Not allowing downloading of .doc .xls extensions is very restricting, I’m creating a new website and my client requires these formats in his downloads, can’t these be added? if not what is the reason? I’ll have to fudge for now.
Hi @bbd, the best way is to create a linked file. To do this:
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Upload your document to dropbox
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Right-click the document and click “copy dropbox link”
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past the link anywhere (i.e notes, word etc.) You should have something like this: Dropbox - File Deleted
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change: https://www.dropbox.com to https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com
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Change the “0” at the end to “1”.
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Your link should look like: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/qzkns6qfbcfmdkt/This%20is%20a%20test%20document.docx?dl=1
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try a word file here
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Hi Jerry, great idea, using the same process I’ve now simplified taking Dropbox out of the equation.
- Using FTP upload your .doc’s to folder e.g ‘www.mywebsite.com/docs’.
- Create link to the document e.g www.mywebsite.com/docs/documentname.doc
- Copy link.
- Create link interaction ‘Navigate to URL’ - leave ‘new tab’ OFF
Job done!
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