hotlink protection

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killahbeez
Member

Hi just wondering how one would go about achieving hotlink protection, i've turned it on in cpanel to protect all images.

but my images keep opening up as a php:
http://www.durrtyrice.com/wp-content/themes/durrtyrice_v1.0/library/timthumb/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/art-pixie.blogspot.com-on-flickr.jpg&w=528&zc=1

i added php to the hotlink protection list, but then it just basically turns the site to nothing. so the question is how do i stop hotlinking to images in this case?

thanks for any help.

Posted 2 years ago #
vfxdude
admin

use a .htaccess file. Add this to an existing .htaccess file, or create a new (add it to the library/timthumb folder. change the yoursite to your domain and the rewrite image url to a stop hotlinking image):

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} timthumb\.php [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !yoursite\.com [NC] RewriteRule (.*) http://yoursite.com/hotlink.gif

Posted 2 years ago #
killahbeez
Member

didn't work for some reason.

Posted 2 years ago #
vfxdude
admin

I tested it and it works. might be your server configuration...

Posted 2 years ago #

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