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Bonus Buyer Banner

RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631
edited March 2017 in The Commons

i start to hate it popping up all the time

an option for deactivating please please please

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  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318

    It's driving me nuts. I keep clicking on the wrong thing because I forget it's loading and so the link I mean to click on is suddenly further down the page. It's been added to at least twice too, which only makes it taller every time. I have visions of the bottom of it scraping the floor beneath my desk before this sale is over!

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,185

    It has its own class and id, so you can easily block it with some adblocker, like AdBlock. However, since the offer in it often changes, you won't know what the current deal is if you block it.

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318
    Ati said:

    It has its own class and id, so you can easily block it with some adblocker, like AdBlock. However, since the offer in it often changes, you won't know what the current deal is if you block it.

    Which is why I haven't, but I don't see why they couldn't have put all the info on a page somewhere (together with info that answers the questions people have had, such as how long before Bonus Buyer status expires etc) and then made a slim banner (around the same size as the top menu) linking to the page. That way, you'd always know whether you were still qualifying if the banner was showing, but it wouldn't be taking up masses of screen and you'd be able to jump staight to the necessary info if you were thinking of buying. They could always add 'Updated on xxxx at xxxx' to the banner, perhaps changing the text colour with each update, to show that there's something new on the page.

    There's got to be something friendlier than this.

  • morkmork Posts: 278

    You could use GreaseMonkey browser plugin (FireFox) and rewrite the HTML to suit it your needs. You need to know a bit about HTML and CSS, though.

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,185

    My quickest solution would be:

    1. block it with AdBlock;
    2. at the beginning of each day, you pause AdBlock to see if you still qualify and what the current deal is;
    3. then you unpause AdBlock to hide the banner again.
  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631

    my intention was that i can deactivate it after reading once

    it takes a 1/3 of my screen now

    please please please

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318

    I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I saw that it had grown again this morning. It's starting to look like someone's trying to write a novel up there.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,078

    It scrolls off the page doesn't it? Though I do agree that the delayed appearance can be a nuisance.

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318
    Richard Haseltine said:

    It scrolls off the page doesn't it? Though I do agree that the delayed appearance can be a nuisance.

    I don't think it scrolls off of all of them, but yes, it does on most. Eventually :) It certainly doesn't seem to put usability as a high priority.

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
    Astracadia said:
    Richard Haseltine said:

    It scrolls off the page doesn't it? Though I do agree that the delayed appearance can be a nuisance.

    I don't think it scrolls off of all of them, but yes, it does on most. Eventually :) It certainly doesn't seem to put usability as a high priority.

    It's a major irritation when using my smartphone to surf here.

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    Richard Haseltine said:

    It scrolls off the page doesn't it? Though I do agree that the delayed appearance can be a nuisance.

    More than a nuisance — several times now this month I've clicked on the wrong thing because of the delay. It's ridiculous, what kind of web page coding causes this to happen? Amazingly user-hostile.

    I wouldn't mind (quite) so much if the banner just appeared at the top of store pages, but why is it barging in to grab our attention in the forum pages as well?

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500

    Try to delete a draft post on the forum while the banner is active - it remains over the delete confirmation button so you can't do it. The delay is also causing me to click on the wrong things. Anyone who's ever created web pages hits similar problems from time to time but they usually get fixed before going live. DAZ changes the promos so often and rapidly that it must be impossible to do proper testing. Still, I remember this particular problem each time the banner has been used.

  • hjakehjake Posts: 1,274

    It should an unobtrusive one line bright banner at the top after the first time you click on it once you login to validate its existance in our universe, then when you re-click it expands to FULL SIZE.

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
    marble said:

    Try to delete a draft post on the forum while the banner is active - it remains over the delete confirmation button so you can't do it. The delay is also causing me to click on the wrong things. Anyone who's ever created web pages hits similar problems from time to time but they usually get fixed before going live. DAZ changes the promos so often and rapidly that it must be impossible to do proper testing. Still, I remember this particular problem each time the banner has been used.

    I think it's because it's been placed in the site's master cascading style sheets or javascript; need to look at dealing with it with the Stylish style I've written for this site.

  • DAZ_Steve_2154153DAZ_Steve_2154153 Posts: 565

    I'll see what I can do about making it collapsable and exapndable.  We'll try to have an update before the weekend.  Thank you all for the perspectives.

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
    DAZ_Steve said:

    I'll see what I can do about making it collapsable and exapndable.  We'll try to have an update before the weekend.  Thank you all for the perspectives.

    Thanks DAZ_Steve.

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318

    That would be much appreciated. Thanks :)

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,097

    I thought my monitor was flickering in chrome until I realised that banner was doing it.

  • TooncesToonces Posts: 919
    th3Digit said:

    I thought my monitor was flickering in chrome until I realised that banner was doing it.

    Haha, same!

  • FrankTheTankFrankTheTank Posts: 1,481
    marble said:

    Try to delete a draft post on the forum while the banner is active - it remains over the delete confirmation button so you can't do it. The delay is also causing me to click on the wrong things. Anyone who's ever created web pages hits similar problems from time to time but they usually get fixed before going live. DAZ changes the promos so often and rapidly that it must be impossible to do proper testing. Still, I remember this particular problem each time the banner has been used.

    If you  manually resize the browser window and play around with the width, the dialog box will show the OK button so you can delete your drafts. Iit worked in Chrome when I had the same problem. I had to make the width about half the screen size before it popped up.

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
    DvoraszeniaStudios said:
    marble said:

    Try to delete a draft post on the forum while the banner is active - it remains over the delete confirmation button so you can't do it. The delay is also causing me to click on the wrong things. Anyone who's ever created web pages hits similar problems from time to time but they usually get fixed before going live. DAZ changes the promos so often and rapidly that it must be impossible to do proper testing. Still, I remember this particular problem each time the banner has been used.

    If you  manually resize the browser window and play around with the width, the dialog box will show the OK button so you can delete your drafts. Iit worked in Chrome when I had the same problem. I had to make the width about half the screen size before it popped up.

    It's also possible to keep hitting the tab key and then the enter key; I managed to do it earlier.

  • marblemarble Posts: 7,500
    DvoraszeniaStudios said:
    marble said:

    Try to delete a draft post on the forum while the banner is active - it remains over the delete confirmation button so you can't do it. The delay is also causing me to click on the wrong things. Anyone who's ever created web pages hits similar problems from time to time but they usually get fixed before going live. DAZ changes the promos so often and rapidly that it must be impossible to do proper testing. Still, I remember this particular problem each time the banner has been used.

    If you  manually resize the browser window and play around with the width, the dialog box will show the OK button so you can delete your drafts. Iit worked in Chrome when I had the same problem. I had to make the width about half the screen size before it popped up.

    Thanks ... I eventually managed to click on a tiny edge showing beneath the banner. Anyhow, looks lie DAZ will look at it over the weekend. Good to know that the forum gets a look now and then. wink

  • wizwiz Posts: 1,100

    It seems to have gone away.

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    DAZ_Steve said:

    I'll see what I can do about making it collapsable and exapndable.  We'll try to have an update before the weekend.

    That would be good, thanks.

    Is there any way of getting the banner to load as part of the whole page? The most annoying thing about it is the delay before the whole page scrolls down.

    I think someone suggested making the banner just a single line, with all the info on it actually at the top of the sale page itself. Why can't it be done this way?

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318
    wiz said:

    It seems to have gone away.

    Mine's still there.

  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631
    wiz said:

    It seems to have gone away.

    not for me

     

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,185
    wiz said:

    It seems to have gone away.

    Did you buy anything in the last 2 days? Remember, it is only valid on the day you purchase something (not free), and the following two days.

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318

    I was just in the store and noticed the new and improved version of the banner. Thanks for listening, Daz! :)

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,251
    Astracadia said:

    I was just in the store and noticed the new and improved version of the banner. Thanks for listening, Daz! :)

    Ditto. Thanks for the new collapsable / expandable Bonus Buyer banner

  • KinnieMKinnieM Posts: 133
    edited March 2017

    Thanks Daz_Steve for seeing to having the Bonus Buyer banner be collaspsable/ expandable! Makes thiings a lot easier. 

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