down load link

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steve

Simple question.

I have a few files I would like to place on my FrontPage
site where a user clicks the link and they begin to
download the file.

Pretty basic, but I don't know how to do it.

Your help is greatly appreciated.
 
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Jack Brewster

steve,

Simple answer. :)

Linking to a file for download is the same as linking to an HTML file.

There are a few considerations, though. If you link to file types such as
video (.mpg, .avi), Office files (.doc, .xls), Acrobat (.pdf) there's a good
chance the file won't be downloaded (just to name a few, this could happen
with other file types, as well). Instead it will be opened within the
browser because the browser "knows" what to do with it.

A typical way to get around this is to conver the download to a .zip file
which almost always will be downloaded. The trade-off is that your visitor
then needs to unzip the file which some people don't have software for.

If you really want visititors to download your files, then put a note near
the link instructing them to do so.

Good luck!
 
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