I am looking for a script to stop people right clicking and stealing images from my art website, i read about a script that puts a transparent layer on your site pages so if anyone tries to right click and save your image they don't get anything. has anyone heard of this script of know of any good ones, free or commercial? Kathryn.
with right click -> save as disable code in javascript you can limit image stealing. But this is not permanent solution. Stopping it completely not possible actually.
Best option for you is a watermark. A transparent one, in the center of your image, is the best. Trust me, you can't protect an image otherwise. (Unless you embed it in a flash file of some sort - but then again, a screenshot would fix that as well ).
Thanks, i just noticed a link in another post to the right click disable code. ill use this for now and consider adding a watermark at a later date. do i manually add a watermark or is there software that can do it as a batch?
1. Don't bother with the right-click disable code. With right-click "disabled" in Firefox you can still save images. 2. There are plenty of programs that do watermark, I personally use batchphoto, but you have to pay for it. I have no idea about good free ones, but I'm sure you can find some out there. Mihai
I agree, you cannot prevent people from stealing images, the best you can do is use watermark, even if you use fancy scripts to block right click people can always save a screen shot of the image... if you can disable the right click AND saving screenshots.. then.. maybe it'll be more difficult for people to steal.
mihaidamianov is right the watermark's the best solution to your problem. You can find copious amounts of programs that can help you with that.
i will look into getting a watermark program, the code i used does seem to work both in IE7 and firefox.