htaccess

paulfletcher · March 26th, 2006, 11:36 PM

Does Photopost support htaccess? If I have a .htaccess file protecting the data folder, can Photopost still access the file? Just to prevent others from viewing the source, and getting in backwards?

Thanks,
Paul

Chuck S · March 27th, 2006, 08:10 AM

yes you can enter htaccess in the admin section under htaccess to block accesss

Now note you need to write proper htaccess or you will block everyone including yourself

paulfletcher · March 27th, 2006, 02:18 PM

Under Image Protection I see htaccess settings... What exactly would I do with these? If I enable protection on the data folder, the script inside the .htaccess file is loaded in those boxes (options) although every time someone goes to the tutorials page, they are asked for a password. Isn't Photopost supposed to enter that information in correctly, preventing the user from seeing the password dialog box?

Thanks,
Paul

Chuck S · March 27th, 2006, 03:10 PM

No we dont enter any htaccess automatically. We give you an editor where you place whatever code you want and we will make an htaccess file from that and place it automatically in the data directory of the photos.

http://www.photopost.com/tipsphp.html

this link should tell you sample htaccess code.

paulfletcher · March 28th, 2006, 10:03 PM

Seems to be a problem, maybe even a bug. I've added this htaccess code

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

And my movies don't work with the Safari browser, I get the QuickTime logo, and then a question mark through the logo. This means the movie could not be found, but when I try it using FireFox, it works just fine... I've removed the htaccess thing from the site right now, so it won't be reproducable, but I would like to continue protecting the data with .htaccess in the future... Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Paul

Chuck S · March 29th, 2006, 07:55 AM

I don't think if would be a bug in our program but rather an issue of the htaccess you are using. We give an example on the page I linked of htaccess you can use that is known to work. You need to change the extention types to your video types for things to work since our example has jpg png gif

paulfletcher · March 29th, 2006, 08:56 AM

I've looked at that tip page, and that is the exact code I'm entering into the htaccess box. Although it does not allow Safari users (even if they are Verified Members) to see the movies. The movies just appear as question marks, basically this means Safari can not access the movies after the protection is in place. Do you have a different htaccess code that we should use, so our Safari users can view the movies that they paid for.

Thanks,
Paul

Chuck S · March 29th, 2006, 09:34 AM

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

paulfletcher · March 29th, 2006, 09:55 AM

Okay, I used this code in the htaccess file.

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

Although Safari can still not open .mov movies.

Thanks,
Paul

paulfletcher · March 29th, 2006, 09:57 AM

Should I switch

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

to

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

I want people to be able to access the movies on all browsers if they are verified, you helped us with that code. But we would like to protect the movies so people can not bypass the logins... By using htaccess, although with that protection on, Safari users cannot view the movies...

Thanks,
Paul

Chuck S · March 29th, 2006, 10:10 AM

I would say then your issue is with the Safari browser.

If your trying to prevent people from loading them on other sites I would put all your multimedia extentions in there but I have no comments about the Safari browser since I do not use it I can not comment on its bugs or issues.

paulfletcher · March 29th, 2006, 01:57 PM

Is there a way to .htaccess protect the data folder, and have Photopost automatically enter the password in the background when needed? I know other software / download programs use that to protect the main data... Such as RW Download.

Thanks,
Paul

Chuck S · March 29th, 2006, 02:11 PM

No there is not

paulfletcher · March 29th, 2006, 03:43 PM

Do you know if there is a way to rewrite.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://([a-z0-9-]+\.)*xyztraining.com* [NC]
RewriteRule /* http://%{HTTP_HOST}/tutorials/index.php [R,L]

To make this work on Safari?

Thanks,
Paul

Chuck S · March 29th, 2006, 04:45 PM

Do a search on htaccess here on the forums. I am not into htaccess that much and do not use it.