Hotlinking...

Flip · 12-07-2004, 15:39

Is there any tips to stop hot linking from a web page?

Cheers

SMHarman · 12-07-2004, 15:43

To stop what? Bandwidth theft? Copyright theft?

poolking · 12-07-2004, 16:05

I think you need to use a .htaccess file.

Bifta · 12-07-2004, 16:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flip

Is there any tips to stop hot linking from a web page?

Cheers

As mentioned, you need to use .htaccess, with this in it:

Code:

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yourdomain.com(/)?.*$ [NC] 
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp)$ http://www.yourdomain.com [R,NC]

Flip · 12-07-2004, 16:12

Thanks

Bifta · 12-07-2004, 16:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flip

Thanks

Easiest way to create the .htaccess file is the do it in notepad, call it whatever you like, then rename it under a command prompt (or in your FTP client, works just as well) then just upload it to the folder (I think) with the images in.