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BirdOPrey5

07-09-2010 02:37 AM

Is there a way to redirect users from a specific referrer?

This may not be unique to vB3 but I didn't know where else to ask- basically there's a forum I don't like- I don't like them or their users or their 'we don't accept new registrations' attitude... yet I see they are one of the biggest referrers to my site... well I'm willing to cut off my nose to spite my face on this one, I would like to forward anyone who follows a link from them to a 'custom' web page I set up... I think I've seen this was possible before, maybe with htaccess file? Any ideas? Let's say I want to stop people from example.com...

James Birkett

07-09-2010 12:19 PM

Hmm...

Code:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://www\.example\.com [NC]

RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/custompage.php [R]

Just remember that the referrer header can be spoofed and this isn't guaranteed to stop the users from that site (you probably know this already, I just thought I'd point out).

BirdOPrey5

07-09-2010 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Birkett (Post 2066817)

Hmm...

Code:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://www\.example\.com [NC]

RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/custompage.php [R]

Just remember that the referrer header can be spoofed and this isn't guaranteed to stop the users from that site (you probably know this already, I just thought I'd point out).

Thanks, that'll do... Obviously they can find ways around it, I just needed to do something to get their attention. :)

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