Comments on: More Obtrusive Ads… http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/ The Salesforce Heretic - Pushing the limits of On-Demand CRM Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:33:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Kirk http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-23092 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:49:10 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-23092 er... make that <code>setCookie('sawBanner', 'platform');</code> (and watch those single quotes! you want them ' not ’) er… make that

setCookie(’sawBanner’, ‘platform’);

(and watch those single quotes! you want them ‘ not ’)

]]> by: Kirk http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-23091 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:47:39 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-23091 Another update: <code>setCookie(’sawBanner’, ’spring07′);</code> Another update:

setCookie(’sawBanner’, ’spring07′);
]]> by: Kirk http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-13447 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:15:41 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-13447 Another update: <code> setCookie('sawBanner', 'spring07'); </code> Another update:

setCookie(’sawBanner’, ’spring07′);
]]> by: megan http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-13418 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:21:44 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-13418 That link to the appexchange is now dead - they must have removed it altogether. I can't get a thing searching on anything to with Saw and Banners... sadly. That link to the appexchange is now dead - they must have removed it altogether. I can’t get a thing searching on anything to with Saw and Banners… sadly.

]]> by: heretic http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-10913 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:07:25 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-10913 It's kind of like the IVR prompts "Press 1 for English, Para Espanol..." Why should we have to press 1? It’s kind of like the IVR prompts “Press 1 for English, Para Espanol…” Why should we have to press 1?

]]> by: Spirawk http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-10910 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:56:42 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-10910 Salesforce published an appexchange app to remove the ads: <a href="http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/detail_overview.jsp?id=a0330000002ghL4AAI" rel="nofollow"> Saw Banners Be Gone!</a> Salesforce published an appexchange app to remove the ads:
Saw Banners Be Gone!

]]> by: Kirk http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-7966 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:47:10 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-7966 Another update: <code>setCookie(’sawBanner’, ’winter07’); </code> Another update:

setCookie(’sawBanner’, ’winter07’);
]]> by: Kirk http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-5502 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:48:04 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-5502 Note that the sawBanner has been updated (at least in our instance). This old code may not work. I'm having success with a small adjustment to one line of the above code: <code> setCookie('sawBanner', 'successforce'); </code> Note that the sawBanner has been updated (at least in our instance). This old code may not work. I’m having success with a small adjustment to one line of the above code:

setCookie(’sawBanner’, ’successforce’);
]]> by: Aliza http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-3906 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:07:24 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-3906 My site admin told me that he had disabled this, but it's come back. Other elements that I'm currently blocking, to preserve screen real estate: https://www.salesforce.com/us/login-messages.jsp?force_ee=true https://www.salesforce.com/us/assets/home/home_globe.gif https://www.salesforce.com/web-common/assets/dashHR.gif https://www.salesforce.com/us/assets/logos/sfdc_223x78.gif https://www.salesforce.com/web-common/assets/logos/nosftw_183x60.gif https://na2.salesforce.com/img/service_support_logo.gif (Yeah, my login page looks a little funny, but since all I want to do on the login page is, well, log in, I don't care.) My site admin told me that he had disabled this, but it’s come back.

Other elements that I’m currently blocking, to preserve screen real estate:

https://www.salesforce.com/us/login-messages.jsp?force_ee=true
https://www.salesforce.com/us/assets/home/home_globe.gif
https://www.salesforce.com/web-common/assets/dashHR.gif
https://www.salesforce.com/us/assets/logos/sfdc_223×78.gif
https://www.salesforce.com/web-common/assets/logos/nosftw_183×60.gif
https://na2.salesforce.com/img/service_support_logo.gif

(Yeah, my login page looks a little funny, but since all I want to do on the login page is, well, log in, I don’t care.)

]]> by: heyyou http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-3380 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:30:00 +0000 http://sfdc-heretic.warped-minds.com/2006/11/02/more-obtrusive-ads/#comment-3380 If you log a ticket with salesforce.com support they will opt you out of the advertising. it turns of the button on the home page "Get Ready for Winter 07" as well. The secret name is "Hide New Features Image." If you log a ticket with salesforce.com support they will opt you out of the advertising. it turns of the button on the home page “Get Ready for Winter 07″ as well. The secret name is “Hide New Features Image.”

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