I have a WordPress site running at mysitename.com. It is a standard WordPress site, not multi-user. There are reports that I want to provide to users after they give an e-mail address. If I put the reports in the standard upload folder, then they will be indexed by Google, or whatever, and can be downloaded through a web search, which negates the purpose of having to provide an e-mail to get the report. It is my understanding that I could create a folder that would not be accessible to search engines that would allow me to serve the reports to the user. My questions are:
- Under which WordPress folder do I create this folder?
- How do I reference the folder/reports in a link?
- If someone has the link address for one report would they be able to surf the folder for other reports?
- Do I need an htaccess file in the folder to limit access?
I know virtually nothing about Unix, so please keep that in mind when answering. In other words, don't get too technical.
