Hello,
Is it possible to make the photos Not Downloadable in Gallery/Photo album or any Gallery ?
Thanks,
Norman
@zyb255 , there are stacks that claim to protect your images for download. Maybe they make it a bit harder, but you must consider that in the end every image in any website is downloadable on the internet.
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Hans
I agree with @Panans.
For better protection, you may want to consider putting your gallery on a members-only page, where you need a password to access that page.
The most popular and most robust solution for that is Vibralogixâs Sitelok.
Hello,
Thank you for your reply.
In the previous website of my company when you twofinger tap or right click to download a photo/image from the Gallery you will see a dropdown message that
says : " this page says Function Disabled " or sometimes " Function Disabled "
and you wont be able to download. unless there are other ways to do it.
I dont know what the web designer did.
Let me know,
Thanks,
Norman
@zyb255 , obviously I donât know what your web designer did. He/she could have used Image Safe Stack (see my previous answer) or something like Protect or Defender. As you surely know, itâs always a good idea to start with https://rapidweavercommunity.com in search of solutions.
These stacks make it harder or impossible to download images and/or texts directly from your website. But in the end there are ways to download every image on the web. Search engines may show your images in results and they may be downloaded there, software such as SiteSucker can download an entire site including ResourcesâŚ
You can âprotectâ your copyright by adding a watermark to your images. But nothing is 100% waterproof on the internet.
Cheers,
Hans
Nothing can make it impossible and for the person who steals it doesnât even make it harder.
Disabling browser functionality is a terrible practice, for your users. For example thereâs a whole lot more options when you right-click an element on a page other than the download image option. When you disable that function, you disable all the other options as well.
Just because you donât use theses options there are many users that do. And have you given any thoughts about the impact on accessibility? And all for a false sense that it somehow prevents someone downloading an image, when in fact it doesnât.
The way Internet browsers work is - if you can see it, itâs already been downloaded. In all modern browsers a simple keyboard shortcut and I can have access to every resource on the page with the built in developer tools. Thereâs also a number of browser extensions out that block the âdisable right-clickâ function from working. You can bet that the type of person that steals images have that extension installed.
But most thieves just grab everything off your site with a simple Python script or similar. Thereâs even commercial programs (i.g. SiteSucker) that grabs everything from every page on a site.
If you want to âprotectâ images then put them behind a password protected page. Of course someone that has the password still can download it(with or without the disabling of the functions).
If itâs an image that you want to display and then sell, you might consider watermarking the images that are displayed and then when you buy you get the un-watermarked version.
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@teefers , thanks for clearing this. For a good understanding, I used Image Safe once, years ago, until I understood itâs completely useless. I abandoned this Stack since. My suggestion to use these stacks was an answer at @zyb255 question. As you can see, I point out itâs not a waterproof solution at all.
Itâs up to Norman to decide what he wantâs to do. Hiding your site behind a protected page may not be what he intended. I have not seen his website, nor do I know what heâs offering.
I understand it can be frustrating to see your work (images, drawings,âŚ) pups up in various locations without your permission. It happened to to me as well, several times. Add a watermark or a signature is the only thing you can do.
Cheers,
Hans
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