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FTP or - any protocols besides HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)! It won't work! + any protocols besides HTTP and HTTPS (SSL) unless you intend to prevent your + browser from using these protocols.
For easy access to Privoxy's most important controls, drag the provided - Bookmarklets into your browser's - personal toolbar. -
Please see the section Contacting the @@ -266,8 +264,8 @@ CLASS="SECT2" CLASS="SECT2" >4.1. Quickstart to Ad Blocking4.1. Quickstart to Ad Blocking
Ad blocking is but one of 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
Privoxy 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. The actions we need to know about for ad blocking are: The most important actions for basic ad blocking are: handle-as-image, and
+>,
+ handle-as-empty-document,and
block - 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 - 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
+ Privoxy'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).
Advanced users will eventually want to explore Privoxy + filters as well. Filters + are very different from blocks. + A "block" blocks a site, page, or unwanted contented. Filters + are a way of filtering or modifying what is actually on the page. An example + filter usage: a text replacement of "no-no" for + "nasty-word". That is a very simple example. This process can be + used for ad blocking, but it is more in the realm of advanced usage and has + some pitfalls to be wary off.
The quickest way to adjust any of these settings is with your browser through
the special http://p.p/show-status). This
- is an internal page, and does not require Internet access. Select the
- appropriate Note that as of Privoxy 3.0.7 beta the
+ action editor is disabled by default. Check the
+ enable-edit-actions
+ section in the configuration file to learn why and in which
+ cases it's safe to enable again. If you decided to enable the action editor, select the appropriate
+ "actions" file, and click
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> Actions Files Tutorial.
The ideas explained therein also apply to the web-based editor. There are also various
+ filters that can be used for ad blocking
+ (filters are a special subset of actions). These
+ fall into the "advanced" usage category, and are explained in
+ depth in later sections.