How to get a Download link for your site (With Pictures)

• AUTHOR: JOSHUA U. NGWUOKE
• CATEGORY: COMPUTER TECH
• TAGS: WEB DEVELOPMENT | COMPUTER TECH

 Hello friends, welcome to my JUCNfact blog. Today we'll be looking at a cool way you can make a file downloadable on your website. 

As a Blogspot or WordPress blogger, at one point or the other, you may need to provide files for download on your blog website. Well if you fall in that category, then you have come to the right place. This tutorial will also be helpful to those who all ready have or are planning on starting an online store, because it applies to every kind of digital file such as text document, audio files, video files or even apk files.

Here are five steps to grab a download link for a file of your choice in order to make use of it on your dite.

Step 1: Download a URL Shortener App from an app store to your device. In this tutorial, I'll be using a URL Shortener that has high rating from Google Play Store.

Step 2: Go to your browser and open the site that has the file that you want to make downloadable on your website. For Example: If you want to make "Hell_Naw_by_Nasty_C.mp3" audio file downloadable on your website, you may choose to check a site like www.naijavibes.com

Step 3: Locate  the file and click on the download button for the file. 

When you do this, a new link starts loading for the file download. This link is called the "download link" for the particular file. NOTE: Our goal here is not to download the file, but to get the link.

Step 4: Copy the link to your clipboard, then open the URL Shortener App and paste it there.

Alternatively, you can simply highlight and copy it directly to the App.

Step 5: While in the app, select a URL Shortening service provider and click on the shorten button.

After this step, you'll get a short and completely different link. Your download link is ready to be used on your site.

        This practice gives you the advantage of gaining more trust from your site visitors, because when they click on the link, the download starts without redirecting them to the homepage of the site you got the original link from.

NOTE: The website you copy the download link from, is your source for that particular file and acts like a host for your download link. i.e. If the file is deleted from the site, the link on your own site will automatically stop working. Thus, we recommend that you get your links from sites that are well known for the services they render.

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Joshua U. Ngwuoke

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