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.: On Tokyo Time :. » Cutting Down On Feeds - Getting My Time Back — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:48:04 +0000

[...] Coolz0r: He (can’t find his name on the site) does a good job at highlighting ads. However ever since the hotlink protection, the feed doesn’t show images anymore in my feed reader. Clicking through, then clicking on the headline and then hitting F5 has become to tedious. See screenshot below. [...]

By: stijn

stijn — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:27:41 +0000

I’m a happy netvibes user and your blog reader. Good to see you got it worked out. Keep up the excellent and inspiring work.

By: B.V.L.G

B.V.L.G — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:59:16 +0000

Bloglines shows the pictures now, thanks for the change.

By: Coolz0r

Coolz0r — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:22:54 +0000

Added domains: bloglines.com / netvibes.com hope that works now. Please ping me about it. Thanks

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:35:40 +0000

This post made me sad until I saw your update. Everything works fine in my RSS reader (Netvibes).

By: lars koudal

lars koudal — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:33:01 +0000

I had the same problem as you, although on a much smaller scale, so I implemented a slightly nastier response:

http://www.koudal.dk/hotlink-revenge-dont-steal-bandwidth

I should note, that when using your RSS feed via RSSOwl, it works just fine, I dont have anyp problems with the images.

By: Frits

Frits — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:18:46 +0000

I’m using Netvibes (http://www.netvibes.com/) as feedreader and am getting the ‘not hotlinking’ image replacements too. Would appreciate it if you’d add Netvibes to the allowed domains.
This must be only the second time I see your site, and I’ve been reading your posts for months allready via my feeds :)

By: B.V.L.G.

B.V.L.G. — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:09:02 +0000

I read a lot of feeds in Bloglines. I would appreciate it if you would allow images to appear again in Bloglines. Apparantly Marco Derksen from Marketingfacts allowed Bloglines someone asked for it (see the original link).

By: Coolz0r

Coolz0r — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:43:06 +0000

Hmmmm. I’ll try to figure out a way. Maybe if I include bloglines in the ‘allowed’ domains. But then people should post their feedreaders here so I can include those as well. Sorry about the mess… I just needed to figure out a way. Allow me a few days to set it up please :) thanks.

I tested it with RSS Bandit, and I get the images in the feed. I presumed it would work well for all other readers as well. Apparently that’s not the case. I’m working on it.

By: Big Blogger

Big Blogger — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:51:26 +0000

that was indeed the solution. But now in bloglines, also is showed that hotlinking is not allowed, and no, people will not view your content on your site i presume.
So pelase think about bloglines.

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:52:19 +0000

Not too sure about the wonderfull part, I also get the “no hotlinking” image in my feedreader

By: Coolz0r

Coolz0r — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:22:56 +0000

Ahhh. Wonderful. Now I can still offer full feeds :) Thanks Marco !!! You’re one in a million.

By: mf

mf — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:38:44 +0000

Had the same problem a few years ago and changed my .htaccess:
marketingfacts.nl/…/htaccess_disable_hotlinking_code_generator_1/