get rid of Refer-a-Friend

[mr.ska]

get rid of Refer-a-Friend

Please give me a way to get rid of the Refer-a-Friend ad on my home window!! I like Alibre and will recommend it, but I do not need what amounts to an ad reminding me every single time I start up!

 

[rbrian]

Refer-a-Friend - Ad

Hi - What ad? No Refer-A-Friend Ads show up in my program in Windows 2000 - off line or online! Where do you find this ad? Under a Tab - ie: Welcome, Sessions, Tutorials, Community??

In the bottom, (I get a picture of the fax machine model rendered there).
Use the Print Screen Key - if you have nothing else - and send me a pic of it!! Robert

 

[cclark440]

I think this is what he is talking about. Your home window doesn't have it?

 

[rbrian]

Nope

Here it is!

 

[mr.ska]

You seem to be the lucky one, Rob... I have the same thing cclark440 has.

cclark440, what OS are you using? I'm guessing XP. That's what I'm on. I wonder if it's an XP-only thing... Anyone using AD v7 on something other than XP care to chime in?

 

[rbrian]

Refer-a-Friend - Ad - vs Consultants?

Hi - I did not see the Ad on Windows 98 on my Notebook, and one of the AA's thought maybe it was not shown to accounts that were already Alibre Consultants - anyone else to verify this?
I use Win2K Pro on my Desktop and don't have the ad - anyone else using the same OS but showing this?? Robert

 

[DavidOH]

I'm using windows 2000 with a firewall. I find that if the firewall is set to prevent Alibre from accessing the internet, the ad won't come up. It then stays off even if I allow access & go online.

 

[cclark440]

Ok After a little testing I think I figured it out (sorta)?.

I am running WinXP.
I have two accounts, my work account and my personal consultants account. It doesn't matter which one I log on with the add shows up at the bottom. Even if I choose to work offline the add shows up. Now If I physically disconnect my network connection (pull plug) I get the same window as rbrian.

So for me personally it shows up if Alibre finds a connection to the net, even if I am working in offline mode. Maybe it has to do with the level of the software. I see that rbrian is running expert, while I am running pro.
Can any one else verify this?

 

[rbrian]

Ad and Network connections - firewalls etc.

I am running on a router too - ( I forgot - it adds firewall elements within itself ) that might have something to do with it! Robert

 

[blaplant1]

Ad and Network

Has anyone noticed that one of the picture shown is Design Professional and the other is Design Expert? Could this be the difference?

blaplant1

 

[DavidOH]

No, that can't be it, because I can get either version at will just by changing whether or not the program can access the internet!

 

[Cameraman]

Agreed. It seems that Alibre can instruct the window to put whatever they want down there, but if you don't connect to their server then you get the default window . . .

Regards,
Greg

 

[rbrian]

The Mighty Ad Window image Saga

Greg, - did you notice - my pic was taken when I am online to the Alibre Server? And - Like I said - that is the same picture at the bottom - when online - or off - in my case! Robert

 

[barrykingwill]

I won't add my screen capture, as I have like 1 or two people in my contact list.

Feels positively un contacted .....*smile*

But for what its worth, I also have the "Refer a Friend" ad on mine.

 

[barrykingwill]

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[cclark440]

Are the two in your list the Assistant and the Consultant :?: ..............

Just kidding.

 

[barrykingwill]

Just opened Alibre again (which in my case opens offline by default, to save time), and I noticed that while OFFLINE I just have the Alibre Logo, and when going ONLINE I get the "refer a friend".

So I guess whatever appears at the bottom of ones screen depends on what AD decides to put there, via their server when you go online.