Hotlinking is an expression that describes the addition of images on a given website by using direct links. In case you have site A, for example, and an individual creates site B and wants to add a couple of images from your Internet site, they're able to either save the images and then add them on their Internet site or they can simply place links on their website to the images on yours. Consequently, whenever a visitor opens site B, site B will steal traffic from your own site A, as the images shall load directly from your website hosting account. This process is oftentimes used for documents and other sorts of files as well. If you want to prevent 3rd parties from stealing your content and from using your own website hosting account’s resources, you'll be able to limit their capability to use direct links to your files on their websites.

Hotlinking Protection in Hosting

Due to the fact that our Linux hosting feature a simple and handy hotlink protection tool, you'll be able to protect your content from displaying on third-party Internet sites with literally no more than two clicks, even if you don't have a lot of experience with this kind of matters. The tool is included with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and when you open it, you will only need to pick the domain or subdomain that you want to protect. Furthermore, you could also choose if the hotlink protection shall be enabled for the default domain root folder or only for a subfolder. You'll not need to do anything else, as our system will create an .htaccess file automatically inside the preferred location and will include the needed code within it. All sites with active hotlink protection shall be listed inside the same section, so you can disable this service for each of them with a mouse click.

Hotlinking Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our company offers an uncomplicated solution to protect your content and even if you aren't very tech-savvy, you could take full advantage of it with a couple of clicks. The usual way to turn on server-side hotlink protection is to create an .htaccess file and to include a couple of directives in it. With the tool which you'll discover within the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all semi-dedicated server accounts, you'll simply need to choose the website that you need to secure and our system will create the .htaccess file for you, adding all the necessary content in it. You may also use this option for only one folder as opposed to the entire site - you just need to specify where the .htaccess file should be created. If you no longer need the hotlink security to be switched on, you'll be able to deactivate it with just one mouse click from the same exact section of your CP.