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[info]squeaky
11/3/08 02:56 pm
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I have updated the ad layouts to try to make the site easier on the eyes. This is work that I had completed some time ago but never rolled live. I decided that you guys deserved something out of me so since this wasn't going to take additional time I have rolled it out.

Right now what you will notice is that there are ads on your profile page and entry pages. If you have a paid account you will not see ads at all on the site while you are logged in.

Now for an extra bonus, if you are paid, nobody will see ads on your profile page or your entry pages. There will still be ads on other parts of the site as soon as I have time to write the code to add them in.

Sorry this took so long.

*edit*
We are aware that the large square ad on the right side of the profile messes with the layout. We are going to look into a way of fixing that as soon as possible.

*edit2*
I have moved the second ad on the profile page from a square ad on the right to a leaderboard below "Account type" This should resolve formatting issues some were seeing.
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  • [info]sociopath
    11/3/08 02:03 pm (UTC)
    With the ads above and below all entries, it looks extremely tacky in my opinion, but I guess it's better than what we had before.

  • [info]ex_alexer553
    11/3/08 02:06 pm (UTC)
    the ads in the userinformation looks awful and makes the profiles look so bad. the entries i think are fine but damn.

  • [info]matthewsanders
    11/3/08 02:06 pm (UTC)
    i don't see how this is really fair especially for those of us who can't chuck out the money for a paid account but oh well.

  • [info]qj
    11/3/08 02:10 pm (UTC)
    These new ads make the user info page look awful. It stretches out the page. Its really not fair to us that can't afford a paid account. I didn't mind the ads the way they were before on the side but now its just bad. This is the reason i left other sites.

  • [info]randombastary
    11/3/08 02:11 pm (UTC)
    Whooooooooooo, shiny.

  • [info]butterbean
    11/3/08 02:13 pm (UTC)
    No ads on this account but on I do have several others that aren't paid. The ads at the top and bottom are much better than the ones that we had before. Thanks!

  • [info]retina
    11/3/08 02:15 pm (UTC)
    I understand the ads thing, but it does look really bad. I really hope that there's a way you can make it look a little better, as in putting them in a better spot, maybe below the comments and below "(More details...)" in the profiles. I understand the fact that paid accounts do get that privilege and it's fine with me, I just hope there's a way you can make it look a little better. With lists of 50+ friends in the profile, scrunching it up like that just looks really bad as well as if there's a graphic, it just looks horrible. And the ads in the comments are just distracting. I hope you don't take this the wrong way because I really do get why they're there.

  • [info]ex_ashg647
    11/3/08 02:17 pm (UTC)
    the ads at the top of the page really mess up the layout on the "new tweak" viewing option. i like that we're able to still use "new tweak" because for me, it's much easier to browse. but because of the top ads, everything is spaced out awkwardly.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/xqbdk8.png

    there's an example of what i'm talking about.

  • [info]ex_luminate736
    11/3/08 02:34 pm (UTC)
    i personally liked the ads where they were before and i know a lot of other people who did too but if you think this is better for the site then alright

  • [info]theboots
    11/3/08 02:35 pm (UTC)
    I understand the need for ads on the pages, but the way they were before at least kept pages looking somewhat nice. Now they stretch everything out horribly on the top of profiles and bottom for the entries. And for me with journals for rpgs it just makes it look awful.

  • [info]ex_erica719
    11/3/08 02:35 pm (UTC)
    i was at peace with where the ads were before, bro

  • [info]saron
    11/3/08 02:36 pm (UTC)
    I don't mind the ads in the entries, but my UI looks terrible now and I think it should go back to the way it was before. At least when they were down the left side of the page it didn't interfere with people's UI graphics and stuff.

  • [info]conant
    11/3/08 02:39 pm (UTC)
    like everyone else, i preferred how the ads were before. they were much less obtrusive.

    the only way you could truly make ads less of an eyesore would be if you could make them smaller. otherwise, i'd say keep them how they were before.

  • [info]echopark
    11/3/08 02:40 pm (UTC)
    is there any way you could change it back to the way it was before? i hate the new ads theres like 10 of them and they make everything look horrible

  • [info]ex_luminate736
    11/3/08 02:52 pm (UTC)
    there is also still the space at the top of the page from when the old ads were there

  • [info]ex_heartbrok796
    11/3/08 02:54 pm (UTC)
    ads (that stretch everything out) on profiles are bad enough, but in our ENTRIES, too? these are supposed to be our journals. that is the one area that should be AD FREE because it is our own personal place to write.

  • [info]williamkillick
    11/3/08 02:55 pm (UTC)
    I don't approve of this at all. :\ I hate the idea of ads being in actual entries. That's just wrong there. Not all of us can afford the paid accounts and ad blocker for some people don't work.

  • [info]anonjournals
    11/3/08 02:58 pm (UTC)
    I have filed a complaint against IJ to the Better Business Bureau.

    1, for the amount of downtime that has happened during the course of having some of my other paid accounts and 2, for my URGENT support tickets going ignored.

  • [info]mxine
    11/3/08 03:03 pm (UTC)
    I think they were better where they were. I could easily ignore them, and it didn't disrupt my journal entries or my userinfo. Please change it back, or have it be an option we can choose. I'm not saying to get rid of the ads, because I completely understand why you need them, we wouldn't have IJ without them.

  • [info]ex_bam131
    11/3/08 03:08 pm (UTC)
    http://i38.tinypic.com/11bsnwk.jpg ~ that looks freakin horrible underneath that and it's effing up my userinfo layout, obviously, i can't see the links. please go back to the old layout.

  • [info]coppertimo
    11/3/08 03:13 pm (UTC)
    The ads are not stretching my layout but overlapping my profile, making friends (and the ad) unclickable.

    I have more than 1 journal and I can't afford to make them all paid. I cannot continue to use IJ unless this changes.

    screenshot here

  • [info]ex_timberlak446
    11/3/08 03:31 pm (UTC)
    ew go back to the old ads please, these look really really horrible

  • [info]bbecause
    11/3/08 03:33 pm (UTC)
    yea could you not do so many ads? its kinda really ugly.

  • [info]beargrylls
    11/3/08 03:38 pm (UTC)
    I understand having to have ads to pay for things, and that's cool, but I
    really prefer
    the old ad layout...and not having them in entries. It's so distracting.

  • [info]applemod
    11/3/08 03:40 pm (UTC)
    Tweak, I was wondering - would it be possible for journals attached to communities that are paid for also have those comms be ad-less as well?
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