Swappernet intro is crazy

[Hammer]

I just hit my bookmark for Oprano on my laptop and thought you'd been hacked. I almost didn't click on the 'skip intro' link. You might want to rethink that idea. I bet anyone that has never been here before will think they got the wrong place.

[Jace]

yeah man, I agree....or put the "skip intro" link up top, it didn't even show up on my screen without scrolling down

maybe change skip intro to "skip advertisement and continue to oprano adult industry board" so people know oprano didn't change

[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