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Updated How to whitelist a web site (markdown)

gorhill 2014-12-15 06:53:00 -08:00
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All whitelist directives are matched against the URL address of web pages.
As of version 0.8.2.0, the whitelist directive syntax is split into two classes:
As of version 0.8.2.0, the whitelist directive syntax is split into three classes:
- Plain
- Complex
- Comment
Plain syntax is when using only hostname label(s), which means only the hostname portion of a URL will be taken into account. With plain syntax, the matching is performed by comparing the right-most portion of the page hostname with the whitelist directive. Wildcards are not allowed when using plain syntax.
Complex syntax occurs if and only if at least one `/` appears in a whitelist directive. Optionally, wildcard `*` can be used with complex directives for more flexibility.
A comment is a line prefixed with `#`. Comments are ignored by µBlock.
If no `/` appears in a whitelist directive, and if the directive contains characters which are not allowed for plain hostname, then the whitelist directive will be commented out and ignored by µBlock.
#### Plain hostname