"New Posts" drop down menu blocked by advertisements

ilikerust · #1 (**permalink**) 10-12-2010

I often like to use the "New Posts" drop down and select "New Posts - no politics/off topic" just to see what the latest topics are.

Recently, however, the banner ad at the top of the page stays in front of the drop down box. When I click on the drop-down box arrow next to "New Posts", the drop down box drops down BEHIND the ad.

Which means it's totally useless and I can't click on the option I want.

Some ad don't do it, but most do. I'm supposing those ads are coded to always be on top - but that interferes with a key functionality of this site (at least to me).

Thanks.

SEMIJim · #2 (**permalink**) 10-12-2010

See here: http://www.sailnet.com/forums/sailne...ors-admin.html

tdw · #3 (**permalink**) 10-12-2010

hmmmm,.....I thought that had been fixed. Was a problem a month or so back but for me at least it has gone away.

therapy23 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-12-2010

tdw,
I appreciate your concerns and all the help you and the other mods have done for me.
I also know you (mods) can only suggest things to the Admin or owners (if there is a difference).
But it is the ads (and maybe other things) that have made lots of things on this site difficult to get around in.
That is driving people away.

ilikerust · #5 (**permalink**) 10-12-2010

Just another data point - I use a firm-provided laptop to access the interweb, so I can't make changes to it; e.g., using a different browser or anything like that.

SEMIJim · #6 (**permalink**) 10-13-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilikerust

Just another data point - I use a firm-provided laptop to access the interweb, so I can't make changes to it; e.g., using a different browser or anything like that.

Regardless of the browser, see post #6 in the thread to which I pointed you for a solution that requires neither a browser change nor add-on. (That's assuming whatever browser you are using will allow you to turn off Flash.)

Jim

ilikerust · #7 (**permalink**) 10-13-2010

Ha! Hadn't thought of bookmarking the link. Thanks!

SeaFever2000 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-14-2010

I have seen this problem from a few months and have messaged Sailnet Admin with no response. If the solution being proposed is 'turning off Flash' that is not a good solution. It is a work around at best. In my humble opinion the Sailnet website needs to be fixed and should not allow the Ads to be 'in front of' the menu items - in this case 'New Posts and its drop down menu'. This is Sailnet real estate and should not be covered by the Ads.

ilikerust · #9 (**permalink**) 10-15-2010

I bookmarked the link and that works fine for me now.

SEMIJim · #10 (**permalink**) 10-15-2010

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Originally Posted by SeaFever2000

If the solution being proposed is 'turning off Flash' that is not a good solution.

The solution being proposed is to turn off Flash only long enough to expose the menu so you can get to the menu item and bookmark it. (Reading the actual, entire solution helps.) Better yet: Update to a current version of Firefox, which also solves the problem. Then you can also run Adblock Plus, which will really solve the problem.

Btw: There are good reasons for turning off Flash and leaving it off: It's an exploit/vulnerability hole of epic proportions. It, along with many of Adobe's other products (incl., I would note, AcroRead and associated PDF applications) regularly appears on exploit risk assessment warning lists. It's almost as bad as Microsoft's ActiveTrojan, IMO. IMO it's Evil, and I utterly detest it.

Jim