Hi there.
Lately wlodb experienced a plague of oversized and animated signatures, drastically increasing loading time of forum topics.
As long as there is no solid restriction on the size and content of signatures there is not much to do...
...but to block them out on your own PC. And this is the part where content/adblockers come in handy.

--------------------Opera content blocker--------------------
To block a single URL or a pool of URLs in Opera browser:
There is a content blocker already built-in in Opera.
-Click Tools->Advanced=>Content Blocker
-in the next window click "add"
-type the url that you want to block out
-hit "Enter"
You're done, from now on anything that comes from this URL won't be showed in your browser.

--------------------Firefox AdBLock Plus--------------------
To block a single URL or a pool of URLs in Firefox browser:
You have to download an "AdBlock Plus" plug-in.
-Go to this site:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...
-install the plug-in (there are also versions for older Firefox releases)
-after installing plug-in restart Firefox.
-click Tools=>AdBlock Plus (or simply click Ctrl+Shift+E).
-click on highlighted area
-type the URL you want to block out.
-hit enter.
From now on you won't see anything from this URL in your browser.

--------------------Unwanted URLs--------------------
To block out MOST of signature content you should add these whole URLs (inlcuding stars wich substitute any sign/signs in the place where they're put) to your blocker:
http://*.glitter-graphics.net/* -blocks ALL glittery graphics from this url
http://*.glitterfy.com/* -blocks ALL glittery graphics from this url
http://dragcave.net/image/* -blocks ALL dragoncave images
http://*squiby.net/* -blocks ALL squiby images
http://*.fodey.com/* -blocks ALL fodey custom generated images

Beware, adding these url will block them ANYWHERE. If you're using any of the above sites, content blocker will not allow you to view them or their graphics.

--------------------Opera current site filters--------------------
However if you're using Opera there is a way to bypass it. You can block some content only on current site. For example you set a filter that will block dragoncave dragons only while watching wlodb.com.
-Go on wlodb.com (or any other site, where you don't want to see graphics like glitter or dragons)
-right-click background
-choose "Block Content"
Now you should see a frame with few buttons on top.
-You can shift-click an image to block him FOR THIS SITE ONLY or...
-...or you can click "Details" button to launch an URL blocking window, where you can type and set URLs that should be blocked from appearing ON THIS SITE ONLY. Paste URLs mentioned earlier.

--------------------Manual graphics filtering--------------------
Above URLs should let you get rid of most of the signature graphics on wlodb. To get rid of the rest you should block them manually by:
-Right-clicking and choosing "AdBlock image" in Firefox;
-Right-clicking, choosing "Block Content" and Shift-clicking an image in Opera.

Hope it'll help users with slower conection to freely stroll through wlodb forum.

Last edited Tue, 16 Feb 2010, 12:59am by Lateralus

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