Ads, finally!

"WorldRallyBlog" (world-rallyblog) 08/15/2013 at 07:42 • Filed to: jalopnik, adsopnik, new design

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At long last, ads. Now Jalopnik looks like a proper website and not like some covert operation, financed by weapon smuggling.

Sparf > WorldRallyBlog 08/15/2013 at 07:44

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I still don't see any ads, because I block that stuff.

DasWauto > Sparf 08/15/2013 at 07:45

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Haha, same here. Now if only I could block/remove the related stories, that would really clean up the page.

WorldRallyBlog > Sparf 08/15/2013 at 07:46

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No ads yet, just placeholder images at the moment, but I suppose there will be ads at some point.

Sparf > WorldRallyBlog 08/15/2013 at 08:17

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Actually, I saw one ad, but it was just because I had foolishly been allowing scripts from doubleclick.net

Go Hawkeyes > DasWauto 08/15/2013 at 08:56

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If you are using Chrome you can the Easy Create Filter on AdBlock Plus to wipe out the related and top stories. I don't think Firefox has the Easy Create Filter but you can manually add things to block. Here's a good list of things to block on Gawker sites:

kotaku.com##.sidebar-content
kotaku.com##.js_sidebar
kotaku.com##.container
kotaku.com##.position-relative
kotaku.com##.js_related_module
jalopnik.com##.js_related_module
deadspin.com##.js_related_module
gawker.com##.js_related_module
lifehacker.com##.js_related_module
io9.com##.js_related_module
kinja.com##.js_related_module
gizmodo.com##.js_sidebar
gizmodo.com##.js_related_module
kinja.com##.position-relative
jalopnik.com##.sidebar-content
kinja.com##.sidebar-content
kinja.com##.js_sidebar
kinja.com##.container
io9.com##.sidebar-content
io9.com##.js_sidebar
io9.com##.container
io9.com##.position-relative
lifehacker.com##.position-relative
gawker.com##.position-relative
jalopnik.com##.position-relative
deadspin.com##.position-relative
lifehacker.com##.sidebar-content
lifehacker.com##.js_sidebar
lifehacker.com##.container
gawker.com##.sidebar-content
gawker.com##.js_sidebar
gawker.com##.container
deadspin.com##.sidebar-content
deadspin.com##.js_sidebar
deadspin.com##.container
jalopnik.com##.js_sidebar
jalopnik.com##.container
gizmodo.com##.position-relative
gizmodo.com##.sidebar-content
gizmodo.com##.container

Jagvar > WorldRallyBlog 08/15/2013 at 09:10

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I love ads. Especially cola commercials!

ttyymmnn > Go Hawkeyes 08/15/2013 at 09:47

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I tried doing this in AdBlock on FF, but I couldn't turn off the related stories. Checking "related_module" disables the Top Stories.

However, I really don't know what I'm doing; I've never tried to make a custom filter before.

Go Hawkeyes > ttyymmnn 08/15/2013 at 09:51

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jalopnik.com##.package-inset took care of the related stories for me. now if i could find a way to make everything stretch to fill all the empty space.

ttyymmnn > Go Hawkeyes 08/15/2013 at 09:54

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Oh. I don't think that one was in your list. I was only interested in the Jalopnik filters, so I might have missed it.

Thanks for doing this.

ttyymmnn > Go Hawkeyes 08/15/2013 at 09:56

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Yup, that worked. Thanks. But as you said, the space remains.

I don't know much about Web design, but my goodness, this is new layout is terrible on many levels. I wonder who is signing off on this.