Download Button

[Acorn]

Thanks Egg ,that's kind of what I have right now, the problem is imbedding it in an icon or button. right now I have to upload the image to the folder separately.

The code for this, should it work, is quite simple.

Load the image onto the page.
Give it a special Name of filename="anxietyrelief" (Xara provides the jpg). In v17, you can use Image Filename instead. Do ensure JPEG is forced in the same dialog.
Clone in and in its Placeholder Body Code and add in:

<a href="https://www.feel-good.today/downloads/Anxiety%20Relief%20by%20Feel%20Good%20Hypnosis.mp3" download><img src=""index_htm_files/anxietyrelief.jpg" width="100%" height="100%" /></a>

You now should have an invisible overlay with a click link so put the image underneath.

Perhaps you can add similar code toy your working version.

Acorn

[Egg Bramhill]

Thanks Acorn. Another method I found was changing the .htaccess file to include:

Option 3: You can add the following lines of code in your .htaccess file of your server to force a download of a particular file type from your server (in this example it is for PDF file types):

<FilesMatch "\.(?i:pdf)$">
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch> You can change "pdf" to any other file type based on your need (example: mp3, mp4, doc).

Source:
http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/force-a-file-to-download-instead-of-showing-up-in-the-browser

[Turan Mirza]

Hum - I'm getting a "broken image" icon on the overlaid image that has the placeholder as shown here.

[Egg Bramhill]

Works fine for me Turan.

I'll attach my xar file (It doesn't work correctly in preview but works as expected if on a server)

LINK

[Turan Mirza]

Tried it with my my icon then quickly tried your image on my page - both are still getting the broken image icon - tested in both chrome and edge. What I have not done is change my .htaccess file yet. But reading above felt that was a either do this or do that.

[Turan Mirza]

Started from scratch and it's all working now. Not sure what I was doing wrong but with all the tests must have messed up somewhere. But working now.


Thanks for the help guys.

[Egg Bramhill]

Glad you sorted it. The .htaccess method is only another option, but after Acorns help you wont need it now.

[esanabri]

Thank you all for sharing!
I had not logged into this forum in years!
but now helping my brother on his site has brought a lot of joyful memories...
so to the point:
How about an image that "triggers" a download (a PDF in my case, and as you all have so expertly explained) then re-directs you to another page?
Must be SUPER Simple but I'm stuck...

[gwpriester]

Wouldn't this direct download trigger some anti-malware programs? The idea of the save or open option gives the user the choice.

[Acorn]

Must be SUPER Simple but I'm stuck...

It isn't. You would have to revert to JavaScript to called the download and then open another window.
Go for a simpler click to open a pop-up where the Download can be selected and the jump can be picked. All user-selected.
Acorn