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+ $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.31 2007/11/05 02:34:53 hal9 Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Privoxy Developers http://privoxy.org
See LICENSE.
</subscript>
</pubdate>
-<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.30 2007/11/04 15:16:40 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.31 2007/11/05 02:34:53 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
<!--
<ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#FILTER"><literal>filter</literal>
action</ulink> in one of the actions files. Filtering is automatically
- disabled for inappropriate MIME types.
+ disabled for inappropriate MIME types. Filters should
+ <emphasis>not</emphasis> be confused with <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#BLOCK"><literal>blocks</literal></ulink>, which
+ is a completely different action, and is more typically used to block ads and
+ unwanted sites.
</para>
<para>
&my-app; for various purposes and can easily be modified using any text
editor. All the template pages are installed in a sub-directory appropriately
named: <filename>templates</filename>. Knowing something about HTML syntax
- will of course be helpful. You cannot rename any of these files, or create
- completely new templates, that is not possible. But you can change the page
- content to whatever you like. Be forewarned that these files are subject to
- being overwritten during upgrades, so be sure to save any customizations.
+ will of course be helpful. Be forewarned that the default templates are
+ subject to being overwritten during upgrades. You can, however, create
+ completely new templates by specifying an alternate path for them in the main
+ <filename>config</filename>, see the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/config.html#templdir">templdir</ulink> option.
</para>
</sect2>
retrieved and displayed. The actual processing time required by
<application>Privoxy</application> itself for each page, is relatively small
in the overall scheme of things, and happens very quickly. This is typically
- more than offset by time saved not downloading and rendering ad images (if ad
- blocking is being used).
+ more than offset by time saved not downloading and rendering ad images and
+ other junk content (if ad blocking is being used).
</para>
<para>
url="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle">http://config.privoxy.org/toggle</ulink>.
See the <ulink url="../user-manual/appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS">Bookmarklets section</ulink>
of the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> for an easy way to access this
- feature.
+ feature. Note that this is a feature that may need to be enabled in the main
+ <filename>config</filename> file.
</para>
</sect2>
<para>
First verify that it is indeed a <application>Privoxy</application> problem,
by toggling off <application>Privoxy</application> through <ulink
- url="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle">http://config.privoxy.org/toggle</ulink>,
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle">http://config.privoxy.org/toggle</ulink>
+ (the toggle feature may need to be enabled in the main
+ <filename>config</filename>),
and then shift-reloading the problem page (i.e. holding down the shift key
while clicking reload. Alternatively, flush your browser's disk and memory
caches).
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$Log: faq.sgml,v $
+Revision 2.31 2007/11/05 02:34:53 hal9
+Various changes in preparation for the upcoming release. Much yet to be done.
+
Revision 2.30 2007/11/04 15:16:40 hal9
Fix one silly typo.