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advanced-adblock [2023/08/06 18:16] – [Adblock Settings] -condense hogwildadvanced-adblock [2023/08/13 17:03] (current) – [Domain whitelist] -formatting 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":
  
-Prepending a "%" sign to a domain entry will also force a pruning of any subdomains found in the final blockfilePruning removes duplicate/redundant entries from the blocklist fileDuplicate or redundant entries can increase processor and RAM usageThuspruning significant amounts of redundant entries can reduce CPU, memory and storage usage.+"sub.domain.com" will be whitelisted, but; 
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 +"Sub1.sub.domain.com", and "sub2.sub.domain.com" will still be blocked.
  
 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.
  
- \\+ \\ **Sort a-z ↓** :  Clicking this button sorts the field contents alphabetically.
  
-**Sort a-z ↓** :  Clicking this button sorts the field contents alphabetically.+ \\
  
 === Maintaining the Domain whitelist === === Maintaining the Domain whitelist ===
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