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Technical Question - Re: Download Link

by Midnight_Eden
6 replies
Hello

I have a report which I want to upload to my site and then create a page with a link in it so that people can just click on it and download the report.

I know how to upload the report - I just do that to a subfolder I believe

And I can create the page to go to download it, but how do I create the link to actually download the product?

Many thanks, Ali
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  • Profile picture of the author PatriciaJ
    Link to it as http://yoursite.com/whateverfolderna...roductname.zip or http://yoursite.com/whateverfolderna...roductname.pdf

    then test it. You should get a box come up with the options to open or save
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave OSullivan
    Paste this code into your web page where you want the link to appear.

    Code:
    <a href="http://www.YourDomain.com/YourFolder/YourReport.zip">Click here to download your Report</a>
    and just replace
    HTML Code:
    http://www.YourDomain.com/YourFolder/YourReport.zip
    with the link to your file.

    Dave.
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  • Profile picture of the author Midnight_Eden
    Thank you, I have done it - see below. The only thing is when you click on it, it only says open and doesn't give you the option to save it. Is that because it is a pdf and not a zip - and does it matter?
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave OSullivan
    Browsers usually try to open a .pdf rather than download it, if you save it as a zip file it will work fine.

    Dave.
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  • Profile picture of the author Midnight_Eden
    Thanks for your help - got it all sorted now
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  • Profile picture of the author lkpub
    You can always add instructions for the download link also...

    To Download: Right Click and "Save As"
    To Open: Click on Link

    Or something to that effect...
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    LK Publishing & Design
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