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advanced-adblock [2023/08/06 18:16] – [Adblock Settings] -condense hogwildadvanced-adblock [2023/08/13 15:50] – [Domain whitelist] -remove incorrect statement about "%" pruning hogwild
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 For example, if you enter "+sub.domain.com", only "sub.domain.com" will be blacklisted. "Sub1.sub.domain.com", "sub2.sub.domain.com" and other subdomains will not be filtered. For example, if you enter "+sub.domain.com", only "sub.domain.com" will be blacklisted. "Sub1.sub.domain.com", "sub2.sub.domain.com" and other subdomains will not be filtered.
  
-Prepending a "+" sign to a domain will also force a pruning of any subdomains found in the final blockfile. Pruning removes duplicate/redundant blocklist entries. +Prepending a "+" sign to a domain will also force a pruning of any subdomains found in the final blockfile. Pruning removes duplicate/redundant blocklist entries. Duplicate entries make for a larger blockfile size, which can increase processor cycles, RAM usage and storage space. Thus, pruning significant number of duplicated entries can reduce CPU, memory and storage needs.
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-Duplicate or redundant entries make for a larger blockfile size, which can increase processor cycles, RAM usage and storage space. Thus, pruning significant amounts of redundant entries can reduce CPU, memory and storage needs.+
  
 Any line starting with a "#" or "!" character is considered a comment and will be ignored. Any line starting with a "#" or "!" character is considered a comment and will be ignored.
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 **Sort a-z ↓** **:**  Clicking this button sorts the contents of this field alphabetically.  \\ **Sort a-z ↓** **:**  Clicking this button sorts the contents of this field alphabetically.  \\
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 If you whitelist: "sub.domain.com", then: If you whitelist: "sub.domain.com", then:
  
-  "sub1.sub.domain.com"+ "sub1.sub.domain.com"
  
-  "sub2.sub.domain.com"+ "sub2.sub.domain.com"
  
 and all other subdomains will be whitelisted. and all other subdomains will be whitelisted.
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-However, you can prevent subdomains of an entry from being whitelisted by prepending a "%" sign to an entry.+You can prevent subdomains of an entry from being whitelisted by prepending a "%" sign to an entry.
  
-For example, if you enter "%sub.domain.com", only "sub.domain.com" will be whitelisted. Subdomains, such as "Sub1.sub.domain.com", and "sub2.sub.domain.com" will still be blocked.+For example, if you enter "%sub.domain.com"
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 +  "sub.domain.com" will be whitelisted. 
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 +  "Sub1.sub.domain.com", and "sub2.sub.domain.com" will still be blocked.
  
-Prepending a "%" sign to a domain entry will also force a pruning of any subdomains found in the final blockfile. Pruning removes duplicate/redundant entries from the blocklist file. Duplicate or redundant entries can increase processor and RAM usage. Thus, pruning significant amounts of redundant entries can reduce CPU, memory and storage usage. 
  
 Any line starting with a "#" or "!" character is considered a comment and will be ignored. Any line starting with a "#" or "!" character is considered a comment and will be ignored.
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 **Sort a-z ↓** :  Clicking this button sorts the field contents alphabetically. **Sort a-z ↓** :  Clicking this button sorts the field contents alphabetically.
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 === Maintaining the Domain whitelist === === Maintaining the Domain whitelist ===
advanced-adblock.txt · Last modified: 2023/08/13 17:03 by hogwild