[Socar MYLES]

I am putting an .htaccess file on Gorblimey to prevent outside linking to my images.

This is what it looks like so far:

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

Does anyone know what I would add to that if I wanted to allow certain sites (like ezboard, sijun, ebay, etc) to still link to my images?

[Pat]

I'm an HTML idiot, but can't you just lock up your directories containing your images by setting folder permissions? Then set up a single one that's a open for outside access?

-Pat

[lookitsfrank]

I'm not sure if you can do that with htmaccess Socar, so you might want to try http://www.anti-leech.com/ to see what they can do for you. as far as I know the service is free. You link to something like http://www.anti-leech.com/?user=Socar&file=0896306 and it redirects you to the image on your server. of course it won't show the URL or anything. I think this would be your best option if you still want certain sites to be allowed to view the images.
Hope this helps,
Frank

[Kreuze]

Hey, all you need to do is add another line for each additional exception, i.e.

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

I assume that's all, if you want me to explain in detail .htaccess and RewriteCond etc. works I can, I don't always come by Sijun that often anymore though.

Cheers, J.K.

[Socar MYLES]

Thanks, kreuze...I actually just managed to get it figured out an hour or two ago...forgot to post here and mention it.

Thanks for the help, though

[lookitsfrank]

ack. shows how much I know. oh well, long live the rats! may noone tarnish their image by displaying them elsewhere.