In general, yes; but if you wish to register for ICRAchecked, and your site is accessible with and without the www prefix to your domain, then no, you must use an absolute URL in the link tag’s href attribute. Why? Filters and the ICRA label tester will follow a relative URL in your link tag, […]
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Families using tools such as Internet Explorer’s Content Advisor will continue to benefit from PICS labels for some time. If you have obtained a new (RDF) label since January 2006, then you will have received a PICS version of your label along with your Link tag. You can therefore remove your old v02 PICS tag, […]
Most ISPs take the security of their customers’ websites very seriously and take a number of precautionary measures. One of these can be to only allow certain types of file to be uploaded to their servers – and that list may not include files ending with .rdf. The simplest way around this is to use […]
WML and versions of HTML older than HTML 4 do not support the Link tag and so should not be used directly in resources written in those formats. However, Link tags can legitimately be written as HTTP response headers. This is discussed at length in the system specification document (see below) but requires you to […]
If your site uses frames and every page always appears within the same frameset, you only need to include the Link and PICS tags in the head section of the frameset. Your code might look something like this: Website title Since the frameset is always loaded before the pages that go into it, the site […]
We have heard of rare cases where web sites that are protected by firewalls become unavailable after labels have been added. The reason is that the labels.rdf file is declared as being an RDF file. However, the firewall examines the file as it passes through and detects that it is an XML file. Both are […]
The ICRA system is designed to allow providers to label their content quickly, efficiently and flexibly. In order to ensure predictable results for users, the way in which different filters process labels must be consistent. The recommended processing rules are set out below to enable content providers to assess the most convenient method of labelling […]
ICRA exists to help users to find what they want, to trust what they find and to avoid content that they regard as inappropriate for themselves or their children. A vocabulary is provided that can be used to describe any and all digital content in a manner that reflects a broad range of parental concerns […]
The basic procedure is as follows: Decide what label(s) you need Create a file that contains the label(s) Upload your label(s) to the web Link your content to the label(s) Show your visitors that you are ICRA labelled (optional) The label generator can take care of steps 2 and 3 for you; step 4 requires […]
After restarting your computer, you will see a blue ICRAplus icon at the bottom-right of your desktop. Right-click on this to access a number of options. Select Administration. You will be prompted to enter your user name and password. Enter “Default” as the user name and the password you set when you installed the filter. […]