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[Matt]

Feel free to shoot the messenger but I thought it might help if I put this into context.

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Duly noted - however, I'm still a bit confused as to why these ads seem to affect some forum-folk and not others. Obviously, if your browser of choice is equipped with adblock software of some sort, or your security soft/hardware is clever enough to spot these things and kill them, then you won't know the irritation that this thread is about . However, on my new mobile, I'm using a 'vanilla' version of Chrome (ie - I've not tinkered with it yet, other than linking it to my Google account so bookmarks, passwords etc are carried over), and I'm seeing nothing popping up or bouncing when I visit this site on that device - same on the tablet.

Also kicking myself for not bunging a reminder in my calendar to renew the subscription in time. However, when I was looking for a cheap/free hosting solution to budge the forum onto, my priorities were:

1. Must be running a proven version of SQL (there are a few releases out there that are riddled with bugs)
2. Decent php parser (again - some girls are bigger than others)
3. 99%+ uptime.
4. AD FREE.

Orgfree.com ticked all the right boxes, and after considering a few other factors (trying to get as much info from the old ForumUp about data traffic, which reminded me of some phrase with the words "blood" and "stone"...), so I went ahead. Despite the fact that I've paid to get rid of the ads again, it appears that there are still problems, and (although it's effectively out of my hands), I apologise to you all.

My new domain is up and running, and I'm running tests on it - my new hosts seem to be considerably better than this bunch of morons. There was a DNS issue that I raised a support ticket for at just gone 7am on Wednesday - I received an email within 15 mins from a person (not an automated reply) to get a bit more information, the problem was identified by half past, and despite NS propagation being a slow (24-72 hours), all was sorted out this morning. Once I've done the re-structure of this forum, I'm going to take a copy of it, replicate it onto the new site and ask some of you to try it out. If those tests come back positively, then I'll propose budging this (and the often neglected Stagecoach Forum) onto this host (remaining totally separate - all that will change will be the web addresses), with a 'proper' domain name (SouthernBusForums.info/.com/.org/.whatever - ideas?). Might mean a little less headaches for me if I can manage both at the same time, and less irritation for those suffering from intrusive bouncy boxes.

I will, of course, let you all know when (if...?) I get a response.

Essay over.

M (Dans une maison vide - à part le chat et un peu de Simple Minds sur la chaîne. Et une vraiment bonne bouteille de Muscadet )