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#1 User is offline   thehighwaystar 

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Posted 11 April 2010 - 11:58 PM

Hi -

OK, this is a strange one.

I have set up my TCH site with CPanel to not allow hot linking (but to allow direct requests) to image files. This has been fine for a long while (years).

I usually use the Firefox browser. If someone sends me an email (say, Yahoo email) with a link to a picture on my site, and can right click on it and open up the picture.

If I use IE (IE 7 right now) and try the same thing, I get a Forbidden You don't have permission to access blah blah message. I can directly cut/paste a link into an IE browser window and it works fine.

Anyone have a clue to why the difference? :helpsmilie:

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Posted 12 April 2010 - 10:32 AM

Mods -

If this is not the best forum for this question, can you move it?

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Posted 12 April 2010 - 10:50 AM

Hi thehighwaystar,

I am sorry but I have no answer for you but hang on and someone will.

Please do not bump threads (since it´s against the forum rules), we mods do read every post. Also, we mods do not have the answer to everything. This is a forum where all members help each other, so just hold on, some time it just takes a little time.

As for moving the post, yes we will if we feel it´s not the appropriate forum for the post. If we do, the member will get a message from us stating which post and to where we moved it.
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 12:30 PM

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If I use IE (IE 7 right now) and try the same thing, I get a Forbidden You don't have permission to access blah blah message. I can directly cut/paste a link into an IE browser window and it works fine.


I don't understand what you are saying here. If you click a link in email it won't display but if you paste the link in the address bar it does? Is that what you are saying?
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 12:45 PM

Yes, that is correct. To reiterate, if I use the right mouse context menu items Open, Open in New Tab, Open in New Window, then it fails.

I noticed that after it fails, if I place my cursor in the address bar and hit Enter, it resolves fine.

Copy/Paste into the address bar is OK.

Internet Explorer :thumbdown:

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Posted 12 April 2010 - 01:28 PM

That's pretty weird and I have not had that issue but then I use Firefox and not IE.
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Posted 12 April 2010 - 01:40 PM

I need to try some things to further isolate the problem (i.e. enabling hotlinking via CPanel and see if the problem does not occur) but am behind a firewall here for a while. Will try later and report back!

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Posted 12 April 2010 - 10:25 PM

Here's an update: I disabled the hotlink protection, and then of course was able to link to the images.

I cycled the setting BACK again to enable hotlink protection, and it now is working correctly.

Not really sure how this fixed it. It needed a little kick? I guess I don't want to know. :wallbash:

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Posted 13 April 2010 - 07:06 AM

As long as you got it working to your liking all is good.
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Posted 20 April 2010 - 02:00 AM

View Postthehighwaystar, on 12 April 2010 - 10:25 PM, said:

Here's an update: I disabled the hotlink protection, and then of course was able to link to the images.

I cycled the setting BACK again to enable hotlink protection, and it now is working correctly.

Not really sure how this fixed it. It needed a little kick? I guess I don't want to know. :wallbash:


Are you sure that it is working correctly, or is it just loading the images from the cache instead?
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