# Slight difference in the way the board is displayed, since insertion of ads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648 "2005-09-27T07:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648/1 "2005-09-27T07:33:03Z")
I’m using IE in a window that is not occupying the full screen; I’ve noticed that after posting, the thread is loaded so that the left hand side of the page is not visible without scrolling across to it… Or I _think_ that’s what I’ve noticed… this is a test post to see if I can make it happen. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648/2 "2005-09-27T07:34:15Z")
True to form; it _didn’t_ happen, but I’m sure I didn’t just imagine it before - has anyone else noticed this? ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648/3 "2005-09-27T07:47:08Z")
Is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336443) the issue you were having? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648/4 "2005-09-27T07:52:33Z")
I do believe it is; not only that, but I know that I was exploring that little dropdown box only the other day, on my machine at home (which would explain why I can’t duplicate the effect here) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648/5 "2005-09-27T07:53:35Z")
…or in other words… thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648/6 "2005-09-27T08:02:36Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > …or in other words… thanks! You’re more than welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648/7 "2005-10-05T22:56:48Z")
Resurrecting this thread because a) I didn’t get the chance to implement the advice straight away and the problem is still happening and b)the dropdown is gone - I’m concerned that my (incorrect) skin preference might be stored in my profile(i.e. server side) and that I now have no way to change it back. I have cleared cookies, and it’s still doing what I described above. ---
**Author:** ![jdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648/8 "2005-10-05T23:19:39Z")
Mangetout, I checked your server side profile and you are set to use the forum default style. I removed one of the styles a little over a week ago because it was never meant to be there in the first place. That is why the styles option box is now gone because there is only one style now. I explicitly set your style to the only remaining style, saved your profile, and then set your profile back to the forum default style. If anything was saved on the server that should have overwritten it. One thing that occurs to me without knowing exactly what the problem you’ve described might be is that the Google ads are implemented as a 728x90 pixel leaderboard meaning if your browser is not a minimum of 728 pixels wide this change is going to introduce the need to scroll. Jerry ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-difference-in-the-way-the-board-is-displayed-since-insertion-of-ads/323648/9 "2005-10-07T12:37:08Z")
Thanks Jerry I’ll see if it still happens tonight - it only seems to happen on one machine at home, but that might be because my browsing/window sizing habits are different elsewhere, or that there’s some difference in the display setup (although I think not on that one).