[y2ksw]

Originally Posted by Bob_R

I hope I'm using the proper terminology. Because you answered my question and now you're saying that this isn't the solution.

Here's the problem with this mod and hot linking (unless I'm doing something wrong but I tested it).

On MY site if I place a hot link image error to show up on the offending site which has grabbed an image from my site. The error image shows BUT the mod also replaces the image on my site with the error image.

Only want the error image to show on the offending site (obviously).

If I don't include an error image the offending site gets a blank screen and the image on my site stays intact. That's fine right? Shows it's working!

Thanks for your help!

This is simply impossible. If you show a hotlink image to other sites, your site must remain unaffected. This is a server issue and must be setup correctly in the .htaccess file, and never was an issue with the mod.

If the offending site gets a blank screen, then definitively your hotlink formula isn't working. Get Firebug for Firefox and check the response on the "missing" image, I'm almost 100% sure it's an error 5xx, which translates in a scripting error in .htaccess.

The mod does only download images from other sites, and if they have hotlinking images, it will download those, unless you have them excluded = ignored

[Bob_R]

Originally Posted by y2ksw

This is simply impossible. If you show a hotlink image to other sites, your site must remain unaffected. This is a server issue and must be setup correctly in the .htaccess file, and never was an issue with the mod.

If the offending site gets a blank screen, then definitively your hotlink formula isn't working. Get Firebug for Firefox and check the response on the "missing" image, I'm almost 100% sure it's an error 5xx, which translates in a scripting error in .htaccess.

The mod does only download images from other sites, and if they have hotlinking images, it will download those, unless you have them excluded = ignored

Here's my .htaccess in regards to this situation

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?domain.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?domain.com/forums [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ - [NC,F,L]

[y2ksw]

Originally Posted by Bob_R

Here's my .htaccess in regards to this situation

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?domain.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?domain.com/forums [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ - [NC,F,L]

Provided that domain.com is your domain, your hotlink protection must look this way. Please see the additional backslash, no second line needed and no fancy queries. It's your site and you know how it can be addressed, so make it short and simple. The missing additional backslash and unsupported fancy queries may cause a blank screen. The F directive does generate a failure, the rest should be shown correctly on the offending page:

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

If you used this tool: http://www.htaccesstools.com/hotlink-protection/ for generation, it does not work correctly and it is a shame, but fortunately not mine.

The above rules says: If the referer is not blank and if it starts with http://www.domain.com then fail on these file extensions: .jpg, .jpeg, .png and .gif. This means in cleartext, if the referrer is blank or the referer starts with http://www.domain.com, then the images are shown. Direct page access will thus show the images, but if you are navigating the offending site, they will not.

I hope this extra lecture was exhaustive enough and has really nothing to do with the mod.

[shots]

Will this mod pickup changes?

i.e. if someone links an image and then a few days later changes the image (but not the filename) will this mod recognize that?

Followup: if so, will it overwrite the locally stored image or create an additional one with a -1 or something.

[y2ksw]

Originally Posted by shots

Will this mod pickup changes?

i.e. if someone links an image and then a few days later changes the image (but not the filename) will this mod recognize that?

Followup: if so, will it overwrite the locally stored image or create an additional one with a -1 or something.

The best way to know is to try it out. There are too many scenarios about this argument to efficiently give an answer. Generally, it imports images from external servers to local. What you do in local with these files, is your responsibility, but users have no influence. What people do on remote sites is beyond our possibilities

[ar15dcm]

Will it do the same in CMS articles? If not, what would it take to add that functionality?

[tbworld]

Originally Posted by ar15dcm

Will it do the same in CMS articles? If not, what would it take to add that functionality?

I read in the thread that the CMS is not supported. The post was dated 2012, so don't take my word on it.

[y2ksw]

Originally Posted by ar15dcm

Will it do the same in CMS articles? If not, what would it take to add that functionality?

It's not supported. It would take quite some efford to read the articles the same way as it does for the forum posts and apply the changes. Essentially it needs another cronjob with almost no shared code.

[vvlo]

It is very useful product and I've used it for years
I will soon be ready for vb 5
Do you plan to do this?

[y2ksw]

I haven't tried it yet, but it may work probably just out of the box or with very few changes in vbulletin 5.

[vvlo]

Originally Posted by y2ksw

I haven't tried it yet, but it may work probably just out of the box or with very few changes in vbulletin 5.

I am very much looking forward to hearing good news
This is one of the most popular products that are offered by you

Sorry for my bad English

[Space_psy.be]

One thing I can confirm is that it works in v3.8.7-P4 without any changes.

For what I need it, I've done a small modification, mainly do a backup of the post before updating it.

What I'm most struggling with is the 27000+ posts that have images in them. It is slow. So I'm now rewriting parts of this addon so that it can run from cli.

If there is interest, I can contribute or publish the final cli version once it is finished. The code will not be nice though, I haven't coded much php in the last couple of years.

[madness85]

working great but if the thread is deleted does it clean up the un-used images?

[madness85]

No it doesn't clean un-used images can't use this sadly if it can't do it.

[y2ksw]

On large forums you can't tell if an image is reused. This is a plugin for typically very large forums, where the lack of images is much more critical than a few too many. Also, it may come handy to have a copy. Please think about it as a feature