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<title>Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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This FAQ gives users and developers alike answers to frequently asked
- questions about <application>Privoxy</application>.
+ questions about <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy</ulink>.
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<application>Privoxy</application> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
<sect3 id="newconfig"><title>Can I use my old config files?</title>
<para>
- There are major changes to <application>Junkbuster</application>
- configuration from version 2.0.x to 2.9.x and later. The older files will
- not work at all. If this is the case, you will need to re-enter your old
- data into the new configuration structure. This is probably also a good
- recommendation even if upgrading from 2.9.x to 3.x since there were
- many minor changes along the way.
+ There are major changes to <application>Junkbuster</application>,
+ <application>Privoxy</application>, configuration from version 2.0.x to
+ 2.9.x and later. Most of the older files will not work at all. This is
+ especially true of <filename>blocklist</filename>. If this is the case, you
+ will need to re-enter your old data into the new configuration structure.
+ This is probably also a good recommendation even if upgrading from 2.9.x to
+ 3.x since there were many minor changes along the way.
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for you to see why. These are handled differently than what has been defined
explicitly as <quote>images</quote> (e.g. ad banners). Depending on the
URL itself, it is sometimes hard for <application>Privoxy</application> to
- really know whether it is indeed an ad image or not.
+ really know whether it is indeed an ad image or not. And there are
+ limitations as to what <application>Privoxy</application> can do to
+ <quote>fool</quote> the browser.
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<para>
- If you want them to be treated as if they were images, so that they can be
- made invisible, then move the offending URL from the <quote>+block</quote>
- section to the <quote>+imageblock</quote> section of your actions file. Just
- be forewarned, if make any URL is made <quote>invisible</quote>, you may not
- have any inkling that something has been removed from that page.
+ For instance, if the ad is in a frame, then it is embedded in the separate
+ HTML page used for the frame. In this case, you cannot just substitute an
+ aribitray image (like we would for a <quote>blank</quote> image), for an HTML
+ page. The browser is expecting an HTML page, and that is what it must have
+ for frames. So this situation can be a little trickier to deal with, and
+ <application>Privoxy</application> will use the <quote>Blocked</quote> page.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you want these to be treated as if they were images, so that they can be
+ made invisible, you can try moving the offending URL from the
+ <quote>+block</quote> section to the <quote>+imageblock</quote> section of
+ your actions file. Just be forewarned, if any URL is made
+ <quote>invisible</quote>, you may not have any inkling that something has
+ been removed from that page. If this approach does not work, then you are
+ probably dealing with a frame (or <quote>ilayer</quote>), and the only thing
+ that can go there is an HTML page of some sort.
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<para>
- Alternately, you could modify the <quote><filename>block</filename></quote>
- HTML template that is used by <application>Privoxy</application> to display
- this, and make it something more to your liking.
+ To deal with this situation, you could modify the
+ <quote><filename>block</filename></quote> HTML template that is used by
+ <application>Privoxy</application> to display this, and make it something
+ more to your liking. Currently, there is no configuration option for this.
+ You will have to modify, or create your own page, and use this to replace
+ <filename>templates/blocked</filename>, which is what
+ <application>Privoxy</application> uses to display the <quote>Blocked</quote>
+ page.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Another way to deal with this is find why and where
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is blocking the frame, and
+ diable this. Then let the <quote>+image-blocker</quote> action
+ handle the ad that is embedded in the frame's HTML page.
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