Web Site Not Loading

[toecutter]

I was having troubles viewing the forums from my work pc so i just ignored it but know iam at home the same thing is happening.

The pages don't load sometimes until i refresh the browser.

Is there any problems with the site at the moment?

edit

It must be a tracking cookie or something

This is the text that runs when i refresh the page
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/153/forumte1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[scott.brady]

Which browser is this happening in, firefox or ie or both.

Regards

ScottyB

[toecutter]

I have tried Firefox.

Ad ware picked up a double click cookie so i deleted it but its still showing up when i refresh

[penagate]

It is a problem with a locale-specific advertisement. The administrators have been notified and hopefully the advert can be pulled soon.

[toecutter]

ok, Thanks

[toecutter]

It seems to be that light switch add that is preventing the forums pages from loading.

Have you been hijacked?

[westconn1]

having read this thread, because i was having the same problem, in firefox i went to
tools > options > content > load images automatically > exceptions
and added doubleclick.net

so far it seems to have resolved the issue

edit i also blocked their cookies

[anhn]

The problem is still there with many different ads, particular with an IBM ad that has a big switch and another text ad.
That happens with both FireFox and IE.

[toecutter]

having read this thread, because i was having the same problem, in firefox i went to
tools > options > content > load images automatically > exceptions
and added doubleclick.net


i already had it in the list so i removed it and tried but no luck.

I had to refresh at least 10 times to post this reply

[westconn1]

yeah mine worked good for sometime but is playing up again now

[anhn]

There are many ads that cause problem, including some VBWire text ads.

You have to refresh many times until the bad ad is replaced with a good one or come back in few minutes later.

Administrators! What happens? We need to here from you!

[toecutter]

Seems to be all good this morning...

[anhn]

The problem is still there.
These are the most suspected ads:

[toecutter]

yes, its stuffed again. :(

[penagate]

Yes, it is one of the IBM Australia ads. As I said, the administrators have been notified. Since it is obviously broken it should be fixed by the advertiser as soon as possible. Unfortunately we do not have as much control over the adverts as might be ideal.

[westconn1]

getting pretty hard to work with this site at some times

[lintz]

And I thought I was the only one with the problem :)

ps. 8 refreshes to be able to post this message

[anhn]

I am from Australia. This is an IBM Australia ad.
I HATE this guy and I HATE IBM too because of this ad.

It blocks the whole web page of VBForums to load.
Now that have been there for nearly a week.
It's ridiculous! How can this happens?

Probably I will stay away from VBForums until this ad is fixed or removed.

I HAD TO REFRESH 15 TIMES TO POST THIS!

[westconn1]

it is certainly not getting any better, and has been happening too bloody long already

i will definitely boycott ibm from now on

maybe i have to find someother forum to play in

[anhn]

Pete, probably I will follow you.
It's so BAD and becomes worst than 2 days ago.

Does IBM know that this ad hurts its reputation?
I really HATE IBM now.

[westconn1]

i find it is worse at some times of day, like in the evening, gets better later, not so bad early in the morning

[brad jones]

Joe and I will address this internally again... One of us will let you know what we learn.

Brad!

[brad jones]

I've been told that the lightswitch ad has been taken down until it can be reviewed and fixed.

Let us know if any of the other ads are causing similar problems.

Brad!

[RobDog888]

Thanks Brad. Too bad the AU guys are sleeping right now.

[penagate]

Seems okay right now so far...

[anhn]

Thanks Brad & Rob,
It seems to be OK without that ad.

[mendhak]

Welcome back guys, glad that ad is gone now.