Problems with this Site ... continued : Thu Jul 04, 2024 11:54 am  

If this site doesn't get repaired it will not exist much longer. Only the very highly motivated will wait for it to clunk into life. We must be very much reduced on numbers. There will be about 20 of us left soon with the odd nutter (with time on his hands) visiting when we get beat. Where is our IT technician?

Re: Problems with this Site ... continued : Thu Jul 04, 2024 12:17 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

If this site doesn't get repaired it will not exist much longer. Only the very highly motivated will wait for it to clunk into life. We must be very much reduced on numbers. There will be about 20 of us left soon with the odd nutter (with time on his hands) visiting when we get beat. Where is our IT technician?

In the past I contacted the admin of the server and there were times when they responded to posts like this. Since these continuing issues I’ve not seen them respond to anything. Yes it as got rather frustrating trying to post or quote to posts if feels like the norm now.

Re: Problems with this Site ... continued : Thu Jul 04, 2024 12:39 pm  

It's very poor but there is no alternative presently. Wolfweb was more usable

Re: Problems with this Site ... continued : Thu Jul 04, 2024 12:43 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

If this site doesn't get repaired it will not exist much longer. Only the very highly motivated will wait for it to clunk into life. We must be very much reduced on numbers. There will be about 20 of us left soon with the odd nutter (with time on his hands) visiting when we get beat. Where is our IT technician?

In much the same way as the Warrington Guardian, I think their plan is to make the site so unbearable with ads and pop-ups that you end up taking out a subscription to go ad-free. However, I am not (and never will be) willing to pay subscriptions for message boards or news sites, so my two options are to either suffer on or give up. At the moment it's still the former, but I admit that my patience is being sorely tested.

Re: Problems with this Site ... continued : Thu Jul 04, 2024 3:47 pm  

The Speculator wrote:

In much the same way as the Warrington Guardian, I think their plan is to make the site so unbearable with ads and pop-ups that you end up taking out a subscription to go ad-free. However, I am not (and never will be) willing to pay subscriptions for message boards or news sites, so my two options are to either suffer on or give up. At the moment it's still the former, but I admit that my patience is being sorely tested.

Can always use an AdBlocker

Re: Problems with this Site ... continued : Thu Jul 04, 2024 5:19 pm  

Only post my predictions on the site now it's very frustrating someone needs a swift kick up the arris...

Re: Problems with this Site ... continued : Fri Jul 05, 2024 7:16 am  

karetaker wrote:

Can always use an AdBlocker

Does AdBlocker improve the experience? I'm going to subscribe for a month and see if there is an improvement.

Re: Problems with this Site ... continued : Fri Jul 05, 2024 7:20 am  

karetaker wrote:

Can always use an AdBlocker

Does AdBlocker improve the experience? I'm going to subscribe for a month and see if it's any better, it's increasingly difficult to use these days.

Re: Problems with this Site ... continued : Fri Jul 05, 2024 8:09 am  

karetaker wrote:

Can always use an AdBlocker

Yeah, I've tried using an ad blocker before, but that proved equally frustrating, as I was forever getting pop-ups saying 'we see you are using an ad blocker, blah blah...'.

Re: Problems with this Site ... continued : Fri Jul 05, 2024 9:01 am  

This is not just an Ad problem. Most websites have ads. This site is in need of some action. You would have to work hard to find a site slower than this.