I have basic idea to the html and studying the basic things of java script and applied on it. And also i want to create the download link in my sample website. But i dont have idea of how to create it? Please tell me the procedure.. Thanks in Advance.
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If by "the download link" you mean a link to a file to download, use
<a href="http://example.com/files/myfile.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a>
the target=_blank will make a new browser window appear before the download starts. That window will usually be closed when the browser discovers that the resource is a file download.
Note that file types known to the browser (e.g. JPG or GIF images) will usually be opened within the browser.
You can try sending the right headers to force a download like outlined e.g. here. (server side scripting or access to the server settings is required for that.)
Pekka
2010-05-08 10:50:37
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A download link would be a link to the resource you want to download. It is constructed in the same way that any other link would be:
<a href="path to resource.name of file">Link</a>
<a href="files/installer.exe">Link to installer</a>
Oded
2010-05-08 10:50:55
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Like this
<a href="www.yoursite.com/theThingYouWantToDownload">Link name</a>
So a file name.jpg on a site example.com would look like this
<a href="www.example.com/name.jpg">Image</a>
Con
2010-05-08 10:53:10
The problem with the latter is that it will open in the browser, not be offered for downloading and saving.
Pekka
2010-05-08 10:53:53
Won't work; browser will treat it as a relative link to `./www.example.com/name.jpg` - you must use `http://` for absolute links with specified domain.
Delan Azabani
2010-05-08 10:54:25
@Delan well spotted.
Pekka
2010-05-08 10:56:16
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A:
To link to the file, do the same as any other page link:
<a href="...">link text</a>
To force things to download even if they have an embedded plugin (Windows + QuickTime = ugh), you can use this in your htaccess / apache2.conf:
AddType application/octet-stream EXTENSION
Delan Azabani
2010-05-08 10:53:42