Easiest way to put password-protected download on my website?

Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!

You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

You are not logged in. If you are already registered, fill in the form below to log in, or follow the "Sign Up" link to register a new account.
You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

d000hg replied

18 March 2014, 10:05
Originally posted by Pondlife View Post

Shared file on Dropbox maybe?

Doesn't exactly reek of professionalism
Leave a comment:
Pondlife replied

18 March 2014, 08:13
Shared file on Dropbox maybe?
Leave a comment:
NickFitz replied

17 March 2014, 18:50
You could host the file on Amazon S3. That makes it easy to generate secured download links, and even things like links that will only work for a specified window of time.
Leave a comment:
d000hg replied

17 March 2014, 14:40
Originally posted by stek View Post

What about a password-protected zip file?

I guess it's not a bad shout if I want to provide a direct download URL.
Leave a comment:
stek replied

17 March 2014, 12:25
What about a password-protected zip file?
Leave a comment:
d000hg replied

17 March 2014, 10:58
I'm trialling a WP plugin. It doesn't give you a link to the file you can copy-paste which is annoying but on the other hand presumably means the files can be stored in a private location, so the plugin serves the download using PHP.
Leave a comment:
xoggoth replied

16 March 2014, 14:01
Did you sort this? If not I have some code I use for program downloads, not Wordpress, but very simple PHP code.

PS On second thought perhaps it's not that simple if you don't know PHP so bit more explanation as may be more than you need. User enters details inc. email address which is bunged in database along with generated password. Password is emailed to user with link to login page. He can then log into page using pwd which shows his download links. Can be more than one.

Last edited by xoggoth; 16 March 2014, 18:16.
Leave a comment:
d000hg replied

13 March 2014, 12:34
In a full version maybe, but I'm not re-designing the software just for this purpose right now.
Leave a comment:
MicrosoftBob replied

13 March 2014, 12:20
Can you make it so some of the code runs server side, with unique versions of the software with a unique serial number tied to that version

Then downloading would become less of an issue
Leave a comment:
TheFaQQer replied

13 March 2014, 10:55
You can modify the .htaccess to password protect a folder, but I don't think that stops someone downloading a file if they know the direct URL.

Since it's Wordpress, have a look at the various plugins around this - the free version of wpdownloadmanager looks like it would do the trick for you.
Leave a comment:
d000hg started a topic Easiest way to put password-protected download on my website?

13 March 2014, 10:31
Easiest way to put password-protected download on my website?

I'm not a webby kind of person; I've a plan B website using WordPress and I want to put up a demo application download but make the download password-protected, or at the very least require the person to know the exact URL.

I DO have the ability to make password-protected pages in WP so I could dump the file onto my site using FTP and put a link on a password-protected page - is that adequate?
Tags: None