I have a photography business. While I can make my website not directly link to direct links of photos (ie: they pop up in a flash gallery) anyone with any morsel of technological experience could probably figure out how to get to the direct link of my file, and download it basically. It's not a big issue now as most of my stuff is portfolio and not for sale, but might be down the road.
My questions is:
Could I somehow block people from accessing my root directories or deviating from the main navigation menus without mucking up the linkage to my online galleries?
IE: someone figures out my images are hosted at:
www.abc123.com/images
If they type that in their search bar, the root stuff comes up and they can go from there and start downloading whatever they please. (note: link is not my site)
htaccess or something?