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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - P.I.S.S. Philez Number 68 = = - - Defeating Popup Ads = = - - by Defenestrator = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= If you have a webpage now on a free provider, like geocities or tripod, you know the crap you have to go through with popup ads. They're annoying, pointless, and your visitors normally get pissed off so much they never return. Well worry no more. There's relatively easy ways to remove them, although it differs from provider to provider. Find your provider on the list, and if it's not on here, see if you can figure it out based on where the ad shows up on the page. I'll have a section at the end on it. HostWebSite =========== They stick their popup ads after the </html> on your page. So, after the </html>, add a <script language = "Crap">. This will obviously not cause anything to show after the tag, but all there is is a javascript with a goddamn popup window. GeoCities *untested, because I've never had a page on there and never plan to ========= Their popup ad is appended to the end of the document whether you have a </html> or not. You can do the same thing as HostWebSite on removing it. They have been known to delete pages doing things to remove popup ads, so I suggest finding a decent provider. Tripod *also untested, same reason ====== They put their most annoying advertisement after the <head> tag, so again just put a dummy <head> tag in or put a script language tag in there and end the tag the line afterwards. They have been known to delete pages getting around popup ads, so fuck them in the ass with sticks. Another thing you could possibly do is write a function in your document before the <html> with the name TripodShowPopup and make it do nothing. That would probably work better as no one would be the wiser. I don't remember any others that make popup ads, but if there is, you can either turn off JavaScript (I personally hate Java applets + JavaScript altogether) or try to obscure the javascript that is read by either putting another script language tag so that it doesn't recognize the script and effectively throws its hands up in the air, or try to get the script put in some comments so that it doesn't get executed. -defenestrator defen@softhome.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PISS - People into Serious Shit Founders - Defenestrator, PhrostByte Members - Author Parselon Wu Forever Rocketeer Grench Rhodekyll Psycho Phreak Djdude Circular Reclusion AT2Screech Phantom Operator Apocalypse Skrike Kalony FreeRadical Comanche Contributors- Sameer Ketkar The Axess Phreak Devnull PISS, the author, and anyone else does not take responsibility for what you do with the stuff contained in this file. If you get busted, don't cry to us. We don't care. We have never done any of this. Really. And we don't condone it. Uh-huh. Want more stuff? Go to http://home.piss.nu E-mail the group at piss@softhome.net � Copyright 1998 PISS Publications and also copyrighted by the author. This file may be posted freely as long as this notice stays on the end. All rights reserved. Or something like that.