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Serious! Active. Amazon glitch

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BlameItOnTheMoonlight · 19/05/2014 10:29

The 'active' button seems to have been hyperlinked with Amazon instead - it takes me to this page

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MNHQ
AmyMumsnet · 21/05/2014 12:22

Phew! That's good to hear.

Original poster
BlameItOnTheMoonlight · 21/05/2014 11:35

Yep, sorted for me too, thanks :)

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MrsLettuce · 21/05/2014 10:54

Wonderful, you've sorted it!

Trills · 20/05/2014 21:36

I wanted to report this too (Firefox, Windows 7)

Clicking on "Active" in the viewport bar takes me here

Thurlow · 20/05/2014 20:58

Weirdly, I don't get this at home using Firefox - I don't get the Amazon sidebar advert at all! I don't think I have any exciting adblock on here either.

MrsLettuce · 20/05/2014 20:23

Still all the same as yesterday here too. Clicking on 'Active', I'm on or 'I'm watching' from active convos goes to amazon. It really is very annoying.

catsrus · 20/05/2014 17:14

nope - nothing to do with minimising the page - mine is full screen on a large monitor Grin

Thurlow · 20/05/2014 14:30

I think it's because I'm on the Active page with the massive adverts down the side, so when the page is minimised it's getting confused and thinks I'm clicking on the advert?

Thurlow · 20/05/2014 14:29

I've just started getting it. Using Chrome. It happens when the page is minimised in anyway because I'm at work trying not to be too obvious and if I try and click on Active of I'm On from the Active convos page, I get sent to a new tab instead with the Amazon MN book.

catsrus · 20/05/2014 13:23

LOL - it's happening to me too. Firefox on a Mac - all three of the top bar options link to the Amazon MN book page - but only when in Active conversations. It's the same in Safari too. The hover-over information appears to be correct, shows that it should be calling the page "I'm on" etc but actually selecting the boxes takes you to Amazon.

lougle · 20/05/2014 13:10

"I figured it is enough for the mouse to chose hover accidentally over the ad, to go to that page."

I don't think it's that, Quint, because I'm clicking the bookmark on my browser, which is set to take me to Talk. I can load a fresh instance of Google Chrome, click the bookmark, and despite the hover saying 'www.mumsnet.com/talk', it's the cookery book which loads on Amazon.

QuintessentiallyQS · 20/05/2014 13:07

I have had that happen to me a few times.

I figured it is enough for the mouse to chose hover accidentally over the ad, to go to that page.

It does not make me want to buy the book. It is just annoying.

lougle · 20/05/2014 13:04

Me three. It's awful and I couldn't face buying the book after seeing the cover so many times.

bookcave · 20/05/2014 11:36

Still there for me this morning too and the site is being very slow too.

Seeline · 20/05/2014 08:09

The link to Amazon is still happening for me this morning. It is the floaty bar when on active convos for all 3 buttons. Seems to be working OK if using from other screens.
I'm on a desktop pc using IE9.

Tis getting really annoying now Sad

MrsLettuce · 19/05/2014 23:54

Is most annoying - has been so all day for me too. Firefox on mac

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BlameItOnTheMoonlight · 19/05/2014 23:50

Desktop, IOS, firefox

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lougle · 19/05/2014 20:22

Thank you!

MNHQ
YetAnotherHelenMumsnet · 19/05/2014 20:00

Hi Lougle,
just to confirm that I've passed your query onto the technoboffins in the shed, hopefully they'll be able to sort it.

lougle · 19/05/2014 18:42

Hi MNHQ, I've sent you an email, but on chrome I'm finding that if I click my bookmark for MN, Threads I'm On from within MN or even Active from within MN, 9 times out of 10 it's taking me to amazon and your book. It's quite frustrating!

nemno · 19/05/2014 18:38

I've just mentioned this on another thread, seems like it would be better here. Desktop, vista, firefox.

OddBoots · 19/05/2014 16:29

desktop, chrome.

It happened a couple of months ago with the Haven sidebars/skyscraper ads and only stopped when the sidebar adverts were removed. It looks like the code in the sidebars over-rides the links in the viewport bar.

bookcave · 19/05/2014 16:10

desktop site - laptop and FireFox.

member · 19/05/2014 16:03

Just started happening to me (I must admit I'd previously read the OP and thought she was mis-positioning her cursor Blush )

I'm on desktop site via laptop, Google Chrome.

MNHQ
AmyMumsnet · 19/05/2014 15:58

Hi all,

That sounds very odd, but don't give up on us yet!

If you could let us know if you're looking at the page via mobile or desktop, and which browser you're using, we'll try and pinpoint the problem for you.

We take full responsibility for any odd thoughts about housekeeping which occur in the meantime.

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