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Why dont more people use the chat facility?
eddie99 - 6/3/09 at 09:10 PM

As Above ^^

Its an awesome feature when people are in there...

:p


Daddylonglegs - 6/3/09 at 09:12 PM

Didn't even know we had one!


omega0684 - 6/3/09 at 09:16 PM

there are loads of people on there at the moment


clairetoo - 6/3/09 at 09:17 PM

All I see is a blank white screen
Been like that for me for ages ?


eddie99 - 6/3/09 at 09:19 PM

How long will it last is the question!


Antnicuk - 6/3/09 at 09:26 PM

all happens a bit quit for me....


theconrodkid - 6/3/09 at 09:27 PM

standing room only now and someone dropped one


Fozzie - 6/3/09 at 09:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
How long will it last is the question!


Its been there since, forever......this site has been going since 2001 ........

Claire, have you got a pop-up blocker active for this site? if so could possibly be the cause.

Fozzie


coozer - 6/3/09 at 09:38 PM

Keeps stopping and crashing, good when its up but ....


clairetoo - 6/3/09 at 09:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie

Claire, have you got a pop-up blocker active for this site? if so could possibly be the cause.

Fozzie

Not that I'm aware of - I havnt set one (no idea how to...) , and no idea how to find out if I have one set


eddie99 - 6/3/09 at 09:40 PM

Everyone's going!


Fozzie - 6/3/09 at 09:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
Everyone's going!


probably coz I popped in to say hi, while me cuppa was brewing.... ........
or....
because i wouldn't share my Tunnocks Tea Cakes

Claire are you running IE or FireFox?

[Edited on 6-3-09 by Fozzie]


clairetoo - 6/3/09 at 09:47 PM

Firefox - with Avast and Zone alarm ?


omega0684 - 6/3/09 at 09:49 PM

everyone has died, i have just been chatting to myself lol


Fozzie - 6/3/09 at 10:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
Firefox - with Avast and Zone alarm ?


It could be Zone Alarm...... shouldn't really need it, and I think it 'fights' with Avast!

I have Avast too, but have a FireFox 'add-on' called AdBlock Plus. With that you can block or allow pop-ups on sites.....I have that disabled on this site.....
I haven't used Zone Alarm for years now, so can't comment honestly that it is that that is causing the problem, but my guess is, that it is a ZA problem...

Fozzie


clairetoo - 6/3/09 at 10:18 PM

Well.........thats Zone alarm disabled , pop-up's allowed on Locostbuilders in Firefox , no idea how to find out what Adblock plus is allowing or blocking....
Thats me out of idea's


welderman - 6/3/09 at 10:19 PM

was in the chat room the other night, was just me , no mates welderman.


eddie99 - 6/3/09 at 10:26 PM

Sorry Claire, i have no ideas either.... You got internet explorer aswell, try that? thats what im using at the mo...


Fozzie - 6/3/09 at 10:41 PM

Claire......in FireFox, at the top > Tools, scroll to Add-Ons, click get add-ons, then look for, or search for AdBlock Plus .... then click on to install/download


clairetoo - 6/3/09 at 10:44 PM

I already have adblock - and it's driving me mad by blocking all attachments on this site
I have to manually allow them everytime .


eddie99 - 6/3/09 at 10:48 PM

We're talking about you claire! hehehe


clairetoo - 6/3/09 at 10:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
We're talking about you claire! hehehe


Fozzie - 6/3/09 at 11:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
I already have adblock - and it's driving me mad by blocking all attachments on this site
I have to manually allow them everytime .


Claire.....if you have AdBlock Plus, you will have a ABP symbol either at the top right hand corner or bottom right hand corner....right click on the symbol and click disable on www.locostbuilders ......


Steve Hignett - 6/3/09 at 11:59 PM

And then there was one...


Fozzie - 7/3/09 at 12:00 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
And then there was one...


so im in there talking to meself again?!?


Fozzie - 7/3/09 at 12:04 AM

Think I'll put the kettle on then..hmmmpfff

It was probably that vid you put up there steve.....

Fozzie


Steve Hignett - 7/3/09 at 12:41 AM

And how's that tea Fozz?


Fozzie - 7/3/09 at 12:44 AM

Actually, I thought s&d it...live life in the fast lane..and made meself a strong cup of coffee....

So thats me bouncing off the walls for the rest of the night then

Fozzie


clairetoo - 7/3/09 at 01:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
I already have adblock - and it's driving me mad by blocking all attachments on this site
I have to manually allow them everytime .


Claire.....if you have AdBlock Plus, you will have a ABP symbol either at the top right hand corner or bottom right hand corner....right click on the symbol and click disable on www.locostbuilders ......

Tried that before - adblock will only either allow everything , or block everything - it wont let me pick what to block (unlike every other site I visit )
I have a very old , slow computer and allowing ads slows it down soooooooooooooooooo much
I guess thats me locked out of chat permanently , unless anyone has any ideas ?


scudderfish - 7/3/09 at 03:30 PM

Adblock will allow you to block single things on a site. I use it at work to block some of the fruitier avatars here. If your filter is something like 'http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/*' then you will get a lot of collateral damage from it, but if it is more like
'http://locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/*_boobs.gif' then it is a lot more precise. What is it you want to block on here and what do you want to let through?


clairetoo - 7/3/09 at 03:37 PM

I want to be able to choose - like you , when I first installed it I could block specific image's (dodgy avatars for example) - but as it is now , I can only block everything , or nothing......
I want to get into the chat room - but I cant find anything in the settings that show it as being blocked .


David Jenkins - 7/3/09 at 03:45 PM

ABP has changed recently - don't know when - but when you select an ad or picture the dialogue opens with a default option to block ALL items from a site. You have to move the selection down to alongside the panel with the specific image name.

It got me too - I was getting no pictures from locostbuilders...

[Edited on 7/3/09 by David Jenkins]


clairetoo - 7/3/09 at 03:51 PM

Same here - every picture needs five clicks before I can see it
I even tried un-installing , and then installing an earlier version - but it wouldnt work at all , so it seems I'm stuck with this `new and improved` version


eddie99 - 7/3/09 at 10:08 PM

Looks like the chat "phase" didnt last long

:p :p :p