container surrounding the advert information has "advert-content" as it's CSS declaration, simiarly all child tags also have "advert" in the classes. It's probably triggering the plugin to block it.

Worth a shot!

[MattDell]

Jalexp said:

I've also been getting the same issue with Chrome using AdBlockPro.

I looked into the code and think the issue might be as simple as your CSS class declarations.

The HTML container surrounding the advert information has "advert-content" as it's CSS declaration, simiarly all child tags also have "advert" in the classes. It's probably triggering the plugin to block it.

Worth a shot!

Yes, that is the issue. The problem is we can't replicate it at PH Towers. With the latest version of Chrome and AdBlockPro it appears just as it should.

If you guys give us more detail (specifically, the version of Chrome / ABP) the quicker we can get it sorted.

-Matt

[Jalexp]

Happy to help

Using Chrome Version 23.0.1271.26 beta-m
AdBlock Plus (Beta) - latest version - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-...

[328]

I'm getting the same problem. Firefox 15.0.1 (on Win7/64-bit) and AdBlock Plus 2.1.2.

I first noticed it at the end of last week (I think) - it had been OK up until then.

Edit: Doing the same in FF 16.0.1 with ABP 2.1.2

Edited by 328 on Monday 15th October 13:57

[bmthnick1981]

Same problem for me, I am using Chrome Version 22.0.1229.94 m

Adblocker Version 2.5.45

[Jalexp]

Update: I have removed Adblock Plus and installed the other plugin (AdBlock 2.5.45) - i'm still having the issue. Disable the plugin and refresh fixes the problem.

Couldn't you just use new css class declarations which don't include the word "advert"?

[MattDell]

Jalexp said:

Couldn't you just use new css class declarations which don't include the word "advert"?

Yes, but as you might imagine at this stage of a website one CSS rewrite has the potential to break a lot of functionality, especially when you throw in a dash of jQuery.

Yes, that will be the fix we just want to be able to test it before we start tearing apart that page.

Perhaps we could recruit a few of you to help review the changes?

[twoblacklines]

Doesnt work for me either.

Firefox 16.01 / Windows 7 / Addblock Plus 2.12

[Skylinecrazy]

Doesn't work here either...

[carinaman]

It's some kind of torture technique isn't it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n9yfz

[Stuart]

We'll deliver a fix for this, but in the meantime the following seems to allow me to see classified ad content, but without any ads elsewhere on the page.

Using Adblock:

- Go to Adblock options.
- Go to "filter lists" tab.
- Untick your subscription from "Easy List"

Done.

[Hackney]

Same problem - only started today or yesterday though.

Firefox 15.0.1 on Mac

[Stuart]

We're working on a proper fix as a matter of urgency. In the meantime please see my note above.

[bobda]

Safari 6.0.1 here on Mac with AdBlock 2.5.45 and unless I turn off adblock or add an exception (not going to do that) I can't see any individual classified ads.