Cant See Gif in Add On Domain

[swtrans]

Here is something weird. I moved a file named index.htm and its gif file mygif.gif into the root directory of a subdomain. The gif file displays fine in any directory except that root directory, unless I type in the full URL's name.

[swtrans]

I copied a htacess file from another subdomain, and edited it with the domain i was having problems with info ... it works

can someone explain what i just did, it works .... but i have no idea what i did, lol

[walker]

Perhaps you've enabled hotlinking protection for that directory? Doing it via cpanel would add rules to the .htaccess file...so perhaps by removing it, that's why the problem was solved?

Difficult to say without seeing the contents of the .htaccess file in question.