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Filezilla Problems

by Malcolm Tindle
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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.
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  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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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.
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  • Profile picture of the author saschakimmel
    Originally Posted by Malcolm Tindle View Post

    However, when I paste the code into a side widget it will not display
    Hmm, which code are you pasting in there?
    Something like this?
    Code:
    <a href="/whatever.pdf">Download PDF</a>
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    • Profile picture of the author Malcolm Tindle
      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.


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      • Profile picture of the author Stalwart
        You have the pdf files pasted in the web root of your site but you might want to be a little more explicit about the actual physical location of the file. I'm cannot tell if you are doing such.
        Both pjCheviot and saschakimmel post's nudge the anchor text to look specifically in a location. pjCheviot's anchor link utilizes the actual site and saschakimmel's anchor link indicates to look in the current location (i.e the www root folder) by the ' / ' slash preceding the filename.
        You may want to copy pjCheviot's link example by either highlighting it or left-clicking (you may need to reverse this, I'm left handed) and choosing copy link address. Past this in a notepad document and you will see the full format.

        Also, if you do not use a banner image and instead use a text marker, is it accessible? This would indicate that it could not locate the .../images/nichepowerbook.jpg image
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      • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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        Originally Posted by Malcolm Tindle View Post

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

        You should just need a "/" in front of your .pdf filename i.e.

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

        Make sure the filename spelling is correct (uppercase and/or lower etc)

        Ensure that your .pdf file is in your root directory and the banner image is in the /images folder - and you should be good to go.
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  • Profile picture of the author hock1
    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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    • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
      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"
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  • Profile picture of the author earn-2
    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.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jaseystoke
    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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    • Profile picture of the author Malcolm Tindle
      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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      • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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        Originally Posted by Malcolm Tindle View Post

        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.
        Hi Mal

        Simply add the tag - target="_blank" immediately after the href - like so

        Code:
        <a href=NichePowerBook.pdf target="_blank">
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