programme to stop hot linking

[admin100]

Is there something I can run to see if there are any hot links to my sites graphics?

Any ideas?

I have a programme to check all of our links are working but they are the ones we have, not the ones that people are hot linking to our website.

Is there such a thing?

Sonja

[vfaulkner]

If you have a web stats/ log analyser, it should tell you that information.
Look under 'link referrers' or 'linked pages', more often than not (in my experience) hot links are listed as forums or sites you've never visited.
HTH!

[sonnie]

In addition to what vfaulkner suggested, some hosts are now offering the capability of blocking "hot links", basically, linking to graphics from other sites. I work on a site whose host has recently offered this service. Contact your provider to see if this is available.

[cyanide]

HI Sonja,

Are you running Apache? If you are, you can create an .htaccess file.
Open notepad and save as htaccess.txt

Inside it, put

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com/.*$      [NC] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com$      [NC] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com/.*$      [NC] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com$      [NC] 
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp|php|html)$ 
http://www.domain.com/images/getlost.gif[R,NC]

Then upload to your root server and change the name to .htaccess

Notes:
Replace domain.com with your actual domain name

You'll notice the second last line, I added php and html . you'll need that for the page, depending on the extension of your page.
And if you're feeling adventurous, you can add the last line, which you can make. An image to display anything you want, like "This site stole my page"

And that image will replace what they're trying to steal.

As mentioned, above, depending on the control panel, your host may have this feature

[admin100]

Thanks for that guys

I do have a .htaccess file but it is used for another purpose and I wouldn't want to overwrite it.

Any ideas?

Sonja

[cyanide]

Thanks for that guys

I do have a .htaccess file but it is used for another purpose and I wouldn't want to overwrite it.

Any ideas?

Sonja

Sorry, Sonja
I should have clarified.
You can have multiple directives in .htaccess
No problem, you can add to it.
Just put it right underneath the current code

[admin100]

Thank you