kudzurunner
5749 posts
Nov 09, 2015
11:08 AM
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I became aware this weekend that the Amazon ads that I show on several pages of this website--the ones that have little album-cover icons and links to purchase pages--aren't showing when I use Firefox, my default browser. But they DO show, all of them, when I use Safari.
In order to troubleshoot this, it would be very helpful to me if you would visit the following page.....
classic blues harmonica albums
....using your favorite browser and any others you care to boot up, and tell me whether you see a blank white space below the final sentence (".....jamming along with their soulful grooves"), or, as intended, a field filled with several dozen Amazon icons for class blues harp albums.
If you've got Firefox and those icons are showing, please tell me what version of Firefox you're running. I just updated to the newest version on Saturday and I think that may be what's going on.
--Adam
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Nov 09, 2015 11:09 AM
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Grey Owl
496 posts
Nov 09, 2015
11:15 AM
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Seems to be working OK on PC on Firefox Version 42.0 and Chrome 46.0.2490.80m. Both showing 21 amazon icons.
Last Edited by Grey Owl on Nov 09, 2015 11:16 AM
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dougharps
1044 posts
Nov 09, 2015
11:18 AM
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42.0 shows the album covers.
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Doug S.
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rogonzab
839 posts
Nov 09, 2015
11:18 AM
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OK.
Windows 7, chrome 46.0.2490.80 m.
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Sorry for any misspell, english is not my first language.
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florida-trader
821 posts
Nov 09, 2015
11:30 AM
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White space on Chrome.
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Tom Halchak
www.BlueMoonHarmonicas.com
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marine1896
469 posts
Nov 09, 2015
11:32 AM
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I don't see any Amazon icons using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10
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kudzurunner
5750 posts
Nov 09, 2015
12:31 PM
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Well now here's the question: I'm using Firefox 42.0 and it DOESN'T show the album covers.
Can somebody explain how it can be working for GreyOwl and Doug, but not for me? I've whitelisted this site, so it's not as though ads are being blocked by Ghostery--or is it?
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tookatooka
3760 posts
Nov 09, 2015
1:15 PM
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OK on Vista using Chrome.
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Greg Heumann
3125 posts
Nov 09, 2015
1:32 PM
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SAFARI 9.0.1 / MAC OS 10.9.5 - WORKS FOR ME.
ALSO works on Firefox 42.0, same OS
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/Greg
BlowsMeAway Productions
See my Customer Mics album on Facebook
Bluestate on iTunes
Last Edited by Greg Heumann on Nov 09, 2015 1:33 PM
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nacoran
8773 posts
Nov 09, 2015
1:53 PM
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See if it's an Adblock issue. I'm using Chrome and they didn't display them until I specifically went in and made sure the MBH domain wasn't being blocked. (Usually I see our banner ads at the bottom, but I didn't see the record links until I disabled Adblock for the site.)
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isaacullah
3092 posts
Nov 09, 2015
2:04 PM
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I'm on Chrome on Linux. These ads are all displayed when I disable AdBlock and AdBlockPlus, but are completely gone when I have them enabled (normal state of affairs). Usually, AdBlock and ABP allow "unobstrusive" banner ads through, but block things with flash, things that are targeted through cookies, or things that are intrusive or annoying (video ads). I'm not sure how ABP sees these particular embedded Amazon ads, but clearly it is blocking them. This is odd, because it DOESN'T block similar Amazon ads on other sites I frequent, like in the camera reviews on www.imaging-resource.com/cameras/reviews/. Personally, I don't mind these kind of ads at all. They are quite unobtrusive to my browsing experience, and, in fact, add value by directing me straight to products I actually might want to buy. I wonder if there's another way for you to do it? Direct links to those albums? I suppose you need to have the correct code so that you get your cut of the proceeds though...
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Last Edited by isaacullah on Nov 09, 2015 2:05 PM
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BronzeWailer
1823 posts
Nov 09, 2015
3:55 PM
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Win7 Chrome and comes up fine.
BronzeWailer's YouTube
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ej
62 posts
Nov 09, 2015
4:34 PM
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Works fine on Imac, using Chrome 46.0.2490.80
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ME.HarpDoc
32 posts
Nov 09, 2015
4:42 PM
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All show up on Firefox on my Mac
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Frank101
132 posts
Nov 09, 2015
5:09 PM
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The album covers show up fine for me on both Chrome 10 and Firefox.
Unfortunately, there's a serious typo on that page - it looks as if it's recommending "Goin' Back Down South" for Charlie Musselwhite, instead of "Stand Back!". Weird.
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pharpo
781 posts
Nov 09, 2015
5:21 PM
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firefox 42.0 - all good
MS Edge - all good
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eebadeeb
87 posts
Nov 09, 2015
5:23 PM
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Firefox Linux I see the album covers
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Harp Study
156 posts
Nov 09, 2015
6:52 PM
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Chrome on a chromebook: I see the album covers.
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kudzurunner
5751 posts
Nov 09, 2015
7:45 PM
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Thanks, guys. I'm completely mystified. Nate, anybody: can anybody look at the evidence presented in this thread and figure out what's going on?
Using Firefox 42.0, I whitelisted this site. No Amazon.
I went to the Amazon site, and Amazon Associates (where I get the ad code) and whitelisted both of them, then went back to this site. Still no ads.
I guess I need to hire a pro, or just leave stuff as is and put up with the sub-optimal performance.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Nov 09, 2015 7:46 PM
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Noodles
405 posts
Nov 09, 2015
10:04 PM
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Probably not your browser per se', but rather your browser's settings.
Google search "Can't see icons on Firefox webpage" and you'll get several hits for support.Mozilla that address these types of issues.
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6SN7
601 posts
Nov 10, 2015
5:03 AM
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i have google chrome, a few hours ago all i saw was your book. now i see a whole lot of cd/records 9none of yours) and your book
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kudzurunner
5752 posts
Nov 10, 2015
6:35 AM
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I don't have AdBlock (the Firefox add-on); I have Ghostery. I've whitelisted this site and Amazon. Still no icons. Are you saying I should completely disable Ghostery? Or maybe I should just do that when I'm working on the site.
Well, I'll try temporarily disabling it.
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ridge
642 posts
Nov 10, 2015
7:39 AM
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kudzu,
Try creating an alternate profile in Firefox as a test.
As a second option, if you're on a Mac, maybe try logging on as a different user on the Mac and THEN launching Firefox. I have to believe it's something profile related with Firefox.
Good luck!
EDIT: Also, Firefox 41.0.2 on Xubuntu 14.0.2 icons are displayed when adblock is disabled and are totally non-existent when it's enabled.
-Dan Ridgeway
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Last Edited by ridge on Nov 10, 2015 7:42 AM
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kudzurunner
5753 posts
Nov 10, 2015
9:59 AM
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I did the "restart with add-ons disabled" on Firefox--I think it's called "safe surfing," something with the word safe in it--and sure enough, all the Amazon icons resurfaced. This made no sense, since I had already disabled Ghostery and since I only had two other add-ons, neither of which had the slightest thing to do with ad blocking.
So I decided to "refresh" Firefox. After watching a little pop up say something like "almost done" for about ten minutes, I decided that Firefox was frozen. So I forced it to quit. This lost me ALL my bookmarks. In fact, I couldn't get Firefox to open. I tried downloading a new version. Same thing. I tried restarting my Mac. Same thing.
I went online and......
Anyway, long story: I downloaded Firefox again, went into the internal directories, and messed with stuff, so now Firefox will open.....but I've still lost all my bookmarks.
I've spent the last two hours putting basic bookmarks back into the bookmark toolbar, one by one.
It's good to start from scratch every now and then.
The problem is still there, though, and I don't have any add-ons! Still can't see the icons.
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nacoran
8775 posts
Nov 10, 2015
11:45 AM
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The first time I tried disabling AdBlock it actually didn't take, but I know from experience that that happens sometimes so I always try it a second time.
It seems that we now have two separate issues- Adam's specific browser problem, and the more global problem of people who might not see the links and don't know why. I'm not sure what to do about the first one, but the second I think we can address by adding some text that says something like, "You should be seeing some links, if you aren't, try disabling any ad blocking plugins on this page".
As for troubleshooting your access problems specifically Adam, you are on a Mac right? I don't have access to a Mac to troubleshoot on, but if you send a link of where you got the buttons from on Amazon I can do some digging.
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Johncn
87 posts
Nov 11, 2015
6:05 AM
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I am using Firefox 42.0 (latest) on Mac operating system. The determining factor for me is whether or not AdBlock Plus (ABP) extension is turned on or off for MBH in the browser. Here is a sequence of Here is a sequence of screenshots to show before after disabling ABP.
Firefox 42 with ABP
Disabling ABP for MBH in Browser
Firefox 42 with ABP Turned off for MBH
So, it seems that AdBlock Plus is filtering out the AdSense feed to the viewers who use it.
Hope this helps,
Johncn
Last Edited by Johncn on Nov 11, 2015 6:11 AM
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florida-trader
823 posts
Nov 11, 2015
2:26 PM
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When I disable Ghostery the albums are visible.
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Tom Halchak
www.BlueMoonHarmonicas.com
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JustFuya
815 posts
Nov 12, 2015
7:06 AM
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Restore Bookmarks. Firefox backs them up each session, I believe:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1037683
Backup current ones before doing this tho.
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