On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 21:21 +1300, Amos Jeffries wrote: > On 16/12/10 15:03, Optimum Wireless Services wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I don't know if this is the right place to ask about this issue, if is > > not then, please apologize. > > > > I have a small WISP in my town and I would like to offer free internet > > service at coffee shops, restaurant, and other public places but, this > > free service will have its limitations: All pages would have an > > advertisement or promotion on top just like NetZero used to do in the > > past. I think this is done with frameset but, don't know how to force > > this for all the pages. > > > > I would like to do this with php/mysql and if the user tries to remove > > the frame then maybe redirect them to pay per hour/day etc service. > > > > I have a linux gateway that runs squid and would like certain ip > > addresses (free ones) to view pages with this promo on top or even > > have pop ups from time to time whichever is easier. > > > > I've had people tell me it can be done with squid. > > > > Can this be done? If so, can you please provide any suggestions? > > > I seriously suggest you try your hardest to avoid altering the actual > content. Altering content directly gets you straight into a minefield of > legal issues with the copyright owners of said web content Thanks for replying. I really would like to edit the actual web content at all. I would like to find a solution where I can have a banner atop of the page (browser) and have the requested page right underneath the banner. I don't know if any of you got a chance to use NetZero for free back in the days when they forced an ad on top just like I would like to do. Anyone has an idea on how they did that? > Splash pages are accepted by most clients in this type of situation. > Which periodically cut the viewing process into a full page of advert > with a continue link back to the previous request. Look into captive > portals for how to do this in an easy way with any squid-2.6 or later: > http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Portal/Splash > Splash pages might be an alternative if there isn't a way to do what I thought can be done. > > Doing anything with the body in Squid requires a separate ICAP service > or eCAP plugin written specifically to perform the act. This requires > squid-3.0 pr later (the newer the better). > You might get away with the frame trick since the original content is > still available unchanged. Though browser support for frames is a very > confused area with frame, iframe, script, embed and object all doing the > same role depending on the browser if it supports sub-frames at all. > I don't mind using CSS for this, it might be a lot easier. > > Amos
