Not long ago, I asked here about putting a vector file on a website, so that others can download it. Thank you to those that replied, but I was still having trouble. I was trying to put the image on an html page, or link to a file where the image was. Neither worked, but what did work was to make a sub folder in a folder called picture_library. Said folder is in the same place as my index html, and other folders I've made. By putting a button on the html page where a jpg display is, then linking to the folder, sub folder, and specific image, the browser will ask if you want to download this file. Yesss!
For clarification: the sub folder might be 'overkill', but when I tried linking to the folder above it, I got a 'permission denied' message upon testing with the browser, ('preview' in Go Live jams up, so I don't use it). The problem probably was that I wasn't linked all the way to the specific vector image, not that I wasn't using a sub folder. When I say 'jpg display', I mean the same image as the vector, but in a browser viewable form. Also lets folks without vector processing software right click > save it.
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
did u compress the files with WinRAR?
Posted by James Donahue (Member # 3624) on :
Uh......no, should I have? Why? (they downloaded and opened fine, this on snail speed dial up)
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
compress them makes them smaller files and download faster. Altho graphics files cannot be compressed a great amount. Every little bit helps.
Posted by Fred Weiss (Member # 3662) on :
Are you using the correct code? I have downloads setup on my site and they work just fine by using this code on an html page:
(a href="filename.xxx")Text Displayed(/a)
I have substituted ( for < and ) for >
The use of a compression utility such as WinZip is less important for download size and more important for protection from data corruption during transmission over the internet.
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