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Allowing people to download files from your site Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:19 pm
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ok I dont know what im doing wrong here .. i Am trying ot put some downloads files so people can download them. i zip them up then put them in the download folder that came with the site .. then in my down load admin a add the the link to the file www.mysite.com/home/downloads/dowloadfiles/filename I have tried so many ways to get this to work also put another folder inside the download folder called files set it to that nothing ...I get a page that come up file not found I dont get it ..is there something I am doing Wrong ??
do i have to set up my FTP or something,, what i am missing to let other down load these files Confused

my site was put up by you guys I tryed to figure this out with out bothering you guys lol
but this is the best help site there is.. i know its most likley something simple i just cant figure it out

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Allowing people to download files from your site Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:39 pm
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Try just putting the filename.

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Allowing people to download files from your site Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:41 pm
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Floppy i have tried everything i tried that i dont know why its not working I think i have to set it up through a ftp or something but no matter what i try it gose to the page with the Big letter saying page not found it mave have been moved yada yada yada yada

i know what the link should be www.sia-hq.com/htdocs/modules/Downloads/DFXPB.zip

its not working thnk maybe I should some how set it up through the FTP ???? i dont know im lost i looked everwhere on the web im doing all the right stuff

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Allowing people to download files from your site Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:43 pm

without more information like ( What CMS your using )...the most anyone can do is guess at whats been done wrong...but typically speaking...

Your Download links are incorrect if they do not start with: http://www.yoursite.com/directory/file.zip

Please note: that files SHOULD be in .zip or .rar format. Otherwise most downloads will simply open the file to display in the browser.

You will not recieve help from me if i have to go digging for your CMS information and version, If i have to take the time to play 21 questions, then you can take the time to google! No Copyright, no support either!

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Re: Allowing people to download files from your site Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:21 am
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Tinker wrote:

Floppy i have tried everything i tried that i dont know why its not working I think i have to set it up through a ftp or something but no matter what i try it gose to the page with the Big letter saying page not found it mave have been moved yada yada yada yada

i know what the link should be www.sia-hq.com/htdocs/modules/Downloads/DFXPB.zip

its not working think maybe I should some how set it up through the FTP ???? i dont know im lost i looked everwhere on the web im doing all the right stuff

How about trying this, remove the htdocs/ from the URL...

the URL you just gave gives an error message, but if you put in http://www.sia-hq.com/modules/Downloads/DFXPB.zip , it works...

Also, try putting a Downloads folder in your root, so it would be http://www.sia-hq.com/Downloads/DFXPB.zip instead of putting it in the folder "modules".

Also, if you going to keep going from your current folder, then instead of putting in the full URL, you can do modules/Downloads/DFXPB.zip or /modules/Downloads/DFXPB.zip

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Allowing people to download files from your site Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:28 pm

Remember this link is case sensitive, meaning:

http://www.site.com/downloads/filename.zip

is a different file than:

http://www.site.com/downloads/filename.ZIP

I just finished uploading about 700 some odd into a downloads section over 2 different sites, if you can catch me on msn as JUDGE_RELIC@yahoo.com or at Yahoo messenger as: JUDGE_RELIC I'd be more than happy to help you out and look at your links.

Chances are you are mistating the url.

Also to make it easy on yourself, create a "downloads" folder in your root and laod everthing into that folder. It shortens the link and makes for less errors.

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Allowing people to download files from your site Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:14 am
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thank you i was miss reading the link i called my server and they helped me out i was adding too much to the link i did not need all that

all i needed was the www.mysite.com/modules/downloads/filename

man i know i have tried that lol

thanks agian for your help all of you

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Allowing people to download files from your site Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:24 am

nice info here.

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Allowing people to download files from your site Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:54 am

i wouldnt start placing files for direct links in your Root, or nuke Base directories....

come to think of it, i wouldn't be placing those files anywhere BUT where the Downloads Module intended them to be placed...

The Biggest Reason is 'Leechers' ....Those of you paying for bandwidth....anyone with a direct link and a referrer blocker....well..you just paying out money so other 'un-intended' persons can leeching from your bandwidth.

example: i can set a massive File Directory listing on my own site, and remove link files from your server....i can go as far as even charge for access, while you foot the bill for bandwidth. ( And most people never knew where the file even came from )!!!

There is a reason for all that code in the downloads module...my suggestion is to stick with it!

Next biggest reason would be security....Sure its not fool proof...but it would at least be nice to ban a few Hundred IPs for accessing my Files without my permission... Again, the downloads module does that for you and automatically if configured correctly.

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