Free Downloads

[k33bz]

I am still learning how to run a webserver. My question is this, I have a few things I basically would like people to download from my server, for free. Just to gain more traffic, hopefully keep some of them there. So ya, how do I do this?

[Kareeser]

If you run a server, you're already letting people "download" your website for viewing, for free :)

Were you looking for something specific, like a special application script (in PHP, perhaps) that "serves" downloads in a friendly format, like FileFront, etc?

[wojox]

Do you want to download pictures, music, applications ....
Are you running Apache?

[k33bz]

Running Apache2, want people to be able to download E-Books from my site, in a friendly User Format.

[wojox]

Do you know html?
Just put the ebooks in your web servers root directory ( should be /var/www/) and link to them.
Or create a separate subdirectory and put the ebooks in there and link to that directory.

[k33bz]

Yes I know HTML. Is that all I need to do?

[R.Bucky]

Yes, that is all that you need to do. If you have a traffic limit through your isp, you could always have a third party host it. Getting back to it, a simple html link will do it.

[philcamlin]

install apache 2 and port forward and then get dyndns and get a free hostname :popcorn:

[k33bz]

install apache 2 and port forward and then get dyndns and get a free hostname :popcorn:

umm, I have all that, if you look at my signature, that is the website we are talking about, running LAMP. Have a domain name, as you see :),

[k33bz]

Yes, that is all that you need to do. If you have a traffic limit through your isp, you could always have a third party host it. Getting back to it, a simple html link will do it.

thank you :KS

[R.Bucky]

gotcha.