Prevent Images From Hotlink with Htaccess Tools

I just have limited bandwidth for my own blog. but someone always steals bandwidth through hotlink my images. If you are a beginning blogger like me, this web service may help you.

Htaccess Tools, is a webtool generating htaccess file easily. Even though having no bit of knowledge about web server, with htaccess tools you can configure the htaccess file step by step and achieve the goal of preventing hotlink. Take a look how to set.

Type the allowed hotlink domain on the blank box. Your own domain and search engine domain, eg Google Image, should be included. Then sellect “sllow blank referers”. Third type a image url for blocked hits in Blocked image URL. At last input the extension name of image files in Files To Protect. Click Generate .htaccess file. The .htaccess file with function of preventing hotlink will be generated.

Htaccess Tools can not only prevent hotlink，but also have many available function, including:

• Generate passwords for htpasswd files
• Password protect one or more directories
• Create a .htaccess file to redirect certain languages
• Create custom error pages
• Block IPs
• Block hitbots

Go to Htaccess Tools and try it yourself.