FTP help

[newmarketpastor]

I am trying to upload pdf files with FTP manager and I am having some trouble. I gain access to ftp manager and add the pdf into my public_html area and this is where I run into some trouble. I don't know how to get that pdf onto my website. I got one document onto the website but I had to use my control panel username and password to view the file. I have watched the tutorial and it doesn't tell me what to do once I have the file upload to the ftp manager. What am I doing wrong?

[mrmagoo144]

Re: FTP help

you can use a text link or an image link. it would look like this:
www.yourwebsitename.com/file.pdf
once you have ftp the pdf file to your public_html and someone clicks on your link it will come up in a separate page, same page or pop up depending what you choose when making the link. here are a couple of doc files that work this way:

http://www.videopostcards.info/make_new_folder.html

http://www.videopostcards.info/email_a_file.html

in both cases you would click on the text link "for printable version"
hope this solves your problems

[newmarketpastor]

Re: FTP help

What I have done is link it as an ftp: and given it the link address of ftp://75.126.104.146/public_html/Cal...ercaller10.pdf. When I do this I can only access the file on the web page by using a password. What I want to do is post my churches newsletter onto the website in pdf form so people can download it in a pop up window. The directions you gave me still don't get me where I want to be.
When I am in blue voda website builder what am I supposed to do once I have uploaded the file I want to blueFTP? I have selected add text, added the text and clicked on the link button. What should the link be? Or is this the wrong way altogether?

[CarbonTerry]

Re: FTP help

Have you viewed this?
It seems you know how to access your public_html thru the BV FTP Manager?
Drag your PDF into the public_html directory.
Your link would be:

https://www.yourwebsite.com/filename.pdf

If you are going to have a lot of PDF's I suggest making a folder inside the public_html named (something really creative) pdf !!!
Drag your pdf's to the pdf directory
Then the link would be www.yourwebsite.com/pdf/filename.pdf

[newmarketpastor]

Re: FTP help

It worked. Thanks for the help