With the .htaccess file you can add

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


to prevent hotlinking.

Can you replace the gif, jpg, etc....in the line RewriteRule
\.(gif|jpg)$ - [F] with a wild card * ? Will this work or will it have
an adverse affect on the website?

Thank You

"Apophis" <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:

> With the .htaccess file you can add
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/.*$ [NC]
> RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F]
>
>
> to prevent hotlinking.
>
> Can you replace the gif, jpg, etc....in the line RewriteRule
> \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F] with a wild card * ? Will this work or will it have
> an adverse affect on the website?

Guess what happens when a visitors clicks a link on a site, and that link
goes to your site.

Some remarks:

!^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/.*$


1) don't use mydomain for examples, use example.com (what's in a name)

..*$ means 0 or more characters until the end, this is the same as:

!^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/

only less noise.


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Sorry for the confusion..my main question is this........

Can you replace the gif, jpg, etc....in the line
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F]
with a wild card *

Will this work or will it have
an adverse affect on the website?




John Bokma wrote:
> "Apophis" <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
>
> > With the .htaccess file you can add
> >
> > RewriteEngine on
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/.*$ [NC]
> > RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F]
> >
> >
> > to prevent hotlinking.
> >
> > Can you replace the gif, jpg, etc....in the line RewriteRule
> > \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F] with a wild card * ? Will this work or will it have
> > an adverse affect on the website?
>
> Guess what happens when a visitors clicks a link on a site, and that link
> goes to your site.
>
> Some remarks:
>
> !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/.*$
>
>
> 1) don't use mydomain for examples, use example.com (what's in a name)
>
> .*$ means 0 or more characters until the end, this is the same as:
>
> !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/
>
> only less noise.
>
>
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"Apophis" <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:

> Sorry for the confusion..

Maybe you should start reading top down instead of the other way around?
Seems to work better with English.

> my main question is this........
>
> Can you replace the gif, jpg, etc....in the line
> RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F]
> with a wild card *

Sure, be my guest.

> Will this work or will it have
> an adverse affect on the website?

Rethorically answered below:

But for starters read first:
http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2006/04/11/how-to-reply.html


> John Bokma wrote:
>> "Apophis" <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
>>
>> > With the .htaccess file you can add
>> >
>> > RewriteEngine on
>> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
>> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/.*$ [NC]
>> > RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F]
>> >
>> >
>> > to prevent hotlinking.
>> >
>> > Can you replace the gif, jpg, etc....in the line RewriteRule
>> > \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F] with a wild card * ? Will this work or will it
>> > have an adverse affect on the website?
>>
>> Guess what happens when a visitors clicks a link on a site, and that
>> link goes to your site.
>>
>> Some remarks:
>>
>> !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/.*$
>>
>>
>> 1) don't use mydomain for examples, use example.com (what's in a
>> name)
>>
>> .*$ means 0 or more characters until the end, this is the same as:
>>
>> !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.com/
>>
>> only less noise.

Don't qoute sigs.

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