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><A
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></A
->4. Quickstart to Using <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-></H1
+>4. Quickstart to Using Privoxy</H1
><P
> <P
></P
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> as HTTP and
- HTTPS (SSL) proxy by setting the proxy configuration for address of
+ HTTPS (SSL) <A
+HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server"
+TARGET="_top"
+>proxy</A
+>
+ by setting the proxy configuration for address of
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>127.0.0.1</TT
If using <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> to manage cookies, you should
- remove any currently stored cookies too.
+> to manage
+ <A
+HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
+TARGET="_top"
+>cookies</A
+>,
+ you should remove any currently stored cookies too.
</P
></LI
><LI
>Configuration section</A
> for more
configuration options, and how to customize your installation.
- </P
+ You might also want to look at the <A
+HREF="quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING"
+>next section</A
+> for a quick
+ introduction to how <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> blocks ads and
+ banners.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> If you experience ads that slipped through, innocent images that are
+> If you experience ads that slip through, innocent images that are
blocked, or otherwise feel the need to fine-tune
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy's</SPAN
-> behavio
ur, take a look at the <A
+> behavior, take a look at the <A
HREF="actions-file.html"
>actions files</A
>. As a quick start, you might
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"<A
HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
->Anatomy of an
+>Troubleshooting: Anatomy of an
Action</A
>"</SPAN
-> has hints how to debug actions that
+> has hints on how to understand and debug actions that
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"misbehave"</SPAN
></LI
><LI
><P
-> For easy access to Privoxy's most important controls, drag the provided
+> For easy access to <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>'s most important controls, drag the provided
<A
HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
>Bookmarklets</A
><P
> First a bit of a warning ... blocking ads is much like blocking SPAM: the
more aggressive you are about it, the more likely you are to block
- things that were not intended. So there is a trade off here. If you want
+ things that were not intended. And the more likely that some things
+ may not work as intended. So there is a trade off here. If you want
extreme ad free browsing, be prepared to deal with more
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> to perform
- some task relating to HTTP transactions (i.e. web browsing). We tell
+ some task relating to WWW transactions (i.e. web browsing). We tell
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
original page's HTML content. An ad image for instance, is just an URL
embedded in the page somewhere. The image itself may be on the same server,
or a server somewhere else on the Internet. Complex web pages will have many
- such embedded URLs.</P
+ such embedded URLs. <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> can deal with each URL individually, so, for
+ instance, the main page text is not touched, but images from such-and-such
+ server are blocked.</P
><P
-> The actions we need to know about for ad blocking are: <TT
+> The most important actions for basic ad blocking are: <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
><A
HREF="actions-file.html#BLOCK"
HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE"
>handle-as-image</A
></TT
->, and
+>,
+ <TT
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+><A
+HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
+>handle-as-empty-document</A
+></TT
+>,and
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
><A
HREF="actions-file.html#BLOCK"
>block</A
></TT
-> - this action stops
- any contact between your browser and any URL patterns that match this
- action's configuration. It can be used for blocking ads, but also anything
- that is determined to be unwanted. By itself, it simply stops any
- communication with the remote server and sends <SPAN
+> - this is perhaps
+ the single most used action, and is particularly important for ad blocking.
+ This action stops any contact between your browser and any URL patterns
+ that match this action's configuration. It can be used for blocking ads,
+ but also anything that is determined to be unwanted. By itself, it simply
+ stops any communication with the remote server and sends
+ <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->'s
- own built-in BLOCKED page instead to let you now what has happened.
+>'s own built-in BLOCKED page instead to
+ let you now what has happened (with some exceptions, see below).
</P
></LI
><LI
> <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
><A
+HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
+>handle-as-empty-document</A
+></TT
+> -
+ sends an empty document instead of <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy's</SPAN
+>
+ normal BLOCKED HTML page. This is useful for file types that are neither
+ HTML nor images, such as blocking JavaScript files.
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> <TT
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+><A
HREF="actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"
>set-image-blocker</A
></TT
> <DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><A
-NAME="AEN553"
+NAME="AEN513"
></A
><P
><B
CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
><P
><IMG
-SRC="../images/files-in-use.jpg"></P
+SRC="files-in-use.jpg"></P
></DIV
></DIV
>
>Actions Files Tutorial</A
>.
The ideas explained therein also apply to the web-based editor.</P
+><P
+> There are also various
+ <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
+>filters</A
+> that can be used for ad blocking
+ (filters are a special subset of actions). These
+ fall into the <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"advanced"</SPAN
+> usage category, and are explained in
+ depth in later sections. </P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
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VALIGN="top"
->Starting <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-></TD
+>Starting Privoxy</TD
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></TABLE
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