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how do i get downloads to work

this is my 1st website and was able to figure out most things on my own with the help of forums but i cant seem to figure out how to add downloads

so lets say i have a file called games.zip that i want people to download from my sight what do i need to do to get that to work

for one i want to use a new block on the homepage that people can see and just click next to the download they want and bam it starts downloading. I do not want to use the download module that comes with php nuke unless i need to
do i need to use a seperate program to do this or am i just missing something
im using nuke version 7.9
i hope that makes sense as to what i want your help would be appreciated

Re: how do i get downloads to work

3minent Wrote: :

You will have to use that download module or a similar one that is for php-nuke 7.9. As far as the downloads go create you a folder in your public_html folder called dloads or downloads if you want to create subfolders in those you can say in your downloads you wanted to have a games folder and a software folder. And you had two files to link say games.zip and software.zip each in their respective subfolders. You would
1) Make sure you are logged into your regular account on your site and your admin account.
2) Click Downloads in your Menu then click Add Download you should come to a page that asks for the File Name, File Url, Description, these are the main things you want to fill out. You can fill in the File Size, Version, and Homepage to the download if you wish.
3)Add the Title you want for the download in the url box you will put this for the games.zip

Code: :

/dloads/games/games.zip

this is assuming you have the folder named dloads. You must follow the file structure to the download. for the software it would be

Code: :

/dloads/software/software.zip

then type in the description and click Add.
4)Once you have all of your downloads added you will then have to go to your admin panel and click on the downloads icon to take you to downloads. You will see all of the downloads that you have submitted if you click the Check Link I think it is to the right of the URL it will check to make sure the link is valid before adding it. If you get a popup box to download the program then you are fine the link is valid. If you get an error that the file can't be found then you will have to check your file structure to the file with what you put in the URL field then edit and accept the changes.

I did everything you said to do and i still cant get it to download
when i hit check it say page error

step 1. I created dloads folder in the public_html
step 2. I uploaded the zip file to that folder
step 3. Went to download page and added title/description/ and where it says
file link I put http://www.forsakenwrath.com/dloads/atlas.zip
step 4. Clicked the check button and it didn't work

I tried many different things in the link
http://forsakenwrath.com/dloads/atlas.zip
http://dloads/atlas.zip
http://www.dloads/atlas.zip

don't know what i am doing wrong here probably something really simple

everything you wrote was easy to understand so if you don't mind letting me know what I am doing wrong if you have any ideas

thank you in advance

3minent Wrote: :

For the download url just put in

Code: :

/dloads/atlas.zip

and make sure that you click add and that you check these while logged into your admin page of your website. the SQL database already assumes the forsakenwrath.com in the file path of the link. I just now went to your site and it is inside a html directory. If your dloads folder is inside of that html folder then the link should be

Code: :

/html/dloads/atlas.zip

. BTW all of the links are case sensitive so if you named the folder DlOadS then it has to appear that way and not dloads same for the zip files if the zip file is named atlas.ZIP then it has to appear that way and not atlas.zip.

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