Ad Blocking on this website?

DesertRaven · 14 Jan 2013, 22:34

"SketchUcation Community Forums have always been and will always remain free both for Free or Pro license holders of SketchUp."

So that is the promise here right? As of today I've noticed that having my ad-block active I can no longer see images posted by others.

I assume, that this website and the forum is ad-sponsored. Right? So in reality this website and it's content is not free?
You are making me use up my already small bandwidth by forcing me to de- activate my ad block extension.
I don't want to see your advertising nor do I want to see any other advertising on the web, so I will keep my ad-block active at all time.

Just one Question, if I signed up for premium, and payed the $50 annual fee, would I still have to disable my ad blocking extension?
Because I would rather pay the annual fee then having to sit through the advertising garbage.

erikB · 14 Jan 2013, 23:24

I have been on this forum since the startup and even on its predecessor in the ...@last days.
But I guess it will not be possible anymore. Win 7, firefox, norton security suite and its is impossible to see the downloads. Tried everything, even shutting down norton completely, allowing all cookies and installing adblock just to turn it off for the sketchucation site. Nothing worked so if there isn't anybody who knows some secret place I have to change some mystery settings it is (sadly) bye, bye.
greetings erikB

ps. what is weird is that the add banners at the top of the site are visible, that the admachine add at the bottom also is visible, but that the images or download are not accessible.

FieldEngMi · 15 Jan 2013, 15:43

I can not figure out the adds either. This apparently is something that recently (last few days) is an issue.

Java has a new update I will install and see if that fixes the trouble.

Win 7, 64b, 18gigs ram, 4t disk space, quad core.

FieldEngMi · 15 Jan 2013, 16:00

So I have adds now.... In IE, Tools, Tracking Protection, disable all tracking protections.

So now I just have to figure out which site was blocking Sketchucation and go there and change my preferences to allow this site only.

When I find it I will let you know......

John

mwm5053 · 15 Jan 2013, 22:04

I don't mind seeing the ads here I kinda enjoy them but ever since we changed to the new forum look it takes for ever to load a page. I made mention of this months ago and I don't understand why I seem to be the only bugged about it or the only one with the problem. rant over sorry

DesertRaven · 15 Jan 2013, 22:47

@mwm5053 said:

I don't mind seeing the ads here I kinda enjoy them but ever since we changed to the new forum look it takes for ever to load a page. I made mention of this months ago and I don't understand why I seem to be the only bugged about it or the only one with the problem. rant over sorry

Yes it is way slower then as it was. It is faster though once the ad- block is active.

solo · 16 Jan 2013, 01:59

@desertraven said:

@mwm5053 said:

I don't mind seeing the ads here I kinda enjoy them but ever since we changed to the new forum look it takes for ever to load a page. I made mention of this months ago and I don't understand why I seem to be the only bugged about it or the only one with the problem. rant over sorry

Yes it is way slower then as it was. It is faster though once the ad- block is active.

Glad it's not only me, SCF is as slow as frozen snot on my end.

mwm5053 · 16 Jan 2013, 03:12

took 45 sec to load this page slower than anywhere else

Gaieus · 16 Jan 2013, 03:22

Guys, I do not experience this slowness at all. The site loads almost instantly for me and occasionally I indeed hear complaints about the slowness, the problem is that I have never been able to track it down to any particular reason as I simply do not have it.

Box · 16 Jan 2013, 07:43

It may be naive of me but it seems mostly to be U.S. user who mention the slowness. Could it be that the site is hosted on European servers and the connection to the states causes the lag.

My company has a similar problem, our U.S. offices have constant problems getting consistent fast connections to our main server in Oslo, whereas I can connect to it even from my phone happily in Italy, Germany, France, Finland, the UK etc.
The IT "Professionals" that set up our system keep putting it down to the "US Bottleneck", however, if their ability to keep email accounts running consistently is anything to go by, I suspect "us" "Bottle" and "Neck" may be more what they are doing rather than what the internet is doing.

Gaieus · 16 Jan 2013, 07:49

I don't know. Sometimes Rich also complains from Ireland (although there may be an "Ireland Bottleneck", too).

jeff hammond · 16 Jan 2013, 08:18

@gaieus said:

Guys, I do not experience this slowness at all.

ditto.. getting acceptable service here in neus

jeff hammond · 16 Jan 2013, 08:21

@box said:

It may be naive of me but it seems mostly to be U.S. user who mention the slowness. Could it be that the site is hosted on European servers and the connection to the states causes the lag.

or maybe that americans are surely the most impatient bunch on the planet?

Box · 16 Jan 2013, 08:59

True Jeff, not to mention after a few seconds most of you have forgotten your own names let alone what you clicked on.

jeff hammond · 16 Jan 2013, 09:06

^ haha!

Aerilius · 16 Jan 2013, 09:17

I find this site – specifically the login – so slow that I'd stop using it (if I wasn't so addicted... )
Login takes more than 10 seconds until the server responds, then it takes 3-4 more seconds for a rather useless notification (does phpBB still not use ajax for stuff like that?). I've tried profiling the site in the browser and although it loads 23 stylesheets and 12 scripts files, that seems not to be the problem, at least not on client side.

Gaieus · 16 Jan 2013, 09:24

Login can truly be slow, I have seen that myself, too occasionally. Currently it's not phpBB however that handles user and login info (as far as I am aware of the technical background) but Joomla.

solo · 16 Jan 2013, 13:25

I clicked 'Reply' and it took 1 minute 13 seconds for the reply page to load,on the bottom left of page it showed 'David laser' displayed for 42 seconds before 'Buy sell ads' taking 11 seconds then finally Sketchucation and page loaded eventually.

I did an Internet speed check just in case and it's not on my side, all other sites load instantly, I tested this site using IE and its instant, but Chrome with AdBocker off and trackers off it's painfully slow.

Box · 16 Jan 2013, 13:30

Using the same chrome setup you mention and while downloading a movie and connected to my server in Oslo from my wifi connection at home in Germany, the post a reply opens instantly.

mwm5053 · 16 Jan 2013, 13:52

Well been doing some checking and these are my result from Clovis NM USA- Sheffield England. Thing is while replying to post it will be fine on sec then I'm back to waiting like Pete on Chrome it stuck on sending request.

And Pete's got some pretty fast internet there