I want to place a zip file within my site so that people can Download <!--more--> some latest information. Could someone tell me how this is done. Does my site have to be online for this to work. Thanks for any help<br />
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Terry<!--content-->Think about it for a second.... how can a person Download <!--more--> a file from a website that is not online?<br />
Yes, the site must be "online". In other words, the site server must be up and running and you must have a directory/domain name within the server and the zip file must be uploaded and have a valid URL. <br />
<br />
Just upload the zip file to your website and provide the URL to the file. When it is clicked on the file will do one of three things depending on how their browser is setup:<br />
<br />
1. start to Download <!--more--><br />
2. prompt the visitor to accept the Download <!--more--><br />
3. alert the visitor that their current settings do not allow file Download <!--more-->s.<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Kevin<!--content-->where you want your link put:<br />
<br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"http://yoursite.com/yourfile.zip">Download <!--more--> Here</a><br />
<br />
Simple as that =)<!--content-->I have used the link you mentioned but when I try and open it nothing happens, if I use accelerator it tells me that the file is an html file even though I uploaded a zip. any more help please<!--content-->Please post the URL of the file so someone can take a look and see whats going on.<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Kevin<!--content-->Create a new page for the Download <!--more-->:<br />
<br />
<body ONLOAD="redirect()"><br />
<br />
<script><br />
function redirect()<br />
{<br />
window.location.href = <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/">http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/</a><!-- m -->"http://www.xyz.com/zip.zip"<br />
}<br />
</script><!--content-->I do apologise, I have added my link at the very bottom of my links page, called Download <!--more--> zip. The address is at<br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.btinternet.com/~T.Poppy/links.html">http://www.btinternet.com/~T.Poppy/links.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
Thankyou all for your help<br />
<br />
Terry<!--content-->Are you sure that you have uploaded your zip file correctly? I manually tried to get your file (not using the link) and could not do so.<!--content-->The link to your file is <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.btinternet.com/~T.Poppy/zip.zip">http://www.btinternet.com/~T.Poppy/zip.zip</a><!-- m -->. Make sure that the name of the file is correct. It might also help your visitors who do actually Download <!--more--> the file to give it a proper name so that your visitors will have an idea what it contains next time they see it on their puter.
<br />
Lastly, you might want to check with the webpage provider to see if they allow the Download <!--more-->ing of files. Some providers don't and that might have been disabled.
<!--content-->
<br />
Terry<!--content-->Think about it for a second.... how can a person Download <!--more--> a file from a website that is not online?<br />
Yes, the site must be "online". In other words, the site server must be up and running and you must have a directory/domain name within the server and the zip file must be uploaded and have a valid URL. <br />
<br />
Just upload the zip file to your website and provide the URL to the file. When it is clicked on the file will do one of three things depending on how their browser is setup:<br />
<br />
1. start to Download <!--more--><br />
2. prompt the visitor to accept the Download <!--more--><br />
3. alert the visitor that their current settings do not allow file Download <!--more-->s.<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Kevin<!--content-->where you want your link put:<br />
<br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"http://yoursite.com/yourfile.zip">Download <!--more--> Here</a><br />
<br />
Simple as that =)<!--content-->I have used the link you mentioned but when I try and open it nothing happens, if I use accelerator it tells me that the file is an html file even though I uploaded a zip. any more help please<!--content-->Please post the URL of the file so someone can take a look and see whats going on.<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Kevin<!--content-->Create a new page for the Download <!--more-->:<br />
<br />
<body ONLOAD="redirect()"><br />
<br />
<script><br />
function redirect()<br />
{<br />
window.location.href = <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/">http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/</a><!-- m -->"http://www.xyz.com/zip.zip"<br />
}<br />
</script><!--content-->I do apologise, I have added my link at the very bottom of my links page, called Download <!--more--> zip. The address is at<br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.btinternet.com/~T.Poppy/links.html">http://www.btinternet.com/~T.Poppy/links.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
Thankyou all for your help<br />
<br />
Terry<!--content-->Are you sure that you have uploaded your zip file correctly? I manually tried to get your file (not using the link) and could not do so.<!--content-->The link to your file is <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.btinternet.com/~T.Poppy/zip.zip">http://www.btinternet.com/~T.Poppy/zip.zip</a><!-- m -->. Make sure that the name of the file is correct. It might also help your visitors who do actually Download <!--more--> the file to give it a proper name so that your visitors will have an idea what it contains next time they see it on their puter.
<br />Lastly, you might want to check with the webpage provider to see if they allow the Download <!--more-->ing of files. Some providers don't and that might have been disabled.
<!--content-->