Block or redirect specific countries, states / provinces, regions, zip codes / postal codes, AND/OR area codes from accessing a Joomla website. With our Joomla plugin, you are now able to block access to your website based on Geo-location information. Simply install the plugin, enter the areas you would like to block (or redirect), and you're done. Visitors will either see a basic textual block message that you provide in the settings or they will be redirected to another external website.
Features:
Block website access by country
Block website access by US States or provinces
Block website access by Zip Codes or Postal Code (including the ability to enter an entire range)
Block website access by Telephone Area Codes (including the ability to enter an entire range)
Display blocked message to website visitor or redirect blocked website visitor to an external URL
External server look-ups mean you get the most up-to-date information without any manual updating or subscription fees
By default, the plugin uses an external server to look-up geographic IP address location data which is updated once a month. The database is over 99.5% accurate on a country level and 79% accurate on a city level for the US within a 25 mile radius. This requires that your web server supports cURL on port 80 (most web servers do). The plugin also gives you the option of manually downloading the geographic IP location database periodically and uploading to your own server. This allows you to use a more accurate version of the GeoIP database. However, the external server look-up is very fast, very accurate, and is adequate for most users.
Compatibility:
The plugin has been programmed and tested with Joomla 1.5. Feel free to test in other versions of Joomla and report back to us so we can update our information. If you have problems with the plugin in other versions of Joomla and would like us to update the plugin for your version of Joomla, contact us.
Cost:
The plugin is free and is covered by the open source GNU/GPL license. However, optional access to the external server which looks up the geographic IP address location data requires a one-time payment per domain to cover bandwidth and server resources. If you choose to run the plugin using the local server option, you will need to obtain a copy of the GeoIP database (paid and free versions available) from MaxMind and periodically manually update it yourself.
Download:
Download the plugin now and begin your fully functional 2-day trial of the external server data feed. Once the trial expires, you will need to purchase a license for your domain name in order to continue using the optional external server to look-up the geographic IP address location data otherwise you will need to obtain a copy of the GeoIP database (paid and free versions available) from MaxMind and periodically manually update it yourself.
