.htaaccess protection for hotlinking

adam_99uk · June 11th, 2005, 10:58 AM

i set the .htaacess setting to yes, to stop hotlinking and now none of my images display?

June 11th, 2005, 11:05 AM

Admin CP => vBulletin Options => Site Name / URL / Contact Details => Homepage URL

What do you have that option set to?

adam_99uk · June 12th, 2005, 10:35 AM

i have it set to www.cheapuksupplements.com

However, the same site is also at www.cheapuksupplements.co.uk if that matter.

The forum is at forum.cheapuksupplements.com and also forum.cheapuksupplements.co.uk and will also be at a separate domain when we decide on its name.

June 12th, 2005, 10:58 AM

You would have to create your own .htaccess file if you're planning on using more than one domain.

adam_99uk · June 12th, 2005, 12:03 PM

right ok, is that hard? i have absolutely no idea how to do that!

adam_99uk · June 15th, 2005, 08:59 AM

anyone able to help me out with this?

ConqSoft · June 15th, 2005, 09:00 AM

There are some custom ones here that have been discussed. Try searching for ".htaccess" (Note: For vBulletin to find matches for strings that have periods in them, you must put the quotes around it when you do your search.)

mholtum · June 15th, 2005, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adam_99uk

anyone able to help me out with this?

This is the one I use. Basically the only place a hotlinked image will be viewable is at the URLs that you enter into the .htaccess file. Mine will display a funny pic if your IP is not noted in the file. If they enter the path to the file it is viewable, but if they use the BB code they get my "other" picture displayed.

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

I have placed this file in my gallery root

adam_99uk · June 15th, 2005, 04:54 PM

thats great help thanks, i see you have very similar URLs there some with / and some with . at the end what is this for?

Thanks for your help