In order to block access to Facebook.com you should perform the following steps:
1. Select “Content” tab and click “Add group”, then click “Add new group”. Create a new filter group and call it, say, “block Facebook”,select “URL” and click Next.
2. Click “Add Url” button on the next screen. Double click on URL field and enter a website name: http://facebook.com (make sure that you entered website name with http:// in front), click Next
3. To permanently restrict access to the facebook.com you don’t need to modify schedule screen. Make sure that all times are in blue color. You can also create access schedule. In this case you will allow some limited time to access facebook.com website.
Now you created a schedule for one day of the week.
To copy this schedule for other days click on the icon next to the “URL” word (field number 4) that says Copy to… and select “All days” or select days you would like this schedule to copy for.
4. Activate filter by clicking “Enable content filter”.
You can also block facebook.com websites by keyword “facebook”.
Watch video about how to block Facebook
In order to restrict access to selected websites during selected hours you should perform the following steps:
1. Create a new filter group.
2. Add website name or names you would like to have blocked.
You can also block websites by keyword or key phrase.
3. Create a time schedule.
4. Activate filter.
To do so, select “Content” tab and click “Add group”, then click “Add new group”.
Add a group name, say, Social Websites. Select “Urls” and click Next.
Click “Add Url” button on the next screen. Double click on URL field and enter a website name. You can enter as many websites as you need.
Please make sure that you entered website name with http:// in front, for example http://www.myspace.com. Click Next.
You will see schedule screen. Select what time you would like to give access to the selected websites. Yellow areas will be allowed time, blue areas – disallowed time. Click Finish.
Now you created a schedule for one day of the week.
To copy this schedule for other days click on the icon next to the “URL” word (field number 4) that says Copy to… and select “All days” or select days you would like this schedule to copy for.
After you finished click “Enable content filter”
