# Over-Advertising **URL:** \ **Category:** meta\ **Created:** [July 10, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586 "2008-07-10T14:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Esherido](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/esherido/32/2158_2.png) [@Esherido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esherido)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/1 "2008-07-10T14:36:57Z")
I can understand the need for advertising on the site and I don’t care about a few little banner and block ads here and there. I was perfectly fine with the one column of ads on the right. But **two columns of ads**?!?! Ⓜ It’s almost as wide as the actual content area! I’ve always supported this site and its tutorials have been very helpful, but two columns of ads seems to be a bit of overkill. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/2 "2008-07-10T16:37:11Z")
The site was actually made wider to accommodate it. The width of the content area has stayed the same. I did this because the site was having too many ads, and I really hated seeing them in a huge scrolling column. I wanted the site to be ad-free once you scroll down one screen (~ 1000 pixels), and since each tutorial page is around 3 or 4 screens in height, this seemed like a good enough solution. ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/3 "2008-07-10T21:48:13Z")
I actually don’t see any ads at all : ) Some css rendering problem or something but it’s just a blank bar. … not that I’m complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Esherido](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/esherido/32/2158_2.png) [@Esherido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esherido)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/4 "2008-07-10T21:49:04Z")
Ok, thanks for the quick explanation of what you did, I really appreciate it. 😃 Personally, I would prefer if the ads were only on the certain pages, but that’s only personal opinion. I was more surprised than angry. @sekasi: I actually use AdBlock Plus to block the ads, but I don’t have it installed on Firefox on my Mac yet. ---
**Author:** ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/5 "2008-07-14T09:13:24Z")
Ummm they have got bigger how much money are you raking in? _pull out blackmail envelope_ ---
**Author:** ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/6 "2008-07-15T00:18:11Z")
> [@Esherido;2356516](#): > > @sekasi: I actually use AdBlock Plus to block the ads, but I don’t have it installed on Firefox on my Mac yet. Same here. The internet has been a little more pleasurable lately :party: ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/7 "2008-07-15T02:24:55Z")
I haven’t been to the front page of the site in months but it has become pretty cluttered. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/8 "2008-07-15T02:28:01Z")
[QUOTE=TheCanadian;2358719]I haven’t been to the front page of the site in months but it has become pretty cluttered.[/QUOTE] I noticed the same thing yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Esherido](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/esherido/32/2158_2.png) [@Esherido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esherido)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/9 "2008-07-15T02:29:26Z")
I wish we could rebel somehow. But the kMan has our hands tied with his cunning ways. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/10 "2008-07-15T02:30:10Z")
Heh, I don’t really mind. Like TheCanadian, I go there only once every few months. ---
**Author:** ![Esherido](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/esherido/32/2158_2.png) [@Esherido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esherido)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/11 "2008-07-15T02:31:48Z")
Maybe if we actually wrote some more tutorials for the site/front page, we would visit there more. (Jeff, you don’t know how much I would appreciate a succinct “Intro to Django” tutorial, because I’ve read the entire Django Book, but I still don’t feel smart enough.) ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/12 "2008-07-15T02:33:34Z")
I have like 500 tutorials in progress, but they’ve been like that for two years. Plus my IQ is already 87 billion so I don’t need to read anymore tutorials. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/13 "2008-07-15T02:34:50Z")
[QUOTE=Esherido;2358732]Maybe if we actually wrote some more tutorials for the site/front page, we would visit there more. (Jeff, you don’t know how much I would appreciate a succinct “Intro to Django” tutorial, because I’ve read the entire Django Book, but I still don’t feel smart enough.)[/QUOTE] They’re way better writers than me, I promise. 😛 Have you followed the tutorial in the Django documentation, about the polls? ---
**Author:** ![gigaboost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@gigaboost](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gigaboost)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/14 "2008-07-15T02:40:44Z")
Ive never even noticed any ads at all 😮 Well, there was this spam-advert for WoW gold… ---
**Author:** ![Esherido](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/esherido/32/2158_2.png) [@Esherido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esherido)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/15 "2008-07-15T02:42:28Z")
[quote=Jeff Wheeler;2358734]They’re way better writers than me, I promise. 😛 Have you followed the tutorial in the Django documentation, about the polls?[/quote] Yeah, I’m good with Django and all, but the words of the great Jeff always makes things nicer. ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/16 "2008-07-15T02:43:16Z")
Even though %40 of it is ads? ---
**Author:** ![Esherido](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/esherido/32/2158_2.png) [@Esherido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Esherido)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/17 "2008-07-15T02:44:32Z")
> [@TheCanadian;2358749](#): > > Even though %40 of it is ads? Not even ads can dilute the pure devness that is Jeff. (I should start a religion. :pope:) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowViper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@ShadowViper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ShadowViper)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/18 "2008-07-15T05:16:26Z")
> [@Esherido;2358751](#): > > Not even ads can dilute the pure devness that is Jeff. (I should start a religion. :pope:) By religion, you mean cult? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![REEF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/19 "2008-07-15T05:48:20Z")
Basically, the fans care. The guy raking in 50,000USD a month doesn’t need to. K-dawg is ballin. ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/over-advertising/265586/20 "2008-07-15T12:19:42Z")
I’ve never really payed attention to this all.