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No ads on my screen. Firefox and Ad Blocker.
I do miss the alternative forum skins though. I had a nice green one before but now it's all gone clinical and blue/grey. It's like being in an office or a hospital.
I do miss the alternative forum skins though. I had a nice green one before but now it's all gone clinical and blue/grey. It's like being in an office or a hospital.
How come I'm getting adverts for Groupon -70% on shoes in Glasgow ? 
I never even look at shoes on line, let alone in a bushcraft forum
The fact that my middle name is Imelda is neither here not there
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I never even look at shoes on line, let alone in a bushcraft forum
The fact that my middle name is Imelda is neither here not there
M
How come I'm getting adverts for Groupon -70% on shoes in Glasgow ?
I never even look at shoes on line, let alone in a bushcraft forum
Is Glasgow your nearest major city? The quite often do ads based on geographical location of your IP which in turn tends to be the major cites as that's where the ISP's have their connection to the internet. I work in Harrogate and get ads for either London or Edinburgh as that's where my company has their network connecting to the internet.
As for the shoes nfi
Wayland, the skins are still there, i've just changed to it.
We'll be moving to our own bcuk skin in the next couple of months which won't be so clinical as the defaul skin.
Yeah, some of the ads are regionalised, we're trying to make sure that the ads are relevant to the forums but sometime some weird stuff comes up for the site it's a good way of generating some income which will help us develop it more. I don't think it's going to be a lot but everything that does come in from it is good for bcuk. That said, if anyone sees something they are interested in have a look through the links, good for you and it helps bcuk, which is. Good for all of us
We'll be moving to our own bcuk skin in the next couple of months which won't be so clinical as the defaul skin.
Yeah, some of the ads are regionalised, we're trying to make sure that the ads are relevant to the forums but sometime some weird stuff comes up
for the site it's a good way of generating some income which will help us develop it more. I don't think it's going to be a lot but everything that does come in from it is good for bcuk. That said, if anyone sees something they are interested in have a look through the links, good for you and it helps bcuk, which is. Good for all of us 
How come I'm getting adverts for Groupon -70% on shoes in Glasgow ?
I never even look at shoes on line, let alone in a bushcraft forum
The fact that my middle name is Imelda is neither here not there
M
Maybe your fella was looking for a valentine's pressie?
Adverts are a funny old thing. On facebook I got my status set as Single. At first adverts appeared on the right suggesting social websites, then dating websites, then dating websites in my area and then gay dating websites. I was half expecting the next advert to say "sick of it all? adopt this puppy!"
I am getting First Aid courses offered to me but they are nicely tucked away at the end of the page, unlike a lot of sights where you have to read content in between 2 flahing ads. If it helps BCUK and is not in your face then I hope most people would be OK with that, if they stay more or less like they are now
There's a Chrome extension to block the ads if they bother you ...
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom
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I can't find any way to change the skin on mine. Looks like I'll have to wait for the new one to come online.
Glad its niot just me, I was looking for it to and could not find it.
I can't find any way to change the skin on mine. Looks like I'll have to wait for the new one to come online.
At the bottom of the page on the left there should be a drop down box with "--Test" selected, you should be able to change the skin you are viewing the site with through this.
Southey - Ads that are clicked do make BCUK money, but inline with Google Ads t+c we could never request you simply click on them for this reason.
To improve the quality of what is being advertised Google will track the ads that receive greater click throughs in the hope to provide more accurate adverts in the future.
We are hoping to find a happy balance where the ads don't detract from the usage of the site, but do help keep it going!
I haven't got one either
Though I have one on the right with all sorts of buttons to play with in case of spammers 
Sorry for the confusion about the missing option box, Tony informs me it has been disabled for all users except Admins as part of the ongoing software upgrades as it was causing a glitch.
Once the software is up together we will reskin the entire site but skins are managed differently in early versions so theres been little point in working on one until we get the forum software up to the latest version.
Once the software is up together we will reskin the entire site but skins are managed differently in early versions so theres been little point in working on one until we get the forum software up to the latest version.
I do miss the alternative forum skins though. I had a nice green one before but now it's all gone clinical and blue/grey. It's like being in an office or a hospital.
I can't find any way to change the skin on mine. Looks like I'll have to wait for the new one to come online.
Any news on this... It's spring outside but still wintry on my screen...
