Top Hat
23rd November 2005, 15:15
We've created script that can be used to control how other people hot link your images.
The script can be used to:
Watermark a hot linked image
Block hot linking
Substitute an image
All on a site by site basis, so some sites you can block, some you can watermark and some you can substitute.
The script also has reporting features, so you can view who's hot linking, and how much bandwidth they are using, how many images you've watermarked etc.
Here's an example of a watermarked image.
http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/images/dress-up/acc/hats/fun/musical-jimmy.jpg
Anyway more info here:
http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/downloads/hotlink.html
For the SillyJokes site this script is currently showing our URL to several thousand people per day as a watermark on hot linked images.
The script can be used to:
Watermark a hot linked image
Block hot linking
Substitute an image
All on a site by site basis, so some sites you can block, some you can watermark and some you can substitute.
The script also has reporting features, so you can view who's hot linking, and how much bandwidth they are using, how many images you've watermarked etc.
Here's an example of a watermarked image.
http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/images/dress-up/acc/hats/fun/musical-jimmy.jpg
Anyway more info here:
http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/downloads/hotlink.html
For the SillyJokes site this script is currently showing our URL to several thousand people per day as a watermark on hot linked images.