How to access public_ftp from site

[gilgolf]

I wanted to make some files downloadable from the public_ftp folder in my website folder. How do you make it so that when a link is clicked on the site, this file will download without having to sign into my ftp account?

[Guest Geoff]

Public FTP is disabled on heliohost. You can easily serve the same files via HTTP.

[gilgolf]

O, ok. Well how do i do it through http?

[Byron]

Display your urls as links on a public page.

 

[gilgolf]

but this doesn't download it?

[Byron]

Create a .htaccess file in the directory you want only downloadable files and try adding this piece of code:

 

ForceType application/octet-stream

 

If you just want to match certain file types, use this:

 

<FilesMatch "\.(css|html|jpg)$">
ForceType application/octet-stream
</FilesMatch>

 

[gilgolf]

Ok, thank you

[jje]

Glad your problem got solved

[Advance]

Public FTP is disabled on heliohost. […]

Excuse the stupid question, but what is the "public_ftp" directory for?

[Ice IT Support]

I think it is created by default by cPanel

[viclou]

The public_ftp directory contains configuration files, and it only exists probably because heliohost's servers are unix-based.