External downloads locked down
Posted on 7th January 2007, 16:28 by IBBoard
Having just investigated our site logs it appears that some sites have been linking directly to downloads rather than to the download page.
Although this may make it one click quicker for users to download files, it means that they do not see the description or screenshots, and do not necessarily know where they are downloading the file from. It is for this reason that downloads from external sites have now been more securely locked down.
From now on all downloads coming directly from external sites without going via the downloads page will result in an error message. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but hope that people will understand and link to the download page instead of the download.
