Newbie Help Needed - please!

[Duncan]

This is probably a very simple question to answer - I
hope.

I would like to add word and pdf documents so that people
can download them, not just view them - how do I do it?

Any help gratefully received

 

[Mike Mueller]

Duncan,

Both of these file types have MIME associations within the
browser. The only way to force the download is to place
them into an archive of some type, ie zip file

Mike


: This is probably a very simple question to answer - I
: hope.
:
: I would like to add word and pdf documents so that people
: can download them, not just view them - how do I do it?
:
: Any help gratefully received

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo]

Zip them with WinZip or any other commonly used compression program. This forces the download dialog thingie.

or

You could provide instructions under the link for the user to Right Click and Save Target As (.doc, .pdf) - this may be awkward for some people.


| This is probably a very simple question to answer - I
| hope.
|
| I would like to add word and pdf documents so that people
| can download them, not just view them - how do I do it?
|
| Any help gratefully received

 

[Murray]

Or change the mime type. Yeah - I know. We are talking practical here....

 

[Steve]

Add the Word and PDF files to content of your website
(drag and drop them from Windows Explorer to the Contents
view of FP). Now, on one of your web pages simply create
a hyperlink that points to the Word or PDF document.
Creating a Hyperlink is very easy to do, simply type some
text onto your webpage, then highlight it, right click on
the highlighted area and select Hyperlink from the popup
menu. The 'Insert Hperlink' dialog will appear. Just
navigate to the Word or PDF file you want and then click
OK. Simple or what?

 

[Steve]

I should have mentioned, it will be up to your vistor to
select save from Word or PDF.

 

[Duncan]

Thanks for everyones help.

I know how to create the hyperlink and yes they could opt
to save the file "save target as".

But..... There are sites e.g. Microsoft Partner site -
where you can click on the PDF or Word icon and it will
automatically download to you PC. I'd like my site to be
able to do the same if possible any suggestions?

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo]

probably easier to zip it, than change the mime type.


| Thanks for everyones help.
|
| I know how to create the hyperlink and yes they could opt
| to save the file "save target as".
|
| But..... There are sites e.g. Microsoft Partner site -
| where you can click on the PDF or Word icon and it will
| automatically download to you PC. I'd like my site to be
| able to do the same if possible any suggestions?
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Add the Word and PDF files to content of your website
| >(drag and drop them from Windows Explorer to the
| Contents
| >view of FP). Now, on one of your web pages simply
| create
| >a hyperlink that points to the Word or PDF document.
| >Creating a Hyperlink is very easy to do, simply type
| some
| >text onto your webpage, then highlight it, right click
| on
| >the highlighted area and select Hyperlink from the popup
| >menu. The 'Insert Hperlink' dialog will appear. Just
| >navigate to the Word or PDF file you want and then click
| >OK. Simple or what?
| >
| >>-----Original Message-----
| >>This is probably a very simple question to answer - I
| >>hope.
| >>
| >>I would like to add word and pdf documents so that
| >people
| >>can download them, not just view them - how do I do it?
| >>
| >>Any help gratefully received
| >>.
| >>
| >.
| >

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

On many of those sites, they use a custom written server-side script to force the download.

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