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#11992 Redirect Entire Country

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Latest post by nicholas on Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:06 CDT

Saturday, 14 April 2012 12:28 CDT

ameran
Hi,

I am premium user of your extensions. I really love the Admin Tools. I found out that I can block the entire specific country to access my site.

I am wondering, if there is a way to redirect the entire country to a specific URL? If not, is it a good idea to add this feature to Admin Tools? I believe, that this feature will be a good thing for webmasters.

I have two questions: What URL do the blocked visitors from a country see? Is it possible to change that URL or page? I really appreciate your help.

Regards,
Amir Nouri

Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:06 CDT

nicholas
Hi Amir,

So far nobody had asked for such a feature and, frankly, I don't see a good reason to implement that. Just remember that sniffing the country is about 95% accurate. It's best to redirect visitors based on their language (something which Joomla! can do) rather than their country.

The URL the Geo-blocked visitors see is the same error page all blocked visitors see. You get the choice between a standard-issue Joomla! 403 error page with a custom message, or the new design, overridable error page - it's all in the docs. While you can't the change the URL of the page (because it's not a special URL, it's a bit complicated to explain it but let's just say that Admin Tools hijacks the page), using the custom error page you can provide your own layout to present the message you want. You can do that using standard Joomla! template overrides.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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