Certain Images

x218o7x · Post by **x218o7x** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:04 am

i looked around on here and cant find it so i was wondering how do i block a certain images name on any site there is... say i want to block "example-ad.gif" on any domain how would i do it?
im an adblock newb i know...

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:48 am

Try:

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example-ad.gif

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:18 am

I would be more specific, like:

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/example-ad.gif

Or even:

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/example-ad.gif|

But you got the general idea

x218o7x · Post by **x218o7x** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:51 pm

alright, figured it would be that simple... know i feel thoroughly stupid, thanks for the help

one last question, say i want to block any image ending in the same letters say theres
387fj3fexamplead.gif
4897f34examplead.gif
f4j84vxexamplead.gif
mklk73hexamplead.gif

would /*examplead.gif| work?

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:26 pm

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:42 pm

x218o7x wrote:alright, figured it would be that simple... know i feel thoroughly stupid, thanks for the help

one last question, say i want to block any image ending in the same letters say theres
387fj3fexamplead.gif
4897f34examplead.gif
f4j84vxexamplead.gif
mklk73hexamplead.gif

would /*examplead.gif| work?

You may as well just drop the

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as there would ALWAYS be a forward-slash SOMEWHERE before the trailing "*examplead.gif|" The filter would be interpreted as:

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*/*examplead.gif|

See?

x218o7x · Post by **x218o7x** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:11 pm

so your saying use
*examplead.gif| or */*examplead.gif| ??

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:32 pm

Use:

examplead.gif|

The "/" will do nothing except make the string 'look' at everything that has a "/" in it because it is wildcarded on each end.

EDIT: It is implied that there is a wildcard at each end of a filter string UNLESS you either define that something must appear at the beginning or end of an address (that is what the "|" is for).

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examplead.gif|

means that you will block anything that ENDS WITH examplead.gif .... removing the "|" will block the same thing ANYWHERE in the address.

Peng · Post by **Peng** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:21 pm

examplead.gif| will also block stuff like "myexamplead.gif". If you don't want that, use /examplead.gif|.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:32 pm

Peng wrote:examplead.gif| will also block stuff like "myexamplead.gif". If you don't want that, use /examplead.gif|.

You are right of course, Peng, but the question was:

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 say i want to block any image ending in the same letters say theres
387fj3fexamplead.gif
4897f34examplead.gif
f4j84vxexamplead.gif
mklk73hexamplead.gif

would /*examplead.gif| work?

... you may have missed that one, my friend

Peng · Post by **Peng** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:17 am

rick752 wrote:... you may have missed that one, my friend

That I did!

I swear that was edited into the post after I read it. >.>