Hotlinking is a commonly accepted Internet expression for linking to another website’s images. Quite simply, if you build a website, somebody else may want to use the images which you have and instead of downloading them from your Internet site and then uploading them to their website, they can simply put links to your site. That way, when a visitor opens their Internet site, the images shall be loaded from your account, hence stealing from your own monthly traffic quota, not to mention the copyright problems which can arise or that somebody may be trying to deceive people into thinking that they are in fact on your site. In rare situations, documents and other kinds of files can also be linked in the same exact way. To prevent this from happening and to avoid this kind of situations, you could activate hotlink protection for your website.
Hotlinking Protection in Shared Website Hosting
Because our shared website hosting services come with a simple and convenient hotlink protection tool, you'll be able to defend your content from displaying on third-party Internet sites with literally only 2 mouse clicks, even if you do not have very much experience with this type of matters. The tool is included with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and as soon as you open it, you will just need to select the domain or subdomain which you want to protect. Additionally, you may also choose if the hotlink protection shall be enabled for the default domain root folder or just for a subfolder. You'll not need to do anything else, since our system will create an .htaccess file automatically within the desired location and shall include the necessary code within it. All sites with active hotlink protection shall be listed in exactly the same section, so you can easily disable this service for any of them with just a click.
Hotlinking Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
We provide an effective solution to protect your content and even if you are not really tech-savvy, you are able to take full advantage of it with just a few mouse clicks. The standard approach to turn on server-side hotlink protection is to generate an .htaccess file and to add a few directives within it. With the tool which you'll discover within the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all semi-dedicated server accounts, you'll only need to select the website which you need to secure and our system shall set up the .htaccess file for you, including all of the essential content in it. You can even use this feature for only one folder rather than the entire website - you just have to specify where the .htaccess file has to be created. If you no longer require the hotlink security to be enabled, you could deactivate it with a single click via the same exact section of your CP.