(PENDING)Threads Jumping to Advert/Post

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Y'know those little ads you place next to a post in the forums? The little square ones that are usually about 6 posts down or something and cut the post in half (and remove the report button). Just noticed over the last week or so when I click on a thread after a few seconds my screen automatically jumps down to the post with the advert.

Most annoying

Using a Macbook Pro, safari browser if that helps.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Hi Dom, I've tried to recreate but I'm struggling! So for instance it did it this morning on page 2 of the "How do you perceive Zenith" thread in the watches forum with a Scholl Inserts advert. I then went back and revisited and it didn't do it.

So it is intermittent I think.

I might be wrong, but I've also noticed it more (can't say 100% of the time) that it happens when I click on the thread and then scroll down to the last post I read (using a two finger swipe on the macbook trackpad), i.e. I scroll down and as I see the post I want to read it then jumps back to the advert.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

And just happened in the "Stranger Things" thread in TV, Film & Radio. Detol Advert if that helps, seems pretty random.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Still doing it here;
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

opened thread for the first time and immediately the screen goes to this....

[LaurasOtherHalf]

and again

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[LaurasOtherHalf]

jackmansfield1 said:

Hi Laurasotherhalf,

Unfortunately we cannot reproduce this error so we can't take this any further I'm afraid. I'm sorry for the inconvenience!

All the best,

Jack

have you tried a mac using safari?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

It appeared to be happening this morning on almost every thread I clicked on and there are obviously others who are effected. Presumably your advice wouldn't be to use an ad-blocker?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Still.








Happening.



:angry:

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Even happening on this thread.

So far it seems to be the Vanish, Detol and Scholl video adverts that are triggering it.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Craikeybaby said:

Putting pressure on ad networks to sort their act out/dropping ones that are causing these issues isn't a development activity, it is a management activity.

PH Staff jackmansfield1 said:

nothing we can do.

Sounds like a can't be arsed (lack of) activity to me, wonder what DriveTribe is going to be like

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Magic919 said:

Just block the ads.

The thing is, I actually don't have an issue with ads on websites, especially Pistonheads which gives me a large amount of entertainment for no fees. I understand that ads are part of the (unwritten) agreement.

It's simply the ones that make the site a pain to use (as these ones do) and PH's lack of enthusiasm for tackling the problem that annoys.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Back for me too, the Airwick animated ad.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

God this is soooooo annoying [/teenager]

[LaurasOtherHalf]

This is crap.