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GeoffK 10-14-02 04:12 PM

Insomnia Pops
 
FYI - There here. 1x per 15mins and will be gone the later part of the month.

Post in this thread with any technical problems you may have with the ad

Movie_Man 10-14-02 05:43 PM

I hate to complain, but I guess this didn't hold true.... :(

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...n&pagenumber=2



Originally posted by gkleinman
I'm absolutely no fan of pop-ups. And after the reaction to tonight's snafu, I really don't see us running them again after the V Campaign is over.


How much money does this type of campaign raise for you anyhow, if I may ask? (ie: how much in donations do you need to tell your advertiser to shove it?)

Aghama 10-14-02 05:43 PM

I got one, and it closed just fine. No problems yet.

GeoffK 10-14-02 06:46 PM

Movie Man - The pop-up ads were a mandatory part of the campaign. In general we don't sell them unless the entire ad deal hinges on it. And again with this one... it did.

minifigg 10-14-02 07:50 PM

Worked fine.
AND I got my answer right.
:D
mini

renaldow 10-14-02 08:32 PM

Working fine for me. I did have 3 in a row with new windows being opened though, not 1 every 15mins. I followed the giveaway link from the email, that opened #1. Then entered the giveaway and got #2, and then clicked on Home and got #3. No big deal, I didn't really care about it, but thought you might want to know if someone else says something about it.

Josh H 10-14-02 11:22 PM

Fine so far. I don't mind them at all.

dek 10-15-02 02:54 AM

http://files.joako.com/insomnia.jpg

:D

Keyser Soze 10-15-02 03:24 AM

:lol: @ dek.

(actually it's a silent laugh....)

-k
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El Scorcho 10-15-02 11:08 AM

I've been getting ActiveX errors on one of my computers at work since you started running these popups. Every time I look at a page with a banner on it it gives me an error and I have to hit OK to continue.

Irritating.

GeoffK 10-15-02 11:14 AM

DTSC - That actually could be the Flash banner running....

El Scorcho 10-15-02 11:38 AM

Well it started around 11 am our time yesterday, so figure that one out, chief. :)

GeoffK 10-15-02 02:08 PM

Flash banner

El Scorcho 10-15-02 03:05 PM

Yeah, so what do I do to fix it. It says something about the activex control being unsafe and that it wno't be downloaded or some crap. EVERY SINGLE PAGE.

X 10-15-02 04:11 PM

Go into the security settings of IE and allow ActiveX controls that are not marked as safe to run. You might have to allow them to download too.

I wouldn't, I'd rather get the message. But that's how you "fix" it.

mikehunt 10-15-02 04:47 PM

I was going to post about this
but since they're supposed to keep coming up my question is answered. I was hoping it was supposed to be a once per session thing that was messed up, but unfortunately its not

oh well, I understand there are bills to pay

El Scorcho 10-15-02 04:56 PM


Originally posted by X
Go into the security settings of IE and allow ActiveX controls that are not marked as safe to run. You might have to allow them to download too.

I wouldn't, I'd rather get the message. But that's how you "fix" it.

DIdn't work, kemosabe.

Electric2k 10-15-02 06:05 PM

EDIT: Bah nevermind, I just fired up Mozilla, because I'm not going to enable ActiveX in IE...

GeoffK 10-15-02 06:57 PM

FYI - The pops are scheduled to stop 10/23 and there are no POP-UNDERS that run while the pop-up campaign is live :)

X 10-15-02 07:44 PM


Originally posted by Dee, tee ess... See?
DIdn't work, kemosabe.
Then try enabling a few more, and set them to "enable", not just "prompt". Try "Download signed ActiveX controls", "Download unsigned ActiveX controls" (maybe try this one last), "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins", "Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting".

Bolt 10-15-02 09:16 PM

I'm on a T3 and I've found that the Insomnia flash banner seems to slow down the site a bit ... seems to be better now though ...

RandyC 10-16-02 10:44 AM

Damn_ads are keeping me up at night

El Scorcho 10-16-02 11:20 AM


Originally posted by X
Then try enabling a few more, and set them to "enable", not just "prompt". Try "Download signed ActiveX controls", "Download unsigned ActiveX controls" (maybe try this one last), "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins", "Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting".
Finally got it fixed. After about 5 different permutations of all the activeX controls. Thanks. :)

lizard 10-16-02 01:51 PM

I usually just Ctrl-W popups so fast that they don't even have time to load but the Insomnia ones were getting to be a bit much. I set my Pop-up Killer to nail them; makes a nice ray-gun zapping sound. Very satisfying... :)

Truth is, I'd rather have pop-ups than no DVD Talk.

Phil L. 10-16-02 02:36 PM

Insomnia ad is officially driving me crazy.

No, not the pop-up, the flash banner.

That thing is damn annoying!


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