Filezilla Problems

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Hi members,

I have a few ebooks that have been branded with my affiliate links and I have saved them as pdf files on my PC.

I have a WP site and when I try to upload them using Filezilla file manager I paste them into the www directory and get a successful transfer message and all seems well.

However, when I paste the code into a side widget it will not display so I am wandering if there is something about my transferring or pasting that I am doing wrong. Can anyone point me to some Filezilla resource that may be able to help.

thanks,

Mal.
#website design #filezilla #problems
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    If Filezilla doesn't show an error on uploading, then it may well be the link you are using?

    If you have uploaded the pdf's to your root directory, then the link should be something like

    http://yoursite.com/hereisthefile.pdf

    If you type the link directly into your browser you should get a download window for that pdf file.

    If that works then it would appear your widget link code is wrong.
  • Hmm, which code are you pasting in there?
    Something like this?
    Code:
    <a href="/whatever.pdf">Download PDF</a>
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    • Hi Guys,

      It's an ebook banner that I am trying to display and thank you both for your replies, the code I am using in the side widget is:-

      <a href="YourDownloadLinkHere.pdf"><img src="http://www.mywebsite.com/images/nichepowerbook.jpg" width=120 height=165 border=0></a>

      Were yourdownloadlinkhere is the pdf name of the file and where mywebsite is the name of my site which is networldgateway.


      Mal.
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  • I think you may have put the .pdf files in the wrong folder, when you open filezilla
    first open the /public_html/Sitename and paste the files in the correct folder there
    Not the www folder.
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    • Are there any spaces in the filename of your pdf document? If there are - Wordpress won't see it.

      So if, for example, your ebook is called "my ebook.pdf" you need to remove the space and rename it "myebook.pdf"
  • Provide the complete link at the code from http.....to /YourDownloadLinkHere.pdf

    If the file at a folder "DOWNLOAD" then http.....to /DOWNLOAD/YourDownloadLinkHere.pdf

    If this does not work then check wether the file in the correct folder.
  • FileZilla is a free, open source, cross-platform FTP client.Binaries are available for Windows,Linux and Mac OS X.It supports FTP, SFTP and FTPS.As of 5 March 2009,it was the 5th most popular download of all time from SourceForge.net.
  • FileZilla Server is a sister product of FileZilla Client. It is an FTP server supported by the same project and features support for FTP and FTP over SSL/TLS.Filezilla Server supports FTP and FTPS.:p
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    • Thank you everyone for taking the trouble to help. I have taken all your points on board and as well as a couple of problems with the file itself which I have corrected it seems that it was not uploading to the www directory correctly so it was never going to open properly.

      It is now opening fine as you can see in the top left hand corner of my site except that I don't know as yet how to make a widget banner open in a new page like you can with a text link in order to keep visitors on my site if they close the e-Book page. This is easy to do on a text link because you are given the choice when making the link but I am happy that the banner is now working which was my main concern.

      thanks again,

      Mal.
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