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Stop Direct Linking

This tutorial will teach you how to stop people from direct linking. You'll need your own domain or be hosted for it to work. When they try to direct link, they'll get an X on the image.
Copy this code onto a page that you name .htaccess. Change the yoursite.com to your site url.
RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?YOURSITE.COM/.*$ [NC] RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ - [F]
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