Hotlinking is an expression which represents the inclusion of images on a particular site through direct links. In case you have website A, for example, and somebody creates site B and wants to include a couple of images from your Internet site, they're able to either save the images and then include them on their website or they may simply put links on their Internet site to the images on yours. As a result, every time a visitor opens website B, site B will steal traffic from your own website A, because the images shall load directly from your website hosting account. This technique is oftentimes used for documents and other kinds of files too. If you wish to prevent 3rd parties from stealing your content and from using your own web hosting account’s resources, you could limit their capability to use direct links to your files on their sites.

Hotlinking Protection in Shared Website Hosting

It will not require more than several clicks to activate the hotlink security function we provide even if this is the very first website hosting account that you use, since all of our shared website hosting plans include a very simple and easy-to-use tool that will allow you to stop direct links to your content. The tool is an element of our revolutionary Hepsia CP, so it offers the exact same easy-to-use point-and-click interface. As soon as you log in to your account’s back office and go to the Hotlink Protection section, you will simply need to pick the domain or subdomain you want to secure from a drop-down list. If you want to switch on this service only for a particular Internet site folder, you will have the option to do that. All websites with active hotlink protection will appear within this section and you could turn off the service by selecting the checkbox beside the given Internet site and pressing the Delete button.

Hotlinking Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our company offers a simple solution to shield your entire content and even if you aren't quite tech-savvy, you could take advantage of it with several clicks. The standard technique to turn on server-side hotlink security is to generate an .htaccess file and to include a few directives inside it. With the tool which you'll find within the Hepsia CP, included with all semi-dedicated server accounts, you'll simply have to choose the Internet site that you would like to secure and our system will set up the .htaccess file for you, including all the required content inside it. You can also use this feature for just one folder rather than the entire Internet site - you just have to specify where the .htaccess file needs to be created. If you no longer require the hotlink protection to be active, you'll be able to disable it with a single mouse click from the same section of your CP.