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1.What exactly happens when you try to access this website?
2.Are you getting any error message?
3.Do other websites work fine on the computer?
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(1) Please see for yourself - visit either of the following websites:
www.sil.co.uk
www.status.co.uk
and click the 'Select Language' button at top of page (on the SIL.co.uk site there is a slight delay occurs before buttonn appears
(2) No error message but the Google script is stopped
(3) This question is not applicable - it is not a symptom of one computer but any computer in any location appears to exhibit the problem
Please note: This occurs only in IE, in other browsers Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc there is no problem with Google Translate
www.sil.co.uk
www.status.co.uk
and click the 'Select Language' button at top of page (on the SIL.co.uk site there is a slight delay occurs before buttonn appears
(2) No error message but the Google script is stopped
(3) This question is not applicable - it is not a symptom of one computer but any computer in any location appears to exhibit the problem
Please note: This occurs only in IE, in other browsers Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc there is no problem with Google Translate
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Why does IE8 stop the 'Google Translate' API from working on our websites ?
Check the Privacy Report. Alt-V,v. Are any Google sites' Cookies being Blocked? What happens if you Allow all of them? <eg>
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I have the same problem and my ISP tech support confirms it happens on their computers to when they open our website in Internet Explorer, but not in Firefox or Google Chrome. And no, I've checked the Privacy Report and no Google sites' Cookies are being blocked.
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We have the same problem on our website, i.e. www.akngai.com . Our iPower.com ISP tech support people confirm it happens when they check our website using IE but does not happen when they are using Firefox or Google Chrome.
To answer your question you posed to the original inquiry: Nothing goes wrong when accessing our website -- what goes wrong is when a vistor using Internet Explorer clicks on the drop down Google translate plug-in to translate, for example, the website page from English to Chinese, Japanese, French, whatever -- at that point the Google Translate has a spinning circle that is stuck, forever.
I do not have any pop up blockers on, security is set to medium-low, have checked other possible security issues, don't know what else to check to resolve problem.
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Dear sladbrook,
I just checked your website www.sil.co.uk using IE 9 and your Google translate plug in is now working, I was able to translate to Chinese traditional, German, French, etc. -- What did you do to fix it??? Please post and tell us, so I can fix our website too. Thank you!!!
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Dear sladbrook,
I just checked your website www.sil.co.uk using IE 9 and your Google translate plug in is now working, I was able to translate to Chinese traditional, German, French, etc. -- What did you do to fix it??? Please post and tell us, so I can fix our website too. Thank you!!!
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I'm running IE8 in Win XP - IE9 won't run in XP.
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Hi,
Internet Explorer 9 utilizes much of graphics and performance sub-layers that were introduced with Windows Vista and carried forward to Windows 7. Hence Windows XP will not support IE9.
Internet Explorer 9 system requirements: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie-9/system-requirements
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Dear sladbrook,
I just checked your website www.sil.co.uk using IE 9 and your Google translate plug in is now working, I was able to translate to Chinese traditional, German, French, etc. -- What did you do to fix it??? Please post and tell us, so I can fix our website too. Thank you!!!
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It looks like sladbrook built a css div specifically for google translate .
I modded it so I could just throw it into the header of the page I wanted without bothering with CSS
gtrans {
margin: 0 auto;
height: 25px;
}
/* end of Google */
Then in the html code they threw the google translate into that div . at the top of the page .
Now I had a similar issue but my page has an iframe . I got this to work with IE & everything else I've tried by throwing the <div></div> code into the iframe
seems to work . and anything that works makes me happy :)
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Most schools and colleges restrict students with limited access to the internet. Apart from Google, Wikipedia and a handful of other websites, most other websites are blocked. So how do you access blocked websites from your work, school or college’s internet?
There’s a workaround here. If you school or college allows you to access Google.com, then most probably you will also be able to access other Google services too. This is where Google translate will come to your help. Using Google translate as a proxy server you will be able to access any blocked website from your work, school or college’s internet connection.
Although most of you might be aware of this helpful trick, in case you are not, here’s how you can use Google translate to access blocked site at your school, college or work.
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How to Access Blocked Websites with Google Translate
- Step 1: Head over to translate.Google.com in a web browser.
- Step 2: Click on the small arrow beside Detect language and select any language apart from the destination language of the website you want to access. For example, if you want to visit a website that’s in English, select the source language as Afrikaans.
- Step 3: Now select the Destination language as English or any other language according to your requirement.
- Step 4: Type in the website’s address in the Source language field and finally click on the Translate button.
There you go, you will be able to access the blocked site.
In case you want to do it the geeky way, you can copy the following link on your web browser
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=website.com
Then replace website.com value with the URL of the website you want to visit and press enter. Voila! , you will be able to access the website. Last but not the least, don’t break your school or colleges rule and i will not responsible if you’re getting expelled.
Add to favoriteThe Internet is an incredibly useful source of information and entertainment. Unfortunately, sites exist that aren't appropriate for everyone and blocking them becomes a necessary evil. This becomes a problem when using a public computer such as in an office, school or library. It's possible to unblock sites with Google to view relatively harmless sites appropriate for adults like MySpace or YouTube on these restricted computers.
Step 1
Start by accessing the main Google website. Because it's such a popular search engine, most computers have it as a trusted site.
Step 2
Type in the website you wish to unblock in Google and allow it to bring up all possible matches. Find the website that matches the blocked one.
Step 3
Click on the cached link below the website's description. Rather than searching for the website, Google stores a copy of this page in its database and the computer recognizes the page as part of Google's site rather than a stand-alone site.
Step 4
Pretend that you will view website pages on a mobile device rather than on a computer. Search through the mobile Google 'on the go' website. Google translates HTML pages into mobile versions by removing Java scripts and reconfiguring the page so it's smaller and more suited to handheld devices. These changes can trick the computer into believing it's a different site than the blocked one.
Translate the page to English. Even if the page you want to view is already in English, requesting the server to translate the page from English to English is a way to get around a blocked site. Copy and paste the translation link into the address bar and use Google as a proxy, or go-between, for the two sites. Often this buffer is enough to allow you to view the blocked website. See Resources.
Tip
- Public computers, such as in an office, school or library, are usually set with strict security. You can unblock websites on these computers using Google.
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I'm using network, where services such as Gmail or any other e-mails, Google Drive, Dropbox, all social networks are blocked.
Basically my goal is to access simply GMail, but I couldn't find any way to do that so far.I understand that different proxies have different filtering rules, so please post any tricks or your-way solutions.
Basically my goal is to access simply GMail, but I couldn't find any way to do that so far.I understand that different proxies have different filtering rules, so please post any tricks or your-way solutions.
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Following general methods are worth to try:
- Try to use HTTPS instead of HTTP which is: https://mail.google.com instead of http://mail.google.com, sometimes company forgetting to filter HTTPS sites.SSL VPNs will do this automatically without messing up settings (e.g. Express VPN which is SSL based OpenVPN, or try hide.me).
- Try substituting the IP address for a domain name; e.g., enter
http://74.125.225.102
instead ofgoogle.com
in a browser's address bar.nslookup
from the command line can easily allow you to issue DNS requests. - Try to use one of free public proxies in your browser
- Try to install Tor Browser
Different methods described in the other articles:
- Article: How to Bypass Firewalls & Get into Blocked Websites in School or at Work with FreeProxy (Windows)
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Set up your local proxy and configure Your Router For Port Forwarding
- bypass the firewall using Glype + PhProxy plugin for firefox
- Use PHP Proxy
- run your proxy server in virtural machine then put the vitural machine in a DMZ
- use TorPark on a USB drive
- try “surfcontrol” from Websense
- Ryan’s solution of:
http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1087/http://www.yahoo.com
- Find blocked site at work and tell your manager that you’re going home to view these un-work related sites because they’re blocked:)
- try to 'login' your local router:)
try: http://www.Yauba.com to open a banned websites- try: http://www.facebookfirewall.com
- play free games at: http://www.techdictionary.com/games/index.html :)
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Article: access blocked web sites from office and bypass office firewall with the help of google proxy
- Methods described (including the comments):
- use following URL: http://google.co.in/search?q=cache:www.example.com
- use translator site to 'translate' any website: http://www.google.com/translate
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Article: Bypassing Gogo’s Inflight Internet Authentication
- Methods described:
- Try to use alternative IP address for Google servers in the hosts file (
74.125.225.40 mail.google.com plus.google.com youtube.com docs.google.com code.google.com chatenabled.mail.google.com
),
- Try to use alternative IP address for Google servers in the hosts file (
- Methods described:
- Article: 10 ways to access blocked Gmail at office, school, work
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Use different access URL:http://gmail.com or https://gmail.com,http://m.gmail.com or https://m.gmail.com,http://googlemail.com or https://googlemail.com,http://mail.google.com/mail/x/ or https://mail.google.com/mail/x/
- Use Proxy websites to get through,
- Download Gmail messages using Email Client like Outlook, Apples Mail, Windows Mail, Thunderbird, etc.,
Access Gmail via Google Desktop,- Create password free Gmail feed, e.g. using FreeMyFeed,
- Access through iGoogle (soon it'll be removed),
- Use a website with Gmail Lite installed,
- Access Gmail from Google Talk,
- use GMail over HTTPS
- Make friends in IT department,
- contact your IT department,
- try: http://www.NobleWebs.com
- Way2Sms.com provides a service through which you can open your Gmail account (you need to “enable IMAP settings”in your gmail),
- Try logging into Google Plus (it's quite new, so it could be not blocked),
- use outlook or connect windows live mail to gmail,
- login to your Google account and at the end of page just click the basic html link,
- Install Radmin or TeamViewer, connect to your home PC and browse anything you like,
- disconnect from office LAN and install your own data card to access internet,
- set up Gmail to forward all incoming mail to my work address, and only reply at home (create also an Outlook filter to move Gmail to a folder),
- use Gmail over HTTPS
- use alternative address for way2sms: http://www1.way2sms.com/entry.jsp%E2%80%9D.
- try using an aircard on the computer,
- Java2scripts also works,
- application called, “TOR” which stands for “The Onion Network”,
- try: http://kexmail.com/ or http://webuzz.im/mail/ (It is a web mail client, supports almost all email provider, including Gmail, Hotmail/Live Mail, Yahoo! Mail),
- If your network is blocking ports 3283, 3389, 5900, or 5988, you may have to alter the port that your home PC listens on,
- install phproxy (you’ll need your own webserver),
- try accessing via: Google’s Accounts system,
- Mailuno will let you login to Gmail via a Squirrelmail IMAP webmail interface,
- use ”ultrasurf”,
- bring in your own laptop, and connect to the wireless network,
- use a memory stick, with a portable web browser to access the web,
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Article: 5 Methods To Bypass Blocked Sites
- Methods described (including the comments):
- use XeroBank web browser,
- try UltraSurf software,
- use Remote Access (LogMeIn’s Java viewer or whatever else),
- try WebToMail service (send an email to [email protected] with the URL as the subject and wait a few minutes and you’ll get an email with the web page),
- Bypass Firewalls using Proxies,
- use ssh to my web server (or a home Linux server) and just add “-D ####” to create a socks proxy on the port that you specify with #### (pick a port that is available),
- try MakeUseOf service,
- use cached pages in google search results,
- use google translate option by specifying the URL in the “Translate Web Page” text box,
- try PrimeProxies,
- try DynaWeb service (secure and uncensored Internet portal),
- use IP Privacy service,
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Article: How to Access Blocked Facebook in Vietnam
- Methods described (including the comments):
- change your DNS servers to different like:
Google DNS servers: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4; OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220; Norton DNS: 198.153.192.1, 198.153.194.1)
, - access Facebook by those URLs: http://lisp4.facebook.com, http://vi-vn.connect.facebook.com, https://www.facebook.com (with an 's' after http), http://m.facebook.com, http://touch.facebook.com
- use http://www.hidemyass.com or http://hypercloak.com,
- change your DNS servers to different like:
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Article: Does anyone know any good sites to bypass proxy blockers?
- Methods described (including the comments):
- use a proxy that's under one week old, not listed on any public proxy lists and doesn't have names like 'proxy', 'filter' 'unblock', etc.,
- check those groups: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nafpl/ and http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Pick-A-Proxy/ (subscribe and receive daily new proxy sites),
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Article: Free Anonymous Surfing
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Anonymouse – allows you to surf the web without revealing any personal information.
- Proxify - is a web-based anonymous proxy service,
- Megaproxy – is a medium that handles web requests on your behalf,
- The Cloak – HTTP and HTTPS anonymous proxy,
- Shadow – allows you to browse the Internet anonymously,
- StealthMessage – is a secure messaging system designed for communicating sensitive and confidential information,
- BeHidden – allows users to surf Internet anonymously
- try SmartHide service,
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Articles: Access Blocked Websites by Bypassing URL Filtering, 8 Innovative Ways to Access Blocked Websites, UltraSurf – Access Any Blocked Site, View Private Websites Safely at School/Work, Top 10 Free VPN Services to Help you Protect Your Privacy
- Methods described (including the comments):
- access sites using Decimal address like
http://1249729384
orhttp://3512041827
. Check this converter. - try Screen Resolution Checker service,
- try Browser Shots service,
- try to use Google and Yahoo cache webpages,
- try Online Translation Services like: Yahoo BabelFish, Google Translate or other,
- retrieve web pages via Email using Web2Mail or WebinMail,
- try Google mobile Cache,
- subscribe to RSS Feed using i.e. RSS Feeds or FeedMyInbox and then use RSS Reader e.g. Google Reader,
- use Wayback Machine service,
- Yauba service (World’s first Privacy Safe search engine) [non existing anymore?],
- use PDFMyURL service,
- on Windows try program StopDistractions,
- buy a VPN service,
- try MyPersonalBrowser service,
- try UltraSurf,
- try Varnishd (it hides your private website by placing an authorized website),
- use free VPN: OpenVPN, PacketiX.NET, UltraVPN, Hotspot Shield, CyberGhost, TorVPN, SecurityKiss, Your-Freedom, USA IP, MacroVPN, AceVPN, JAP VPN, AnchorFree Hotspot VPN, Free VPN by WSC, Free2Surf, WebSecuritas, Hostizzle, OpenVPN, DNSdynamic, VPN4All, GlobalVPN, Mullvad, VPN-for-free, Free Canada VPN, Free UK VPN, Free US VPN, SecurePoint, Astrill, itsHidden,
- access sites using Decimal address like
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Article: Defeating URL Filters
- Article: http://triponic.com/guidestutorials/complete-proxy-guide/
- Methods described (including the comments):
- try AtomInterSoft service (Free HTTP proxy list updated in realtime),
- try DigitalCyberSoft (Fresh Anonymous Proxy List),
- try HideMyAss (The largest real-time database of free working public proxies),
- anonymous surfing websites: Proxify, HideMyAss, Tor, Proxy.org, Charon,
try: Firefox plugins: SwitchProxy and ProxyTex,- check if your proxy works anonymously using WhatIsMyProxy service,
- check your network details here on: WhatIsMyIP or Geobytes,
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Article: How To: ByPass School/Work Filters
- try HTTPS over HTTP (it's using different port which could be not blocked for the same page),
- try accessing the website via IP address (command:
nslookup domainofwebsite.com
to check the IP address of the domain) and then go to:http://ipaddress
, - use Google Web Light (googleweblight.com?lite_url=http://..) website converter/shrinker,
- use screen sharing software like: Microsoft SharedView, CrossLoop, Yuuguu,
- install a Circumventor on your home PC (it will give you the URL for your new Circumventor where you can use that URL to bypass the filters there), you need to install ActivePerl and OpenSA first, then download the software from here,
- use alternative social websites like Faces Epicentre (it has some chat, map, etc. functionality which could be blocked somewhere else),
- Article: Hotspot Shield 1.3 Works with Hulu Again… Sometimes
- Methods described (including the comments):
- try Hotspot Shield (is a free, ad-supported download, Windows and Mac OS X); for Linux follow this article: Hotspot Shield with Ubuntu,
- try Hamachi2 software,
- try LogMeIn,
- Methods described (including the comments):
- Other useful articles: How To: Use A Proxy In Mozilla Firefox, Ultimate Method To ByPass School/Work Filters And Firewalls, How To: Use A Proxy In Internet Explorer, How To: Bypass RapidShare Restrictions, How To: ByPass School/Work Filters
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In summary, you can bypass proxies by different methods.It's a very complex topic and there are thousands of methods bypassing the proxy and in very secured networks you'll find maybe only few methods which works, so you have to check all of them first. There is no really one simple answer for it and never will be, so please don't down-vote it, because if it doesn't work in your network or specified case, that method could work in different environment, so please respect users from different countries.
Feel free to extend or add other actual methods found on the internet, to make it actual and up-to-date. If some of the methods are out-dated, please cross them over, for the future references using
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tag, instead of removing them or down-voting the whole page.You can use Tor browser, browse for it in Google, get it. You dont need to install it, just extract the file and set up a tor network and browse whatever you want.
Alternatively you can also use http://hidemyass.com. It is a web based proxy.
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If you have SSH access to a server outside the the restricted network, you could open an SSH tunnel to that server on a local port and use it as a proxy in your browser.
Create SSH tunnel:
Tell your browser to use
localhost
and port 12345
as SOCKS proxy.This solution requires SSH access to another server and the port (usually 22) on which your SSH server runs has to be open in your restricted network. You can also run SSH server on any other port. However, your connection will be fully encrypted and the admins of your network will not be able to see any data or even which hosts yo connect to. All they see is encrypted data and the IP of your remote server.
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Maybe it was answered by others - the top answer - https://superuser.com/a/454829/122085 - is really comprehensive - my feeling is that many of the methods will not work - I'm pretty sure that if certain sites are blocked, the proxying services will not work as well and you may have to roll your own - http://www.labnol.org/internet/setup-proxy-server/12890/
My (rather naive) approach would be to use mobile hotspot, or simply use the mobile device.
Another alternative would be to RDP (remote desktop) to an Amazon / Digital Ocean instance.
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Firefox plugins which can help to bypass the internet filtering:
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Since your profile says you are in London I am going to assume that it's the network where you work that has blocked these services. Since you would be breaking company policy, you might lose your job, just be aware of that.
I have gotten around some restrictions where I work by using a different top-domain, for example using google.se instead of google.com and the likes. It will work sometimes, not all the time. For email and online dating sites I usually use my phone, it's completely separate from the company network and outside of their control.
However for gmail, what you could do is to find a web based e-mail provider that isn't blocked (perhaps easier said than done) and then use imap to connect to your email account. It's not an ideal workaround, but still a phone with an email client is still probably your best solution.
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And depending on where you are in the city, perhaps there is an wifi-hotspot in your vicinity and can use that with your phone.
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In some specified cases (squid used for proxy < 3.1.19), this vulnerability could help:http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Apr/116
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Some of my ideas:
- type in Google: Circumventor, you'll find some websites using Circumventor software which can be used to get around Web blocking software
- use join.meservice to share the screen with other PC with non-filtered internetaccess (if it's not blocked),
- for GMail, try the following alternative address (with Gmail widget added):http://partnerpage.google.com/smallbiz.dell.com/en_us?hl=en&client=dell-usuk&channel=us-smb&ibd=&tab=homeAlso look in Google for other similar Google Partner Pages with GMail access ('http://partnerpage.google.com/'), in that case they have to block the whole google domain to get rid all of them.
- Also you can set up independent mail widgets on Yahoo! (like gmail, etc.). Go to: http://my.yahoo.com/
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There's a really easy fix for bypass some blocked sites. Use Google translate, look for the blocked site on google use the 'translate this site' google will open you a translated version of the site (you can't disable it inside.)
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If you have your own website, you can use Google Website Translator plugin to automatically have your website translated into more than 90 languages. So there’s no need to have multiple versions of your website created.
Google’s Website Translator plugin requires code to be place on every page of your site, so you need some website know-how to do this. If you have a small website, you may be able to add the code to every page. However, if it’s a large site, you’ll want to use some kind of template or include to place the code on every page, depending on the platform your website is on.
Here’s how to add the Website Translator plugin to your site:
- In a web browser, go to translate.google.com.
- At the bottom of the page, click Website Translator.
- Cara download game empire earth 1. On your first time visiting the Website Translator, you see a page asking you to add your website. Click the blue Add to Your Website Now button.
- Type in the URL of your site. For example, www.dummies.com.
- Choose the language your site is in, such as English.
- Click Next.
- Choose whether you want your site translated into All Languages or Specific Languages. If you choose Specific Languages, you see a list in which you can check the languages you want.
- Under Display Mode, choose how you want the Website Translator banner to appear on your site. Clicking each radio button shows how the box will display.
- Under Advanced, decide whether to check these options:
- Automatically display translation banner: If your site is in English, and someone who has their browser set to display French, then the translation banner automatically appears. The banner won’t appear for people whose language is the same as your site’s.
- Your page has content in multiple languages: Check this box if your site contains different languages, so that the plugin knows to expect content in different languages.
- Track translation data using Google Analytics: If you use Google Analytics to monitor the traffic on your site, you can view data on the usage of the plugin on your site. When you check that box, you will need to provide your Google Analytics property ID number, such as UA-55555-55.
- Click Get Code.
You’ll get two pieces of code that you need to place on your site. The first piece of code, which is the <meta> tag, goes in the header (that is, between the <head></head> tags) of your HTML pages. The second piece of code, which is in <div> and <script> tags, goes where you want the translation banner to appear on your pages. This code determines what the translation banner looks like and how it behaves.
How you place the code on your site depends largely on the platform you use. Some platforms, like WordPress, make it easy to place code on all pages of the site. However, if you’re not sure how to do this, you should seek out someone with website know-how to help you out. Otherwise, you could mess up the appearance of your pages.