Permanently Removing Pictures from server

[EbonyYasmine]

I am a newbie and former lurker. I am new to OSc and I need assistance with 2 issues

 

1. How do I disable right clicking on my site

 

2. how do I permanently remove a picture from my files. I have deleted the file. However, when I put the pic's url in my browser it pops up. I have searched through all my images and it is nowhere to be found.

 

Someone is stealing my pictures but they are directly pointing to the pic's url,

 

Any assistance you can give is greatly appreciatedd

[spooks]

1. How do I disable right clicking on my site

 

http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/5787 will do that

 

2. how do I permanently remove a picture from my files.

 

Use ftp

 

Watermark pics

 

There are contribs to prevent url being found

[shartlesville]

I am a newbie and former lurker. I am new to OSc and I need assistance with 2 issues

 

1. How do I disable right clicking on my site

 

2. how do I permanently remove a picture from my files. I have deleted the file. However, when I put the pic's url in my browser it pops up. I have searched through all my images and it is nowhere to be found.

 

Someone is stealing my pictures but they are directly pointing to the pic's url,

 

Any assistance you can give is greatly appreciated

 

If you have deleted it from the server, such as via ftp, it may just be that the page is in your Internet cache. Try clearing the cache and refreshing the page. If it still shows up then it is still in A folder somewhere on your site. Try right clicking on the picture (from the other persons) website, and click on "properties" it will tell you exactly where they are loading the image from. Then find that folder in your files through an ftp program (like SmartFtp), open that folder and delete the picture.

 

Your hosting service should also give you a way to block "hot links". Ask your tech guys where you can do that in your control panel.

 

Blessings,

Krisann

[GemRock]

1. useless, a waste of time;

2. you may be seeing a cached version of it if all photo files have been deleted from server; Search engines may also have cached version of them as well, which you could do little about; if your photos are of very high value then do not put them on the internet, not even the watermark could protect them: if it worth $1000 then perople would go to length to remove the watermark - its possible.

 

Ken

[php_Guy]

Most attempts to block right-clicking, etc revolve around javascript which can be gotten around simply by turning it off. You can, however, use your image as a table background with an invisible image over it.

 

No matter what you come up with though, it's a moot point unless you have a way to disable screen shots.

 

The only effective measure I am aware of is to print a pattern over the image, usually a repeating store name. It's ugly but an accepted method of protecting your work.

[satish]

If a image is displayed on browser then anyone can get that so apply water mark.

 

Satish

[germ]

You can make it difficult but not impossible to "steal" images so why bother?

 

Watermark them or don't display them (if they're that valuable).

 

And disabling right-click just "cuts your own throat" (to coin a phrase).

 

If you do that, PAYING CUSTOMERS can't use it to open a new tab in the browser and be shopping on more than one page at a time.

[EbonyYasmine]

Thanks for everyones help.

 

I do watermark my pictures, but folks are really creative, they go to great lengths to remove them.

 

1. I followed Spooks advise ( for PC users it's great, MAC it's a different story they can just drag it to her desktop). However, screen shots are another issue.

But still this helps, anything is better than nothing.

 

2. I found the issue, I replaced the pic with a jpg that stated "THESE ARE NOT MY PRODUCTS I STEAL PICTURES FROM ... etc.. you get the point.

They removed the link :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

 

Anywho... Just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped, it much appreciated