WordPress.com Forums » Topic: accessing media through domain name http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/accessing-media-through-domain-name WordPress.com Forums » Topic: accessing media through domain name en Sat, 25 May 2013 00:58:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 ianhsci on "accessing media through domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/accessing-media-through-domain-name#post-829018 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:00:25 +0000 ianhsci 829018@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ yes, for being found - but if kids at schools can't access because of (admittedly stupid and short-sighted) wordpress blocking policy, the site is fairly pointless.

i've had a look at cname stuff, and it *might* work - if I've understood it right, I can set up an alias so that putting in the studenttoolkit address redirects to files.wordpress media. If I'm right. Which I'm probably not.

]]> raincoaster on "accessing media through domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/accessing-media-through-domain-name#post-828924 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:38:24 +0000 raincoaster 828924@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ In SEO terms, it's going to be better for your blog to leave things the way they are than to use a third-party hosting service.

]]> ianhsci on "accessing media through domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/accessing-media-through-domain-name#post-828845 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:31:52 +0000 ianhsci 828845@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ thank you - I was hoping to work this via wordpress itself but GoogleDocs may have to be an alternative.

I've set up google apps already for the site (to run email) so guess it's not too bad a solution.

]]> justjennifer on "accessing media through domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/accessing-media-through-domain-name#post-828812 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:03:12 +0000 justjennifer 828812@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There isn't really a way to change the default location of files uploaded here to WordPress.com. They will always show the underlying WordPress.com address (yoursite.wordpress.com)

So, the only workaround I can think of is to host the files elsewhere and use the "Insert by URL" tab in the Uploader to create a download link. The site where you are hosting the files must allow "hotlinking" so you can pull them into your WordPress.com site.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/download-links/#link-to-a-document-url When you insert by URL, you must see the green check mark that indicates that the file can be accessed by your site.

You might want to look at various options, such as Scribd, Box widget, Google docs, etc. even Dropbox's public folder.

]]> ianhsci on "accessing media through domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/accessing-media-through-domain-name#post-828770 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:02:43 +0000 ianhsci 828770@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ sorry, thought I'd selected from the 'concerning' dropdown. The blog is http://studenttoolkit.co.uk based on http://studenttools.wordpress.com

]]> justjennifer on "accessing media through domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/accessing-media-through-domain-name#post-828731 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:54:10 +0000 justjennifer 828731@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

I'm producing a student-centred blog and it's currently hosted on my own domain.

What is the URL of the site in question, starting with http:// The one linked to your username is linked to a wordpress.com address.

]]> ianhsci on "accessing media through domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/accessing-media-through-domain-name#post-828725 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:26:20 +0000 ianhsci 828725@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm producing a student-centred blog and it's currently hosted on my own domain. The problem is that media is automatically stored at the wordpress address, which means uploaded pdfs etc are blocked for students accessing through school (school policy is to block wordpress.com, madness I know)

Can I change the default address at which media will be located? Something to do with files.etc subdomains?

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