Title: GETTING STARTED
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# GETTING STARTED

 *  Resolved [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * (@ronchicago)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-77/)
 * having trouble getting started..
 * 1> added a new download page making it password protected
    2> i’ve uploaded a
   pdf 3> in ‘download information’ put this shortcode in content area = [download
   id=”xxxxx”] 4> in ‘download information’ copy/paste ‘url’ and pasted in new window
   of browser. 5> first try i do get a password protected page. i give it the password
   and go to a page that says something like ‘no path defined’ 6> subsequent try’s
   with this url the file that i’ve uploaded downloads to my desktop.
 * what step am i missing?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Barry Kooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/)
 * (@barrykooij)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-77/#post-6545699)
 * Did you follow all the steps like described on this page? [https://www.download-monitor.com/kb/adding-downloads/](https://www.download-monitor.com/kb/adding-downloads/)
 * Seems like you forgot the add a version or a file path to a version.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-77/#post-6545699)
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