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Proper order for URL Match parameters
Jan. 17, 2013, 08:21 PM
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Proper order for URL Match parameters
I'm getting some strange behavior from the filter below. The idea is that it should only filter s1.zetaboards.com, but it's affecting others - and it depends on the order of the elements in the URL Match box (the only difference between the two below).


Name = "zeta header logo 9-29-12"
Active = TRUE
URL = "s1.zetaboards.com/ $TYPE(htm)|$TYPE(css)"
Limit = 190
Match = "logo* clear:both"

Name = "zeta header logo 9-29-12"
Active = TRUE
URL = "$TYPE(htm)|$TYPE(css) s1.zetaboards.com/"
Limit = 190
Match = "logo* clear:both"


The first filter above affects http://maps.google.com/ (screws up street view)
The second filter affects http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/ (alters page layout)

But Google Maps works fine with the 2nd one, and CNNSI works fine with the first one. Without the $TYPE restrictions, it doesn't affect either site. It seems impossible, even if I'm getting the order wrong in the URL Match. Maybe a glitch apart from Proxomitron.

Either way, I'd like to know the proper order for elements in the box. For years I've been using the 2nd method and have just assumed it works, but maybe not. Isn't it ideal to have a $TYPE restriction so that the filter's scope is narrowed as much as possible?
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Proper order for URL Match parameters - zoltan - Jan. 17, 2013 08:21 PM

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