How to block Ads effectively... with Opera!

[st_laflahae]

I saw the adblock post regarding how to block ads with FireFox, and i was determined to find a way of doing it with Opera, because it is a superiour browser, in my opinion. And i have...

 

 

 

Please note there are two different things that must be done for Opera 8.5 and Opera 9 for one section. To find which opera version you have, simply type opera:about in your address bar.

 

 

 

For Opera 8.5 and 9

 

 

 

Open your opera profile folder. On a windows XP machine, this will normally be at C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Opera\Opera\Profile

 

 

 

Download this file and copy it into the styles folder of your profile folder.

 

 

 

Click on the glasses next to the address bar (im assuming you have a default setup here).

 

 

 

Click the arrow next to the botton that says author mode, and click Manage modes.

 

 

 

For author mode, you need to select Page Style Sheet, Page Fonts And Colours and My Style Sheet. Then click ok.

 

 

 

Now click the box next to Ad Blocker Stylesheet, but make sure all the other stylesheets are unchecked.

 

 

 

Make sure the mode is still in Author mode.

 

 

 

For Opera 8.5 ONLY

 

 

 

Close Opera.

 

 

 

Now open the file Opera6.ini, which is in the profile folder, and add this code to the end:

 

 

 

[Adv User Prefs]

URL Filter File=filter.ini

 

 

 

Then download this file and copy it into your profile folder.

 

 

 

Now open Opera.

 

 

 

You're done!

 

 

 

Opera 9 ONLY

 

 

 

Close Opera.

 

 

 

Then download this file.

 

 

 

Copy all the contents from that file into urlfilter.ini.

 

 

 

Now open Opera.

 

 

 

You're done!

 

 

 

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I hope this has been of help to those of you who use Opera. :)