Anyone running an arcade using phparcadescript and dreamhost? I've gone over dreamhost's wiki and tried to create a .htaccess file to prevent people stealing my bandwidth (I've just come to find this is becoming a big problem of mine). If anyone runs an arcade website using phpAS and dreamhost, and got the .htaccess file to prevent hotlinking, could you please post or PM me the details of what you did? When I tried, the .htaccess blocked my own site from displaying wmv's and mpg's. Obviously, that's not what I want even though it blocks other's from using them as well. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, boxer126
boxer ... One way I've done it is find the files people are 'hotlinking' to, then: 1. Change the filename to something like gamename123.swf 2. Go into the Admin Control Panel and edit the filename of the game to the new file name 3. Create a htacces file similar to: ErrorDocument 404 http://www.yourdomainhere.com/ Code (markup): This will redirect all people trying to hotlink that game directly to your main arcade website. We also have a HOTLINK PROTECTION MOD posted in our support forums, however it currently only works for IE. We are looking for a FireFox solution to implement as well.
Hey Scott, Thanks for the information. That's actually what I was going to do if I couldn't find anyone who figured out .htaccess with dreamhost. I just wanted to see if there was a nice, easy way to prevent hotlinking through the host so I wouldn't even have to hunt down the hotlinkers and keep changing names, but, oh well. I did a lot of the same research on the phparcadescript forums and seemed to find the same info. I see some people use it as a nice way to bring in some extra traffic. I'm implementing in the morning. Thanks for the response, boxer126