Ezboard forum stealing my bandwidth

[DrkFusion]

Its happend to me, even with clients, I show them a prview, they copy the preview, and cut it and do the html or something and not pay me.

Thats why I tagg all my images now.

[Chris M]

@Drk - I need to talk to you about that very idea of payment

Anyone care to share the code? Please!

Satan

[Diva]

Hi. This is what I use on my site. I use it for all my files. The key is to place it above the files with images in them. I keep images that I want to link to other sites in another folder. Just for your FYI.

I have others, but haven't gotten around to putting them up. Just remember to change the "your site" twice. One has "www" and ther other... well, you get the idea.

Options FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://yoursite.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.yoursite.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.jpg$ - [G]

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://yoursite.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.yoursite.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.gif$ - [G]

[Dean C]

do u use that in a php file ^?

- miSt

[Diva]

No. You just save it as text. I suggest htaccess.txt. Then you upload it to the server. Once on the server, rename it to: .htaccess There is NOTHING before the "."

You should email your host and ask if mod re-writes are set up. It's very easy for them to do. Most hosts have it. If you want, you can send me a link and I'll try and see if it works.

[PS: I emailed/PM'd you, Mist... earlier]

[ManagerJosh]

Wouldn't it be better to place it in the base directory of FTP?

I just dump one .htaccess file to /httpdocs and it works for my entire site..(helpful when I need to set Options All)

[Erwin]

I put mine in my image directory.

[Diva]

If you don't want to link any pictures outside, then sure. But I also post on other sites and have linked avatars and pictures. If my htaccess was at the root, then I wouldn't be able to do that.

[Merjawy]

I have a page that people upload images/audio files and post links on others sites of their choice

my problem is I started this free service to be used on few sites less thant 5 sites.. but some of them link to as many as they feel like..

can I use this .htaccess to manage that directory to allow only these sites to link?

need I to put in their URLs/IPs to allow them and block the rest of the world?

Thanks

[Diva]

Hi. Yes, just put right below yours with 'www' and without.