- Download the zip from here.
- Open up Google Chrome. If you don’t use it, you should. It’s free!
- Click on the wrench (or if you have an updated Chrome version, the 3 lines) on the top right hand corner, and goto Settings
- Switch to the Extensions tab.
- Unzip the zip you downloaded earlier
- Drag mdjonline.user.js to the extensions window
- Reload any article on mdjonline.com, and it should be popup free!
This doesn’t hack their servers or anything.. they use 2 divs, one that makes it grey, and one with the popup content. This just automates removing those divs.
UPDATE
You can use this script to remove from any website that uses Press+. Just edit the script before installing it to have the URL of the website. If you know a website that uses it, leave it in the comments, and I’ll update the script to include that site. Until Press+ comes up with a better solution to their problem, I’ll keep exploiting and updating this workaround.
Justin,
I was hoping you would update the Press+ script for http://www.starnewsonline.com/
Thanks,
Chris
Justin, I tried this for Macon.com yesterday and it seemed to work fine, however, tonight I received the resspass window again. Did something change? Is there an updated script?
Chris, Richard:
I’ll update it this weekend.
I ran into this incredibly annoying Press+ popup at http://www.nationalpost.com/index.html
I have an updated version at http://blog.justinhaygood.com/2013/06/27/updated-press-blocker/ that adds Star News Online support by default. I will add others once I determine if they are compatible. I haven’t been able to get the Press+ popup on Macon Telegraph and National Post websites yet.
This is the web site for the Wichita, Kansas Wichita Eagle newspaper. How do I block press+
The home page is:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/index.html
It is not protected. But clicking on any of the links goes to a page protected by Press+.
Thanks a lot!!!