Barrie Dav 2 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Ah, thank you Wingman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 If you are using Mozilla, here is how to stop the animated GIFs: 1. Open a new tab in the browser. 2. In the address bar, type: about:config and enter. 3. You'll get the 'Here be dragons......' warning. 4. Promise to be careful. 5. In the search box at the top, type animation 6. One line, headed image.animation_mode will appear 7. Double-click on this line and type the word none in the text box, then 'OK'. 8. Close the tab and refresh the forum page - they should have magically stopped flashing! The big advantage with this is that you don't have to hit the ESC key every page No idea with IE - wouldn't touch it with a bargepole..... Usual warnings - if you screw up your computer, it's nowt to do with me! Pete Edited By Pete B on 27/12/2012 09:28:28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Dav 2 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thanks Pete - I use I.E.9 but I also use a very long bargepole. All the best for 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Kirkham Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Hi folks do any of you have this problem with the Ads on the right hand side of the screen bleeding over the top of the forum posts? Can anyone tell me is it a website problem or a problem that can be sorted at my end ?? Cheers John Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 18/01/2013 12:38:23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Hi Johnny.....its usually a problem with one of the posts in the thread......which thread is it & I'll take a look!!! Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 18/01/2013 12:38:39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Posts moved to existing thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Kirkham Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Hi Steve Ive noticed it on quiet a few threads over the last few days but this one today *LINK* Thanks David.....lesson 1 should have checked first!! lol Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ovenden Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Using IE I'm finding the adverts on the right are covering the text on almost all threads and my PMs. There must be some site problem causing this surely? I don't have this problem using any other site. It's not just on one person's post or just one thread. If you could solve it, I'd be grateful Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I use Firefox so I'm not sure if the problem is the same but it may be the 'compatability view' issue which causes it, David. I've nicked this from an old post on the subject|: Just in case anyone else has any issues with latest versions of internet explorer I solved this issue by highlighting the 'compatability view' icon on the top toolbar (looks like a rectangle with a zig zig line through it. Hope this helps...... Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 David, its almost certianly your browser settings. You say you are using IE, select "Tools" menu, then "compatability view" That should sort it. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ovenden Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Thanks Pete and BEB for your replies. However, switching compatability view on or off makes no difference. Text still runs under the right hand adverts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Can you give me an example of a specific thread where it happens David and I'll try emulating you to see if I can reproduce the effect. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 David, what version of IE are you using? I've just blown the dust off a copy of IE9 that I almost never use, this thread seems to display ok using it. And that's without setting compatability mode on. Text running under the adverts is usually down to a posting of a picture or embedded youtube video that's too wide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ovenden Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Hi BEB Well my PM for one and **LINK** for another Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Well that thread is fine for me - so its not the thread itself. I have to wait until you have logged off to emulate you. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hi David, I've just emulated you and those threads and your Messages page looked fine. So that makes it pretty conclusive that it something on your machine and the way its set up. I'm not a browser expert I'm afraid - Chris knows a lot more than me about that sort of stuff so I'll ask him to have a think about the issue for you. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Thanks BEB! David it's very odd that you are seeing the issue on many threads. This might be one we have to pass on to the real tech guys. Can you tell us which version of the internet explorer you are using (usually found in the "help" section under "about" and also the operating system, (is it windows and which version) Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ovenden Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hi Chris, Thanks for your assistance. I am using Windows XP v 5.1 Service pack3 Internet Explorer v 8.0.6001.18702 I don't know if that helps David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Kirkham Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Posted by Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 20/01/2013 22:00:44: David, its almost certianly your browser settings. You say you are using IE, select "Tools" menu, then "compatability view" That should sort it. BEB Thanks BEB, Ive just done what you have suggested in this post of yours and it has worked for me Many thanks Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 OK I've powered up my desktop. It's windows XP with service pack 3. By some good fortune Internet Explorer on here is exactly the same version as Davids. However so far no issues, either with or without compatibility view selected. (Which does take a little time to have effect, but it does get there) I'll go have a look around the forum, and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 OK that was quick, the page you suggested David did indeed flow under the ads. This one **LINK** However pressing the compatibility view button did sort it out. Could you just check again David, and give it time to download the page again. It's this button here:- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ovenden Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Chris thanks for taking the time to investigate. The page in question had text under the ads even though I was in CV mode. However, whilst on that page I switched CV off and on again and it sorted the problem. However, in my PM inbox the text still runs under the ads whatever I do. So it seems a bit more than just the CV issue. Sorry to be a pain. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'm afraid I'm running out of ideas now then David. I'll pop an email to the techy people to see if they have any ideas and get back to you. I do know that browsers have a cache (they store what you saw last time they loaded a page, and display that, to save downloading it again, if they think you want the same page again). So it's possible the badly formatted pages are being stored by the browser. Refreshing the page can sometimes fix this. I think this may be what happened when you switched CV off and on again. I'll post here if I get any suggestions back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Just a thought, another way around this would be to download and install another browser. I prefer Chrome for most of my browsing now. I like Firefox too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Hi David..... I was feeling a bit left out here so I've emulated you as well.....I have XP SP3 & the same version of IE as you & it all looked fine to me.......apart from your messages. Instead of using the link feature it seems your co-respondents have posted a full http address & this has dragged the text under the ads. You might like to suggest to that nice Mr Moyles that he uses the link function when sending you a PM as he would in a post rather than typing a full http address.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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