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EDDII Bipolar (III) Inmate From: Insane since: May 2004	posted 03-15-2005 19:42 sorry to have to ask this cos i know it may sound stupid but how do u make pages that trigger downloads of things like images?
reisio Bipolar (III) Inmate From: Florida Insane since: Mar 2005	posted 03-16-2005 02:59 like this: code: <a href="image.png">download image...ya</a>
Tyberius Prime Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist with Finglongers From: Germany Insane since: Sep 2001	posted 03-16-2005 08:45 usually, you instruct your users to right-click and choose 'save-as'. There are a couple of ways with tricked headers and the like - but none of them are reliable.
EDDII Bipolar (III) Inmate From: Insane since: May 2004	posted 03-16-2005 14:10 quote: reisio said: like this: code: <a href="image.png">download image...ya</a> if u did that it just shows u the image dosent it, i think its humeros that u wer trying to insult my inteligence i guess i will have to do the right click save as but it just looks better if u have a button that ses download
DL-44 Maniac (V) Inmate From: under the bed Insane since: Feb 2000	posted 03-16-2005 18:26 quote: if u did that it just shows u the image dosent it, Which means that you've downloaded it. If you have viewed an image in your browser, it has been downloaded... The question doesn't really make much sense, honestly. If you want someone to download an image, simply linking to it is the best way I've ever seen... So resio was not insulting your intelligence, he was giving the best answer available to a poor question. Personally, I would not include any instruction on saving the image - it has to be hoped that anyone interesting in saving an image from your site will know how to do so...

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EDDII
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From:
Insane since: May 2004

posted 03-15-2005 19:42

sorry to have to ask this cos i know it may sound stupid but how do u make pages that trigger downloads of things like images?

reisio
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted 03-16-2005 02:59

like this:

code:

<a href="image.png">download image...ya</a>

Tyberius Prime
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Germany
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted 03-16-2005 08:45

usually, you instruct your users to right-click and choose 'save-as'.
There are a couple of ways with tricked headers and the like - but none of them are reliable.

EDDII
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From:
Insane since: May 2004

posted 03-16-2005 14:10

quote:
reisio said:

like this:
code:

<a href="image.png">download image...ya</a>

if u did that it just shows u the image dosent it, i think its humeros that u wer trying to insult my inteligence
i guess i will have to do the right click save as but it just looks better if u have a button that ses download

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted 03-16-2005 18:26

quote:
if u did that it just shows u the image dosent it,

Which means that you've downloaded it.
If you have viewed an image in your browser, it has been downloaded...

The question doesn't really make much sense, honestly. If you want someone to download an image, simply linking to it is the best way I've ever seen...

So resio was not insulting your intelligence, he was giving the best answer available to a poor question.

Personally, I would not include any instruction on saving the image - it has to be hoped that anyone interesting in saving an image from your site will know how to do so...