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lynnbiederstadt on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

lynnbiederstadt — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:47:50 +0000

Folks, I've got to say that I, too, was pretty distressed to discover ads appended to my post. I had written a very small entry about being a witness to 9/11, and the big, honkin', ugly ads were bigger than the post. Sure I know that free ain't free, but geez. I don't feel that the disclosure was well-made up front.

1tess on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

1tess — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:03:31 +0000

@muletrain10

I know that there is a compassionate person somewhere who can really explain what is going on in words and terms I can understand.

Please read the 2 above posts from timethief and thesacredpath

Also keep in mind that we are all volunteers here. Being rude about which end of a mule you are is not being respectful to folk who are trying to help.

We volunteers can understand you are unhappy, but if you read a bit more carefully, you will understand that we can not do anything about it. Please be polite.

thesacredpath on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

thesacredpath — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:01:33 +0000

@muletrain10, send an email to support@wordpress.com and ask them to explain things to you.

You might want to check out blogger/blogspot. It lets you blog completely ad free. They can do that because they have a sugar daddy, google, and they are able to attach themselves to the backend of the g00g and it doesn't even make a handful of pennies difference in Google's expenses. WordPress has no sugar daddy, they have to pay for all the expenses of running this service.

timethief on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

timethief — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:53:43 +0000

@muletrain10
You agreed to the ToS in order to get a blog at WordPress.com. Like all the rest of the 25 million WordPress.com bloggers you have to accept the advertising on your blog or purchase a No-Ads upgrade, or move your blog content to another blogging platform. I have also posted the link that you can use to reach Staff when they become available on Tuesday. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/removing-ads-on-a-twenty-ten-theme?replies=19#post-689350

muletrain10 on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

muletrain10 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:39:52 +0000

I know that there is a compassionate person somewhere who can really explain what is going on in words and terms I can understand. All I wanted to do was start a free blog. Now I have ads being placed on them and being told I need to PAY for protection from them if I want to continue to have an advertisment free blog. Is there no real person I can speak to in order to get this matter resolved? I know every mule has two ends, one more pleasant and understanding than the other, so I am trying to reach that front end voice at present. Often black and white words do not convey feelings and can appear to be harsh and imperious and can be taken as argumentative and not clearly as helpful as they were meant to be. Sill looking...
muletrain10

thesacredpath on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

thesacredpath — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:53:15 +0000

Oh, ok, then you will probably have to wait till after the search engines get your new site here indexed before you will be able to see any ads on your site so my suggestion is to get everything transferred over, get used to things and get everything up and running and then later on you can see if you want the upgrade or not.

toodazed on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

toodazed — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:34:30 +0000

Thanks Sacredpath, my import has only titles right now no content, but I will try. I am trying to import from Blogger tried both ways (the site and the .XML). I just read that I can upgrade to get rid of them, so that is a good thing :)

thesacredpath on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

thesacredpath — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:24:58 +0000

@toodazed, log out of wordpress, clear your browser cache and cookies, restart your browser and go to google, search for one of your post titles and then click on the link in Google. This is no guarantee you will see an ad since they do not server up ads every time. As the information on ads here states, they "occasionally" show ads. Regular visitors and commenter are unlikely to ever see ads on your site no matter whether they are logged in or logged out.

toodazed on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

toodazed — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:12:28 +0000

Does anyone have a link to an example to how bad the ads look? I am new here and would like to see them to see if I am going to stay. Well that is if My blog can import correctly it is just titles and no content but that is another category.

timethief on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

timethief — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:49:26 +0000

@muletrain10
Sharing your unhappiness with Volunteers, who do not make such decisions is akin to scolding a bank teller for placing your signature on a contract without reading it, rather than taking that up directly with the bank manager. Please feel free to use the link I post below to share your feedback on advertising with Staff.

Support is closed over the weekend whilst we work on improving our level of service. We’ll be back open again early Tuesday, September 6th (UTC).

muletrain10 on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

muletrain10 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:31:49 +0000

I realize that "is" is not what we used to think "is" is anymore...the times have changed for sure...used to be a person said what they meant and meant what they said...but that must have been way back in history somewhere...
yours very truly
Muletrain10.

muletrain10 on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

muletrain10 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:28:22 +0000

TOPIC at HAND...copied verbatim from Google...guess you werent really trolling or soliciting us unsuspecting sheep out here in the Blogosphere huh???
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muletrain10 on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

muletrain10 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:18:05 +0000

TOPIC AT HAND...unsolicited ads appearing on a blog... Well my goodness...there it was in full print in bold letters...how could I have been so naive? I was just looking around and was told there were all these free sites if you wanted to start a blog...now I guess I know that there is no such thing as a free lunch, even at the "Yawl Come Back Cafe" ... Words of caution to the little kids...someone is taking you on a snipehunt...but I am not here to "praise Caesar," just to comment on tackiness...whatever WordPress is, (your 24/7 support seems to lack that personal touch), your ethics and mine seem to be out of phase at moment, so as soon as I can round up my little dogies, I may just mosey on along to another "free" site...perhaps I will read all the fine print this time, including the very fine print...Are you sure you folks aren't in politics?
Muletrain10
PS: "We love positive and productive discussions, so please keep comments on the topics at hand and not on other members of the community. Thanks!"

thesacredpath on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

thesacredpath — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:43:44 +0000

Also, read #9 in the terms of service that you agreed to when you signed up for a blog here: http://en.wordpress.com/tos/ . Nothing was hidden. There was no blackmail.

thesacredpath on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

thesacredpath — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:35:32 +0000

If there were no ads, this service would not be free. How would you expect them to pay for all the servers, datacenters, developers, bandwidth and such that is required for 25 million blogs?

muletrain10 on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

muletrain10 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:31:31 +0000

Folks at WordPress...please remove the arrogance regarding the advertisements. Your customers are trying to tell you that what you are doing is poaching on their abilities...and since I am a real newbie to this I dont buy your responses about paying to upgrade...seems like we called this blackmail in the old days...but then again some of us recall the "old days" when someone threatened you, then it was time to take our business elsewhere...doesnt matter where we take it but if they are honest and upfront I suspect you can assume the "nuclear position" some us were taught in grammar school...yep we are almost fossilized, but old mules can still kick.
Muletrain10

onecanvasonesoul on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

onecanvasonesoul — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:39:02 +0000

@timethief, I noticed that as well. LOL! At least they are relatively small and don't interfere or distract from the post.

timethief on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

timethief — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:52:00 +0000

When we are logged in they are not visible to us.

onecanvasonesoul on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

onecanvasonesoul — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:50:10 +0000

hmmm, becuase I've had my blog since 2009 and this is the first time I've even noticed ads at the bottom of the posts. I thought it was something that just started. Oh well.

thesacredpath on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

thesacredpath — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:44:35 +0000

From the support document on advertising:

Note: To support the service (and keep free features free), we sometimes run advertisements. We try hard to only run them in limited places. If you would like to completely eliminate ads from appearing on your blog, we offer the No-Ads Upgrade.

timethief on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

timethief — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:48:03 +0000

All free hosted WordPress.com blogs have ads run by WordPress.com on them since 2006. The only ones that don't have purchased a annually renewable paid No-Ads upgrade. There is no way to remove the ads without purchasing the upgrade.

raincoaster on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

raincoaster — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:46:44 +0000

Really? Questions about those ads are one of the most frequent questions we get.

If you buy the No Ad upgrade, they'll disappear. If you don't, they won't. If you hide them via the CSS upgrade, your blog will be suspended.

modau on "Removing ads on a Twenty Ten Theme"

modau — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:43:34 +0000

Hi. I'm using the Twenty Ten theme and it seems there are ads making way into the bottom of all my posts without me prompting them to. I have searched high and low to find how to remove them but can't find the answer. PLEASE HELP!

Thanks!

timethief on "widget does not appear!"

timethief — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:46:25 +0000

The theme you are using is not coded to display widgets on static pages.
For troubleshooting tips on custom menus this post I have linked to may be helpful.

silversreb on "widget does not appear!"

silversreb — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:31:26 +0000

thx, but the menu still won't budge! :(

thesacredpath on "widget does not appear!"

thesacredpath — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:36:43 +0000

On menus, if you have created a custom menu, make sure on at appearance > menus that in the upper left in the "theme location" module you have selected your custom menu from the pulldown and saved.

thesacredpath on "widget does not appear!"

thesacredpath — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:35:32 +0000

Follow the link Timethief gives in this other thread on the exact same subject. Widgets do not appear on all pages in the theme you are using.

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/widgets-selected-but-do-not-appear?replies=4

silversreb on "widget does not appear!"

silversreb — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:30:54 +0000

hi, i'm new at this, and i've been struggling all day with widgets and menus because neither of them appear on the blog. after i've selected them and saved them. i followed all the instructions i even changed layouts a few times. i'm using the google chrome browser on a pc if its of any relevance? any help would be very much appreciated! i'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown!
thx

panaghiotisadam on "Blog entry won't accept blank lines"

panaghiotisadam — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:57:14 +0000

Non-breaking spaces, empty paragraphs or divs and the like are stripped out if you switch to visual. See here for more stable solutions:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/formatting-text-pt-1/

bloodsong on "Blog entry won't accept blank lines"

bloodsong — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:04:22 +0000

::sigh:: well crud, it ate my " "s inside the code bits. and there's no EDIT comment option?

please ignore the examples above, since they are screwed up. please look at my blog, on the bottom of the left column, because that's where i store my new post code. (luckily, i haven't made a blank post template yet, for the new copy post feature. :X )

http://bloodsongtermagant.wordpress.com/

sorry about that.

the basic gist is, if you want more than one blank line in a row, you have to put a non-breaking space on them. and hitting spacebar doesn't work, if i recall correctly :X