How To Upload Files For Downloading In Blogger (Google)?

By : Zaeem Khaliq

On : 1/24/2014

In : Blogger Tricks, Google

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Blogger Is A Best Platform For Blogging Which Is Used By Millions Of People And Are Created Daily. The Feature Of This Platform Is That Everything Is Possible And Can Be Customizable Than Wordpress, It Also Has A Feature Of Hosting Which Means We Just Need To Puchase Only Domain Only Without Hosting If Domain Name Is Required. When We Create A Blog And Starting Publishing Posts, We Need Some Posts Which Contains Download Information Which Means That We Are Telling User To Download The File. But, In Blogger, There Is No Option Of Uploading Data Files Due To Free Hosting. So Sometimes Peoples Get Confused That How To Upload Files And Give It To Users For Download . So In This Tutorial, I Will Teach You How To Upload Files In Blogger (Google) For Download.

How To Upload And Download Files?

So, As I Described Above That There Is No Option For Download In Blogger, Don't Get Angry. Because If There Is Not Option In Blogger, We Can Use External Services. Which Means That The Files Uploaded Are Not Uploaded On Blogger, But You Have To Manually Paste The Link Of The Download In Blogger Post Editor. We Will Use Google Drive Because It Is One Of The Most Popular Cloud Hosting And File Sharing Service. First We Will Upload Files And Make It Public Means That The Uploaded File Is Only Enable (Displayed) For You That's Why We Will First Make It Visible To Everyone, Than After Uploading And Storing Data On Google Drive, We Will Insert The Download Link In The Blogger Post Editor In Download Button Or On Any Text You Want. So Let's Start With Few Simple Steps:-

1# Instructions

• Go To Google Drive >> Create >> Folder.
• Name Your Folder As Downloads.
• Now Click On Up Arrow And Select "File" Or "Folder".
• In Folder, You Will Upload A Folder And In File, You Will Upload A Single File.
• Then Click Upload Icon >> Choose "Files", Now Choose File Or Folder You Want.

• After Uploading The File, Right Click On That File And Click On "Share", Again Share.

• Now A Pop Up Box Will Appear.
• In  The "Who Han Access" Section, Click On "Change" Button.

• Now Again A Pop Up Box Will Appear, There Will Be Tick Marked "Share Privately", Than Tick On "Public On The Web" And Click On Save Button.

• Now You Will Go To Previous Pop Up Box, There Will Be A Share Link, If You Want To Share That Link, You Can Add Anywhere On Your Blog, But For Download, We Will Learn Below. Then Click On "Done"

• Now Finally You Will Paste The Download Link In Your Blog, Let's Learn.
• After Clicking On "Done", Right Click On That Uploaded File.
• Then Click On Download.

• Now A New Window Will Appear And Your Download Will Start, Cancel Your Download And Copy Link In The Address Bar Of Your Browser.

• Copy The Link And Save It In Notepad.
• Now Go To Blogger.com >> Your Blog >> New Post >> Link.
• Paste The Copied Link In The URL Box.

• Now Click On "OK".
• Prepare Your Post.
• Publish It!.
• CONGRATULATIONS!.

2# Instructions

• Go To Google Drive >> Create Folder >> Upload File.
• Make The File Public On The Web.
• Copy The Above Code In Notepad Above The "Who Can Access" Section.
• Copy Another Below Code In Notepad And Save It:-

https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILE-ID-HERE

• And The First Copied Code Will Look Like This:-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3Ztl1RRz6W7bzJDbl9hdmgtZ0E/edit?usp=sharing 

• Now You Have To Just Change Like This:-

https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B3Ztl1RRz6W7bzJDbl9hdmgtZ0E

• Now Prepare Your Post.
• Add The Link In The Text.
• Publish Your Post.
• Check It.
• That's All!. 

Didn't Understand!, Watch The Video Tutorial Below:-

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How To Upload Files For Downloading In Blogger

Final Words!

So Friends That Was How We Can Upload And Download Files In Blogger, Now When Your Any Visitor Click On Download Button, It Will Automatically Start Downloading That File. Google Drive Allows To Download Fast, Reliable And Resume Capabilities That's Why I Have Chosen This. I Hope That This Tutorial Is Very Simple And Helps You A Lot Because We Tried It To Made Even Simple And Easier For You. If You Are Facing Any Problem, Ask In Comments Because Comments Are Always Appreciated. Please Share This Post With Your Friends, And Also On Social Networks. Take A Lot Of Care And Cheers!.