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phee3d
Explorer | Level 3
3 months ago

My clients need to download files via link, but the "Download" button isn't really visible.

I always end up using some other service to send files because of the huge Login/Signup screen that appears upon clicking the download button and the actual download button is bullied to the bottom o...
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Rich
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3 months ago
phee3d wrote:

It's really embarrassing, you're purposefully deceiving the user who I send the download link to by making them think they have to sign up to get the download link.

If they only need to download the files, have you tried altering the share link to force a download? You can change the dl=0 in the link to dl=1 and it will initiate a download immediately.

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    phee3d
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 months ago

    thank you, but I don't think we're talking about the same issue. I've replied to Nancy above with more details.

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