virginholidays.co.uk [fixed]

Post by **Russ** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:13 pm

Hi all,

On http://www.virginholidays.co.uk/, the rule

*/promotions/*

in EasyList hides various items. Since these are promotional items internal to the site (it never carries external ads), which visitors probably want to see, they shouldn't really be blocked. I suggest this exclusion rule:

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@@/https?:\/\/www\.virginholidays\.co(\.uk|m)\/promotions\//

Regards,

Russ
P.S. Disclosure: I am a developer for this site.

Post by **Russ** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:20 pm

Or, slightly more efficient...

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@@/^https?:\/\/www\.virginholidays\.co(\.uk|m)\/promotions\//

Russ

Post by **rick752** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:43 pm

You're all set, Russ ... added a partial whitelist. Feel honored as I usually don't hand those out too often

. But it is deserved in your case.

(whispering: if it is easy enough for you to do so, you might want to change that directory name ... mine is NOT the only filterset to use that. All I ask is that you let me know if you change it. )

Post by **Fox** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:40 am

Can you include domain extension with these whitelisting filters.
Because i think there is no point whitelist all domain extensions, it's like doing it just in case.
And also, if domain extension is .com, then please use .com/
or .com: (If site uses port numer after it.)
Because like .com has:
.com.au (Australia)
.com.cn (China)
.com.sg (Singapore)
.com.mx (Mexico)

There are maybe others too, and .net and .org has those too.
So with those too, use / or : after domain extension, like .net/

I just want all possible problems to -> minimal as possible.

So with this case:
@@.virginholidays.co.uk/promotions/
or
@@.virginholidays.co.uk/*promotions/
or
@@.virginholidays.co.uk*/promotions/ (because it's co.uk, i think there is no co.uk.xx)

Thank you.
Your EasyList is very good, i just would like to have these possible whitelisting problems away.

Post by **Russ** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:40 pm

Many thanks for this Rick! I may change the path to something other than /promotions in future but it's not a small job, so asking for a whitelist entry seemed worth a try as the first solution

I will let you know if it changes in future.

Russ

Post by **rick752** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:25 pm

Got it Fox

I guess a false-positive on something like 'virginholidays' could be a problem

Post by **chewey** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:33 pm

Indeed - I was relutant to click on this link at work because the domain seemed to be... um... for mature audiences.

It was only after visiting it from home I realised it was one of Branson's Brands.

Post by **Fox** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:25 am

rick752 wrote:I guess a false-positive on something like 'virginholidays' could be a problem

Yes, but i did mean all similar possible problems, so maybe i need to pm you later.

Because your whitelisting is not "CLEAR and as TARGETED as possible" now.

Post by **rick752** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:02 pm

Fox wrote: Yes, but i did mean all similar possible problems, so maybe i need to pm you later.

Because your whitelisting is not "CLEAR and as TARGETED as possible" now.

Thanks for the PM Fox. I have made a few adjustments now and made the whitelist part of the EasyList as ""CLEAR and as TARGETED as possible" now.

Post by **Fox** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:15 am

rick752 wrote:I have made a few adjustments now and made the whitelist part of the EasyList as ""CLEAR and as TARGETED as possible" now.

I agree.
You are fast, thanks.

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