Adam R.
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Mark Searson
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David, there's an option in Photo Gallery "Open Full Image on Click" and if you uncheck that, you can't click on the picture to load a full-size (downloadable) version.
Adam is right, just uncheck that box.
One thing with all this copy protect stuff. Don't get uneasy about it. Yes, it is true if someone wants to nick your stuff they will. But they have to know how to do it. Most web users have no idea and are put off whenever they see a no right click, or things embeded within Flash.
Also another thing to remember is that when someone does take somthing from your site, it is usually a case of, "That looks brilliant, I would love a copy of that", so they take it. Not because they want to steal it, but because they like your work. They don't see it as stealing, rather sharing your brilliance.
Mark
Simon Lampitt
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You can also get around no-right click by changing the mouse for left hand use.. now the right click becomes left click! It would be a shame not to be able to showcase works online.
To try and prevent dragging, try something like this in your <BODY> tag (might only work in IE 5 and above):
<body ondragstart="alert('Please do not try to copy this!');">
A way of trying to prevent the Printscreen key might be somthing like:
<script type="text/javascript">
function clearImage()
{
w = window.clipboardData.clearData("Image")
}
clrImg = setInterval("clearImage()", 10)
</script>
in your <HEAD> tag... again possibly only useful in IE BUT prevents the user doing any copying whilst your page is open so may cause a conflict if you do want them to copy and paste something. Although you can perhaps use this as a starting point?
Simon.
Simon Lampitt
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Simon
Katherine K Hebenstreit
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Why not create a master transparant picture (which you've ghosted 'wendy's site.com'). The print would faintly show (like a soft white over clear).
Then for each photo of the artwork; in your photo editor, place the transparency over the artwork, and save as 'tr_artwork1'.
Then you'd have your own watermark like effect. If someone 'steals it', they can not remove the transparancy as it IS the photo. And cropping the photo would simply crop your 'website name' also.
There is another trick which is similar, although it is an 'overlay' in code of a transparant gif; which causes a 'right click' to copy, but they would only be copying the 'transparency'! The drawback there is, screenshots would be clear.
I'd go with the transparent overlay and save as a webpublish file. And post to the website that 'originals' do not sport the 'wendy's website.com' written across them.
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Janys Hyde
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...forgot to mention as well that if the user has any screen capture software, pretty much all these options still become useless.
Simon
Precisely.........
http://www.janwyse.com/screen-shot.jpg
Best not to put your best stuff on view if you are afraid someone will take it..........
Janys
sue hanenkrat
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Scotty
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Also the other away around this is the right click key usually located in a couple of keys right of the space bar. Still it will stop most users still.
Thanks
sstovert@satx.rr.com
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Scotty
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