How can we improve the site?
Posted: 21 May 2010 01:43 PM
If it’s AB then it should be easy enough to fix.
Or, alternatively we can look into blocking AB users from the site or leaving it as it is - my preferred option - if people want the content the team are working hard to produce at a loss then viewing some non offensive, non intrusive ads which help cover the cost should be a fair price to pay.
Can you try it now? If it still breaks, can you please post a screenshot of the screen a bit lower down?
Thanks,
Dan
Posted: 21 May 2010 11:06 PM
You’re the chief.
Still breaking, requested screenshot attached.
Oh and I just found out that you need to simultaneously allow “googlesyndication.com” in NoScript to fix the layout; so it really seems to be the google ads.
Posted: 31 May 2010 11:30 AM
Ah - okay - so it’s not the front page that is breaking?
Fixed.
In future if the site gives you a blank page with ABP on, then you’ll need to switch it off to view, though we’ll probably add a polite message asking users to disable the plugin for this site only.
Cheers
Posted: 02 June 2010 11:16 AM
Good job fixing it, I did not encounter any more broken parts.
I hope you didn’t get me wrong about that whole ad thing as I am one who does not refuse to give sth back instead of just taking. It’s just a fact that webpages, which do not work properly with like some of the most popular browser/addon combination, are not really user-friendly in any way.
Asking the visitors to turn ABP/NS off is no problem at all, I myself click the ads regularly, but it’s no good to force them to.
Greetings
Posted: 02 June 2010 12:32 PM
Hey Tobi,
No, not at all - I am grateful for your help in fixing it.
My comments very just general. I agree with you on supporting popular plugins, but I disagree with adblockers for all sites. I am happy if people want to block intrusive or annoying ads like popups or flashing “shoot the monkey” from those sites who serve them as the content from those sites is typically of a relative quality, but doing that for all sites is unfair. SBR for example loses money - it costs us more to run per year than it makes and that money comes out of my pocket. So we have made a passive contract with the visitors that come here to view the ads in return for our content.
People seem to think that after they have paid their ISP the internet should be free, but it costs money and time to create the content. Ironically, these are the same people who go to a store and buy a magazine, AND put up with the ads. We are asking for no money, just the ads. Just like free newspapers who can only afford to operate with advertising revenue. The internet is digital and therefore can be manipulated easier to remove the ads (more easily than ripping or cutting ads out of a magazine) but that doesn’t make it right. Nothing in life is free, and using ad blockers on sites like ours is tantamount to stealing.
I have no issue with legitimate reasons for blocking, but I would not feel bad if I blocked users from this site until they switched off blockers for our site - a feature which ABP allows you to do.
Rant over :)
Posted: 18 August 2010 03:40 PM
Just wondering if there have ever been Academy board reviews on the site?
Well probably not.. but are you considering adding them, as well?
Posted: 27 August 2010 06:06 PM
Hey guys,
couldn’t help but notice the avatar function is now activated so I took 2mins and created one. Hope that’s okay for you guys, let me know if you want some with different text or whatever.
Cheers, Tobi
Posted: 27 August 2010 06:30 PM
Looks good :-)
On Academy boards - hopefully Rich can answer.
Posted: 16 November 2010 12:36 PM
[img] tags please!!
100kb attachments aren’t really working for sharing pics on the forums..
Posted: 25 November 2010 07:00 PM
Just thought of another thing… when someone posts a review or new board in the review if there could be a notice as to what has been updated and is new? And I don’t mean the user reviews like in the sidebar, more for the actually tested reviews from the Ewbank bros and company.
Posted: 25 November 2010 07:28 PM
Yeah that’s a good idea.. I think I will start featuring the latest reviews throughout the season on the homepage in the blog column. However, I’m not sure it’ll work at the start of the season because we dump like 100 reviews in one go.
Posted: 26 November 2010 09:31 AM
I wasn’t sure how many are updated at once… but would be nice to know when you’ve updated certain brands.
Posted: 27 November 2010 12:39 PM
[img] tags please!!
100kb attachments aren’t really working for sharing pics on the forums..
[img] tags enabled, and attachment limit increased to 250kb. Enjoy.
Posted: 04 December 2010 02:51 PM
It would be rly nice if the boot size calculator would spit out boot sizes in mondo point too, since the regular numbers differ greatly depending on fabric.
Another nice feature would be to take zero camber, camrock and the zero camber rocker mix(eg. skate banana) into account when looking at the quick board stats icons.
finally a min/max waist and min/max length option would be very nice for the board selecta!
or imagine a board selecta similar to burtons where you define your riding style, budget, feet size size and weight and it spits you out boards in recommended lengths.
ahh..and one last idea a button suggesting there are no relevant changes to board design compared to the last year model, so you know when you can look for a last seasons model without losing performance(I think board producers will hate that :P )
