Hi ,
We're trying to set up a simple system for users to download a statement that is relevant for them , considering the way we need to upload the statements (600+ users) I can't just setup a content type for the statement as I'd then need to upload the pdf files manually.
We need to FTP the pdf files into a folder (preferable private as we don't want users to see the file path itself) , then we need to link to those files.
For example , if I store my files in sites/default/files/statements I would want the link to point to the file but not show the path so users can't guess other users usernames (they're all going to be numerical) and change the files names (or actually view the folder via http).
So we need to work out how to link to those files and have that link masked so that the original file path isn't shown.
For example is the file was stored at sites/default/files/statements but the link was system/files/filename.pdf (as seems to be drupals default path for private files)
WE've tried rewriting the URL via various methods but nothing seems to work and we can't setup a file upload field either (so we can set the upload field to use the private file system , plus we also can't upload more than 10 in Drupal 7)