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How to Restrict Who Can Syndicate Articles?

by kindsvater
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If I have an article on my website I want to allow others to automatically show on their websites (using a php include or javascript - not sure which is best) - how do I restrict who can do that?

For instance, how to allow yourdomain.com to show the article from my website, but being able to shut off yourdomain.com ability if our relationship ends?

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#articles #restrict #syndicate
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    It's a good and interesting question and I have no idea of the answer.

    But, for myself, it isn't easy to envisage circumstances under which I'd want content on my site the license to which could effectively be "revoked" by circumstances entirely outside my own control. :confused:
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      Well, I've not done this on a PHP site, but I would imagine it could be done. Here are ways I have done it.

      1) Password protect the page. Then, only sites that provide the right login parameters can access and display the page. When you want to discontinue a relationship, disable their login.

      2) Restrict access to the page by domain or IP. If a request for the page comes from a referrer other than the approved domains/IPs, you block it.

      I don't know of any ready-made scripts for doing either of those, but I haven't looked either.
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  • Profile picture of the author marciayudkin
    Brian,

    Years ago I would do this by requiring people to apply for permission to show my newsletter on their site. Only then would I give them the code for this and tell them how to do it.

    In that way, I had a list of sites that had permission. If I were to withdraw my permission, I would change the setup on my end (eg by moving the article) and notifying all the others who still had valid permission of the change.

    Cumbersome, but workable.

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  • Profile picture of the author tobyR
    Your suggestion/idea sounds pretty complicated and therefore is it really worth the time to even plan how to do it ? what will get from it apart from backlinking?
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