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I'd like to be able to also filter out "remove from blacklist" items, so that it only shows the "add to blacklist items.

You can't do that. The blacklist accepts IP expressions like ranges, CIDR blocks etc. In order to implement a filtering option like the one you requested we'd have to pass each and every entry in the log through PHP code to determine if it's filtered. With thousands of records this would require exorbitant amounts of memory and unrealistic amounts of CPU time, leading to a blank page (in the best case scenario!). What we are currently doing is that we check only the records you are presenting on the page against the blacklist. Since this is a very small subset (up to 100 records) it can be done within a reasonable time and without requiring massive amounts of memory.

This is something I can't implement, sorry :(

Second, it would help a little to have "remove from ..." and "add to..." in different colors to enable faster reading of the pages. With the filter suggestion above, that's not as big a deal, but I thought I'd mention both suggestions.

Ideally I should be using color-coded mini-buttons with icons. I am adding on my to-do list.

A third item is the layout. Currently, the "remove from.." or "add to.." always appears under the IP address, even though I have a wide screen. I'd be able to see many more items per page if this could appear on the same line.

Most people, however, do not have a very wide screen. The current choice is a compromise. Perhaps if I implement the mini-button idea above I will be able to squeeze them to the left of the IP address. I'll have to make sure the entire thing fits snugly on an iPad screen.

Lastly, a request for something I'm sure you've considered, but just to let you know. That would be a way to click on the IP address and go to an "IP Info" service to check out information on that IP address. I'd like something that would let me choose from among different websites that offer this information, or to be able to add my own website.

You mean like clicking on the magnifying link icon next to each IP address which is already implemented and fully customisable? ;) Yes, that's already implemented and more powerful than you wished for.

I was thinking that it would be great to have a tool that could analyze the blacklist and propose ways to consolidate the many individual IP addresses into ranges of addresses.

Noble goal which is hard to achieve and has no real benefit. The time to pull an extra record from the database and loop through it is less than the time required to parse an IP range or a CIDR block in PHP. You'd end up with something equally or more slow than you began with. Plus, it would be extra tough removing an IP from the list.

Second, (and I admit I didn't research this in the user documentation), I'm hoping that the blacklist is or can be restricted to the administrator url addresses if desired, especially if blocking ranges of addresses. I'd still want the ability to allow front page visits from those same addresses.

Nope. IP filtering is absolute. If you block an IP, it's blocked from everywhere. You should follow the opposite approach, whitelisting IPs. The whitelist allows admin access only to specific IPs. The drawback is that all whitelisted IPs also get an "all shields down" treatment, i.e. all IPs in the whitelist range get Admin Tools' WAF turned off for them.

As always, I'm very pleased with all of your software offerings, and I continue to highly recommend it to any and all, when appropriate .

Thank you very much, Stephan!

It's a busy page. I'll try to make it easier on the eye.