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Links to downloadable files on my site
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:05 am
by lynchpin
Hi,
I want members of my site to be able to login to a members section, where they can click on links to pdf files which they can either print off or download. I have done the login bit, but have no idea how to implement the links to the PDF files.
I also want to ask how this will affect the traffic on my site, and the transfer limit on my site?
Please advice.
Thanks.
Re: Links to downloadable files on my site
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:40 am
by it2051229
you can place the PDF's in the hosted directory.. like for example my hosting account makes use of the domain name "
http://it2051229.oxyhsot.com/" and I just moved my PDF file like for example "myPDF.pdf" on the hosted directory... so if i want to let the file downloadable.. the link would be something like "
http://it2051229.oxyhost.com/myPDF.pdf". If you want to make things more organizes you can create another directory in your hosted directory like for example "PDFDirectories" and lets move the "myPDF.pdf" on that directory. Using the link "
http://it2051229.oxyhost.com/PDFDirectories/myPDF.pdf" you can download the file.
Re: Links to downloadable files on my site
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:53 am
by lynchpin
Thanks a lot
But do you happen to know how this might impact my transfer limit and site traffic?
Re: Links to downloadable files on my site
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:08 am
by panic!
That question is hard to answer, it depends on the file size of your PDFs and how many times they are downloaded..
If each file is 10MB and is downloaded 100 times.
Your transfer rate will be 1000MB more than usual (10 x 100=1000MB).
If each file is 1k and is downloaded once.
Your transfer rate will be 1k more than usual (1k x 1 =1k).