Print this page As the ICRAplus administrator, you may want to make changes to a number of different users’ settings in one sitting. Remember that if you are using profiles, the changes you make in ICRAplus only apply to the active profile! To switch between profiles, simply select the profile you want to work with […]
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Print this page An important concept within ICRAplus is that it should adhere to the ideas of the Internet Content Rating Association an independent, non-profit organization. ICRA’s aim is to protect children from potentially harmful material while protecting the free speech rights of content providers. The central point about ICRA’s approach to rating and filtering […]
Print this page ICRAplus allows you to add and delete new users and to set up their login passwords. When you create a new profile, you can choose which existing profile you want to use as a starting point. For example, if you create a clone using the Default, then the new user’s settings will […]
ICRAplus supports wildcards (*). The term wildcard simply means that the asterisk (*) can be used to mean any other character or group of characters. Many website addresses begin with “http://”, sometimes though, you’ll see “https://”, especially on sites that take credit cards, and occasionally you may see “ftp://” or other combinations. This is known […]
Print this page You can block or allow lots of web addresses at once using wildcards. Large websites often have very complicated addresses. For example, if you visit the Microsoft site at www.microsoft.com, a link might take you to search.microsoft.com or support.microsoft.com. The key thing here is that all the web addresses end with microsoft.com. […]
Print this page This is the main screen through which you access the different filters you have installed. If you deactivate a filter from your list it will not play any part in filtering internet content (you can always reactivate it). ICRAplus itself is able to recognize ICRA labels embedded in web pages, so this […]
Print this page This is the screen that allows you to change the two passwords that only you, the administrator, should know. The administrator login and password This is the name and password you use to access the ICRAplus control panel. To get to this screen, or any other, you must already know your existing […]
Print this page The only thing that stands between ICRAplus and your child having unfiltered internet access is your password. Likewise, the only thing standing between you only being able to see the internet through the filter you’ve set up for your children and having full access is you remembering your password! There are actually […]
Print this page You can suspend all filtering at any time. Right click the ICRAplus icon in your system tray (at the bottom right-hand side of the screen) and select “Deactivate.” You will be prompted for the administrator password. Make sure you remember to reactivate it when you have finished and that you clear the […]
Print this page Click Edit>Preferences to bring up this dialogue: Click the small cross next to the word advanced on the left-hand side, then select cache to bring up this dialogue: Click both the Clear Memory Cache and Clear Disk Cache buttons. Click both the Clear Memory Cache and Clear Disk Cache buttons. Parents’ surfing […]