[wp-docs] hyperlinking images to Codex

[Lokrin]

Owen Winkler wrote:

> Lokrin wrote:
>
>> Suggestion - Create a small image something to the effect of
>>
>> "This image illegally hotlinked"
>>
>> and replace theirs with it, then leave it for a couple of days before 
>> deleting it.  Just keep a note of each time you replace the original 
>> image so you remember when to delete it later..
>
>
> Hmm, that seems like too much manual labor and doesn't exactly extend 
> the friendly image of WordPress.
>
> The method I used for my own site is one I found on ALA:
> http://www.alistapart.com/articles/hotlinking/
>
> It would prevent people from embedding codex images as <img> tags in 
> other sites, but wouldn't prevent them from linking to those images 
> with an anchor <a> tag.  Direct incoming links to an image would be 
> redirected automatically to a page that says, "This image is part of 
> the WordPress Codex," rather than just showing the image itself.
>
> And if we're really fancy, we can figure out which Codex page the 
> image is already on, and provide links to those pages.  That would be 
> sweet.
>
> Owen

Well, using .htaccess files you could also redirect a linked image to 
another image, such as the one I mentioned.  On my own site I linked 
such to an image of a crop circle in a litter box...  =D  Maybe I should 
put that back into my site, now that I'm not linking to it anymore myself...

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