Can't access any images on the site

[boyo]

Look at this picture.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2zflu9k.gif

I'm using Firefox and it has nothing to do with my cache.

A few months ago I could see all the pictures, but now they all show up as this hotlinking picture.

I can guarantee that nothing on my computer has changed.

I can only assume the server has banned my ip address or something.

[RT 55J]

Are you using a proxy?

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[boyo]

No. It worked before. I haven't changed anything.

[Maxim]

What do you see here:



http://adurah.com/step2.html">http://adurah.com/step2.html



If it isn't the URL of this page, you have problems.

[boyo]

It says "You came from: https://www.vgmaps.com/forums/index.php?topic=750"

[Maxim]

If you're in Firefox, enter about:config in the address bar and type "referer" in the box. It looks like you have it set to 1, but it should be 2.

[boyo]

You're right. That fixed it.

What's the difference between 1 and 2?

[Maxim]

0 = don't send a referer

2 = send it for everything

1 = don't send it for images



"nothing on my computer has changed"



Except that

[boyo]

Yeah, somehow.

[tay]

I have the same problem running on internet explorer. (version 7 i think) I'm sure that the referer is the problem but how do i fix it?



Going to the referer test page earlier in this forum says this:



You came from: Your address bar, a bookmark, or you sent no referer.

[Maxim]

It's either something you did to IE, via an add-on, or you have a proxy between you and the internet. Some ad-blockers have this effect.



Jon really ought to change the blocker to allow through blank referers.

[JonLeung]

Someone on these forums suggested the code I implemented as-is to prevent hotlinking, if that's where the issue is.



I guess I'll have to go back and find where I stuck that snippet of code (I'm guessing the main root HTML file or root folder).



Would allowing blank referrers let potential bandwidth-sucking hotlinkers in, though?

[Maxim]

It'll be in .htaccess in the web root directory. Try this:



RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+\.)?vgmaps\.com/ [NC]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$

RewriteRule .*\.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ /images/noleech.png [L]



Allowing blank referers will allow:



- people with image referers turned off in Firefox

- people with a proxy that removes the referer (often as a "privacy" option)

- people who copy and paste a direct URL to an image into their address bar

- people who try really hard to rip you off by having their linking page have ".vgmaps.com" in the URL (eg. http://www.mysite.com/imrippingoff.vgmaps.com/somepage.html)



and will block:



- people with regular browser setups who click on a link from another website

[JonLeung]

Okay, it's been implemented.  It should work just as Maxim says...



Hope that fixes it!

[Revned]

I can finally open images in tabs now!