I'm leaving!!!!

[zhilan]

No, it's not because of theology, or politics, or disputes, or baklava, or the need to find myself. My poor computer can't handle whatever new thing they did to the site. I think someone suggested it's the new adds. I've given it a few days and it still takes forever to load. It literally took 10 minutes to get to this page so I could post this. :cry:

Anyhoo, happy Nativity season to you all!! If they ever go back to the old form without the big adds or something easier for my computer to handle, someone send me a message!

:wave: :hug:

[Thekla]

:hug:



sorry to see you go :(

In advance:

Christ is born, glorify Him ! :)

[nikolayalexandroff]

God help you, zhilan! Hope see you here again soon!

[icxn]

If you are using Firefox install the Adblock plugin and you will be fine. If not, perhaps it's time to do the switch. Are you using Internet Explorer?

:)

[Mary of Bethany]

zhilan, you will be greatly missed! I hope you find a way to fix it.

:hug:

Mary

[nikolayalexandroff]

If you are using Firefox install the Adblock plugin and you will be fine. If not, perhaps it's time to do the switch. Are you using Internet Explorer?

:)
I forgot about ads since I installed Firefox with the AdBlockPlus.:thumbsup:

[gzt]

try PDA view, type in http://www.christianforums.com/pda

[Matrona]

Sorry to see you go Zhilan, I hope you can come back shortly.

[nikostheater]

I hope that you will be back here shortly!
:)

[Bushmaster78FS]

Baklava is a reason to leave? ;) Zhilan, I publicly ask you to forgive me for our exchanges about Islam. Life is short and I won't be sticking around much longer either. I wish you the best and I hope you could find in your heart to forgive me for my transgressions towards you. 再见 美手语秀

[Tsarina]

May God Bless you!! :angel:

[ma2000]

Take care!

[All4Christ]

Yes - do try the Firefox and Ad Block Plus...and if you do - try to get one of the filter subscriptions. It makes a world of a difference :)

[Dorothea]

God bless!

[Shubunkin]

I may do the Firefox thing too, with the ad block, because I don't want to see what others say are coming up for them. :eek:

So far, it's just Christian jewelry, which is easier to handle. :o

[All4Christ]

Yeah - for awhile it was just that for me...recently, I came up with a bunch of.....other things....which I just don't care to see. I had Ad Block Plus for Firefox on my laptop - but I've been using my family's PC recently, and...it didn't have it there. So - I decided to go ahead and install it here, and I'm very glad I did :)

[gzt]

I've gotta say man, and I repeat, PDA mode is the best way of viewing this forum. No graphics whatsoever!

[Chocolatesa]

Help, I tried the pda thing just to see what it would look like but now I don't know how to get rid of it...

[MariaRegina]

How do you add adbloc?

I have linux/mozilla. Isn't that firefox?

[Philothei]

Awww do not leave... I am sure you can work out something... with your comp. At least visit once a while... pm to me your name so I can put you in my (and DH)prayers.

Marry Christmas if I do not see you ...

God bless,
Philothei

[nikolayalexandroff]

How do you add adbloc?

I have linux/mozilla. Isn't that firefox?
I don't know much about Linux, but I think that not. Check this link: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html.
I believe you can find all necessary information on this site.

[-Kyriaki-]

Thanks for the recommendation on Adblock. It's made this site SO much faster...it was like molasses for ages.

[zhilan]

Thanks for the help. If someone knows how to get the adblocker can you PM me? I can't figure out how to get it.

And BM, don't worry about it, it's all cool. God bless.

I tried the PDA version and it didn't help. So I think it must be the ads....

[Philothei]

Mine got faster now ... it must be my server I guess. Try to see what is wrong ....you will be missed if you leave us now....try to fix it. Are you sure Isaac can not fix it? did you pm to him? Protoevangel maybe also be able to do it he is good with comp.

God bless,
philothei

[JuvenalyMartinka]

Here is the link to Ad Block Plus:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

Here is the Filter Set that blocks almost everything (ugly) out there!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1136

This is a companion extension to Adblock or Adblock Plus and should be used in conjunction with it. This extension automatically downloads the latest version of Filterset.G every 4-7 days. Filterset.G is an excellent set of filters maintained by G...

This is a companion extension to Adblock or Adblock Plus and should be used in conjunction with it. This extension automatically downloads the latest version of Filterset.G every 4-7 days. Filterset.G is an excellent set of filters maintained by G for Adblock that blocks most ads on the internet.

Hope this helps someone. :)

[HisKid1973]

thanks for the help..I downloaded the add block and the filter set thing..Then restarted..Is there anything more you have to do or does it do everything automatically..Thanks..God bless ...
kim

[HisKid1973]

Bumpity bump

[prodromos]

I PM'd this to HisKid but figure others may benefit from this as well

If you want to block the ads on websites, find out the domain name of the offending ad servers and then simply add them to the bottom of the file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" as shown below (localhost should already be there).

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 tag.contextweb.com
127.0.0.1 ads.vnet.valueclick.net

when you save the file, make sure it doesn't rename it to "hosts.txt". The file must be simply "hosts" without any extension. The change will be effective immediately, no restart necessary.

What this does is override the IP address given by DNS for the above sites, pointing them instead to your computer. Since your computer is not operating as a Web server it tells your browser to sod off and nothing gets displayed for the ads. As you come across more ad sites in other web pages, you can simply add them to the bottom of the "hosts" file too. I actually had to look through the page source view of the web page to find the above sites, but all I had to do was search for the text "All times are GMT" and the ad code was found just below. Since your browser is no longer forced to wait for the ad servers, the web pages load much faster.

Nothing to install, simply edit a single file. You can also use this to block access to specific web sites that other members of your family may have been viewing on the sly. It is such a basic technique that most people overlook it, instead looking for the software you 'must have installed' to accomplish this feat ;)

Enjoy!

[SumTinWong]

I use Firefox and adblock plus as well. In fact I have blocked almost all the images here, and in my preferences I have the signatures, and avatars and icons, and all that stuff turned off. No pets, not characters, and i even put the headers in my adblock so now all I see at the top are the images i use, like control panel and blogs.

I think if you try these options you will see a huge difference in load times.