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Post by donnamcg on Jan 22, 2007 8:27:54 GMT -5
Hi Ace....
Sent you a private email but don't know if you would see it so thought I'd try here.
I guess I don't totally understand the "ad free" concept here .... I did donate to have that happen and it seemed to last a day (yesterday). Did we use up the 50,000 pageviews already? I can hardly believe that.
Let me know what I can do.
Thanks
Donna
PS. Funny...two hours after I left this message, the ad disappeared. Hmmm. Ace, did you do something?
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Post by Ace on Jan 22, 2007 14:30:05 GMT -5
Hi Ace.... Sent you a private email but don't know if you would see it so thought I'd try here. I guess I don't totally understand the "ad free" concept here .... I did donate to have that happen and it seemed to last a day (yesterday). Did we use up the 50,000 pageviews already? I can hardly believe that. Let me know what I can do. Thanks Donna PS. Funny...two hours after I left this message, the ad disappeared. Hmmm. Ace, did you do something? Ah if you sent it to hotmail then I haven't checked there for over a week so haven't see it. I know very little about the ads free concept. I gather it's for the admin/runner of the board and to get it I'd have to purchase some pro version. I've never done that and would never ask any one to donate if I did. I wasn't aware individuals could donate and make their particular views of aboard ad -free or donate in the particular name of aboard. I've never recieved any information about that. I'm sorry for any confusion you encountered. As for ads here for me they're always in rather unobtrusive text form an embedded banner. Are you getting other kinds of ads? If they're pop ups then most free ad blockers should get rid of that. Ace |
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Post by donnamcg on Jan 22, 2007 17:09:55 GMT -5
Hi Ace,
No, the email I sent you was through the Board here.
Anyway......yes, anyone can donate for our PB Board to be ad free and the adds went away again this morning!
Donna
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Post by Ace on Jan 22, 2007 17:12:14 GMT -5
Hi Ace, No, the email I sent you was through the Board here. Anyway......yes, anyone can donate for our PB Board to be ad free and the adds went away again this morning! Donna Donna, saw the pm after I posted here and answered back.  Well, that's a surprise to me. Thank you so much. That's exceedingly kind and generous. I'm still seeing ads though. Strange. Ace |
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Post by donnamcg on Jan 22, 2007 19:14:31 GMT -5
It makes me happy to do it!! I feel like I should pay YOU Ace, you do such a fabulous job here!!! Anyway.....I wonder why you still see ads? I totally don't get how this works. Donna |
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Post by Yuliya on Jan 25, 2007 16:19:16 GMT -5
Ace, don't you find it amazing that some people, in addition to being generous, also read your board so throughly they even read the small print at the very bottom of the page?  I didn't even know it was there until now. I'm still seeing ads, though, too. I don't know about pop-ups; they're blocked anyway. |
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Post by Ace on Jan 25, 2007 16:58:17 GMT -5
Donna's eyes are evidently much sharper than ours.  Donna, I think you should contact Pro-Boards and find out exactly what your money bought and inform them that ads are still showing up. I hate to think you're not getting what you paid for. |
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Post by donnamcg on Jan 25, 2007 18:54:36 GMT -5
I'll do that, Ace. I'm still not seeing ads though....so maybe it's the person who made the donation? That's not how it's supposed to work though...it's for everyone. I'll check with them and let you all know.
Donna
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Post by donnamcg on Jan 25, 2007 19:05:11 GMT -5
Ace..... help!!!!!! This is what the support board says..... in the info about the ad free stuff: Q:"Where do I apply the credits I purchased?" A: Click on the "admin" icon at the top of your browser. Under the "Paid Services" option click on "Ad-free" and follow the on-screen instructions." I don't have an Admin icon, and when I try to access it another way, it says that only the Admin of the Board can do it. Do you have an Admin Icon?  ? All I did was pay $7.00 and we should have 50,000 page views ad free. See if you can access the "ad free" section of your Admin area. What a pain!  Sorry!!! I was trying to do a helpful thing!!! Donna |
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Post by Ace on Jan 25, 2007 19:34:38 GMT -5
Ah we didn't use any of it at all yet. I just clicked on per your instruction and saw 14 credits (where did the other 7 come from? Whoever it was thank you too) for 100,000 views. I just clicked on applied 7 for 50,000 -- and voila looks like we're ad free. Ace |
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Post by donnamcg on Jan 25, 2007 20:16:20 GMT -5
NEAT!!!!!!! ;D Nope, I don't know where that other 7 came from!!! Maybe Pierce made an anonymous donation cause you do such a good job, Ace!!! Donna |
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Post by Ace on Jan 26, 2007 1:06:13 GMT -5
Darn, I wish I'd read this first, or I'd have waited to activate this on Feb 1. I'd assumed one month meant at least that -- 30 days or 4 weeks no matter when activated. This makes no sense at all. And I feel cheated for you and other visitors here. As much as I appreciate the thought and generosity I'm not sure the payment justifies the level of added service received from Pro-Boards. But again I thank you and my anonymous contributor for your generosity. |
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Post by donnamcg on Jan 26, 2007 9:02:35 GMT -5
No worries, Ace!! It was an experiment and we learned from it!!! If I get annoyed by the ads again, I just might do it again. They weren't pop-ups or anything, just those garrish banners. However .... when I'm really focused on Pierce...nothing much else bothers me so .... I'll just ignore them!! Donna |
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Post by Ace on Jan 31, 2007 16:29:07 GMT -5
Wow, this board gets way more hits than I thought it did. Just clicked on hits used at it said: 5,981
That's in just 5 1/2 days. Of course that's everytime the board is refreshed or another topic clicked on but still that's more than 1,000 a day.
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Post by Myrtle Groggins on Feb 17, 2007 5:01:42 GMT -5
I learned a lot just reading this thread. How nice that somebody was kind enough to donate. So they want people to donate each month, and at the beginning yet or you really don't get your money's worth. hmmmmm So "hits" mean everytime we visit, everytime we refresh a page, and everytime we view a new thread? So if I log in, view a thread, move onto to another thread, then go back to the first thread I read, I'll have used four hits?  Heaven help us. What a racket they have going. I wonder if this means we are multiple hitting when we use the BACK button.  I never paid much attention to the "fine print" either. So now we know, thanks to some very generous donors. |
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Post by sparklingblue on Feb 25, 2007 18:07:38 GMT -5
Psst.... There is a free way to make this board ad free. Install Firefox 2 and get this add-on. Since I have these, I don't see any ads. |
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Post by Myrtle Groggins on Apr 13, 2007 2:32:48 GMT -5
Well, what do you know, it works!!!!! No ads. Thanks. While I had Firefox, I didn't have the adblock program. Thanks so much for the link.  I'm ad free!  |
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I didn't even know it was there until now.
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Sorry!!! I was trying to do a helpful thing!!! 
Heaven help us. What a racket they have going. I wonder if this means we are multiple hitting when we use the BACK button. 
