Help Please

is there a way i can modify my .htaccess file to exclude hotlinking for certain images in a file, but include others? what i mean is, i have a folder that contains all of my images, and the thumbnails have "_th" in the file name (ex: 289452_th.jpg). the large pics don't have the "_th" in the filename (ex: 289452.jpg).

can i modify my .htaccess where it allows hotlinking for all files with the "_th", but disallows it for all files without the "_th"? +rep to anyone who can help me out. thanks.

 

You may try this,

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)_th\.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ - [F]

Code (markup):

when imageName_th.jpg is hotlinked from other site, it shows nothing.
This is not effect with no '_th' images.

 

thanks for your feedback, but i need the images with _th to be able to be hotlinked. i have a photo hosting site, and i need the images without the _th to not be hotlinked.

 

oh sorry, i didn't read your request clearly.

what you want is to:

Allow: 289452_th.jpg
Disallow: 289452.jpg

so, rewrite code should be like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^.*[^(_th)]\.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ - [F]

Code (markup):

sorry for miss reading, this might help.

 

or just put the thumbnails in a different directory

 

separate the thumbnail images into the other directory.

That's the only best way to get secure.

 

i can't separate the thumbnails because i'm running an image hosting script that places them in the same directory. ead i'm going to try what you just suggested

 

ok i tried it, and it's working PERFECTLY. i hope good things happen to you eadkung because you really helped me out of a jam. people were starting to hotlink 1mg image files like crazy. thanks a LOT

 

you're welcome