I am having some trouble allowing visitors to download files from my site in the form of a link.

Do the files need to be zipped? I have them in .doc right now but have tried both.

If the files are on my server, do I need to do something to allow acess to the visitors.

this is the code I am using
<A HREF="ftp://alookinsidetours.com/flyer.zip">
Download this flyer</A>

any ideas??? Thanks

May be that you're using ftp. Would http be better?

try this little script for your downloads, it works for me.....
http://www.phparena.net/files/index....tion=file&id=4