Hot Linking Pictures

[delmarva]

How can I prevent people from hot linking pictures from my site? Thanks

[HMBeaty]

use an .htaccess file

http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2004/11/stop-image-hotlinking-tutorial-htaccess-apache

[delmarva]

I have a .htacess file for url re-writing. Can I add to that file or will that screw everything else up? This makes me nervous...:p

[HMBeaty]

You may be able to add it. I'm not 100% sure though