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| − | <seo title="Images protection" metakeywords="images protection,protect images,hot link protection" metadescription="Images protection" /> | + | <seo title="Images protection" metakeywords="images protection,protect images,hot link protection,hotlinking" metadescription="Images protection" /><div align=justify>Images protection is a very important thing nowadays. Suppose you are a photographer and display all photos on your site. You want to protect the images for noone else to use them on their site. This tutorial will help you to protect the images from hotlinking. A hotlink occurs when some content from your site (in most cases - images) is embedded on another site, stealing your bandwidth to serve the files. cPanel provides hot link protection feature to protect the images on your site. |
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| − | <div align=justify>Images protection is a very important thing nowadays. Suppose you are a photographer and display all photos on your site. You want to protect the images for noone else to use them on their site. This tutorial will help you to protect the images from hotlinking. A hotlink occurs when some content from your site (in most cases - images) is embedded on another site, stealing your bandwidth to serve the files. cPanel provides hot link protection feature to protect the images on your site. | + | |
To enable hot link images protection: | To enable hot link images protection: | ||
| − | * Log into your cPanel => Security => Hot Link Protection; | + | * Log into your '''cPanel => [[Security]] => Hot Link Protection'''; |
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| + | * Click the '''Enable''' button on the Hot Link Protection main page. | ||
| − | + | {{#icon: Images protection.png|Images protection}} | |
* To allow other sites to hotlink to your site, add the URLs needed to the '''URLs to allow access''' list. | * To allow other sites to hotlink to your site, add the URLs needed to the '''URLs to allow access''' list. | ||
If you want to block direct access to some certain file extensions, you need to add them to the text field under the '''Block direct access for these extensions''' heading. | If you want to block direct access to some certain file extensions, you need to add them to the text field under the '''Block direct access for these extensions''' heading. | ||
| − | + | When these file types are blocked, people will not be able to hotlink them from your website (even if hotlinking is allowed). | |
* You may allow users to access the content by entering the specific file's URL into a browser by clicking the checkbox under the above mentioned text field. | * You may allow users to access the content by entering the specific file's URL into a browser by clicking the checkbox under the above mentioned text field. | ||
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* Requests for content can be redirected to some URL by using the '''Redirect request to this URL''' heading. | * Requests for content can be redirected to some URL by using the '''Redirect request to this URL''' heading. | ||
| − | * Click Submit. | + | * Click '''Submit'''. |
| − | Now that you have your images protection enabled, you may not worry about their unauthorized usage.</div> | + | Now that you have your images protection enabled, you may not worry about their unauthorized usage.</div><br> |
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