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    Resolved [RESOLVED] New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

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    Have you noticed this ... double underlined ad words
    that appear in code-wrapped boxes do not scroll !!!

    Why do you even need to put ad words in code boxes?

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    • upper - "application" in normal location
    • lower - scroll down, "application" 'floats'


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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Neat trick... haven't seen that.
    Usual questions apply: OS? Browser?


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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    TG

    Haha .. WinXP, IE7
    It needs to be in a scrollable Code box to get the effect.

    EDIT:
    Link to the thread
    http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=435931

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Yikes

    Just noticed.. it gets worse..
    Tags appear out of nowhere, and corrupt normal text.

    Not good.

    Image is from same link.

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    JP

    It seems that these other ad words ...
    • ICON
    • tooltip
    • System Tray
    • popup menu

    .. appear further down in the Code window, and
    are bleeding through.

    The only way to find where those words are is
    to click on QUOTE on post #2 of that thread.

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    now that you mention it... I've had posts come up with holes in them... then the adwords light up after the fact... haven't seen them stick though.

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Interesting. This is a third-party ad word solution. We'll report the issues. I'll also bring up some of the standard things (issues) Joe and I keep mentioning everytime they change thie code for thiis....

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats (and bleeds) !!

    Night

    No, I'm used to that.

    If you go to that thread, do you see the same weirdness?
    Again, here is the link:
    http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=435931

    EDIT:
    Hmmm.. where did Nightwalker's post go ??

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    TG & Brad

    OK, thanks for that.
    Can you guys replicate the issue on that thread?

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    We think we may have eliminated this.

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    ad links for Kontera should no longer be in code boxes.
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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    JP & Brad

    Now THAT is what I call speedy service ..
    The weirdness has evaported.
    Thanks ..

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    Re: [RESOLVED] New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Say it with a nice wine and cheese basket!

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    Re: [RESOLVED] New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Mmmmmmmmmmmmm ... pizza

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    Re: [RESOLVED] New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Quote Originally Posted by RhinoBull View Post
    No pizza? That's unlike New Yorkers...
    Well, I can just pick up the phone and have that delivered in 20 minutes

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats (and bleeds) !!

    Quote Originally Posted by Spoo View Post
    EDIT:
    Hmmm.. where did Nightwalker's post go ??
    Damn, I deleted when you were posting because I though it sounded too confusing and waas probably wrong anyway.
    when you quote a post could you please do it via the "Reply With Quote" button or if it multiple post click the "''+" button then "Reply With Quote" button.
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    Re: [RESOLVED] New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Night

    Haha.. don't be ashamed to look wrong! I do it all the time.

    Besides, you really freaked me out.
    I happened to see your reply as "active" and composed a reply.
    When it posted, and I re-entered the room, I saw TG and Brad's posts (same timestamp BTW).
    Theirs weren't there when I started, and yours was gone by the time I posted (1 min after theirs)
    For a moment, I thought I was losing it ..

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    Re: [RESOLVED] New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Quote Originally Posted by Spoo View Post
    Night

    Haha.. don't be ashamed to look wrong! I do it all the time.

    Besides, you really freaked me out.
    I happened to see your reply as "active" and composed a reply.
    When it posted, and I re-entered the room, I saw TG and Brad's posts (same timestamp BTW).
    Theirs weren't there when I started, and yours was gone by the time I posted (1 min after theirs)
    For a moment, I thought I was losing it ..

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    It's a pity there isn't a way of seeing who is typing at the same time as you are.
    when you quote a post could you please do it via the "Reply With Quote" button or if it multiple post click the "''+" button then "Reply With Quote" button.
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    Re: [RESOLVED] New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Night

    Amen on that, but that is pretty sophistocated stuff, no?

    I was, for a while, a Bloomberg subscriber. In addition to
    all of their stock charts and stuff, they had PM "rooms"
    as well as an on-line message-based help desk. In those
    particular windows, you could see if/when the other
    party was typing.

    But it wasn't a freebie site, like this one is.

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    Re: [RESOLVED] New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    I've seen on some forums that when you post, will check for new posts since you last opened the thread, tell you there are new posts, SHOW them to you and put your post in edit mode, in case you want to respond to the new posts... it's a neat feature... but not a trivial one... I've only seen in a couple of forums. Not sure if it was something baked in or part of an addon.

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    Re: New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    Quote Originally Posted by JPnyc View Post
    We think we may have eliminated this.
    Quote Originally Posted by brad jones View Post
    ad links for Kontera should no longer be in code boxes.
    I'm afraid it still happens:
    http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=620934

    Btw, when you reply there is a Fonts dropdown - text in it is also underlined. It looks like it's way beyond reasonable.
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    Re: [RESOLVED] New ad word weirdness -- it floats !!

    putting in my two cents here, but there are a few forums out there that i don't use at all because of the adwords. They never make sense and they always appear with a mouseover. the problem is they almost always cover something you are trying to see and you have to click a close box to get rid of them. My personal opinion is i would rather put up with banner ads down each side of the page than adwords in the page. It's even putting them in people's custom titles! So far they seem to be behaving themselves to the point they disappear on their own, but who knows what will happen in a different browser.
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