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issues with hotlinking and htaccess

i've recently employed the use of .htaccess to safe guard my images from hotlinking. this is the code that i am using...

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?(qrow)(\.com|\.org|\.net)/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?(.+)?(livejournal)(\.com|\.org|\.net)/ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png|css|mov|swf|dcr)$ - [F]

i believe i found this code on the net. i liked it because it seemed to cover all the bases (a domain with various possible extensions and subdomains including the "www"). it's been working fine as a whole but some folks have come forward and have said that they can not view the protected images at all. in fact, protected images are denied access on my own site for some people. an example would be this: http://qrow.com/art.php?dir=illustrations&pic=creative ... most folks are able to see the image on the page, though a few can not (the image is broken). nothing is out of the ordinary with them (not that i know what to ask about anyway) they're using common, recent browsers like firefox and ie, regular pc machines, etc. what could be causing this? a flaw in the htaccess code? a rogue browser setting?

any information is appreciated.

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Grunge
Jenn Rodriguez | qrow.com

Last edited by Grunge, April 23rd, 2005 08:42 AM (Edited 1 times)

Jenn,

I just browsed your site for a good while and noticed no problems with viewing images. I have tried it out in many browsers including an archaic mozilla . . "Netscape". Hope my two cents have helped out.

jchiesa