WeatherBug being blocked

[HoosierDaddy]

Hi,

We use WeatherBug to display local weather on our site and recently it's being blocked by Easylist. The filter that's doing the block is: "/728x90/*". I don't know if that's a new filter for Easylist or if WeatherBug changed the name of some of their elements.

[fanboy]

Have you got the actual url it is effecting?

[HoosierDaddy]

Have you got the actual url it is effecting?

Sorry for not including the URLs. Since this is an Easylist forum, I was thinking the Easylist filter would be the only thing anyone could respond about. Here are the URLs:

http://img.weather.weatherbug.com/Image ... pass-e.gif
http://img.weather.weatherbug.com/image ... rtical.gif

[Hubird]

Can you post a link to the actual site that you are having problems with.

[HoosierDaddy]

Can you post a link to the actual site that you are having problems with.

Okay: http://pkra.com/?page_id=663

But don't be surprised if the webmaster has implement a workaround by the time you see it.

[Hubird]

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@@*.weatherbug.com/*

Seems to do the trick.

I am at a bit of a loss as to why

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@@*weatherbug.com*$domain=pkra.com

Does not achieve the same thing, is it because it is the weatherbug frame that is loads the blocked content ?

[fanboy]

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@@*.weatherbug.com/*

This would be excessive (to whitelist an entire domain for this)

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@@*weatherbug.com*$domain=pkra.com

Fine if you're only visiting this site, but I'm guessing weatherbug.com widgets are used elsewhere,

I've fixed the issue with 2 whitelists

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@@.weather.weatherbug.*/stickers/*

@@/weather.weatherbug.*/web-widgets/*

oh yeah, (tribute to Rick)

[Wladimir Palant]

Yes, the weatherbug image is apparently being loaded by a frame from weather.weatherbug.com. Meaning that the original filter can be changed into "/728x90/*$domain=~weather.weatherbug.com" without any whitelists.

[fanboy]

Oh yeah It does effect my list a little more,

http://weather.weatherbug.com/desktop-w ... [b]=728x90&[/b]StationID=KDVT&units=0&Version=2
http://img.weather.weatherbug.com/Style ... [b]_728x90.[/b]css

Not so much so for easylist.. but suggested $domain filter should be fine

[Hubird]

Suggested domain filter would have to be added to the 3 active filters wouldn't it ?

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*_728x90.*

/728x90/*

*=728x90&*

[fanboy]

This would be enough on my list:

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@@/weather.weatherbug.*/web-widgets/*

@@.weather.weatherbug.*/stickers/*

Should be enough for just easylist:

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"/728x90/*$domain=~weather.weatherbug.com"

But using both, yeah all 3 filters.

[Ares2]

Meaning that the original filter can be changed into "/728x90/*$domain=~weather.weatherbug.com" without any whitelists.

Done.

[HoosierDaddy]

Meaning that the original filter can be changed into "/728x90/*$domain=~weather.weatherbug.com" without any whitelists.

Done.

Thanks!

[HoosierDaddy]

This is getting weird. The problem was fixed. Now a few days later, its back. Same files being blocked by the same filter as first reported. Its like the fix was dropped sometime in the last few days.

[Hubird]

Working fine for me. Make sure you have the latest Firefox and more importantly the latest ABP (one that supports domain exceptions).

Fanboy has a list of common ad dimensions that also had a false positive on that site, as mentioned he has fixed it in his list by using two whitelists. Downloading his list will not only catch more ads but it will also make doubly sure that the problem is fixed.

You can get his "Object Dimensions" list from

http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/alpha/

The "Object Dimensions" list and his "Adult/Dating Adservers" list both work fine in conjunction with EasyList