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Posted: **Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:57 am**

Does any one know how to get rid of that dreaded dreamatches banner and link from most of worldgroup nt's active html? It's in the to right corner. I've tried to find html files that had it but no luck... It's not hard-coded in to it, is it?

Posted: **Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:45 am**

Malakai wrote:Does any one know how to get rid of that dreaded dreamatches banner and link from most of worldgroup nt's active html? It's in the to right corner. I've tried to find html files that had it but no luck... It's not hard-coded in to it, is it?

Hold your mouse over it on the web page. Right click to properites and get the file name. Then search your hard drive for it.

You can then replace the image or just edit the page that has the image on it. Most of the activeH files in in directories with names that make sence so you should be able to find the page.

Joe

Posted: **Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:44 pm**

Well, it's showing a link to gcomm/ad.html - and on the forum part, the link is webpage/forums/banner.htm . so i'm going to see if i can find it..

Posted: **Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:58 pm**

OK, I've done some digging around and found some interesting stuff.

First, on the forums page, here is what you can edit locally (wgserv\galacth\galforah\banner.htm). I've changed text and such and saved it, to make sure the changes showed up on the web server end. So, it's definately the right file for the forums part.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Forums</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY [BGCOLOR1] TEXT="#999999" LEFTMARGIN="0" TOPMARGIN="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" LINK="#999999" VLINK="#666666" ALINK="#333333" [BACKGROUND]>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE" [BGCOLOR2]>
[HOMEPAGE]
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE" BGCOLOR="#F0F0F9">
<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1">
<B>
<script language="JavaScript"> </script>
</B>
</FONT>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Now, for the same file as shown to be the source on a web browser:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Forums</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#999999" LEFTMARGIN="0" TOPMARGIN="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" LINK="#999999" VLINK="#666666" ALINK="#333333" >

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE" BGCOLOR="#5D78CB">
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#5D78CB"><TR><TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="left"><A HREF="/" TARGET="_top"><img src="/images/logo.jpg" ALT="HOME PAGE" BORDER="0"></A></TD><TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="right"><a HREF="http://www.gcomm.com/ad.htm" TARGET="_top"><img BORDER="0" ALT="Worldgroup Showcase" SRC="http://www.gcomm.com/ad.gif" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE" BGCOLOR="#F0F0F9">
<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="1">
<B>
<script language="JavaScript"> </script>
</B>
</FONT>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>

I'm not sure if there is a trigger that sets off this extra links/logos, but somehow worldgroup automatically adds this to the html file while online:

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#5D78CB"><TR><TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="left"><A HREF="/" TARGET="_top"><img src="/images/logo.jpg" ALT="HOME PAGE" BORDER="0"></A></TD><TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="right"><a HREF="http://www.gcomm.com/ad.htm" TARGET="_top"><img BORDER="0" ALT="Worldgroup Showcase" SRC="http://www.gcomm.com/ad.gif" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE>

This ad that is being sent out isn't from the server computer either. It's coming from www.gcomm.com/ad.htm and guess what, it's still an active ad. gcomm can add and/or change these ads at will and most likely is getting a commission for advertising these on any board that's running worldgroup 3.30.

I've been able to take the banner out completely, to remove the ad, but then everything else looks funky, with just a couple links on one line of text but maybe it could be rebuilt a little better. I'm just hoping that if you build a new banner on top, that worldgroup wont' put their link back in it.

Any ideas?

Posted: **Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:05 pm**

Search for this stuff

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#5D78CB"><TR><TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="left"><A HREF="/" TARGET="_top"><img src="/images/logo.jpg" ALT="HOME PAGE" BORDER="0"></A></TD><TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="right"><a HREF="http://www.gcomm.com/ad.htm" TARGET="_top"><img BORDER="0" ALT="Worldgroup Showcase" SRC="http://www.gcomm.com/ad.gif" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE>

in level 6 (text files) configuration and you might find the cfg option that you can change. I will look for it for you tonight when I get home..

level 6 config is from the old dos wg2.0 stuff. With the nt verssions its called text someting

Joe

Posted: **Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:46 pm**

Wow, that was it.. Apparently, worldgroup uses a keyword/trigger to put in info/webpages that are used frequently (the top banner ads/logos, links, color choices, etc)..

it's under general setup, A-HTML Text Variables, and it's under the first one. Who would have ever thought

thanks again

Posted: **Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:57 pm**

Malakai wrote:Wow, that was it.. Apparently, worldgroup uses a keyword/trigger to put in info/webpages that are used frequently (the top banner ads/logos, links, color choices, etc)..

it's under general setup, A-HTML Text Variables, and it's under the first one. Who would have ever thought

thanks again

Glad I could help.

Joe

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:39 pm**

Malakai wrote:Does any one know how to get rid of that dreaded dreamatches banner and link from most of worldgroup nt's active html? It's in the to right corner. I've tried to find html files that had it but no luck... It's not hard-coded in to it, is it?

I replaced the standard active html with a flash front page that then calls directly for the other pages for my system. I uploaded a basic flash kit to Rick's and dspain's system for other sysops to use. It's easy to set up. d/load it or contact me if you want a copy. No$$ needed

I also did some other minor graphic gif files to replace a lot of the old links the active html had.

Toyduck

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:57 pm**

Yeah, I'll check it out. Can you put it on a link on your web server for me to download? thanks

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:07 pm**

Malakai wrote:Does any one know how to get rid of that dreaded dreamatches banner and link from most of worldgroup nt's active html? It's in the to right corner. I've tried to find html files that had it but no luck... It's not hard-coded in to it, is it?

yeah just like how the wg 3.3 web site make ya look like netvillage?
that the website you are referring to. shows dreammatches ad.

Posted: **Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:03 am**

Yeah. Fortunately, the netvillage part is in the webpages/images/logo.jpg file i believe. So, I changed that to a simple little jpg with my board's name on it.

I believe there is also another text variable that puts some more netvillage stuff in the web pages, which is just a copyright 1999 netvillage, inc, all rights reserved yadda yadda..

Posted: **Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:00 pm**

Malakai wrote:Yeah. Fortunately, the netvillage part is in the webpages/images/logo.jpg file i believe. So, I changed that to a simple little jpg with my board's name on it.

I believe there is also another text variable that puts some more netvillage stuff in the web pages, which is just a copyright 1999 netvillage, inc, all rights reserved yadda yadda..

yeah i know what you mean, never quite understood that. says easy to configure your own web community yada yada yet doesnt make it real easy to remove all that.

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