kelley1995
Example:
IP-Blocking: Here: Only one by one can be entered. They cannot be disabled but have to be deleted.
Other tool: (IP Block): Offers the entering of many IPs, which can be disabled or not.
Country blocking: Here: If you accidentally block your country (as I did for testing purposes), I could not even go to the backend anymore.
Other tool: (CF Country Block): Blocks countries only in the front end and uses the same Maxmind data source.
HttpBL blocking: It works with the honeypot project but does not offer a redirecting page.
Other tool: httpbl: Offers a redirecting page.
For all blocking aspects a redirecting page 403 should be possible. For the time being only the individual language .ini files need to be adjusted, which I don't like too much.
Apart from these items the tool offers a huge variety of items to set and the tool has helped me to upgrade the Joomla core easily.
The answers in the forum came fast and could have been a little more specific in regard to the questions asked.
Thank you for your review, but you seem to have missed some of the tips and features of Admin Tools.
1. IP Block. You can enter IP ranges in human readable format, i.e. 192.168.0.1-192.168.1.255 or 192.168.1. If you want to mass-enter a large number of IP addresses you can use FreakedOut.de's Content Uploader to import massive lists from Excel files.
2. GeoIP blocking. Yes, we do protect your back-end as well. If you block a country you usually do so because you have tons of spamming/hacking attempts. Why risk those people attacking your back-end and not be blocked? That said, if you are you locked out, no problem, just follow the manual instructions for renaming one file, fix it and restore the file. Would you think that adding a toggle (protect front-end only / protect entire site) would be better? Please place your suggestion in our forum's Feature Request section so that we can discuss this further.
3. HttpBL blocking. What do you mean by redirecting page? Would you like to post a feature request in our forum so that we can talk about it more in depth and possibly implement this? The latest version (2.0.5 at the time of this writing) does present you with a link to a page which explains why you are blocked and what you can do to unblock yourself.
4. Blocking message: I agree. I don't like it either. This is on my to-do list for version 2.1.
Regarding the forum support, please note that we answer based on the information you provide us in your question. It's impossible to provide 100% accurate responses without having full access to the site. That kind of service is provided to AKEEBADELUXE and SUPPORT subscribers through the private ticket system - hence the higher price of those subscriptions.
Thank you for your feedback and constructive criticism! This is what helps us improve the software :)
I would like to see some further information: Is every page request checked or only once per session, which would prove not such a good solution for those robots, which request a page again and again per session...
Best regards,
Kelley
The developer is very responsive and helpful and has just informed me that there is a challenge with the Opera browser and Facebook. The plugin works well with all the other browsers like IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.
Thanks,
Kelley
This is really a great tool, which should be included in each Joomla installation.
Thanks, Kelley
Best regards
Kelley
I have encountered a few disadvantages though, which I would like to see removed in another version:
All the IPs are stored as parameters in the jos_plugins table, which makes the data access slow. This might not be the problem with a few IPs but becomes a tremendous challenge with about 6000 IPs.
Not only is the data field a text field in the jos_plugins table, which cuts all the entries after a specific length, but all the data needs to be retrieved for the plugin to work. (OK, I adjusted the field type manually to longtext to store all the data in the field.)
I suggest that an additional table be inserted into the database, which contains all the IPs. Then it would be one fast query to see, whether an IP is in the table or not. But the user wouldn't have to wait until 6000 or more records are loaded.
Thanks,
Kelley
I like this tool tremendously as it blocks IPs from accessing your site.
I encountered one issue though: I would like to add a long list of IPs. The tool only allows the entering of one IP at a time, which is too time consuming.
How are the IP values calculated?
Would you consider adding the feature please?
Thanks,
Kelley
Hi,
I've just updated IP filter.
It's possible to import long lists of IPs now.
+ some bugs fixed
Thanks,
Igor
Best regards,
Kelley
I would like to have some choices in the back-end though: Although the developer's website says that the smaller buttons are possible (compact view) there seems to be no way of actually doing it. The back-end parameters don't allow the proper set up; neither does the webpage explain how to do it.
A choice of either one or both social networks would be great: For example I would like to have to have the smaller Facebook button only. (Or maybe the small Facebook and Twitter button.) The large buttons are just to large for the layout.
Thank you for this great Plugin,
Kelley
Thanks for the Review. This plugin was inspired by the Facebook and Twitter Share buttons as seen sites like Mashable and Techcrunch etc... and it is being marketed as such. If you want any other layout like smaller/compact buttons all you have to do is ask on the Free Support Forum and make a request for a Free custom plugin.
Best regards,
Kelley
A fully functioning 1.5 native version has now been posted. Please review and provide feedback. Thanks!
I have installed the component/plugin with ease. It was so simple and is a wonderful tool, which I like a lot. Just replacing a word or a phrase and not having to worry about editing files is very easy and time saving.
Thanks for your fast response in the forum.
Kelley
Wait till you start experimenting with manipulating whole html structures... you can change the output of (3rd party) extensions to your likings and not touch a single file.
@davidosullivan: You may want to publish it on a content page, which you can than publish in a module (e.g. module place here). It is very simple to move it around and there is no need for a hack.