Stubborn frame...

[Tuljac]

I am trying to block this advertising frame which contain links. Here is screenshot; frame is marked with red arrow:



It's located at this site - http://www.blog.hr

Please, can someone help me to make filter for that?

[Dr. Evil]

I can't see the ad you mentioned on that page even with ABP disabled. However, all the ads I (as some who doesn't speak the language) can see are blocked by this filter:

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|http://ads.

[Tuljac]

That ad is located at the middle of right side. If you can't find it, go to "Edit" , "Find In This Page" ,and then type "spon".

Here is source code, just in case:

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<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:arial, helvetica;margin-top:3px;">
<tr>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #E1D4C0;border-right:1px solid #E1D4C0;border-left: 1px solid #E1D4C0;padding:3px 6px 1px 6px;font-size:13px;width:179px;">
<div style="font-family:arial, helvetica;color:#6F6F6F;font-size:13px;x;margin-bottom:0px;"><center>Sponzorirani linkovi</center></div>
<!--LINK ADS-->
</td>
</tr>

</table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:arial, helvetica;">
<tr>
<td style="border-right: 1px solid #E1D4C0;border-left:1px solid #E1D4C0;padding:5px 6px 1px 6px;font-size:13px;">
<a href="http://www.monitor.hr/jump.php?url=www.almahor.com" target="_blank"><b>Almahor Studio</b></a><br>
Kvalitetna dizajnerska rješenja za Internet.<br>
<font color="#008000">www.almahor.com</font>
</td>
</tr>

</table>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:arial, helvetica;margin-bottom:2px;">
<tr>
<td style="border-right: 1px solid #E1D4C0;border-left:1px solid #E1D4C0;border-bottom: 1px solid #E1D4C0;padding:5px 6px 4px 6px;font-size:13px;">
<a href="http://www.monitor.hr/jump.php?url=www.bankamagazine.hr/informacije/o-newsletteru" target="_blank"><b>Banka magazine</b></a><br>
Besplatne dnevne poslovne novosti na vaš e-mail.<br>
<font color="#008000">www.banka.hr</font>
</td>
</tr>

</table>
</td>
</tr>

[Dr. Evil]

ah, I've found it, sorry.

Blocking this eith abp is somewhere between impossible and really hard. It's not a frame, or an image, and the html elements used do not have any useful identifiers that could be used to block the right ads and leave the rest alone. You could use use element hiding rules to block the 26th, 27th and 28th row of any table, but there are other tables with as many rows. Finding the right table would be about as complex making the rules utterly complex and only the slightest change to the source of the page 'd make the rules in the best case useless, in the worst they'd block content.

[Tuljac]

ah, I've found it, sorry.

Blocking this eith abp is somewhere between impossible and really hard. It's not a frame, or an image, and the html elements used do not have any useful identifiers that could be used to block the right ads and leave the rest alone. You could use use element hiding rules to block the 26th, 27th and 28th row of any table, but there are other tables with as many rows. Finding the right table would be about as complex making the rules utterly complex and only the slightest change to the source of the page 'd make the rules in the best case useless, in the worst they'd block content.

In other words, there is no way to block that??

[Stupid Head]

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blog.hr##td[colspan="3"]:not([valign])>table

[Tuljac]

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blog.hr##td[colspan="3"]:not([valign])>table

Thank you very much!!!! It works perfectly!!

[Tuljac]

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blog.hr##td[colspan="3"]:not([valign])>table

Thank you very much!!!! It works perfectly!!

Now I want to know what that filter exactly does. Can someone explain how it works? Please...

[rick752]

Great job, Stu!

So glad that you work with me. Your element skills are as good as Sheepy's.

@Tuljac:
I'd like to hear this 'hide' myself. I think I'm creating a monster. The man has some skills.

Edit: I pretty much understand the 'hide' ... it's the syntax that I've never seen used in ADP before that has me curious .... ":not" ? ... didn't know you could do that.

[Stupid Head]

The filter is actually a CSS selector. It matches a table element that is a child of a td element that has a colspan of 3 but doesn't have a valign attribute. It's confusing if you don't try it yourself.

Documentation on using CSS selectors in Adblock Plus

CSS selectors tutorial (only covers CSS 2.1, there are some CSS 3 selectors that Gecko supports and are useful)

Firebug (easily identify elements without looking at source code)

Not() is a CSS 3 selector that Gecko supports. There are quite a few that are supported.

[rick752]

Thanx, Stu

And "yes", Firebug is great for element identifications within the code.

ps: @ Stu - There was a Firebug update yesterday.

[Tadiew]

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blog.hr##td[colspan="3"]:not([valign])>table

Can something like this be used to block the large, grey square Advertisement box eweek shows with all (I think) of the other ad-type objects blocked?

Here's a sample page:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,20 ... 102706EOAD

I just noticed that there's also a bar of whitespace across the top where most likely a banner ad has been hidden.

I switched to FF 2.0 a couple of days ago and Adblock Plus (and the Filterset.G Updater add-on) came along w/o problems as far as I can tell.

I'm sadly deficient in knowing where and how to place fixes like the one quoted above, so if there is a fix for the eweek element, please let me know where to put it (roflmao!) as well. Thanks!

[Stupid Head]

Switch from Filterset.G to EasyList + EasyElement. Those two filter subscriptions will remove advertisements and the leftover elements you speak of. It's highly recommended, and you won't need a separate extension like Filterset.G Updater to keep the filters up to date.

[Dr. Evil]

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eweek.com##td.Article_Content > div[style*="float"]

Besides, you really shouldn't use Filterset.G it's been unmaintained for quite some time now and it uses slow regexps and there are lots of false negatives. Try one of the subscriptions abp suggests in its preferences instead.

[IceDogg]

Dr. I agree with you except that G is working on it some again. But I still say Rick's is the better one. IMHO