Preventing hotlinks

Alex · November 24th, 2012, 12:03 AM

Howdy -

Made a small change to the site today, to disallow sites other than here to hotlink our images. It should have zero effect on this site itself, but please let me know if you see anything that doesn't seem like it's working correctly. What this prevents is for people on other sites to use our own bandwidth to post pictures, re-use smilies local to here, etc. Some sites replace the image with something vile, but mine was at least tongue in cheek:

Another minor switch that I hadn't realized wasn't working until tonight. "ninjette.org" always has always been pushed to "www.ninjette.org". But if the incoming url was something like "ninjette.org/forums", it wouldn't add the www in front as I had expected. That has been corrected, so you should always see the www in front of the address. Like above, let me know if this causes any unexpected issues.

Motofool · November 24th, 2012, 08:35 AM

I always wonder how do you find time for keeping this monster running smoothly and for riding.

Alex · November 24th, 2012, 09:01 AM

Meth.

CZroe · November 25th, 2012, 07:56 AM

A whole lot of plagiarized DIYs just lost their images.

Jiggles · November 25th, 2012, 10:00 AM

I say you change it to a gay porn pic. The lulz will be greatly enhanced

himynameisjoe · November 25th, 2012, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

I say you change it to a gay porn pic. The lulz will be greatly enhanced

CZroe · November 26th, 2012, 06:20 AM

Need to make a 9-color version if you truly want to save bandwidth.

Alex · November 26th, 2012, 09:18 AM

It's not my bandwidth. That pic is pulled directly off of smugmug, which allows unlimited bandwidth.

FrugalNinja250 · December 2nd, 2012, 03:42 PM

I think I've got some technical posts here that hotlink images that I uploaded over at ninja250.org, as well as posts there that referenced pics over here. What will it take to find and delete those posts here?

Alex · December 2nd, 2012, 08:40 PM

There's no need to edit the posts here; hotlinking images from sites that allow it continues to work just fine. It's the limiting of other sites hotlinking images from here that was restricted. If you do have posts on other forums that directly link pictures that are hosted only here, those are the ones that would having missing pics now over there.

FrugalNinja250 · December 3rd, 2012, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

There's no need to edit the posts here; hotlinking images from sites that allow it continues to work just fine. It's the limiting of other sites hotlinking images from here that was restricted. If you do have posts on other forums that directly link pictures that are hosted only here, those are the ones that would having missing pics now over there.

Right. But if I have any posts here that hotlink pics from the other site I want to delete them here. They have limited pic hosting capability but don't restrict hotlinking They don't allow deleting posts or pictures after 12 hours or so, so I can't do it from that end.

Alex · December 3rd, 2012, 08:02 AM

Search for your posts here that include "img" in them, perhaps "img" and the other site's name?

November 24th, 2012, 12:03 AM	#1
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Preventing hotlinks Howdy - Made a small change to the site today, to disallow sites other than here to hotlink our images. It should have zero effect on this site itself, but please let me know if you see anything that doesn't seem like it's working correctly. What this prevents is for people on other sites to use our own bandwidth to post pictures, re-use smilies local to here, etc. Some sites replace the image with something vile, but mine was at least tongue in cheek: Another minor switch that I hadn't realized wasn't working until tonight. "ninjette.org" always has always been pushed to "www.ninjette.org". But if the incoming url was something like "ninjette.org/forums", it wouldn't add the www in front as I had expected. That has been corrected, so you should always see the www in front of the address. Like above, let me know if this causes any unexpected issues. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

November 24th, 2012, 08:35 AM	#2
Motofool Daily Ninjette rider Name: Hernan Location: Florida Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: A lot. MOTY - 2016, MOTM - Dec '12, Jan '14, Jan '15, May '16	I always wonder how do you find time for keeping this monster running smoothly and for riding. __________________________________________________ *Motofool* *.................................Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly* "Mankind is composed of two sorts of men — those who love and create, and those who hate and destroy. Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world." - José Martí

November 24th, 2012, 09:01 AM	#3
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Meth. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)
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November 25th, 2012, 10:00 AM	#5
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	I say you change it to a gay porn pic. The lulz will be greatly enhanced __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

November 26th, 2012, 09:18 AM	#8
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	It's not my bandwidth. That pic is pulled directly off of smugmug, which allows unlimited bandwidth. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

November 25th, 2012, 07:56 AM	#4
CZroe CPT Falcon Name: J.Emmett Turner Location: Newnan, GA Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): '08 CP Blue EX250J, '97 unpainted EX250F, 2nd '97 unpainted EX250F (no engine), '07 black EX250F Posts: A lot.	A whole lot of plagiarized DIYs just lost their images.

November 26th, 2012, 06:20 AM	#7
CZroe CPT Falcon Name: J.Emmett Turner Location: Newnan, GA Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): '08 CP Blue EX250J, '97 unpainted EX250F, 2nd '97 unpainted EX250F (no engine), '07 black EX250F Posts: A lot.	Need to make a 9-color version if you truly want to save bandwidth.

December 2nd, 2012, 03:42 PM	#9
FrugalNinja250 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Frugal Location: Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): Several Posts: A lot.	I think I've got some technical posts here that hotlink images that I uploaded over at ninja250.org, as well as posts there that referenced pics over here. What will it take to find and delete those posts here?

December 2nd, 2012, 08:40 PM	#10
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	There's no need to edit the posts here; hotlinking images from sites that allow it continues to work just fine. It's the limiting of other sites hotlinking images from here that was restricted. If you do have posts on other forums that directly link pictures that are hosted only here, those are the ones that would having missing pics now over there. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

December 3rd, 2012, 08:02 AM	#12
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Search for your posts here that include "img" in them, perhaps "img" and the other site's name? __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

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