Ad Blocker, blocking discussion writer

MikeJones

I had a user tell me today he couldn't start a discussion. He clicked the "start discussion" button and nothing happened. He then disabled his pop up blocker and tried again and everything worked...

The Pop-up blocker he used was this: https://getadblock.com/

jordanjay29

MikeJones in response to datitisev's post, could you paste the output of php flarum info here to see if there's an extension acting up?

meetdilip

It might be affecting the releated JS. Try to unblock the element if your plugin supports it.

MikeJones

meetdilip Yea he turned off the adblocker and this worked but for most users they might not know to do this. I don't think an ad blocker should block a core function...

HuseyinKogo

I think you get people to turn their adblocker off with anti Adblock script which will be a bonus if you have AdSense or other ad company on your site

clarkwinkelmann

Can someone replicate the issue?

If the problem happens with the base Flarum and there's an easy fix, we will definitely fix that.

If it's caused by an extension, it would be great to report it to the author.

datitisev

I use uBlock Origin for my adblocker and it does not cause any issues with Flarum installs. So this is either specific to that adblocker or a result of a third party extension. I tested it out on a vanilla install with a few extensions, with the linked adblocker enabled, and I saw the Composer just fine.

MikeJones

jordanjay29 Yes, I did just try and uninstall recache to see if that it but might site entirely crashed. Once I get it up and running I will retest to see if these issues still persist and give you the output to that command line

MikeJones

jordanjay29

wloot

MikeJones The ads in your forum makes me comfortable. Can you share css of flagrow ads configuration?

meetdilip

I run adblock plus all the time. No issue here, FreeFlarum instances or a few other Flarum websites I joined.

MikeJones

meetdilip I think its the ads extension that messes things up. DO those flarums use the ad extension to display ads?

meetdilip

MikeJones DO those flarums use the ad extension to display ads?

I don't know. I have not seen any.

MikeJones

meetdilip that's probably why. I have tested with two different ad blockers now... People can't create new discussions or reply...

MikeJones

wloot Assuming you like them because my top one never gets huge. I limit its size based on screen size using the @media tags in my google add code.

<div align="center"> <style type="text/css"> .adslot_1 { width: 320px; height: 100px; } @media (min-width:500px) { .adslot_1 { width: 468px; height: 60px; } } @media (min-width:800px) { .adslot_1 { width: 728px; height: 90px; } } </style> <ins class="adsbygoogle adslot_1" style="display:inline-block;" data-ad-client="-----------------" data-ad-slot="------------"></ins> </div>

wloot

MikeJones It's really nice, Thanks 👍

MikeJones

wloot no problem!