I am having an issue with file downloads. I want guests to be able to come to my site and download files that I have on my site and are within an area and using the File Block. I am using version 9.3.4
I have the permissions set where guests can view the page but there isn’t any permissions settable for guest to be able to download files. Suggestions?
Edit: forgot to mention that when I click the link it works fine but when others click the link, it says invalid file.
@roughrider you must have either enabled advanced permissions or set the file download to require a password in the file manager. Or possibly you’ve set up your web server in a particular way that it’s causing this.
If you have enabled advanced permissions, check the area and block permission settings.
On a fresh install with basic permissions, the file linked through the File block will be accessible to guests.
I just recently enabled advanced permissions, however, the problem was occuring before I did that. I didn’t add a password to file downloads so the last thing to check will be the block permission.
I checked the block and it was at default setting for permissions so it must be something to do with the apache webserver settings, which I do not have access to as I am on a hosted server.
I did, however, find a fix for this in using ‘list files from set’. This is doing as I had hoped for and blends in nicely with the current work and layout I have going right now.