Contributing Member UKRay Posted May 30, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted May 30, 2009 could yo make the "margin ads" long and skinny and put some on both sides? (split the space in two)that would put the "reading area" back in the middle of the screen. Y'know, Suze, sometimes your knack for stating the obvious is precisely what is needed LOL I have been doing that for years with my history website: www.history.uk.com because it presents all kinds of opportunities for advertising and links. Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Suze Posted May 30, 2009 Report Posted May 30, 2009 Y'know, Suze, sometimes your knack for stating the obvious is precisely what is needed LOL I have been doing that for years with my history website: www.history.uk.com because it presents all kinds of opportunities for advertising and links. Thanks Ray I think..... Quote Reality is for people who lack imagination Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. ~Henry Ford
Members CitizenKate Posted May 30, 2009 Members Report Posted May 30, 2009 Y'know, Suze, sometimes your knack for stating the obvious is precisely what is needed LOL I have been doing that for years with my history website: www.history.uk.com because it presents all kinds of opportunities for advertising and links. Different layouts have different considerations, Ray. Your site looks great, but having a left side menu lends itself very well to inserting ads below the menu without affecting the layout of the main content. In our case, we have no such structure to make a "natural" open space down the page for advertising on the left. We certainly can put ads along either side, and still haven't ruled that out (or any other change, for that matter). But our original thought was to have site content be the first thing you see on the left. If anything gets pushed off the page in browsers operating at very low resolutions, it should be the ads, not the site content. Kate Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted May 30, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted May 30, 2009 dang....hadn't considered that. Good point Kate. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members Tina Posted May 30, 2009 Members Report Posted May 30, 2009 I think that ads and such is a great way of keeping this welth of knowledge online but... Am I the only one having a speed problem? It takes forever to get from one page to the next and some topics I can not get up within the time it takes me to get tired waiting (and I do get LW waaaay more time than any other site *S*) Go LeatherLady, your doing fine:-) Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
Contributing Member UKRay Posted May 30, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted May 30, 2009 Different layouts have different considerations, Ray. Your site looks great, but having a left side menu lends itself very well to inserting ads below the menu without affecting the layout of the main content.In our case, we have no such structure to make a "natural" open space down the page for advertising on the left. We certainly can put ads along either side, and still haven't ruled that out (or any other change, for that matter). But our original thought was to have site content be the first thing you see on the left. If anything gets pushed off the page in browsers operating at very low resolutions, it should be the ads, not the site content. Kate Whatever it take, Kate - just let me know if you need any help. Ray Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Contributing Member Regis Posted May 30, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted May 30, 2009 Kate, Johanna, Looks GREAT to me. Ads on top and right side do not interfere with focusing on content. Still, I've gone to 2 of the advertisers to recently order. Internet has improved and paper magazines have (for 10+ years) been adding more and more and more ads to pay the bills. It's gotten to the point that it is hard to find articles in between ads in magazines. my 2c & I appreciate site just like it is. Regis Quote God, Family, and Country (although liberals are attempting to destroy these in the USA)
Members CitizenKate Posted May 30, 2009 Members Report Posted May 30, 2009 Am I the only one having a speed problem? It takes forever to get from one page to the next and some topics I can not get up within the time it takes me to get tired waiting (and I do get LW waaaay more time than any other site *S*)Go LeatherLady, your doing fine:-) Thanks for the feedback, Tina. Is this something you notice all the time, or just at certain times? Also, when you notice it, have you visited other sites in the same time-frame for comparison? Whatever it take, Kate - just let me know if you need any help. Thanks, Ray, I appreciate that! Kate Quote
Members Tina Posted May 30, 2009 Members Report Posted May 30, 2009 Thanks for the feedback, Tina. Is this something you notice all the time, or just at certain times? Also, when you notice it, have you visited other sites in the same time-frame for comparison?Kate Hi Kate, I have tried other sites at the same time in different windows or just before/after and it's just this one...I notised it came yesterday (or the day before that?) when the ads on the side showed up. It's to the point now when I take up topics in other windows and wait looking at oter stuff until it "clears" and I have a medium fast Internet connection. I hope this helps or I guess I have a super sensetive computer :-) Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
Contributing Member HideShop Posted May 30, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted May 30, 2009 Dear Johanna and Kate I for one just want to say Thank You for such a wonderful website. It gives us access to a wealth of knowledge and experience to share and learn from. I don't think we should lose sight of the main purpose of the forum. If this is the way the website looked when I signed up I would still have been just as happy. It takes money to keep thing rolling and advertising is the best way to do that. I also like being able to go to an advertisers website direct from here. I hope that more paying advertisers come on board. I personaly think things look fine and I'm just thankful for all the hard work and effort you put into it for us to use (For free might I add). Just my 2 cents worth, Richard Quote
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