How To Prevent Bandwidth Hijacking And Image Or File Hot Linking

[Graphic Design Blog]

A common problem people often run into is file hot linking. This is caused when someone links directly to an image or file on your site, using it, without actually hosting it themselves, and in essence, robbing you of your bandwidth. This can be very irritating as bandwidth can be expensive. Here's a couple ways to prevent this. In order to make this work, you will need access to your .htaccess file. If one does not exist, simply place one in the directory to prevent hot linking. (...(read more)

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