geocities

[Howard]

How do I block the popups that geocities puts on its 'free' sites?  I'm using the gecities branding killer feature and the ads seem to be gone, but the popup windows still appear.  I don't want to kill all popups (the ones I click on to initiate).

[Zhen-Xjell]

Welcome aboard.  Can you provide some links?

[Howard]

Geocities stuck this at the top of the file (on one line):
<script language="JavaScript">var PUpage="76001079"; var PUprop="geocities"; </script><script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.geocities.com/js_source/pu2geo.js"></script><script language="JavaScript" src="http://us.geocities.com/js_source/ygIELib9.js?v3"></script><script language="JavaScript">yvSM=0;yvVP=0;var yviContents='http://us.toto.geo.yahoo.com/toto?s=76001079&l=NE&b=1&t=1010960089';yviR='us';yfiEA(0);</script>

And this at the bottom:

<IMG SRC="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=76001079&t=1010960089" ALT=1 WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1>



 

[pcoopers]

Do a search for "surf in peace"   It's a popup killer, that initially only kills a few popups.  Very user freindly, first time you see a popup you don't like, right click the SIP icon in toolbar, go to configuration > add > display open windows  Just select the offending pop, tell it OK, you won't see it again.

Paul Cooper

[dave1006]

I have to disagree with pcooper here: I have used various pop-up killers (programs that sit in your tray usually, and 'prevent' pop-ups - although, usually what happens is the pop-ups open and the titlebar is checked and if it is on the 'blocked' list of the program, the window is then closed - but this causes a 'flashing' effect as various windows open and are closed *almost* immediatly, and often causes you to check your desktop to see what just crashed )

Anyway, my point is it is *far* better to have Proxo block pop-ups than any dedicated pop-up killing program:
a)Having another program running uses system resources
b)Those 'pop-up flashes then closing' moments are annoying
c)Proxo 'blasts' the pop-ups at the source level, meaning your browser doesnt have to waste time in opening a new window (and then more time as your pop-up-killing program closes it again).

Howard, if you turn the pop-up filter 'ON' in your default filter set that came with Proxo, it *won't* (doesn't for me) kill pop-ups that you initiate yourself (ie clicking a link). I hope this helps.

 

[Barcode]

Here's my rule you can add to kill the Geocities pop-ups:

Filter Name: GeoCities pop-up killer - by Barcode

URL Match: *.geocities.

Byte Limit: 4096

Matching Expression:
<script*above generated by server. PLEASE REMOVE -->|
<!-- text below generated*

Replacement Text:
<!-- ha ha ha... script removed -->