Direct Linking Problem

[Star Tipper]

I have a direct linking problem with some of my graphics. I do have hotlink protection enabled but it seems that it is not working well enough.

 

At the moment I have only a few sites that are allowed but it is not blocking any. I have changed the names of the files but it is getting old having to do this 6x's a week. Any suggestions?

 

(Also, I don't want to place a no left click on my pages, I need them there as do the people who actually follow the rules.)

 

Thanks,

Jece

 

*edit* I have contacted the people direct linking and either get no reply or a mouth that a sailor would blush at in return.

[TCH-JimE]

Star Tipper,

 

Are you using the CPANEL hotlinking protection or your own handcoding one? If the CPANEL version, please start a help ticket and I will enter some handcoding hot linking protection for you.

 

Note that say for instance you have a graphic called me.gif, they will always be able access it by typing in www.yourdomainname/pathtofile/me.gif There is nothing that can stop this.

 

Jim

[natimage]

Note that say for instance you have a graphic called me.gif, they will always be able access it by typing in www.yourdomainname/pathtofile/me.gif There is nothing that can stop this.

 

Jim...because my world turns in so many different directions, I can't remember how I did it, but if you try to type in a direct link to my images, you will get a 403 error. Example: http://www.naturalimagesweb.com/Images/2ibex9953.jpg.

 

I don't remember if it had something to do with my Hotlink Protection settings, or .htaccess commands. Is this different than what you were saying couldn't be stopped?

 

Tracy

[TCH-JimE]

Nat,

 

Dunno what you did to get that.

 

However, by looking at your code source, I can see this image if I type it directley in:

 

http://www.naturalimagesweb.com/Images/NIP13NSp.jpg

 

Jim

[natimage]

What browser are you using, Jim? In IE, when I click the link you posted, I get my 403 page...???

 

Tracy

[TCH-JimE]

Yep I get a 403 for the link u posted nat, but for the link that I posted, i get a picture

 

Jim

[TCH-Andy]

I get a 403 for both

[TCH-JimE]

I do now get a 403 now for both.

 

Curious Nat, how u do it?

 

Jim

[natimage]

Geez...I wish I was smart enough to just rattle it off...but I'm not. And unfortunately, I'm off early tomorrow morning for my Air Force reserve weekend. I promise I will look into it when I get back. Somebody here had to have helped me do it, because I certainly couldn't have done it on my own!!! :hug: Until then, could Star Tipper block the thieving IPs to keep them from getting the images? Or, if it is not too many images, do that little trick that several others have done where they replace the hotlinked images with a new image that makes a statement about the image being stolen?

 

Just a couple of ideas...I'm sorry to put off looking into it until next week. But it is way past my bedtime when I have a 5 hour drive tomorrow!! Have a great weekend!

 

Tracy

[natimage]

Quick thought before I turn in...could it have something to do with the line in my .htaccess:

options -indexes

 

And I have hotlinking on as well. You know...I'm not going to be able to sleep...and when I do I'll dream of hotlinking and image thieves!!!!!!

 

Goodnight...

[Star Tipper]

Thanks Jim for getting to that for me and as for changing the images to something else I did do that and they got nice little messages. Normally that's not my style but they had been warned before, I changed file names and they went and got the new files anyway.

 

It seems to be little punk kids (I know, I know, not all are like that) but these ones are just hell bent on being annoying. At last count I had about 15 images directly linked too and on some of those page views were in the 4000's. Mad!!!

 

So yes, good deal I have enough bandwidth to not go over my limit at this point in time. Rock Sign

 

Cant' wait to see what natimage remembers!

 

Jece