[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by encece

Hmmmm....I clicked on the link and the hyperlinks disappeared. but only when I am at the redirected SPT site with a long extension after the URL. Before you ask, I am able to receive cookies and do so just fine.

I figured this one out: because our forum URL is actually forums.thoughtsmedia.com, clicking that link from within this thread will disable Kontera on *.thoughtsmedia.com. If you go to the front page of Smartphone Thoughts and try it from that URL, it should disable it for *.smartphonethoughts.com. Sorry for the confusion, I didn't realize this until now.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by encece

Hmmmm....I clicked on the link and the hyperlinks disappeared. but only when I am at the redirected SPT site with a long extension after the URL. Before you ask, I am able to receive cookies and do so just fine.

I figured this one out: because our forum URL is actually forums.thoughtsmedia.com, clicking that link from within this thread will disable Kontera on *.thoughtsmedia.com. If you go to the front page of Smartphone Thoughts and try it from that URL, it should disable it for *.smartphonethoughts.com. Sorry for the confusion, I didn't realize this until now.

[encece]

http://ad.insightexpressai.com/adSer...53d22473088%26
That is the pop-up I get. It's the only one I get when on SPT.
I was hearing my pop-up blocker stop something everytime I came to SPT. So I turned off Pop-Ups on the site to see what it was, thinking it was a messaging window something else new.

I dont get it everytime I hit the site. Also, there is a delay between hitting the front page and when the pop-up....um...pops up.

But it's always the same one.

[Mike Temporale]

Originally Posted by encece

http://ad.insightexpressai.com/adSer...53d22473088%26
That is the pop-up I get. It's the only one I get when on SPT.

I've never seen that myself. I wonder if it's geographically targeted or something

[Mike Temporale]

Originally Posted by encece

the site still has an initial lag when loading the page, even with the links disabled. It momentarily freezes so I cant scroll down to see what the culprit is exactly.

I'm seeing this as well. Point the browser to a long page (either the front page, the forums home page, or the top of a long thread), as that page starts to load hit the scroll wheel and start smoothly scrolling up and down in a non-stop fashion. Keep doing this even after the page has finished loading. You'll then notice the page freeze for just a second or two and then the konata ads will appear and everything is fine.

Not sure what causes it, but I see it too.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Mike Temporale

I'm seeing this as well. Point the browser to a long page (either the front page, the forums home page, or the top of a long thread)

Hrm. I'm not seeing this. Do me a favour: deactivate the Kontera ads (you'll have to do it from the front page of Smartphone Thoughts) and see if the lag goes away.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by encece

http://ad.insightexpressai.com/adSer...53d22473088%26
That is the pop-up I get. It's the only one I get when on SPT.

I wasn't sure this was coming from us at first, but I see the word "Netshelter" in that URL, so I've emailed them - honestly, I'm completely pissed. I've NEVER authorized pop-up ads and I explicitly REFUSE them whenever any ad company tries to get me to run them. I'm waiting for a phone call from NetShelter to explain why they've done this. I apologize for this hassle.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by encece

That is the pop-up I get. It's the only one I get when on SPT.

I've had a phone conversation with NetShelter and while they couldn't explain how the pop-up ad got on my site, they've banned the campaign so it won't come back - please tell me if you see it again. They've also altered my site profile so pop-up campaigns aren't allowed to run - which is how it should have been configured in the first place. They switched back-end ad servers not too long ago though, so I think that's why it wasn't already pre-set. Thanks again for bringing it to my attention.

[encece]

Not exactly what I'd call a "hassle" since I block them anyway. I just wanted to point it out to you since I had a feeling it wasnt supposed to be there. Thanks for the quick and courteous response.

[encece]

FWIW...the pop-up survey ad is still showing up when I cone to the site.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by encece

FWIW...the pop-up survey ad is still showing up when I cone to the site.

Hmm. Did you opt out twice? Once from the home page of Smartphone Thoughts and once from the forums.thoughtsmedia.com domain?