block hotlinking
 

ive tried all the examples i could find on making the .htaccess and when i do as stated in the examples and put in my domain and put the file on my server, all the files within that folder i place the .htaccess file wont show even if linked on my site. anyone know what the problem is and how i can fix this?

post what you are doing.

now that ive enabled rewrite the images show even if hotlinked from other sites

.htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}!^http://elite-galleries.com.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}!^http://www.elite-galleries.com.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*.(gif¦GIF¦jpg¦JPG)$ - [F]

do i need to add anything in the httpd.conf?

anyone know?

I once uplaoded an .httaccess fiel and my site wasnt able to laod

RewriteEngine on
RewriteOptions inherit
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^.*yoursite.com.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^.*your site ip#.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*[Jj][Pp][Ee]*[Gg]$|.*[Gg][Ii][Ff]$ hotlink.gif




try this.

This will help you:

http://www.htmlbasix.com/disablehotlinking.shtml

niceq

add your IPs and port 80... hell just let me copy a recent one:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com:80.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.doman.com:80.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://xx.xxx.xx.xx.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://xx.xxx.xx.xx:80.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*[Jj][Pp][Gg]$|.*[Jj][Pp][Ee][Gg]$|.*[Gg][Ii][Ff]$ http://www.domain.com/hotlink.html

Then, create a seperate file called ^ hotlink.html and in that file create a simple hyperlink "click here to continue" going nowhere... this will probably not ever be seen. Or, to catch those that think they are crafty by C&Ping... link it to a dialer and use a mouseover pointing to your root index file.

This hotlink.html call will elminate filling up your error log w/ useless info.

http://www.webpimps.com/scripts/htaccess/

Few tricks and tips.

-Ben

or you could redirect it to a "stolen from" type image, but if you have a lot of attempts, it could eat a small amount of bandwith.

I don't remember where I got this from, but the credit is theirs :thumbsup , however the linking to a dialer idea was mine :Graucho due to all the leech forum traffic I was getting

Damn, that's where I got it from! Thanks Ben.