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[wordgeist]

Hi,

I'm using the following lines on my .htaccess:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?domain.com(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp|txt|pdf)$ - [F,NC]


I'm using this lines to avoid links to a files from external websites but how can I redirect that traffic to the index of the website or any other page?

[Loon]

Edit your last line to point wherever, something like;

RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g|bmp|txt|pdf)$ /folder/page.php [L,NC]

PS - wrong section

[paraiba]

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yourdomain.com(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp)$ - [F,NC]

[KettleBoiling]

Why would you want to disable hot linking? As far as I can tell...at least at the time of writing, a hot linked image is beneficial in comparison to it being hosted. I believe that images that are hosted on other websites gives some "value" back in terms of SEO value.