Putting downloadable files on my site
I want to include some downloads on my site. Looking at other sites, it seems that I just have to upload my exe file to my server, and include an anchor giving the exe file name - eg Download
Is this right? I can't help feeling that I'm missing something vital here!
D Reuby
Maverick posted this at 22:40 — 8th February 2001.
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Nope, you didn't miss anything. That's all there is to it. In fact, it's even a bit easier than that.
the http://www.mysite.com part is superfluous. That's needed if the file in on a different server, but if you leave it out the fact that the file is on your server is implied.
Download
is enough if the .exe file is in the same directory as the HTML page, otherwise
Download
dreuby posted this at 22:53 — 8th February 2001.
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Thanks!
AndyB posted this at 23:57 — 8th February 2001.
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.. if the file were zipped, it would be a much faster download. Same d/l syntax, though get the zipped file
dreuby posted this at 11:49 — 9th February 2001.
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You're a mind-reader - I'd just thought "Forgot to ask if zips work the same way"!
Maverick posted this at 15:31 — 9th February 2001.
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All downloadable files work the same way:
Download
Download
Download
etc etc etc.
Zips are great for easily compressed things like text or for creating archives so that multiple files can be downloaded with a single click. But don't get into the habit of viewing zips as some sort of magical download tool. Many file types, especially binary files like .mp3 or .jpg are already so greatly compressed natively that zipping/unzipping doesn't shrink file size, it merely creates an extra unneeded step.
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