can I use htaccess to block a referring site?

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can I use htaccess to block a referring site?

site in question displays my site in a frame

microcars

6:45 pm on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

and it shows up as a Referring site.

this is in violation of the copyright statement posted on this particular website, you can link to it, but you cannot display it in a "frame" so it appears to be part of another site.

the referring site is registered in TURKEY but oddly enough the IP address that it resolves to is a TEXAS USA company.

I already use htaccess to block hotlinking of images, can I also do something to prevent this site from being displayed in a frame on another site?

references to other threads are welcome.
or maybe I just forget about this and move on....

digitalv

6:47 pm on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

Nothing I'm aware of, but you can cause any links on your site to make the visitor "break out" of frames. Just make all of your links do a TARGET="_TOP"

That way if they click a link on your site they'll be frame-free.

microcars

6:51 pm on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

ah, thank you, that will help.

a bit o work, but maybe a global find and replace will do the trick.

The Contractor

6:54 pm on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

This will help with users:

<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">

</SCRIPT>

jdMorgan

7:18 pm on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

I've been using the following to avoid breaking (and do a fix-up) on the browser history:


<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">if (parent.frames.length > 0) top.location.replace(document.location);</script>

Jim

microcars

7:20 pm on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

interesting, the _top command does not work with Safari (or at least ver 1.03, but it does work with IE and Firefox.

I tried the javascript bit and it works great with Firefox, but nothing on IE or Safari.

(note I am not testing this with Windows ver of IE, perhaps the javascript works in Windows versions...)

Thanks so much for the help and tips!

dcrombie

10:08 am on Sep 3, 2004 (gmt 0)

AFAIK this works in all JavaScript browsers:

<HEAD> 
 ... 
 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 
 if(self!= top) top.location.href = self.location.href; 
 </SCRIPT> 
 ... 
</HEAD>