HTCountryBlock Package

Country blocking designed for web sites
running on "shared servers"

from fixingtheweb.com
by Maurice Randall <maurice@fixingtheweb.com>

To protect your web site, clickable links to the outside world are not used in this document.

1. Copyrights, etc

2. Introduction

3. Requirements

• 3.1 File requirements
• 3.2 Summary of setup

4. Setting up

• 4.1 Check permissions
• 4.2 Copy the files
• 4.3 Initial testing

5. Build the database

• 5.1 Updating the database

6. Using the software

• 6.1 Sharing the IPToCountry utility with others

7. Block those countries

• 7.1 Pick your countries
• 7.2 Build the "ht" files

8. Edit the countrycheck.php file

9. Create or modify your .htaccess file(s)

10. Test your website

11. More stuff for the .htaccess file

• 11.1 Even more edits for the .htaccess file

12. Using password protection

• 12.1 Protecting the countrycheck.php file

13. Web site performance

14. The end, and thanks for using this