Forum Display Enhancements - IE6 Blocker - JQuery version

Description:

compeletly block IE6 Users from browsing your forum, this is a jQuery version and works 100%.


How to Install:
1) Upload the contents into your forum root Folder
2) add 2 lines of code to Headinclude
Admincp>> Styles & Templates >> >> Style Manager >> All Style Options
Select Common Templates
you shoudl see 3 sections
Header
headinclude
footer

within headinclude after uploading all the content to your forum root folder
add the following code to the bottom of headinclude

<script type="text/javascript" src="/includes/ie6blocker/jquery-1.2.6.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/includes/ie6blocker/jquery.ie6blocker.js"></script>

the code should be below:

</vb:if>
{vb:raw template_hook.headinclude_css}

Example screenshot of what it looks like using my website www.ereptalk.co.uk

[TheSupportForum]

ChangeLog:

17 Aug 2010 - Added Arabic Translation provided by Dr.osamA

[Dr.osamA]

thanxx bro

good work

installed + 5 stars + translation to Arabic

[Rich]

Why would you want to block IE6 users? That certainly doesn't make your website user friendly. I would go so far as to call this mod silly. You don't want to block any valid user from accessing your website.

[goran424]

Originally Posted by Rich

Why would you want to block IE6 users? That certainly doesn't make your website user friendly. I would go so far as to call this mod silly. You don't want to block any valid user from accessing your website.

I thought the same but my forum looks real silly if you browsing with IE6. Hard to explain, only forum owners can see what difference makes viewing VB with IE6 or IE8.

To me, this modification is very useful. Thanks Doc Osama.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Rich

Why would you want to block IE6 users? That certainly doesn't make your website user friendly. I would go so far as to call this mod silly. You don't want to block any valid user from accessing your website.

I agree with your point - blocking (just) IE6 seems a very poor decision and a good way to drive away visitors - however, this is a support thread, not the place to discuss the merits of such a system. Please start a thread in the discussion areas of the forum if you wish to discuss this. Thanks.

[TheSupportForum]

Originally Posted by goran424

I thought the same but my forum looks real silly if you browsing with IE6. Hard to explain, only forum owners can see what difference makes viewing VB with IE6 or IE8.

To me, this modification is very useful. Thanks Doc Osama.

i am the developer please remember Doc Osama is a contriburo for the arabic version

[ZeuQma]

good idea we dont like ie6 or below version..

[nezr]

I'm gonna try this to block spam bots!

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by nezr

I'm gonna try this to block spam bots!

It is very effective for that and also zombie computers that are part of botnets. Most all of those use IE 6 or earlier, that's how they got into the botnet to start with.

The percentage of legitimate humans using IE 6 or earlier continues to dwindle, it's not even worth entertaining them any more IMO. They need to get themselves a 21st Century browser.

If Microsoft really wanted to shut down 90% of all botnets, they would either cancel the user key on systems that have IE 6, or force-update these to the latest version of IE. This alone would probably stop 90% of DDoS attacks and spambots.