Locking Jpegs on web site

[wolfhound]

How do I go about locking the Jpegs on my website
so that people can't just right clock and snag the
picture?

Thanks.

Hope to have my re-vamped site up soon.

[Fang]

the only way to do that will be to put some javascript on the page that prohibits right clicks
... these are available at a number of script sites on the web...

[Hot Rod]

Here is a link to a java script

http://www.java-scripts.net/scripts....0Right%20Click

The problem is that if somebody turns of scripting in their browser, then this won't protect the images. It does give you something though.

[Statica]

Also if they are fairly large sized JPGs, its a good idea to splice them up with/or without the JS. While JS tends to get fairly easy to bypass as well, splicing does make it more of a tedium to download and stitch.

[Rick Hall]

There is really nothing you can do.
If someone wants to get the picture (even sliced), all they have to do is load up a utility like SnagIt and they have got the picture.

[Kento]

"If someone wants to get the picture (even sliced), all they have to do is load up a utility like SnagIt and they have got the picture."

Or they could just open the TIF folder and pull it out of there. All images on a site page are temporarily stored there.

[shecky981]

if this is REALLY important then something you can do is to embed the JPGs in a Flash movie, which can then be download protected, thereby making it impossible to DL the Flash movie and hence the JPG. however, ... they can just take a screenshot and then they have the pic which can then be editied out of the screenshot and saved as a JPG. This, however is kinda a pain in the ass, so, unless someone really wants that image, they wont bother to do it.

may i ask why you are worried about people grabbing images? you may just want to use a watermark.

[mairving]

I have seen it tried a hundred different ways but none of the ways that I have ever seen is foolproof. A no right-click script is mostly an irritation. Anyone can just open up their cache and pop the picture right out. Not to mention that most no-right click scripts only work for IE browsers. If these images are just part of your web design, then you are out of luck. If they are artwork that you are selling or something, then it is best to keep them small and as Shecky suggested put a watermark or copyright banner across the image. The only other way is to use a combination of techniques here, chopping the image up, disabling right-click, disabling print-screen, loading the image in a pop-up window, etc. But mostly it is a waste of time.

[jon12345678]

Don't forget about IE 6's image toolbar. It can bypass the right click script.

Put this in your head tag:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no">

or
<img src="whatever.jpg" GALLERYIMG="no">
for individual images

[aym]

Nice tip jon! I wanted to ask about how to disable the image toolbar using HTML, now I've got the answer!