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More info?)
i actually experienced some problems when i did the hosts file thing..
neopets kept freezing up on the bad hosts and not loading, very annoying and
it led me (along with a great deal of other problems) to reformat the lovely
hard drive and reinstall my OS
but some people here had great success with it, so i decided to repost it...
glad i could help...
bama
"daramark" <dara.butler@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:hppfe.3097$B82.55632@news20.bellglobal.com...
> "bama" <mjablecki@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:zkofe.2545$Fv.872@lakeread01...
>> Thanks for the info, it is really useful!
>>
>> daramark wrote:
>>> OK, for the new year one of the Neoquest sites that was posted earlier
>>> this
>>> week (last week? anyway
http://geocities.com/neoquest_2/intro.html )
>>> has
>>> updated. And they have a section on blocking the banner that I will
>>> copy,
>>> it's on the bottom.
>>> My questions are on the IE portion, Does It Work? Will It Make My
>>> Darling
>>> Mad By Hurting The Thrice Damned Windowz Product (that he wants to rip
>>> out
>>> anyway)? Would this work for Neoquest II only, or for the whole of
>>> Neopets?
>>>
>>> And just in case he does rip it out, this isn't the way some of you have
>>> gotten around the banners in Mozilla, is it? Again, would this
>>> particular
>>> way hurt his linux or Mozilla?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Stop loading the banners!
>>> Most of the time, I could ignore the banner on top of the new neopets
>>> layout. However, the banner becomes a pain, especially for someone using
>>> a
>>> slow connection to play NQII. The banner either: (A) Doesn't Load
>>> properly
>>> (B) Takes a super long time to load.
>>>
>>> If you are using a browser that can let users have their own custom
>>> stylesheets. The info below might be useful to you. If you have software
>>> in
>>> place to block them, please ignore the information below.
>>>
>>> Solutions
>>> For IE, copy the text below into Notepad, save it as a CSS file (e.g.
>>> np.css). The text basically tells the browser not to display the banner
>>> in
>>> the <div>:
>>>
>>> div.ban,div#ban {display: none !important;}
>>>
>>> Then open up IE, go to Tools/Internet Options/Accessibility, click on
>>> the
>>> "Format documents using style sheet" button. Hit browse, and select the
>>> .css
>>> file that you saved previously. Hit OK, re-open IE, and it should block
>>> the
>>> ads, and get rid of the white space.
>>>
>>>
>>> For Netscape Mozilla Firefox (or varients), you can download Adblock
>>> extension so the banner don't load. For Mozilla: Install an extension
>>> called
>>> ChromEdit that makes tracking down and making the config files easier.
>>> Restart Firefox after installation. If you already have that extension,
>>> go
>>> to the Tools menu, select 'Edit User Files'. Click the userContent.css
>>> tab,
>>> scroll to the bottom of the window and enter this:
>>>
>>> #ban { display: none !important; }
>>>
>>> And restart Firefox. Use that together with AdBlock so the banner don't
>>> even
>>> load.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> daramark
>>>
>>>
>>>Here is another quick tip that should help speed up everyone's Neopets
>> experience.
>>
>> Blocking the banners using CSS tweaks is cool, but it really only
>> addresses half of the issue. The visual half. Sure, your eyes are
>> not being assaulted by ads out the gi-gi (is that hyphenated?), but
>> your PC is still contacting the servers containing said ads. The
>> second half of the issue is to convince your computer that those
>> servers (hosts) do not exist. Surely you have seen your PC attempting
>> to connect to "tribalfusion.com", "adserver.com", "realmedia.com" and
>> the like while waiting for a Neopets page to load, right? If your PC
>> wasn't trying to talk to that @#$* ad site, your page would already be
>> fully loaded.
>>
>> Rather than re-invent the wheel, here is a link that goes into great
>> detail (yet is still easy to read for the non-geeks among us) on how
>> you can make your PC stop taking to these other servers:
>>
>>
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>>
>> It is not at all specific to Neopets, but it describes how to make
>> some relatively simple changes to your PC to block out the vast
>> majority of ad-related sites.
>>
>> FWIW, the only items I have added to this HOSTS file of which they
>> speak are the sites that I know cause me grief on Neopets. I did this
>> because this stuff only bothers me when I am restocking or playing
>> games that require frequent screen refreshes.
>>
>> I do not have this list with me here, but if anyone wants it let me
>> know...I can post it later.
>>
>> Have fun!
>>
>> --
>> Ray Newman
>> ray@spankaroonietwounderpants.com
>> (remove underpants to reply)
>>
http://www.neopets.com/refer.phtml?username=goofyspouse
>> "moofenki" <incowgnito@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:z22fe.5245$eJ4.340@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
>>>I had to re-install my entire system due to another virus. Thankfully, I
>>> was able to save everything as far as pics and files... but I need the
>>> stuff
>>> to enter into firefox to stop the top banners
P might as well get the
>>> same info to stop it in IE, too, if possible.
>>>
>>> tankies
D
>
>
> Thanks! I finally got the stuff to work for Mozilla.
Now I might just
> work on the HOSTS file. I know that Ray did post his eventually. I think
> I will check in my 'sent items' folder since I probably said thanks.
>
>
> daramark
>
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