There is a pdf on the server that we want users to access only those with the link is there any way we can prevent from being shared as well? So if the users want to share the link it will redirect them to the homepage. I know users can download and share it amongst themselves, that is something we can't prevent but I at least want to prevent them from sharing the URL. I tried to prevent hotlinking but most of the tutorials and resources I found prevent all PDFs from being shared.
I know this is a late response but you can easily use the HTTP REFERER field to prevent access to a link from outside certain pages - SpeedFan does this for their installer download links.
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I'm hosting videos on Amazon S3 and was wondering if anyone here could give me any tips to stop people from finding the direct video URL and sharing it around as well as using it on their website.
I'm using WordPress and I have embedded it into a members only page. However, I'm worried people are going to right-click on the page, find the direct URL and share it around that way.
I'm thinking of disabling right-clicking but was wondering if there was a better way.
Also by going to File-->Save Page As and saving the page, it also downloads the .mp4 video embedded into the website.
Any advice?
You can use CloudFront to access s3 object.
When you hit CloudFront url it access object from s3.
it hides the actual url from user.
You can also generate policy statement for restrict access for particular user.
I'm trying to mask a page URL in a Wordpress installation. Let's say it's http://www.mysite.co.uk/wordpress/page and when this page is opened, I want the URL to show http://www.mysite.co.uk/wordpress/anythingelse. The whole point of this is so that the URL cannot be shared, only accessed by authorised users, which means I also want it so that you cannot access this page by typing in /anythingelse. Is this possible and how do I go about this? I've got as far as .htaccess files but I have no experience working with this...
If you use http://www.mysite.co.uk/wordpress/anythingelse/ to actually show http://www.mysite.co.uk/wordpress/page, then it means that you will be able to access http://www.mysite.co.uk/wordpress/page by reaching http://www.mysite.co.uk/wordpress/anythingelse/...
You might be trying to do this the wrong way. What is the point exactly? Do you know that in WordPress, you have two ways of protecting pages? One is to make it "Private" (just above the Publish or Update button) and the other one is to make it "Password protected" (same area).
In any case, if you don't use a password but just play with the URLs, it will only be protected as long as the URL stays unknown. Anyone actually typing the right URL will, indeed, be able to access the page.
You can also restrict access by IP. Try to be more explicit about why you want to protect this page.
I'm new to wordpress and I need to create a wordpress that allow the administrators to share information and files with users (word, excel, pdf, images, etc).
Each user will have a password and the files are only shared between the user and the administrator (there's no sharing between users).
Maybe that can be accomplished with a post or page targeted for every user. The user would have to be logged to access the page/post and should be able to add content and files. That way the files and info will be only shared between that user and the admin.
Is this a correct approach or there is a better way to do it?
Thanks
Gonzalo
WordPress Download Manager helps you in managing, tracking and controlling your downloads in a more efficient way. You can set access levels, you can add/embed downloadable files anywhere in the post by copying and pasting the embed code.
For more info :
http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-manage-track-control-file-downloads-wordpress/
I'm wondering is it allowed and also what's the best way to track how many users are currently using and running your WordPress plugin?
It's not really allowed without user permission, best bet is to check your plugin stats for active versions and download counts.
No "phoning home" without user's informed consent. This seemingly
simple rule actually covers several different aspects:
No unauthorized collection of user data. For example, sending the admin's email address back to your own servers without permission of
the user is not allowed; but asking the user for an email address and
collecting if they choose to submit it is fine. All actions taken in
this respect MUST be of the user's doing, not automatically done by
the plugin.
All images and scripts shown should be part of the plugin. These should be loaded locally. If the plugin does require that data is
loaded from an external site (such as blocklists) this should be made
clear in the plugin's admin screens or description. The point is that
the user must be informed of what information is being sent where.
Source: Detailed Plugin Guidelines - Wordpress.org
Why not just check how many people have downloaded your WP plugin?
You could make a callback to your server, but many users won't like it.
I'm wondering if it's possible to capture details from the web page that a user previously visited, if my page was not linked from it?
What I am trying to achieve is to allow users to my site to find a page they like while browsing the web, and then navigate to a page on my site via a bookmark, which will add the URL (and possibly some other details like the page title) to a form which they can then submit to my site to add the page to a list of favourites there.
I am not really sure where to start looking for this. I wondered if I could use http referrer, but think this may only work if there is a link to my page?
Alternatively, I am open to other suggestions as to how I could capture this data - a Firefox plugin? A page which users browse other sites in an iframe, with a skinny frame on top?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Features like this are typically not allowed by browsers for security and privacy reasons. The IFrame would work, but this is a common hacking technique so it may be likely to break or be flagged in the future.
The firefox addon is the best solution, but requires users to install it manually.
Also, a bookmarklet could be used. While they are actively on the target page, the bookmarklet could send you the URL.
This example bookmarklet would create a tinyURL for the destination page. You could add it to your database or whatnot.
javascript:void(window.open('http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url='+document.location.href));
If some other site links to yours and the user clicked on that link which took them to your site you can access the "referrer" from the http headers. How you get a hold of the HTTP headers is language / framework specific. In .NET you would use the Request.UrlReferrer; other frameworks would probably handle it differently.
EDIT: After reading your question again, my guess would be what you're looking for is some sort of browser plugin. If I understand correctly, you want to give your clients the ability to bookmark a site, while they are on that site, which would somehow notify your site about the page they're viewing. The cleanest way to achieve this would be a browser plugin. You can also do FRAME tricks, like the Digg bar.