Trick for bandwidth stealers!

[Creepshow]

OK, I've seen some sites where if you try and hotlink their images, a graphic will come up saying something like "Don't steal our bandwidth!" or whatever.

How is this done?

EXAMPLE:

Thanks!

[Vtec44]

.htaccess There are still ways to bypass this though

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

[Creepshow]

.htaccess There are still ways to bypass this though

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

Thanks, but how do I implement this?
How do I create an .htaccess file exactly?

Sorry for the newbish questions, lol. I've just never used htaccess before. Heard of it, don't know anything about it!

Thanks...

[harmor]

all you do is open notepadd save it as .htaccess
then in put

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

Edit the url's.
Upload to where you keep your pictures and you're done

[Creepshow]

all you do is open notepadd save it as .htaccess
then in put

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

Edit the url's.
Upload to where you keep your pictures and you're done

Thanks!

[Creepshow]

OK, slight problem lol.

I've done it, it works, but the no stealing image is coming up on my site!

See my homepage: http://www.realmofhorrorcomics.com/

HELP!

Thanks.

[Vtec44]

post the content of your .htaccess file

[Creepshow]

post the content of your .htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?realmofhorrorcomics.com/horrific_images/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ http://www.realmofhorrorcomics.com/own3d.jpg [R,L]

[Vtec44]

On the third line, use this instead.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?realmofhorrorcomics.com/.*$ [NC]

It's to identify which domain is allowable, so you want your entire domain of www.realmofhorrorcomics.com, not just http://www.realmofhorrorcomics.com/horrific_images/


Oh, create a new .htaccess and put it in your main directory, and add the code below

IndexIgnore *

That will prevent people from listing your directory, like we all can when we click on http://www.realmofhorrorcomics.com/horrific_images/ now

[Creepshow]

On the third line, use this instead...

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?realmofhorrorcomics.com/.*$ [NC]

LOL Thanks, that worked.

[Creepshow]

Oh, create a new .htaccess and put it in your main directory, and add the code below

IndexIgnore *

That will prevent people from listing your directory, like we all can when we click on http://www.realmofhorrorcomics.com/horrific_images/ now

Like this?

[Vtec44]

nice!

[Creepshow]

nice!

Thanks for all the help man, I really appreciate it.
I would give you pos rep if this board had it enabled.

[Vtec44]

Oh don't worry, I'll send you the bill

[Creepshow]

Oh don't worry, I'll send you the bill

Ahahahaha