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| Hi, Most webhosts I contact have small point and click file sizes for link setup, 2-4 mb. How do you link to larger files? Is it hard to learn the code? (ftp, php etc?) Can anyone reccommend a site for basic instruction? Gerald Nelson |
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| Again, Here There is no html coding required. Last edited 2012 |
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| I guess you can ask for help here... I would like sone code, please. I have found the general stuff on line, <a href = " "></a> but cannot determine what is the location for my file. I put the file, game1.7z, in the public folder of the file manager in the cpanel of my sitebuilder. I have the site page, www.mysite.com. I put the text, game1, on the webpage and highlight it to bring up the tool bar. I click on the link tab and the box opens up. I select open in new page and then I do not know what to put in the location entry slot. Can I get the general formula for a link like this? I believe it is callen an in line link. Any help? Gerald |
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| First off, it's not 'etiquette' to post the exact same question in two different threads. It just confuses people. Second, I don't really know what you're talkin about when you're on about "highlight it to bring up the toolbar", "click the link and a box opens up". you lost me there. But if you've uploaded a file into the Public folder, then the URL to download it should be http://www.mysite.com/game1.7z The anchor tag should look something like: <a href="http://www.mysite.com/game1.7z" alt="">Download Game</a>href is the file location, alt is the tooltip that pops up when the mouse hovers over the link (required for HTML4 compliance), and Download Game is the text that appears for the user to click on. |
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| Why not just use DropBox as your online files host or perhaps MediaFire? |
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| Here's some links to places you can learn various web languages. http://www.w3schools.com/ http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/ http://www.html.net/ http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ http://php.net/ If you need a script to do a particular job then go to:- http://www.hotscripts.com/ For serious web hosting go to:- http://hostgator.com/ and use the coupon code saveathostgator to get a discount on your hosting. Last edited 2012 |
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| Hi, I am working from the public library and they do not have and will not install a ftp third party program. Thats why I don't use filezilla, dropbox, thunderbird, mediafire or whatever. The highlight and toolbar is a step by step for the weebly cpanel demo on hostmonster. Thanks for the sites I'll check them out. hostmonster said to set the php to handle larger files. Is this difficult? Gerald |
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| It's as difficult as doing a Google search, which is what I did to get the information below. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-apache-increase-php-upload-limit/ http://www.howtogeek.com/50792/how-to-increase-the-php-file-upload-size-limit/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2184513/php-change-the-maximum-upload-file-size https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=php+increase+file+size+limit&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest |
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| Thanks again, I checked out the links Zenthrax sent. I am pretty sure the hosts I am checking out are shared servers so php is locked. The never ending thread unravels... If I am on my site cpanel and I can go to the file manager ftp folder and load files in it directly is this the equivalent of uploading from a ftp program like filezilla etc.? Would I only need to set up an account on cpanel directly on cpanel? Would people be able to use their ftp program to access the folder third party? I'll try to ask a webhost but they seem very guarded to criptic with info. Gerald |
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| I went to hostmonster cpanel to check out php. I must select a button. Which do I select? php standard, php single php.ini, php fast cgi, php 5.3, php 5.4, php single.ini 5.4,... It then says a php file will be in my public folder. I assume I can then access it and change it? Its possible that I won't suffer the shared server lock problem but I must still do the process? Live chat failed. Sent an e-mail. If this is decipherable please comment. Gerald |
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| I went to php pear packages and found a ini file that mentions a 10 mb limit. I sent another e-mail about this. I'll get back about it it they do. Gerald |
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| Update: To change php.ini. Select version 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, single..., Then you must alter the file size number: I set it to 20M, both sizes upload and max, then set both upload times: I changed them from 30 and 60 to 900 (they reccomment 300 and 600), then set the memory size: I set 128 (they reccomment 64). The links that work to files in the public folder are: http://www.sitename.com/filename.7z These are put in the external url box and I selected open in new window. It would seem the public folder is not a page on my site as I thought. I did get double billed from a mistake but I am supposed to receive a refund. I was able to upload and link to a 12.5 mb file in my public folder. It would seem Hostmonster is working for me at this point. I will keep updating if it all goes to crap. |
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| Looks like it works. The site I am working on is maziediff.com. I am still a stickman artist. Did I actually need to do the php.ini stuff or did I just need to know how to make a link. My public folder could allready upload up to 150 mb? Does php controll upload or download (both)? What controls autolink? These settings are still for 4-5 mb even with the php.ini changed. Thanks for the help! Gerald |
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| Looks like it works. The site I am working on is maziediff.com. I am still a stickman artist. Did I actually need to do the php.ini stuff or did I just need to know how to make a link. My public folder could allready upload up to 150 mb? Does php controll upload or download (both)? What controls autolink? These settings are still for 4-5 mb even with the php.ini changed. Thanks for the help! Gerald |
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| Looks like it works. The site I am working on is maziediff.com. I am still a stickman artist. Did I actually need to do the php.ini stuff or did I just need to know how to make a link. My public folder could allready upload up to 150 mb? Does php controll upload or download (both)? What controls autolink? These settings are still for 4-5 mb even with the php.ini changed. Thanks for the help! Gerald |
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| Looks like it works. The site I am working on is maziediff.com. I am still a stickman artist. Did I actually need to do the php.ini stuff or did I just need to know how to make a link. My public folder could allready upload up to 150 mb? Does php controll upload or download (both)? What controls autolink? These settings are still for 4-5 mb even with the php.ini changed. Thanks for the help! Gerald |
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| Looks like it works. The site I am working on is maziediff.com. I am still a stickman artist. Did I actually need to do the php.ini stuff or did I just need to know how to make a link. My public folder could allready upload up to 150 mb? Does php controll upload or download (both)? What controls autolink? These settings are still for 4-5 mb even with the php.ini changed. Thanks for the help! Gerald |
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| Looks like it works. The site I am working on is maziediff.com. I am still a stickman artist. Did I actually need to do the php.ini stuff or did I just need to know how to make a link. My public folder could allready upload up to 150 mb? Does php controll upload or download (both)? What controls autolink? These settings are still for 4-5 mb even with the php.ini changed. Thanks for the help! Gerald |
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| Sextuple posting... Because double posting is for pussies. |
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