Newbie here with a newbie question.

[Eman Resu]

I am a newbie to AdBlockPlus for Google Chrome. I usually use FireFox 6.0 or 22.0 and i find that to be much more to my liking. Don't point out that my browsers are old as the dinosaurs, i like the user interface of the older browsers more than the new ones, they have all the buttons that are fully customizable in regard to their location, instead of the back button being connected to the URL bar in the newest firefox to the point where you may not separate them... Sorry, side tracked.

Long story short, i just don't get or understand HOW filters work here with Google Chrome and AdBlockPlus. I know it well with Fire Fox but Google Chrome, i am at a loss. A simple mass block in Fire Fox is not even possible with the knowledge i have. Take the example below.

ageofempires.fandom.com###google_ads_iframe_\/5441\/wka\.gaming\/_ageofempires\/\/article\/gpt\/TOP_RIGHT_BOXAD_0 - I don't actually want to block this but it is a great example.

In Fire Fox if i wanted to block this ENTIRE thing i would just use the filter of "ageofempires.fandom.com###google_ads_*". There. Done. Really that simple. With this stupid ad if i try ANYTHING it gives me this error when i try the following filter "ageofempires.fandom.com###google_ads_iframe_\/****\/wka\.gaming\/_ageofempires\/\/article\/gpt\/TOP_RIGHT_BOXAD_0"
Error message - Line 1: '#google_ads_iframe_\/****\/wka\.gaming\/_ageofempires\/\/article\/gpt\/TOP_RIGHT_BOXAD_0' is not a valid CSS selector
So my question is this: What the heck is a CSS selector and HOW is **** NOT valid? I am lost and i don't even know computer programming, i hate it actually, sooo. Yeah. Any help here will really be appreciated so i can use my mass and blanket like filters here instead of being hit with the dreaded CSS ERROR.

Eman out. Thank you.
Lastly, in case anybody suggest it, i don't like filter lists. I prefer to create my own custom filters for my normal usage. So please don't suggest i "subscribe to a filter list". Thanks!

[sbell]

Hi Eman!

Thanks for reaching out with your question! I was able to reproduce this error a while back, when multiple filters were shown as one. Can you send us a screenshot of specifically what you are trying to block? I'll reach out to one our filter wizards for a suggestion. You can also report filter issues here https://forums.lanik.us. ABP is not the owner of this site but these are the Authors of Easy List.

Thanks
Shannon
ABP Support Team

[mapx]

This filter

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ageofempires.fandom.com###google_ads_*

is not a valid one.

Use

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ageofempires.fandom.com##[id^="google_ads_"]

Read more about hiding filters:
en/filters#elemhide_attributes

[Eman Resu]

This filter

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ageofempires.fandom.com###google_ads_*

is not a valid one.

Use

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ageofempires.fandom.com##[id^="google_ads_"]

Read more about hiding filters:
en/filters#elemhide_attributes

Does anybody know of a link of any kind that actually explains how to mass block things with variables and explain HOW
"[id^="google_ads_"]" is the equivalent to * in a filter? Preferably in plain english as i have no idea how "[id^="google_ads_"]" actually blocks anything nor how it is a variable.

I am not a computer programmer, so any help here would be much appreciated.

Thanks so much.