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David Lovell Saturday 07 Mar 2015 14:18:29
Nice sunny day so I just opened plotaroute on my tablet to plan a walk. But to my dismay, I now have a huge ad banner down the entire RH side of my screen (desktop site). It's the full height of the screen and â…“ of the width. In short, it makes the website unusable. Maps on a screen only work if the area is maximised so this kills it.
I realise you have to have some advertising but not like this! Ads which ruin the underlying website would seem to be counter productive. Back to Google maps....?
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David Lovell Saturday 07 Mar 2015 14:55:00
Here's the screenshot showing the ad relating to my post above...
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David Lovell Saturday 07 Mar 2015 15:16:17
OK third attempt - here (I hope) is a screenshot of the desktop site from my 8in tablet, which illustrates the ad hiding 1/3 of the screen, as described in my initial post:
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plotaroute admin Sunday 08 Mar 2015 11:59:45
Thanks for your feedback David. We're only a small setup so unfortunately it's not feasible for us to develop lots of different designs for different devices at present. Our main focus is on designing for the desktop as we feel that this is the most suitable platform for using a tool like a route planner, which depends on accurate pointing.
I would recommend using the site in landscape mode on a tablet though, as this will give you a larger map. You could also try using our mobile route planner on your tablet - this currently has no adverts and you may find this easier to use on a touch device anyway. To switch to the mobile site use this click the Mobile Site link at the bottom of the page.
We would also be happy to consider introducing a subscription option with no adverts if there is interest in this.
John
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Claude Houssais Saturday 28 Mar 2015 00:52:24
I can not print or export any of my routes. Please advise what I should do to correct the problem.
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plotaroute admin Saturday 28 Mar 2015 09:32:12
Hi Claude - Can you give me a bit more information about what happens and I'll try my best to help? I'm not aware of any problems with exporting and printing from the site, so it may be a local problem. It would be worth trying a different browser.
John
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Claude Houssais Sunday 29 Mar 2015 20:18:50
Hi John,
When I activate the print function at the top of the open window of the selected route a small print window opens within the route window, then I activate 'print the route' button on the right hand side of the print window. Then the print window closes and nothing happens after that.
Claude
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plotaroute admin Monday 30 Mar 2015 15:20:09
Can you let me know what browser and device you are using please? A new tab/window should open with a print preview after selecting the print options and pressing Print. Do you have a pop-up blocker of some sort installed by any chance? It could be that this is preventing our site from opening the new window with the print preview. I would recommend temporarily disabling any browser add-ons or pop-up blocking sofwtare that you have installed to see if this helps.
John
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Claude Houssais Monday 30 Mar 2015 16:47:49
Thank you John for our help. Indeed the problem was the pop-up blocking.
Claude
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Guy Elliott Tuesday 12 May 2015 18:38:08
I have also been "hit" with these adverts today making a great site virtually unworkable but I don't want to stop using the site as it is very user friendly. Are you saying that these ads are a format that is going to remain? If so I am out of here but would be happy to pay a subscription otherwise. I appreciate you need to advertise but the massive format is so intrusive it is simply easier to go elsewhere
