Personal Webspace

Is it possible to stop people accessing links that are contained within my webspace.

For example, I use alot of hotlinking to messageboards, and have images, for example stored in www.freewebspace.com/images/image01.jpg

If someone sees the address and places www.freewebspace.com/images/ into the browser they can then access the rest of the images in that folder.

Is it possible to make my webspace so when www.freewebspace.com/images/ is placed into the browser it says ''you do not have permission to this address''?

Thanx in advance.

 

Yes. Just put a HTML file (index.html or whatever your server expects) in the images directory. Then whenever someone goes to .com/images/, your HTML file comes up instead of the directory. If the server is Unix-based and you have shell access, you can instead make a symbolic link called index.html pointing to ../index.html. That would bounce surfers back to your home page instead of giving them a message.

If you own the server (and it sounds like you don't), you may be able to configure the server to disallow directory listings.

 

I dont have access to the server, it is just webspace given to me by my ISP.

Ive been able to put a html file onto my free ISP webspace that when you type in, eg: www.freewebspace.com/username it takes you to the html page and not the files, but Im not able to place an images.html file to stop www.freewebspace.com/username/images being accessed.

That might luk slightly confusing!!

Nevermind. I will just grin and bare it.

Thanx anyway.

 

How did you get the images up there?
Upload an index.html file the same way.

 

Geordie--I wonder if people are going to be able to access
www.freewebspace.com/images/image01.jpg
if you block access to
www.freewebspace.com/images/