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DownloadsFAQ
Downloads FAQ
Downloads FAQWhy shouldn't I keep deleting and re-uploading a project download?You can delete files from the download section if you accidentally uploaded the wrong file or the file is corrupted. You need to notice this problem fairly quickly, before too much time has passed or too many people have downloaded the file. After a file has been released for some time, it becomes part of your project's history and should no longer be deleted. Offering archival downloads means that users can trust that the file will always be available from that URL. At that point, instead of deleting the file, you should only label it as "Deprecated", which removes it from the list of currently supported downloads. Deprecated files still count toward your project download space quota. Rather than deleting content to manage your quota usage, please ask for more quota by following the instructions on the "New Download" page. Are there any restrictions to how much bandwidth a download can consume?No, but excessive bandwidth usage will be throttled and malicious usage will be blocked. We also discourage direct references to javascript files hosted on the download service from html. This is because this path is not optimized for production web traffic. As your traffic increases, you run the risk of experiencing failures on your current requests. Instead, we encourage alternatives such as using the AJAX Libraries API (http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlibs/) which have better latency/scalability characteristics for such scenarios or hosting the file on your own server. BAD CODE. DO NOT DO THIS! <script src="http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> EXCELLENT <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
google.load("jquery", "1");
</script>
OK <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> If you are hosting a Google gadget, please proxy all your content so that it is cached effectively. For more information, see the Gadget API reference (http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/docs/reference/#gadgets.io) Does Google Code host distros (e.g Linux distributions)?Project Hosting on Google Code does not support the hosting of distros (ISOs, CD/DVD image files). Instead, we recommend hosting only the specific pieces that you are developing, i.e. import the kernel and panel source in the SVN repository and provide binary builds for those specific packages in our downloads repository. This is because distros really need a different set of tools from what we offer for software development. It is an area where we do not have good tools and think that developing such tools would be a distraction from our main objectives. If you would like to see the Project Hosting team focus on improving support for hosting distros, please star Issue 3148. Can Google Analytics be used to track downloads?Yes. Once you have set your Google Analytics account in the Administer -> Project Metadata tab, Google Analytics events will be generated every time a download is clicked on the web interface. As Google Analytics is only meant to track events on a web page, other means of downloading the file will not generate an event. The event generated for tracking is as follows.
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Why the files didn't show after I uploaded, but they also take up the space?
How do i make a download as featured so as it shows in my project homepage ?
To show download in project home page just edit this download and add a label named "Featured".
I can't see the delete option? where should I be looking?! :S
Answering my own question? priceless... http://www.techquark.com/2009/09/delete-file-from-google-code-hosted.html
How to download screenshots?
Is there a way to upload a package file using ftp
Many projects might have the same need as mine, which is a "Check for updates" feature. Being Googlecode the repository of the updates, it will be very useful to have an interface of the "Downloads" page in XML format, so the project itself will be able to check directly if there is any update available, and notify the user if that is the case. To reduce the traffic of automatic checks, the XML could ommit some variable fields like "download counts", and be more "cache-friendly".
I reply to myself, just in case somebody feels the same need. It can be done using the project feeds, in particular, the downloads atom feed, available from the project's main page.
I don't understand how I'm supposed to use google project hosting and then be able to update my theme by sending in the same url, if uploading the same url doesn't work. Or do I need to depreciate the XML file with the igoogle theme api in it and upload a new file with the same name? any help would be appreciated.
Se errar Cheguei Até aqui Não Quero Uma Coisa e USAR E não mostrar oque ESTÁ Ser PoDE Aconteceu Que eu Não entendi Mas Também ajudem -me perceber, uma troca. pt - BR
I tried uploading a new file, and it should just update the download so the download count doesnt get reseted, but the file never got uploaded and the ppl got the old file -.-
I tried 6 more times afterwards and still no success, so I had to delete it and upload again.
/mad @ google
I bet it still doesnt work for that file, even it works for all other files. bug?
I can no longer update outdated versions of my downloads by deprecating outdated versions, as the deprecated instance of the file has the same name, and a new download with the same name is no longer allowed.
However, users and various tools that they use, are seeking the file at this location by name, and that name does not, and should not, include minor revision numbers. This used to work in a sensible way. Now it does not, and I am forced to delete rather than deprecate outdated versions of my downloads.
When I try to upload documents to our project I get this message from time to time:
Your client does not have permission to get URL /upload/appbio10-project-weblogo from this server. (Client IP address: 130.23...)
Is there something I can do, or is Googles responsible?
I would really like to be able to include a short bit of text to sit just above the downloads list. I only really need a few lines to explain what files are for what purposes, and include some links to wiki articles. People don't generally read, go straight to download, then get a bit stumped by the fact they have to choose something. This would be a good place to put a few words, in my case at least.
I didn't know where to post this idea as I couldn't find any links to suggestions/feedback on the site.
How to delete uploaded files from Google Code??
Its almost time ro sleep...lol