Hotlinking is an expression that represents the inclusion of images on a given site via direct links. When you have website A, for example, and an individual creates website B and wishes to include a number of images from your Internet site, they can either save the images and then include them on their Internet site or they can simply place links on their site to the images on yours. Consequently, every time a visitor opens site B, site B will steal traffic from your own site A, since the images will load straight from your website hosting account. This technique is oftentimes used for documents and other types of files also. If you want to prevent 3rd parties from stealing your content and from using your own hosting account’s resources, you are able to limit their capability to use direct links to your files on their websites.

Hotlinking Protection in Cloud Website Hosting

As our Linux cloud website hosting feature a simple and handy hotlink protection tool, you will be able to defend your content from appearing on third-party websites with literally just 2 mouse clicks, even if you do not have much experience with such matters. The tool is included with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and as soon as you open it, you will only have to pick the domain or subdomain which you want to protect. Optionally, you may also choose if the hotlink protection shall be enabled for the default domain root folder or only for a subfolder. You will not need to do anything else, due to the fact that our system shall create an .htaccess file automatically within the preferred location and will include the necessary code in it. All Internet websites with active hotlink protection will be listed within exactly the same section, so you could disable this service for any of them with a click.

Hotlinking Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our company offers an uncomplicated solution to protect your whole content and even if you are not quite tech-savvy, you are able to take advantage of it with a few clicks. The conventional way to activate server-side hotlink security is to generate an .htaccess file and to include a few directives within it. With the tool that you'll find within the Hepsia CP, supplied with all semi-dedicated server accounts, you will only need to pick the Internet site that you would like to protect and our system shall set up the .htaccess file for you, including all the required content within it. You can also use this function for only one folder rather than the entire Internet site - you just have to specify where the .htaccess file has to be created. If you no longer require the hotlink security to be active, you'll be able to deactivate it with a single mouse click from the same exact section of your CP.