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Haha, yeah, or something gross, like tubgirl.  Or the man-Faye cosplayer.  I thought about doing something like that, but I didn't want to be rude about it.  I know they're being rude and all, but two wrongs....  Maybe I'll write a shaming message or something.

Hmm...is there a better way to do it then?  I had kind of assumed that a "no hotlinking" image was the default way to deal with it.

I think that's really cool (and really cute), especially considering you don't have a tablet.  I found a super cheap Wacom tablet for about $80 that I've been thinking about getting because I want to try making my own fonts/brushes.  Obviously, this will require more thought for me, but maybe it's something you'd want to check out?  I've heard that it's a lot easier from my artist friends.

I assume they were previously hosted elsewhere, as the virus hit them "on the network [he] was on at the time."

I was also confused, which is why I didn't say anything earlier.  I really like the concept though, so whoever came up with it is brilliant.

The second problem, is that you wrote the file in Macintosh text format, which doesn't get read as a proper config file, since macs put weird characters at the end of each line. You can either get a text editor that can save stuff in dos or unix/linux format, OR you can run the command "mac2unix" on the file to convert it after it's uploaded. That is... "mac2unix /home/griever/public_html/images/screencaps/.htaccess" (or whatever file you're converting.)

Thanks so much, Xepher!  And this is really good to know.  I had no idea before...the whole mess about trying to make clean links before?  I think I did all that in the Mac text editor.  That might explain why the end result was always a 500 error....

I'm back and wondering if you could help me out again, Xepher.  I realized, after finding that someone was hotlinking, that I had forgotten to upload the htaccess file that you gave me.  So I went back and changed it to fit the new domain and uploaded it into the public_html folder.  However, it gives me a 500 error when I try to visit my site, which is really odd because it worked before with the previous domain name.

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www.)?chanpuru.org/images/screencaps/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://griever.xepher.net/images/screencaps/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !no_hotlink.gif$
RewriteRule .(jpg|gif|png)$ http://griever.xepher.net/images/no_hotlink.gif [R,L]EDIT: I've given up on adding anything else, so it's the only stuff in the htaccess file.  It's also on the server as htaccess.txt because if I change it to .htaccess, my site dies.

What was the URL for that site?  Maybe we can find an archived version and save the trouble of having to create some demo images.

How recent is recent on that virus?  I really have to ask because you say you have the files backed up, but the site is still incomplete, even the graphics section.  If everything was backed up, it should have taken only a day or so at the most to get the site up and working again.  There are also free file hosts that let you hotlink - uploading all your examples of graphics would be easy and strengthen your application.

Yeah, I know, but what Fez says makes sense, at least for me.  I actually have a job right now, and a real one, not a part-time one, like all the ones before.  I can, to some extent, afford to chip in.  Who knows how long this will last?  I'm looking at grad school in the future.  Yikes.  If I get accepted anywhere, I'll definitely be looking at a ramen and bologna diet with not much to spare on anything else.

I need to get my Japanese bank account hooked up to my Paypal account.  I have next to nothing in my home account.  x.x  *adds that to list of things to do this weekend*

That's awesome, Xepher!  I'll keep an eye out for that email..I have gmail and sometimes, legit emails get shoved into the spam folder.  I hope the datacenter lets you do that because that would be so much better.

I think he forgot to upload the flash file.

Databits wrote a helpful guide on how to upload things: http://xepher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=315

Other than that, http://www.w3.org/ can teach you all the HTML and stuff, or you can get a content management system and follow their directions on how to set things up.

You can catch the link on the main page untill I update. I'll post new links here once I update.

Heh, nice recovery on that comic. ^_^