Re: Making a safe link for others to download from TIA
- From: "Vanguard" <vanguard.news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:18:35 -0500
"sandy58" <Aleckie59@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1148508560.700198.293760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you very much, Vanguard. I have found what I need although I had
never heard of this software before. WWW File Share Pro. I have "saved"
the links you provided me with to use at a later date.
Sandy in Scotland
If all you wanted to do is give the URL for the download link to other users, just right-click on the link and Copy Shortcut and paste into your e-mail. That will copy and paste the URL for the link. However, some sites don't provide direct links to their download files. They use a server-side script to pick the file so a shortcut URL won't work. Instead you give the recipient the URL for the page where the download link is located. However (yep, another one), some sites don't let you directly navigate to a page somewhere inside their web site but require that you navigate to it from one of their other pages (they might use Referrer to determine from where you came when you visit a page to make sure you get to the page from one of their other pages), so you give the URL for their home page and tell the recipient how to navigate through the pages.
If the FileShare Pro that you are talking about is at http://www.wfshome.com/index.html, that installs a server on your computer. Remember that means you are running their software on your host, you are trusting them with the contents of your drives, and running a server reduces security if you don't know how to secure your network. Windows XP already comes with a web server that you could use to distribute files via HTTP using links. It also comes with an FTP server that you could use to share files. You really didn't need the extra software installed on your host if what you wanted was for YOU to be the file server. It really doesn't sound like you have the expertise to run a server or to secure it, plus it may violate the Terms of Service with your ISP (read it since many say you are not allowed to run servers under a "personal" account and will have to upgrade to a business account).
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