How can I manage downloads from my site?

Got files that you want to make available to others?
Any file can be made available for download by simply uploading it and providing a link to it from a webpage or email. There are more complex solutions for managing downloads, but these are the basics.

Some things to consider:

1. Are they "private" files that you want only certain folks to access, or are they public?

2. Do you need to track who gets them?

3. Do you need to hide them from bots so they are not indexed by search engines?

4. How technically savvy are the people downloading the files?

You might want to look at download managers, which are programs that track downloads and who made them:

Download Monitor
http://www.focalmedia.net/dlm.html
Download Tracker
http://www.schlabo.com/info/dl/2.01/index.shtml
And a whole collection of similar...
http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/File_Management/File_Downloading/

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