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protect download.html page posible?

by espresso
21 replies
Is there any way to protect your download page url from been copied and pasted
or cloak the url so it doesn't show in the address bar
#downaldhtml #page #protect #psouble
  • Profile picture of the author Vikram73
    I run Profits Theme on a few sites and it integrates with payment processors (Paypal, CB etc.) so when someone buys from me I get them onto my list and they get a fancy email with a password protected page.

    If that's too fancy for you then google for some wordpress or php scripts that can create one time download URL's.
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  • Profile picture of the author espresso
    hey
    Its a free product and everything is hosted on my server
    I can password protect the page alright
    I just dont think its the best way

    I am looking at a way to hide the url in the address bar
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    • Profile picture of the author Matthewgen
      If you have a wordpress site you can set the download page to private and that will only let people how are signed in to view...If I am wrong please someone tell me I haven't tried it but I put one of my pages on private and my buddy could not open the link. All the people would have to do is sign up username and password.
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    • Profile picture of the author Myles Sinclair
      You could use javascript, but if the user has javascript turned off then that would fail.

      I don't really think that hiding the url is the way to go. I certainly wouldn't click a link where I couldn't see the destination. It's a huge security risk.

      A better way in my opinion would be to use a script that protects the download page. I can recommend DL Guard, but it's not free. If you didn't want to spend any money, there are probably some free scripts available that will do the job for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author espresso
    yea
    My website is HTML self coded its just a squeeze page
    I cant seem to find anything that does what i want via google search as I think it is considered malicious and hacking although thats not what I am trying to do
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  • Profile picture of the author softwaretooler
    Hiding the URL is not a good solution. Have you thought to use a script, which provides download-pages, which can only be used one time?
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  • Profile picture of the author espresso
    I didnt but I will
    I need something easy to intigrate
    as everything is located on my server
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Just frame the download page. The url of the frame page will show in the address bar, while the download page will show in the frame.

      A "view source" will reveal the page url, but that isn't what you asked...
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      • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
        Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

        Just frame the download page. The url of the frame page will show in the address bar, while the download page will show in the frame.

        A "view source" will reveal the page url, but that isn't what you asked...
        Thats not a bad idea, but couldnt someone just view the page source & find the source of the iframe?

        edit: wait nevermind.. I must have somehow overlooked the last part of your post or maybe you went back & edited and I didnt notice or something.. LOL well that was a blond moment.
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  • Profile picture of the author espresso
    key
    I found ways of creating new download links
    But the page url still stays the same
    What I want is to stop some one copting and pasting the url address
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    create the download folder in your cpanel. just name it downloads now within that file create a index.html page. Put something on it, like Nothing to see here. Or you can use a redirect for the download section index.html page.
    Don't forget to block the search engines, on the index.htm file created add this to the head of the document.
    <head>

    <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW">

    </head>

    I also personally use a different website and better yet different server to host my downloads. Or I should say use too. I also use profitstheme now so it does it for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author espresso
    I dont get that
    Do I direct them to mysite.com/downlaodfolder/index.html and the file download on entry.

    What I have at the moment is a webpage
    Mysite.com/download.html.
    My auto responder sends them a link to go to this page on email confirmation.
    There there is a big green download button they click on it and download a zip file

    I am trying stop people copying the url mysite.com/download.html and passing it on
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    • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
      Originally Posted by espresso View Post

      I dont get that
      Do I direct them to mysite.com/downlaodfolder/index.html and the file download on entry.

      What I have at the moment is a webpage
      Mysite.com/download.html.
      My auto responder sends them a link to go to this page on email confirmation.
      There there is a big green download button they click on it and download a zip file

      I am trying stop people copying the url mysite.com/download.html and passing it on
      I'm assuming you built your own website. You had to upload the files through an ftp client. correct. If not let me know. I will resume the instructions after you respond.
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  • Profile picture of the author espresso
    yea I build it myself
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    Okay then you would open your ftp client, you would browse to your public_html section and right click your mouse within that section, you should see something that says create new folder create it, name it what you want. then click off of it.

    Now go to notepad or whatever you use to create your page. Create a page named index.htm or index.html and put this in the head of the page.
    <head>

    <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW">

    </head>

    now save it as index.html and upload it to the folder you created, inside the folder. That should take care of most thefts.
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    You can also do a 301 redirect on the index.html page but I didnt tell you how, this further protects your content by taking them somewhere else if they type. www.mywebsite.com/downloads

    If you want to know how I will not teach you but send you a link to learn it. It is not hard but you have to know the terms to understand it.
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  • Profile picture of the author espresso
    I tried the iframe thing
    It show the right download page on a different url but you can still copy the url of the page the iframe is on

    @hustlinsmoke

    I still dont get how that protect the downloadpage
    I understand it will stop some one going
    mysite.com/download

    but when the person enters their email and is redirected to
    mysite.com/download/getebook.html
    whats stopping them copying that link and placing it in a forum
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    • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
      Originally Posted by espresso View Post

      I tried the iframe thing
      It show the right download page on a different url but you can still copy the url of the page the iframe is on

      Very good eye and if it didnt I could still steal your downloads. You will never keep someone from not having your product, I have been trying for 15 years or so and they still get past me sometimes.

      You can make it harder for the average joe though.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Just buy DLGuard. One time purchase for all of your downloads. Creates expiring links instead of a download page.

    Another tip: Don't ever name your download page download. html
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