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That's more like what I was looking for, thanks. The IP geolocation route seems exactly what I need. I have found several free sites offering this, but I lack the technical nouse to implement it right now. Are you aware of any training sites or such places where I can teach myself how to do this ? Presumably it would be incorporated into the PHP header of each page of the site.

A login is not appropriate in this instance. Letting predefined IPs on is exactly what I have been trying in my .htaccess but I don't know how to get a complete and authoritative list of IPs allocated to UK based ISPs.

The amount of bandwidth my website consumes grows each month and I am now bumping up against the maximum my hosting company allows on my package. I believe some 80% of the hits are from overseas bots that I have no interest in serving.What's the best way to limit access - perhaps to UK residents only. I currently have a huge .htaccess but it is permanently out of date and updating it each time a genuine user complains is a pain. Not only that, I don't want to block 'genuine' users with my 403.shtml Thanks.

That's great, thanks to Deirdre's Dad.

Please point me in the right direction with two questions. 1. I understand that tables are depreciated. What mechanism is best practice for housing four columns that can expand and contract with the width of the browser window ? 2. I would like the same header on each page. How can this be written once and used dynamically so that future changes are reflected on all linked pages ? Thanks.