Material Stealing?
Material Stealing?
http://www.topsitelists.com/bestsites/s ... sites.html
I found this on the net. I dunno if it's one of Brendan's sites he hosts but I thought I'd check just to be sure. It has the TFA's background plus one of our images.
This may be something completely stupid I'd double check just to be sure.
I found this on the net. I dunno if it's one of Brendan's sites he hosts but I thought I'd check just to be sure. It has the TFA's background plus one of our images.
This may be something completely stupid I'd double check just to be sure.
*clicks link and blinks at background*
Hmm. Looks like you could be right, though seeing as so many places seem to use the same purply-gridded background I don't tend to notice that much anymore...
And which other image is it that they've taken from here?
Hmm. Looks like you could be right, though seeing as so many places seem to use the same purply-gridded background I don't tend to notice that much anymore...
And which other image is it that they've taken from here?
[color=000066]"Never trust a side that calls the other side evil. They're probably up to something."[/color]
"I found it through your yahoo profile. I was trying to look at a pic of you....and all I saw was this huge baddass truck." ~Zeeky
Current Cute Icon Adoptee: Long Haul
*takes another look*
Seems like there should indeed be some sort of image at the bottom, though for some reason I get the Red X of Doom. However, by right-clicking and selecting Properties, you can see that the URL is listed as "http://www.tfarchive.org/banner/tca.gif".
Seems like there should indeed be some sort of image at the bottom, though for some reason I get the Red X of Doom. However, by right-clicking and selecting Properties, you can see that the URL is listed as "http://www.tfarchive.org/banner/tca.gif".
[color=000066]"Never trust a side that calls the other side evil. They're probably up to something."[/color]
"I found it through your yahoo profile. I was trying to look at a pic of you....and all I saw was this huge baddass truck." ~Zeeky
Current Cute Icon Adoptee: Long Haul
The background is not "taken" from TFA... it's HOTLINKED. If your browser offers you the "view single image" option, do that with the background. And then take a look at the URL.
Looking for a complete Energon Sky Shadow (from Superion Maximus).
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Hot-linked meaning "taking up the Archive's bandwidth", right? Or something like that anyway...
[color=000066]"Never trust a side that calls the other side evil. They're probably up to something."[/color]
"I found it through your yahoo profile. I was trying to look at a pic of you....and all I saw was this huge baddass truck." ~Zeeky
Current Cute Icon Adoptee: Long Haul
-
- Posts: 32206
- Joined: Wed Jan 31, 2001 5:00 am
[edit: scratch that, it's just the manual I'm working from...]
TFArchive.org (asides from backpedalling at some point in the past to call their site 'The Cybertron Archive') also ripped a bunch of image galleries from various sites a couple of years back. TFArchive.net seems to have lapsed, though.
A generic .htaccess block isn't the solution, as lots of site hotlink banners and buttons from here.
TFArchive.org (asides from backpedalling at some point in the past to call their site 'The Cybertron Archive') also ripped a bunch of image galleries from various sites a couple of years back. TFArchive.net seems to have lapsed, though.
A generic .htaccess block isn't the solution, as lots of site hotlink banners and buttons from here.
-
- Posts: 32206
- Joined: Wed Jan 31, 2001 5:00 am
-
- Posts: 32206
- Joined: Wed Jan 31, 2001 5:00 am
From their links page -
http://tfdatabase.bravehost.com/
cocksuckers. Mind, it looks like ass and has no content.
Still, cocksuckers.
Their webguy being named Skywarp is well-spooky too,
http://tfdatabase.bravehost.com/
cocksuckers. Mind, it looks like ass and has no content.
Still, cocksuckers.
Their webguy being named Skywarp is well-spooky too,
what about a .htaccess file redirecting all requests from the thief server to that file?
edit
here is the .htacces code to put in the file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^[url]http://[/url](www\.)?tfarchive.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ http://www.tfarchive.com/nasty.gif [R,L]
Just create a file "nasty.gif" and place this particular .htaccess file in the common sub durectory
edit
here is the .htacces code to put in the file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^[url]http://[/url](www\.)?tfarchive.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg)$ http://www.tfarchive.com/nasty.gif [R,L]
Just create a file "nasty.gif" and place this particular .htaccess file in the common sub durectory
That's interesting... the reference I've got omits closing ] brackets (as you'd omit closing " for direct HTML output rewriting of 404s, etc)... I think the reference is incorrect... so mod_rewrite is working fine.
Erm, which bit of "if we block all other referrers, we block the many other sites linking our banners and buttons" wasn't clear?
Code to use would be:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^[url]http://[/url](www\.)?topsitelists\.com/ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ bandwidth.gif [L]
I'm going to merge this back into the original thread... getting messy...
edit: Or how about we be extra-friendly?
RewriteRule \.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ http://www.tfarchive.org/prod/images/zo ... /arcee.jpg [L]
edit2:
Yep, that actually works. Moral highground time, though. Simple block is back.
Erm, which bit of "if we block all other referrers, we block the many other sites linking our banners and buttons" wasn't clear?
Code to use would be:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^[url]http://[/url](www\.)?topsitelists\.com/ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ bandwidth.gif [L]
I'm going to merge this back into the original thread... getting messy...
edit: Or how about we be extra-friendly?
RewriteRule \.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ http://www.tfarchive.org/prod/images/zo ... /arcee.jpg [L]
edit2:
Yep, that actually works. Moral highground time, though. Simple block is back.