Busynut - 5:59 pm on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

Many thanks again. I'd been doing a search on this topic when you replied and have a good deal of reading to do (you've been such a great help to so many on this topic! bet you probably get tired of answering the same questions again and again!). I'll be testing your suggestions - and I do believe some of this is beginning to sink in. :)

Also, the reason I don't want to put the image hot link directive in the top directory is because I'm reserving a certain folder there so I can hotlink to my own images when signing guestbooks, etc.