I'm having an issue that I'm hoping someone can help me figure out. I have a lot of files stored in my "wp-content" folder (mp3's, photos, etc.). When I send someone a direct link to the file, it works fine UNLESS IT'S A ZIP FILE...If it's a ".zip" file, then the person gets a "Page Not Found" page. Any ideas why this would be and how I can fix it? This is where I keep all of my files that people purchase through a digital store, so it's important that clients can get their files without this error. Thanks!
Try to move the files out of WP-content folder and check if this link works... http://www.yourdomain.com/wordpress/file.zip
As noted above, some links would be helpful. Could be a number of reasons though and without seeing what's occurring, all we caqn do is make guesses. One thing to make sure though is that you;re not using any spaces or nonstandard characters within your filenames. Stuff like @#$% is converted into webfriendly characters and that may be the problem you're facing if you;re using such characters.
In your control panel there's a folder called "Hotlinks" or something, it let's you block certain file extensions that you choose. Check if the zip extension is being blocked.
put the zip files in the wordpress blog main folder and it should work. I had the same error earlier and it got solved.
We discovered it actually a problem with the amember account. But I did learn that the files work better in a main folder. Thanks!