Proxies allow you to surf the internet with a high level of privacy, security and anonymity. When you access a website from the proxy server site, information like your browser type, location, operating system and IP address is eliminated and the proxy server website is recorded as the accessing computer instead of your computer. This helps you maintain the privacy, security and anonymity you desire, as it facilitates web browsing without your information being identified and bypasses the network filters and firewalls.

The process is very simple and convenient. You are not required to install or download any software to browse the blocked sites. All you have to do is type the desired URL (for example: www.facebook.com) on the main page and all connections and traffic to and from the destination URL is redirected via the proxy, making it look as if the traffic is evolving from the main proxy, thus bypassing the domain based URL filtering blocking system.

These proxies allow you to access any website without revealing your personal information, surf, download games and news, access online social networking websites and shopping sites, share videos, music, chat and a lot more.

When you use a proxy server, your computer establishes connection with the proxy instead of the destination website, and thus the blocking or filtering firewall will be able to trace this connection only. Further this proxy server, which may be transparent or anonymous, will create a connection to the desired URL which you want to access such as Facebook.com, and retrieve that website, eliminating any trace of your computer.

The proxies allow users to browse through the Facebook website, profiles, post comments, blogs and surf the site for music. Sometimes, you may be required to use the IP address of the proxy (i.e. http://200.10.10.12), instead of the domain name, which can be retrieved by pinging the URL from command prompt.

The number of web proxies is everyday increasing and more and more are being setup to earn revenues through advertisements. To search for proxies for websites like Facebook, you can use the search engines like Yahoo or Google. There are a number of websites offering these services and you can choose any of them as per your requirement. These proxies are Youtube and Facebook compatible and you can access any blocked site which is blocked by your school, university or company.

Proxies let the users surf the website from blocked location like a school, university library or an organization. They keep you safe and secure by maintaining your privacy. In simple words, the proxy servers hide your identity and access blocked websites on your behalf. On the web network, there are a lot of websites which offer features like file-sharing, instant messaging or leaving comments for the user's profile, and a lot of schools and organizations have blocked such websites to be accessed from their locations to restrict people from logging in to these websites.

The development of proxy servers has a technological advance over these restrictions. These proxies let you access websites from restricted locations and are a source to bypass secure sites from blocked locations, as they have the ability to bypass the network firewalls and filters. These proxy servers enable the users to surf the internet from blocked servers and are compatible to surf through sites which have audio and video streaming platforms like Youtube.

Another advantage of a proxy server is that the chance of getting virus, spyware and other malicious scripts is reduced, and as a result your computer becomes a safer and reliable machine. A lot of web sites offer the proxy servers and most of them provide proxy templates as well. Designing a proxy template is not an easy task. Considering this fact, a lot of websites offer pre-designed proxy templates for you. These proxy templates can be downloaded and are simple and easy to use.

The downloaded proxy templates are free of cost, but most of the host websites may require you to back-link to their websites. PHP and CGI proxy templates are also available on such websites. The downloaded files for the proxy templates and themes comprise of the necessary designing and setup files and you can customize your website as per your requirement. Normally, the downloaded files are in zip format and you may need to extract the graphic files, images, fonts, Photoshop files and the script files. To avoid any misuse of the script files, the configuration files are available in the download which lets you customize the template, as you may require, and edit the text files like the Meta keywords, description and titles.

The PHP proxy and the CGI proxy provided are updated versions and are fully up-to date with the required technology. The host websites offering these proxy templates may allow you to put a link to download the templates on your website too based on the condition that the site is linked back to the host website.