Swappernet intro is crazy

[gonzo]

Advertising is necessary to continue to run this board.

Swappernet is sponsoring Oprano long term with banners as well as this psudeo skin. The front page and the floating ad will only last 7 days.

The floater appears one time an hour.

This is the 2nd skin in Oprano history and I might add that if memory serves me correct Oprano was the first board ever skinned.

I encourage you to examine each of our valued sponsors and use them if they are right for you and your business.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Advertising is necessary to continue to run this board.

Swappernet is sponsoring Oprano long term with banners as well as this psudeo skin. The front page and the floating ad will only last 7 days.

The floater appears one time an hour.

This is the 2nd skin in Oprano history and I might add that if memory serves me correct Oprano was the first board ever skinned.

I encourage you to examine each of our valued sponsors and use them if they are right for you and your business.

gonzo, dude, we are not idiots...we know why things are done

we are simply pointing out that it really takes over the front page and the skip ad link isn't visible whatsoever....someone new coming to oprano will think that it is a swappernet site now and oprano isn't here anymore, which I geuss is great for swappernet, but not so great for oprano, there has to be a happy medium

if I had never been here before and came to that ad, I would close the site immediately thinking that it was no longer open

I love ya man, but there are some pretty cool other ways to display overlay flash ads.....

[softball]

If you gotta have a skip intro link on any intro, anywhere, it is a useless waste of space. Either be loud and proud, or get rid of it.

[Jace]

and just to be clear, I don't think anyone posting on oprano is resisting the advertisement, I am all for oprano getting some nice advertisements and this forum becoming bigger and better

and to have an ad that takes over the whole page on the main forum or thread pages without a skip ad link would be all right...but when someone comes to oprano.com and all they see is a black page with a FPA on it, well, I just think that is kind of wierd and could turn some people away

once again, I am 100% for ads on oprano and love that sponsors are spending their money here, but I think there are tried and true methods to forum advertising that need to be used to ensure a successful campaign

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Jace

and just to be clear, I don't think anyone posting on oprano is resisting the advertisement, I am all for oprano getting some nice advertisements and this forum becoming bigger and better

and to have an ad that takes over the whole page on the main forum or thread pages without a skip ad link would be all right...but when someone comes to oprano.com and all they see is a black page with a FPA on it, well, I just think that is kind of wierd and could turn some people away

once again, I am 100% for ads on oprano and love that sponsors are spending their money here, but I think there are tried and true methods to forum advertising that need to be used to ensure a successful campaign

I appreciate all the input and it is noted for the future. Ill see what I can do with the front page. CJ said she was sad Oprano was gone so your point was driven home.

[Hammer]

I've run a board before and I know the importance of the advertisers, but when they expect you to advertise in such a way that it is detrimental to the board, then they're expecting too much. And of course, without members, the advertisers ain't gonna be around long either.

[Inabon]

you bunch of complaining little girls

get a bigger monitor fuck....

let the man make money

i did not want to get in this but it is fucking stupid. let him try something new i do not see any of you paying for fucking bandwidth instead of bitching you should be reviewing the fucking sponsor


daimn

sorry gonzo but i had to say something..

good luck with it if it pays continue

the rest of you get a bigger monitor and use bigger resolution or buy glasses

fuck what freaking video card do you have on your pc ??? 800x600 still


damn