I can't seem to get this to work. How do I create a link so someone can click a link in an email to access and download a .zip file from my server? Shouldn't it be as simple as http://mysite.com/file.zip? When I try that, it is returning a 404 not found error. Do I need to change permissions or something? I have uploaded the zip file to the root directory. Could this be an issue with the hosting company?
Depending on how the site/server is setup, the file should be under a public_html or www folder, not the root of your website.
I tried that in the beginning, and got the error before. Then I moved the file to the root directory (as another forum said to do). Tried it, and got the 404 error. I went back and added a subfolder "downloads" to the public_html folder and put the zip files in there. Now it works! Thanks!
Glad to hear that its working now. Perhaps there is an .htaccess file within the public_html folder that is trying to rewrite the url, which then flags the 404 error...?