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#28308 Geo Blocking

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Latest post by buddha6 on Tuesday, 29 August 2017 08:22 CDT

Sunday, 27 August 2017 10:21 CDT

buddha6

Hi Nicholas:

I have a question regarding the Geo Blocking component.

Is it possible to redirect, to another URL/landing page, anyone attempting to access the site from a geo-blocked location?

Thanks much for your help and a superb product (s).

Best regards...

John

Edited by buddha6 on 2017-08-27 10:22 CDT

Sunday, 27 August 2017 13:47 CDT

nicholas

Hello John,

No, that wouldn't be possible. Any page in Joomla! would trigger the GeoBlock. This means that the redirection to the landing page would trigger the GeoBlock which would redirect to the landing page and so on and so forth until the browser would throw up the hands in the air and say "too many redirections". You can, however, include a link in the message (presumably a static HTML page in a subdomain) explaining why someone is blocked by GeoBlocking or any other reason.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

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Tuesday, 29 August 2017 08:22 CDT

buddha6

Hi Nicholas:

Thanks much for the prompt reply.

I thought as much. I guess I need to explore the subdomain/external site approach.

Best regards and, as always, thanks for a terrific set of tools.

John

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