It would be great if you need to link to an uploaded Webflow resource (ie. a PDF or other) and have it on your own domain and not have the file name be prepended so "pitchscript.pdf" does not change to "872384029387403298wajlhewuhf_pitchscript.pdf". Especially since people want to host with Webflow fully & not have to put it on an external server.
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OMG, nearly 8 years?
Please fix this! It´s so important for SEO!
Why isn't this fixed yet? it's been 8 years. This is a big value for SEO
Adding a small voice to the chorus here: As others have said, it feels really unprofessional to be sharing download links full of randomly generated text. This is just one of way too many problems with Webflow's CMS. I would never recommend Webflow to anyone else at this point.
It's been 7 years now and there is not even a tag on this topic yet? Even though this idea has even been merged 4 times already? Could you guys please look into that?
I've just downloaded hundreds of image files from my webflow site and they all have a 25-character numerical prefix added. If I make edits and re-upload them will webflow add another 25 characters? This seems really bad for SEO. Do we know what the barriers are to fixing this issue? It's bananas that there are threads going back years asking for WF to respond.
Last night I paid for a tool to help me remove all the prefixes and give them all nice SEO-friendly file names before it dawned on me that y'all are going to change the names as soon as I re-upload them.
THIS IS CRUCIAL
As others have pointed out, PDF files need to be hosted on different platforms (creating additional costs) to maintain clean asset links under the same familiar domain name. In addition, tracking data like file views is also challenging.
I hope this will change soon, ideally becoming a standard feature without extra fees.
Please fix this! It looks really unprofessional to have the random string in front of the file name, and it's kinda ridiculous to have this limitation on a paid hosting plan.
This is urgent, please solve this.
It's 2024, and this hasn't been actioned....🥲 Please implement this soon Webflow
Surely this has to be actioned by now Webflow... every other platform out there has no issues with retaining the file name for the download. This is one of the first things clients ask to be changed once their site is up... to which I have to advise it can't be...
This would be soo much simpler. Cleaning a website and having an optimized landing page is almost impossible because of that
Please implement this!
Clients use our site to discover new case studies and publications. We offer full versions via download links on cms pages, and I hate to think of the user experience for them finding these junk PDF filenames on their desktop. It looks unprofessional and they are less likely to re-share with their colleagues in that form.
Any updates on this?
This can be done with some custom code. Embed the following script after the "Download File" button element:
<script>
document.getElementById('downloadButton').addEventListener('click', function() {
var fileNameWithPrefix = this.getAttribute('data-file');
var fileName = fileNameWithPrefix.substring(fileNameWithPrefix.indexOf('_') + 1);
// Decode the filename to replace '%20' with actual spaces
fileName = decodeURIComponent(fileName);
// Create a temporary link element
var link = document.createElement('a');
link.href = 'path_to_download/' + fileName; // Replace 'path_to_download/' with your actual download path
link.setAttribute('download', fileName); // Set the download attribute to specify filename
link.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(link);
// Trigger the download
link.click();
// Cleanup: remove the temporary link element
document.body.removeChild(link);
});
</script>
And create a custom element set as a button:
<button id="downloadButton" data-file="{{wf {"path":"file-to-download","type":"FileRef"\} }}" class="button">Download File</button>
replacing {{wf {"path":"file-to-download","type":"FileRef"\} }} with the relevant field from your cms
I just wanted to emphasize how important this would be for Webflow users. We're looking forward to this update!
As an enterprise customer, it's disappointing to see this has been requested since 2017 and has not been addressed yet.
Please add this to your roadmap. File names should not be prepended with a random string of characters, and we should have the option to have files under our own custom domain name.
Need this one very badly. Cant be showing webflow or other domain other than our client domain.
We need exactly what Kevin has described below. Ay updates on when this will be in beta would be highly appreciated.