New Sponsor Banner Header - Page 2

plext · 12-09-2006, 11:37 AM

It looks much better than the getting very cluttered old banner. I will only nitpick in two areas which are evident in Firefox only, IE seems fine:

On initial load, I'm often seeing it have alignment issues, with the first image displayed 3/4 onto the frame. This is not massive, as it sorts itself out at first rotation.

A potentially bigger issue is that the sponsor links are being seen as popups and blocked by the browser, while this can obviously be allowed at the user end, I believe that this behavior can be written around.

Nice work all the same though.

Laminge · 12-09-2006, 12:34 PM

Plext, that's the initial re size depending on the window size the user has, but I have asked for that to be hidden and will look into it further

Pop ups unfortunately are user discretion

Laminge · 12-09-2006, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EA2BA

Can the 'Our Sponsors' heading (top left) be a link to a page with all the sponsors on it listed with a link to their website for quick and easy finding them.

Another work in progress, but it wont only be sponsors, that's something to look forward to over time.

Sledgehammer · 12-09-2006, 02:52 PM

Good work here, its always difficult with large volumes etc

Change is good but human nature resist change.

S

HM Headers · 12-09-2006, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by LG
Sucks if your HM Headers, oh well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laminge

Why would that be the case?

Stop fighting guys !!

:
There is enough HM Headers and Perry Performance Exhaust to go around !!
(Might send through a New Banner though ?!)

:

plext · 12-09-2006, 03:12 PM

I understand what you are saying about popups mate, and I'm certainly not trying to be a smart guy, but rather help if I can. It should be possible to write the hrefs in a manner that the Mozilla engine treats them as a requested popup, rather than evil. I'm thinking along the lines of:
[CODE]<HTML>
<HEAD>
<script type="text/javascript">
var winref;

function poprequest(strUrl, strTarget)
{
var winwid, winhgt, winl, wint;

if(typeof window.screenX == "number" && typeof window.innerWidth == "number")
{
winwid = window.innerWidth * .68;
winhgt = window.innerHeight * .68;
winl = window.screenX + window.innerWidth * .16;
wint = window.screenY + window.innerHeight * .16;
}
else if(typeof window.screenTop == "number" && typeof document.documentElement.offsetHeight == "number")
{
winwid = document.documentElement.offsetWidth * .68;
winhgt = document.documentElement.offsetHeight * .68;
winl = window.screenLeft + document.documentElement.offsetWidth * .16;
wint = window.screenTop - 50;
}
else
{
winwid = 500;
winhgt = 250;
winl = 60;
wint = 40;
};

if (winref == null || winref.closed)
{
winref = window.open(strUrl, strTarget, "top=" + wint + ",left=" + winl + ",width=" + winwid + ",height=" +

winhgt + ",menubar,toolbar,location,resizable,scrollbars,st atus");
}
else
{
winref.focus();
};

}
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<a href="HTTP://fordforums.com.au" target="TargetRequestedPopupWindow" onclick="poprequest(this.href, this.target);

return false;">Open window requested by client</a>
</BODY>
</HTML>[/CODE]

Note that this routine will invoke an IE "Active Content" warning if run locally, but is fine when accessed from a server

This does require that the client is allowing javascript, but from what I can see, the .swf is doing this anyway.

TheSneakiness · 12-09-2006, 03:42 PM

Also, I don't know if this is related or not...

It looks good up top now. Not as cluttered as before.

Laminge · 12-09-2006, 03:52 PM

You have a keen eye, at least its drawn interest to the sponsors now...

My head hurts

**russellw** · 12-09-2006, 05:40 PM

New logos uploaded for On The Spot, BOG and Themboys. Others will be coming shortly. You may need to clear your cache or wait for it to expire before you see the new ones.

Regards
Russ

BLKFPV · 12-09-2006, 06:53 PM

looking good ..... can we go first ? :dr_Evil:

Dazza XLT · 12-09-2006, 07:07 PM

Flash as Michael Jackson!
Looks top notch! Well done.

**Sorted** · 14-09-2006, 12:31 PM

Banner does not work on my work's computer
Banner does not work on my mate's computer

New Banner is EVIL and is being blocked

HM Headers · 14-09-2006, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BLKFPV

looking good ..... can we go first ? :dr_Evil:

Why am I not surprised .........!?!?

:

14-09-2006, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HLC

i must say that autotech, awc and asl have been getting the most 'airtime' (

: ) on my end haha

looks good, aside from the database errors i keep getting :P

Likewise

plext · 14-09-2006, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRHEMI

Banner does not work on my work's computer
Banner does not work on my mate's computer

New Banner is EVIL and is being blocked

Do those machines have the Flash player installed?

There used to be a fair incidence of workplaces blocking Flash, but as it has become more mainstream and often used as the primary source of building a site, this has dropped off substantially.

**Uncle_Ken** · 14-09-2006, 01:49 PM

Good idea guys lot cleaner and takes up less space, I tend to go the sponsor section in the forums rather than hit the link from the add. Random order would be good from a sponsor view (others wise they might start renaming their business like AAAAAAAWC

Any way well done you deserve more money LOL
Uncle Ken

Dazza XLT · 14-09-2006, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plext

Do those machines have the Flash player installed?

There used to be a fair incidence of workplaces blocking Flash, but as it has become more mainstream and often used as the primary source of building a site, this has dropped off substantially.

It works fine on my Home PC, but not at work, as we don't have Flash enabled.

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BLKFPV · 17-09-2006, 01:01 PM

I'm a fan of the new look
but :Up_to_som

who has seen our changed logo ??
about a 40sec wait ...
or HM headers and those that follow ...50sec to 60sec wait

I don't think anyone scrolls to the top of the same page after a long read ... nor is it likely that anyone would stay at the top of on any page for longer than 10sec

reckon if it was totally random it would be absolutely great, it might be difficult to do (I don't know) but maybe purposely rotate the sponsor order weekly or whatever

our sponsorship isn't reliant on having our banners in everyones face ... but it is rewarding for us to fly our flag and visually feel part of the AFF community

I haven't seen our banner "by chance" for awhile now

Laminge · 17-09-2006, 01:07 PM

The request for the random order has been made, and it should be up by the end of the week.

You would have thought that it would have been a no brainer to include that to start with but unfortuantely thats life

Thanks for the feedback all.

BLKFPV · 17-09-2006, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laminge

The request for the random order has been made, and it should be up by the end of the week.

You would have thought that it would have been a no brainer to include that to start with but unfortuantely thats life

Thanks for the feedback all.

thanks Laminge, I wasn't sure what was happening ... back to under my rock now :voldar02:

I was actually thinking of the guys after us

e true :gren:

strange how hard it is to make things intentionally random when it comes to computers and the land of nauts'n'ones

:

computers seem to have the monopoly on randomness when it comes to breaking down or freezing though !! thats life too

**Sorted** · 17-09-2006, 11:26 PM

Maybe this will work also - keep the banner as is with rotating random adds but have it on the side so it is shown 100% of the time - sort of like what is on the attached web site - you have to pan down on the web site to see what i am talkin about (the navigation box moves to every screen)

http://www.sportscover.com/sponsorship.asp

Boss 260 Ute · 18-09-2006, 07:54 AM

Hey,

If we have it on the side of the page that would mean people using 800 x 600 screen resoloution would have to scroll across just to read every page,

Thanks.

**Sorted** · 18-09-2006, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boss 260 Ute

Hey,

If we have it on the side of the page that would mean people using 800 x 600 screen resoloution would have to scroll across just to read every page,

Thanks.

Not if you made the width of everyones avatar's smaller - a lot of space there used for useless pictures and quotes

Boss 260 Ute · 18-09-2006, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRHEMI

Not if you made the width of everyones avatar's smaller - a lot of space there used for useless pictures and quotes

You do have a good point there...

**russellw** · 18-09-2006, 05:44 PM

The updated flash with random banner rotation is now uploaded and operational. We may look at adding the same rotation into the footer as well as the header to see if that helps.

Cheers
Russ

Boss 260 Ute · 18-09-2006, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by russellw

The updated flash with random banner rotation is now uploaded and operational. We may look at adding the same rotation into the footer as well as the header to see if that helps.

Cheers
Russ

Footer?

Zed7fiddy · 21-09-2006, 08:09 AM

There is only one problem, althogh i never had a problem with the old ones lol

when i want to visit a forum sponsor it takes an age wait for their add to pop up so i can click the link, sponsors like performance ford mag dont have their own section, and if i dont know the address i have to wait for it to come, a little annoying

but apart from everything else its fine!

Cheers

Mick

DOC · 21-09-2006, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Co8ra

i have to wait for it to come, a little annoying
but apart from everything else its fine!
Cheers
Mick

Mick, I know how you feel mate, i get the same complaints from my wife, she says this to me all of the time. ( when using this site of course )

OzJavelin · 21-09-2006, 04:29 PM

Very embarrassing, but via dialup I can't get FF anymore .. seems to spend forever loading the new banner and that's it. Any suggestions?

BlueRaven · 21-09-2006, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OzJavelin

Very embarrassing, but via dialup I can't get FF anymore .. seems to spend forever loading the new banner and that's it. Any suggestions?

Do you use firefox?

If so, do what I do. Download the "Adblock" extension and you can stop it from downloading.

Trust me. The web is a better place without adds everywhere.