Need a .htaccess expert for this one please?

[swedguy]

Have in mind that by redirecting all hotlink traffic to that page you will use up more bandwidth than just the single picture they are hotlinking.

The page you redirect to is 367kB including all pictures. So it's just to calculate what the total bw used is if they hotlink 10, 50 or 100 pics. It adds up.

If bandwidth is a concern, use this RewriteRule instead:

RewriteRule .* - [F]

[lux_interior]

Originally Posted by swedguy

Have in mind that by redirecting all hotlink traffic to that page you will use up more bandwidth than just the single picture they are hotlinking.

The page you redirect to is 367kB including all pictures. So it's just to calculate what the total bw used is if they hotlink 10, 50 or 100 pics. It adds up.

If bandwidth is a concern, use this RewriteRule instead:

RewriteRule .* - [F]

Thanks for that and I hear ya! The way I figure it is I stand a vague chance of selling something off that page where as when somebody just link directly to a pic I've got zero chance. You do raise an interesting point though. Maybe for the asian traffic I'll redirect to an asian sponsor rather than my generic 404 page.

On your second point would you care to expand a bit as I'm not really too hot on .htaccess

Thanks again for your intelligent response.

Lux

[eskimoen]

RewriteRule .* - [F]

Means that a 403 Forbidden http response will be sent to the browser. If you have a ErrorDocument 403 in your htaccess the surfer will be redirected to this url.

http://www.htaccesstools.com/block-hitbots/ allows you to block or redirect the hitbots or what ever it is. If you do not set a "Redirection URL" hits will just be blocked.

[lux_interior]

Originally Posted by eskimoen

Means that a 403 Forbidden http response will be sent to the browser. If you have a ErrorDocument 403 in your htaccess the surfer will be redirected to this url.

http://www.htaccesstools.com/block-hitbots/ allows you to block or redirect the hitbots or what ever it is. If you do not set a "Redirection URL" hits will just be blocked.

Thanks for the clarification.

I tried that tool and generated a .htaccess file but still some of the sites seem to be able to access my sites.

Lux

[eskimoen]

Originally Posted by lux_interior

Thanks for the clarification.

I tried that tool and generated a .htaccess file but still some of the sites seem to be able to access my sites.

Lux

It generates a htaccess that blocks based on http referer. You can not block ips with this method.

I just added a new tool, Block IPs. Use this if you want to block based on ip instead of http referer.
http://www.htaccesstools.com/block-ips/

[tiny]

Try a
deny from (numeric iaddress)

[Osiris]

Originally Posted by eskimoen

It generates a htaccess that blocks based on http referer. You can not block ips with this method.

I just added a new tool, Block IPs. Use this if you want to block based on ip instead of http referer.
http://www.htaccesstools.com/block-ips/

Is that your site? Someone showed this to me a good while back and I always thought it kicked ass since I don't know much of anything about .htaccess

I'm still having trouble combining 2 .htaccess files into one.. I need hotlink protection and hitbot blocking all in one.. When I put all the code into one .htaccess I mess everything up!

[Wazza]

Are you clearing your cache prior to checking if they can hotlink?

[eskimoen]

Originally Posted by Osiris

Is that your site? Someone showed this to me a good while back and I always thought it kicked ass since I don't know much of anything about .htaccess

I'm still having trouble combining 2 .htaccess files into one.. I need hotlink protection and hitbot blocking all in one.. When I put all the code into one .htaccess I mess everything up!

Yes, its mine.

Feel free to post your htaccess questions on http://www.htaccesstools.com/board/