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Nov 8, 2013 at 9:15 am #1309608

Bob Bankhead
BPL Member

@wandering_bob
Locale: Oregon, USA

Is it just me or are others not seeing the large graphics box on the BPL Home page anymore displaying a constant cycling of images and READ NOW links to articles ?

This just started since the November changes.

It doesn't matter whether I have ads turned on or off.

Nov 8, 2013 at 9:19 am #2042546

Jerry Adams
BPL Member

@retiredjerry
Locale: Oregon and Washington

I see the articles like always

Nov 8, 2013 at 9:23 am #2042548

William Chilton
BPL Member

@williamc3
Locale: Antakya

I still see them, too. Adblock would make them invisible, but from your last sentence I guess you're not using it.

Nov 8, 2013 at 9:25 am #2042549

Bob Bankhead
BPL Member

@wandering_bob
Locale: Oregon, USA

You're correct – it was Adblock, doing what Adblock is supposed to do..

I changed the settings to allow pop-ups from BPL and all is now back to normal.

"Ads on or off" referred to the use of the BPL option for Life Members to turn ads on or off.

Nov 8, 2013 at 5:34 pm #2042684

Roger Caffin
BPL Member

@rcaffin
Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

Dear Bob

> I changed the settings to allow pop-ups from BPL and all is now back to normal.

Detailed instructions would be appreciated by many readers if you can get the main picture but not the ads.

Just allowing pop-ups in Firefox does not work.
Disabling AdBlock for the BPL web site is pretty horrible: the ads are usually not relevant at all.

Cheers

Nov 9, 2013 at 8:21 am #2042793

BlackHatGuy
Spectator

@sleeping
Locale: The Cascades

As an MLIFER, I'd think the easiest way to see the home page pics but not the ads is to completely allow ads for BPL from adblock, but turn off ads on the BPL site itself.

Nov 9, 2013 at 9:55 am #2042808

Bob Bankhead
BPL Member

@wandering_bob
Locale: Oregon, USA

Roger –

My browser is IE10 rather than Firefox.

I changed the Adblock settings to allow pop-ups from BPL. For some reason that defies logic, those Home page images are considered pop-ups by Adblock while similar things on other websites, like Yahoo and MSN.com, which change far more frequently that do those on BPL, are not.

I changed the settings in MY BPL to Hide Ads.

I now see the Home page as normal (with images) but none on the ads.

Nov 9, 2013 at 5:58 pm #2042909

Ryan Smith
BPL Member

@violentgreen
Locale: East TN

For Adblock & Firefox to allow you to see the articles on the homepage –

Go to the BPL Homepage
Open AdBlock
Click "disable on this page only"
Done

You can see the articles on the homepage, but all ads are still blocked for the rest of BPL. Hope this helps.

Ryan
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